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Keysight Pushes VNA Capabilities Up to 250 GHz With Frequency Extenders

Keysight Pushes VNA Capabilities Up to 250 GHz With Frequency Extenders

Keysight’s new 170/250 GHz frequency extenders and calibration kit enable differential broadband testing for next-gen semiconductors and AI-era networks.


News Sep 25, 2025 by Austin Futrell
Paradox of Developing Test Gear: An Electronics Chicken-or-the-Egg Problem

Paradox of Developing Test Gear: An Electronics Chicken-or-the-Egg Problem

The paradox of test equipment design is that it must be more advanced than the devices it tests. We spoke with Tektronix in person to gain insights on this unique technical challenge.


News Sep 24, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Your 2025 Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Your 2025 Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Are you a first year electronics engineering student? Or maybe working on a second or third degree in this field? All About Circuits has the resources you need: comprehensive textbooks, technical articles, calculators, videos, and more for your EE studies.


News Sep 19, 2025 by Jeff Child
Deep Dive Into Test Equipment Design: A Look at Tektronix’s 5-Year Process

Deep Dive Into Test Equipment Design: A Look at Tektronix’s 5-Year Process

All About Circuits met with the Tektronix engineers behind the 7 Series to uncover the myriad of design challenges that most people never hear about.


News Sep 18, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Tektronix Launches First Flagship Performance Oscilloscope in Over 10 Years

Tektronix Launches First Flagship Performance Oscilloscope in Over 10 Years

All About Circuits visited Tektronix HQ in Beaverton, Oregon, to see their new 25 GHz digital phosphor oscilloscope—announced today—featuring lower noise floor and higher ENOB.


News Sep 16, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Keysight Introduces Physical Layer Compliance Test Solution for HDMI Links

Keysight Introduces Physical Layer Compliance Test Solution for HDMI Links

A fully automated compliance suite tackles the complexities of HDMI 2.2 fixed-rate signaling, ultra-high bandwidth, and jitter sensitivity using Keysight's real-time scopes, intelligent software, and automated probing infrastructure.


News Sep 09, 2025 by Luke James
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Take Our 2025 EETech Engineering Insights Survey

Join your engineering community peers and take our EETech Engineering Insights Survey 2025. You’ll get a summary of the results once they’re released. And you’ll be entered for a chance to win an Amazon card prize!


News Sep 05, 2025 by Jeff Child
Analog Devices Inc. Balanced Solutions Essential Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices Inc. Balanced Solutions Essential Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices Inc. Balanced Solutions Essential Kit provides a ready-to-use platform for testing and prototyping across data center and consumer technology applications. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Keysight Unveils EMI Test Receiver with Real-Time, 1 GHz Bandwidth

Keysight Unveils EMI Test Receiver with Real-Time, 1 GHz Bandwidth

Keysight says the updated EMI receiver significantly improves test throughput, reduces debugging time, and optimizes EMC chamber efficiency.


News Aug 18, 2025 by Austin Futrell
Siglent Adds to Digital Oscilloscope Line with New 8 GHz Model

Siglent Adds to Digital Oscilloscope Line with New 8 GHz Model

The new 8 GHz SDS7000A/AP oscilloscopes feature up to 8 GHz bandwidth and up to 20 GSa/s sampling rate per channel, and 2.5G/5G/10GBase-T Ethernet compliance testing.


News Jul 22, 2025 by Duane Benson
Why 90% of Component Compliance Issues Are Preventable (And How To Stop Them)

Why 90% of Component Compliance Issues Are Preventable (And How To Stop Them)

In today's rapidly evolving aerospace and defense landscape, component engineers face an unprecedented challenge: ensuring every part they specify meets stringent compliance requirements while maintaining mission readiness and program viability.


Rigol’s Real-Time Digital Oscilloscopes Support Up to 13 GHz Bandwidth

Rigol’s Real-Time Digital Oscilloscopes Support Up to 13 GHz Bandwidth

The new oscilloscope series features high-speed signal capture and a 40 GSa/s sampling rate.


News Jul 14, 2025 by Duane Benson
New T&M Solutions a Boon for High-Frequency, Multi-Domain Testing

New T&M Solutions a Boon for High-Frequency, Multi-Domain Testing

New releases from Siglent, Rohde & Schwarz, and Liquid Instruments bring new features to the T&M marketplace.


News Jul 10, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Eaton Electronics HSH Hybrid Supercapacitors | New Product Brief

Eaton Electronics HSH Hybrid Supercapacitors | New Product Brief

Eaton Electronics HSH Hybrid Supercapacitors deliver high-power, ultra-high capacitance energy storage with exceptional reliability and up to 20 years of maintenance-free operation. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


New PC-Based Oscilloscope From Pico Ups the Bandwidth Game to 33 GHz

New PC-Based Oscilloscope From Pico Ups the Bandwidth Game to 33 GHz

Pico has released a new series of PC-based, high-bandwidth sampling oscilloscopes with direct-input triggering and pre-trigger capture capabilities.


News Jul 08, 2025 by Duane Benson
Dynamic Nonlinearity in RF Power Amplifiers: Insights From Two-Tone Testing

Dynamic Nonlinearity in RF Power Amplifiers: Insights From Two-Tone Testing

This article explores the effect of signal bandwidth on the linearity of power amplifiers, including the impacts of cascaded RF gain stages.


New Rohde & Schwarz Spectrum Analyzer Pushes Past Old Limits

New Rohde & Schwarz Spectrum Analyzer Pushes Past Old Limits

The device's multipath architecture—a first of its kind—accelerates signal analysis using multiple inputs and cross-correlation.


News Jun 20, 2025 by Duane Benson
Understanding Dynamic Range and Spurious-Free Dynamic Range in RF Systems

Understanding Dynamic Range and Spurious-Free Dynamic Range in RF Systems

Learn to calculate the upper and lower limits of a circuit’s dynamic range and spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR).


Mini-Circuits PMA1-14LN+ Low Noise Amplifier | New Product Brief

Mini-Circuits PMA1-14LN+ Low Noise Amplifier | New Product Brief

Mini-Circuits PMA1-14LN+ Low Noise Amplifier is a compact, wideband pHEMT MMIC amplifier designed for high-performance RF applications from 50 MHz to 10 GHz. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


A New Ratiometric Data Acquisition Circuit for Unequal Supply and Reference Voltages

A New Ratiometric Data Acquisition Circuit for Unequal Supply and Reference Voltages

This article introduces a new ratiometric data-acquisition system design for use with remote sensors. As we’ll see, it reduces error by employing matched resistor divider networks.