In an increasingly communicative society, with 5G set to revolutionize IoT, the deployment of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) equipped with their RF sensors, the rising frequencies of radio modules... the demand for high-frequency measurements is growing in all economic sectors: consumer, industrial, automotive, or even defense.
The Emitech Group's Radio and EMC laboratories are anticipating future requirements in the context of evolving standards and specifications by equipping themselves with two measurement chains capable of reaching 90 GHz. The equipment is based at Emitech's sites in Montigny-le-Bretonneux (Île-de-France) and Vendargues (Occitanie), but can also be used in the following applications in situ in France and around the world.
These frequency range requirements are already found in standards used to certify equipment conformity for CE marking purposes, such as EN 305 550-1 V.1.2.1 for short-range RF equipment. This standard calls for measurements up to 2.2 times the fundamental frequency of the RF modules used.
The Federal Communications Commission, in charge of the proper use of the frequency spectrum for the American market, imposes in its FCC standard 47 CFR part 15 measurements of radiated emissions down to the 10th harmonic of the fundamental frequency of radio frequency modules.
In addition to the regulatory framework, the increasing demands made on the frequency spectrum are also affecting the qualifications of equipment that has to cope with high levels of stress in environments such as aeronautics, space, automotive, nuclear, rail, marine and defense.
