IMS, “Internal Development of Test and Measurement Hardware for Wireless Infrastructure Applications”, presented by Charles Jobbers, MTS, Andrew Corporation.

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About the Talk: The cost pressures on commercial infrastructure component manufacturers have forced organizations to explore innovative solutions to reduce test costs. For some manufacturers, viable options to address specific test and measurement needs must be developed internally. Andrew Corporation decided to design our own hardware to determine whether cost savings are possible while maintaining the necessary performance criteria needed to test our commercial wireless infrastructure hardware. Utilizing a highly-focused, small development team and a straightforward goal to reduce cost, we decided to develop a line of modular hardware that may be used by R&D, reliability and production test and measurement needs. We have successfully developed an Arbitrary Waveform Generator (ARB), Digital Upconverter, CW Signal Source and Reflectometer that are used in Vector Signal Generators (VSGs) and Vector Network Analyzers (VNA’s) which are currently in use throughout the organization. Our work has resulted in a significant reduction in our capital equipment expenditures as well as a new product line which may be marketed as a lower cost alternate to the RF & Microwave Test and Measurement industry.



About the Speaker: Charles D. Jobbers was earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from DeVry University in North Brunswick, NJ on June 2001. Later he received his Master’s Degree in Software Engineering from Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ in May 2006. He is currently pursuing an MBA in Finance from the same institution. He is currently working as an Engineering Manager at Andrew Corporation for the last 6 years. Previously, he held titles of Test Engineer, Software Engineer, and RF Engineer at Mitec Wireless, Inc based out of Montreal Canada.



All Welcome: Free admission. Members and Non-Members welcome.



Time: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:30 pm. Free buffet provided at 5:30 pm.



Location: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.



Information: For questions or more details, contact Russell C. Pepe, RCDD, IMS Chair, 201-960-6796, rcpepe@ieee.org.

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  • Information: For questions or more details, contact Russell C. Pepe, RCDD, IMS Chair, 201-960-6796, rcpepe@ieee.org.
  • Starts 30 March 2010 04:00 AM UTC
  • Ends 06 April 2010 04:00 AM UTC
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