24 November 2011

M/A-Com Tech Belfast expands active load-pull capabilities with Mesuro

Mesuro Ltd, a spin-off from Cardiff University’s Centre for High Frequency Engineering that provides RF testing equipment and device measurement services, says that the Belfast, UK business unit of M/A-COM Technology Solutions has added its Active Load Pull test & measurement capabilities to its existing line-up.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA makes analog semiconductors, components and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications. Having worked with Cardiff University and more recently Mesuro, its Belfast Design Centre is equipped with the latest CAD software, automatic assembly tools and test & measurement equipment. It designs a range of ICs and modules for the satellite communications, point-to-point communications, and radar components markets. The additional capabilities are aimed at further reducing M/A-COM’s design cycle times, reducing its time to market and improving device/process analyses, allowing it to demonstrate greater system performance.

“We see the Waveform Engineering methodology as a key part in our iterative design process,” says Andrew Patterson, engineering manager at M/A-COM Tech Belfast. “Its ability to provide insight into process characteristics enables us to highlight potential problems before they become a reality. The latest tools, including behavioural model extraction, allow us access to more relevant data when building our design,” he adds.

“The continued relationship with M/A COM Technology Solutions’ Belfast facility, and their use of the ‘Waveform Engineering’ principal, demonstrates the value it offers to power-amplifier designers, through demonstrable reductions in the number of design iterations and time to market improvements,” reckons Mesuro’s CEO Richard Emsley.

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