Agilent Technologies now has a 5-meter semi-anechoic electromagnetic compatibility chamber facility for electronic test at its facility in Santa Rosa, California. The new facility expands Agilent’s in-house EMC test capacity, increasing the speed of product development (Nearest facility was over more than 100 miles away) and ensuring products’ long-term conformance to emerging standards for electromagnetic emissions and electromagnetic interference.
The EMC chamber enables Agilent product designers to ensure that electronic instruments are tested using today’s most efficient methods. It also provides the flexibility to add capacity and handle new technologies in the future.
Equipped with dual antennas and two standards-compliant N9038A MXE EMI receivers, the chamber supports simultaneous measurements of vertical and horizontal polarization up to 18 GHz. For real-time troubleshooting during product development, the display of each MXE can be projected on a wall inside the chamber.
The expanded 3,800-square-foot EMC laboratory features a 1,300-square-foot, 5-meter semi-anechoic chamber and several additional EMC test stations. Typical Agilent products that would require EMI testing in Santa Rosa include oscilloscopes, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal sources and modular products.
