The RF Testing Innovations Forum 2025 will conclude with a presentation on advanced measurement techniques for ultra-wideband software-defined radios and an outline of the role of the R&S ZNB3000 VNA in RF front-end (RFFE) production.
Rohde & Schwarz and industry partners will provide a two-day virtual platform for RF design engineers to improve their RF competence and meet with industry leaders at the forefront of innovation. The online event will include instructive talks from Rohde & Schwarz, The University of Cardiff, Maury Microwave, Qorvo, MathWorks, Analog Devices, and Greenerwave.
Design engineers will benefit from the virtual RF Testing Innovations Forum 2025, which will be held from May 20 to 21, 2025. The two-day event, led by Rohde & Schwarz specialists and industry partners, will focus on the important variables that are likely to determine the future of RF testing.
Agenda highlights of Session 1
Day one of the two-day online event will begin with discussing how to improve the accuracy of mmWave non-linear vector network analyzers, which monitor harmonic distortion, intermodulation, and other non-linear factors that might affect mmWave system performance.
Participants will learn about novel techniques for wideband modulated load pull, including how to overcome common restrictions.
This new technique to RF front-end testing employs an R&S RTP oscilloscope and an R&S SMW200A wideband vector signal generator.
The experts will then discuss the significance of achieving steady and accurate test levels using closed-loop power control. Supported signal forms, appropriate test instruments, and what to consider to produce the best results will all be presented.
Two further presentations will take place before the first day’s session closes at 1:00 pm. One presentation will explore load pull techniques for next generation sub-THz components while the next will look at how to characterize wideband active RF components using real-world stimulus signals, in particular how using a fully modulated signal can speed up the overall testing process as it offers deep insights in a single measurement.
Agenda highlights of Session 2
Day two will open with a keynote interview exploring the evolution of vector network analyzers, considering growing demand for faster and more accurate test solutions while keeping costs down.
RF components are becoming more sophisticated, having more features integrated into them and offering unseen performance and frequency coverage, posing new challenges to RF design engineers.
This will be followed by a presentation on dealing with the challenges of on-wafer characterization of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter harmonics, especially in achieving accurate measurements and minimizing distortions. The speaker will outline how to use an advanced probing technique when characterizing the second harmonic (H2) performance of BAW filters.
The next presentation will look at how to accelerate antenna pattern analysis and simulation using MATLAB®.
There will be a particular focus on building the full 3D radiation pattern from a subset of 2D pattern measurements using analytical methods and AI techniques.
Participants will also learn how to integrate the measured data into a system level simulation model for wireless communication and radar systems. A talk on dataset acquisition optimization for AI-controlled electronically steerable antennas will then take place before a break.
The RF Testing Innovations Forum 2025 will conclude with a presentation on advanced measurement techniques for ultra-wideband software-defined radios and an outline of the role of the R&S ZNB3000 VNA in RF front-end (RFFE) production.
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