IQmax® Wireless Manufacturing Test Solution

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WiMAX/MIMO-Ready Test System
LitePoint IQmax test systems provide full test coverage of WiMAX (802.16e), WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/n), Bluetooth, and Zigbee (802.15.4) communication standards.  This multi-standard coverage uniquely positions the IQmax to address the emerging challenges posed by WiMAX and WiFi combination devices.
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Multi-Stream MIMO-Ready Test System


IQmax’s multi-standard capabilities allow manufacturers to get the best possible capital utilization from their test stations.  No matter what volume mix a manufacturer is dealing with: WiMAX, WiFi, BT, or Zigbee, the IQmax can be fully utilized helping to maximize operational equipment efficiency (OEE).

IQmax supports a wide range of frequencies: 2.15 to 2.7 GHz, 3.3 to 3.8 GHz, and 4.9 to 6.0 GHz ensuring measurement capability for all popular versions of WiMAX and WiFi standards.

Complete WiMAX and Multi-Standard Wireless Test Solutions

By utilizing wide bandwidth digitizing in a capture-once-measure-all architecture, the IQmax one-box tester is the ideal wireless test solution supporting product requirements for WiMAX and other wireless standards. 

Four Different Models Fit Your Needs

SISO/MIMO-Ready Models

  • IQmax-300 Integrated WiMAX/WiFi test system
  • IQmax-100 WiFi-ready WiMAX test system
  • IQmax-50 WiMAX-only test system

Multi-Stream MIMO-Ready Model

  • IQmax-750 Multi-Stream MIMO-ready WiMAX/WiFi system with Baseband I/O 

Features

  • Complete one-box WiMAX test system for  802.16e-2005 / OFDMA (Mobile WiMAX) and 802.16-2004/WirelessMAN OFDM (Fixed WiMAX) products
  • Frequency range: 2.15 to 2.7 GHz, 3.3 to 3.8GHz and 4.9 to 6.0 GHz
  • Integrated VSA and VSG instrument architecture for fast test times
  • Independent, simultaneous receive and transmit measurements
  • WiMAX 802.16e-2005 / WirelessMAN-OFDMA and 8021.16-2004 /WirelessMAN-OFDM
  • Optional: WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth,and ZigBee
  • Easy to use IQsignal for WiMAX graphical user interface (GUI)
  • C++ API interfaces for fast automated testing
  • Supports IQfact chipset-specific turnkey automated production test programs

Benefits

  • Faster test time and reduced manufacturing costs
    • Automated laboratory and manufacturing floor testing with C++ compatible API
  • Greater quality and consistency assured
    • Many analysis functions available including time domain RF and I&Q graphs, frequency spectrogram, power spectral density, constellation diagrams and more
  • Rapid time to production
    • User presented with all instrument set-up, control, and analysis functions to measure the performance of the DUT
  • Capital investment protected
    • Software upgradeable for feature enhancements and product upgrades

System Requirements 

  • PC Intel® Pentium® Processor or compatible
  • Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 2000 or Windows XP
  • Connectivity: 10/100/1000
  • Memory: 256MB of RAM
  • Disk space: 200MB available hard disk space
  • Monitor: 1024 x 768 resolution

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