MetricTest offers Advantest’s U3771/U3772 Spectrum Analyzer

HAYWARD, CA (May 3, 2006)
Today MetricTest announced the availability of Advantest’s new portable spectrum analyzer, the U3771 (supporting frequencies up to 31.8 GHz) and the U3772 (supporting frequencies up to 43 GHz). The U3700 Series Spectrum Analyzers are manufactured by Advantest Corporation in Japan and sold and serviced in North America by MetricTest in California’s Silicon Valley.

David Sherve, MetricTest vice president of product management said, "The 43GHz spectrum analyzer is smaller and lighter than any model in this category. The U3771/ U3772 can be operated on battery power and have a warm-up time of less than five minutes. This makes the 3700 Series ideal for portable applications at higher frequencies."

As third and fourth generation cellular telephone services spread worldwide, their supporting networks of base stations are also expanding rapidly. The antennae of these base stations must be installed at precise angles in order to exchange signals accurately. Further, since transmissions on the microwave bandwidth from 20 GHz to 30 GHz can be blocked by physical obstacles; the stations are largely built on the roofs of tall buildings or in the mountains. These considerations fuel the industry’s need for a small, light, highly portable spectrum analyzer for construction, inspection, and maintenance work. Mak Nakahara, vice president of Advantest America, said "The 3700 Series is the ideal tool for monitoring the microwave and milliwave bands used in satellite transmissions and between cellular telephone base stations."

At 308 cm (W) x 175 (H) x 209 (D) and less than 6 kg, Advantest’s new U3771 / U3772 portable spectrum analyzer is the smallest in the world to support measurements from 9 KHz to 31.8 / 43 GHz. Its newly developed input circuitry system fits into a compact casing less than half the size of the company’s previous model, the R3182. Designed for convenient field use, the U3771 / U3772 can operate either on an AC/DC power source or on a battery with a life of approximately two hours. Furthermore, its warm-up time has been cut to less than five minutes - approximately 1/6th that of previous models - allowing technicians to complete their work rapidly and efficiently."

While the U3771 / U3772 is light and compact its design cuts no corners in terms of functionality. It boasts a full suite of measurement functions including channel-power, frequency, adjacent-channel power, and occupied-bandwidth. A high sampling rate provides improved measurement repeatability of 0.01 dB, permitting the U3771 / U3772 to make power measurements that previously required a power meter as well as a signal analyzer. It also features a highly sensitive input (<117 dBm @ 34 GHz: Typ) that enables it to detect even very weak signals and take measurements under a wide range of indoor and outdoor conditions. The U3771 / U3772 feature a LAN port as well as a GB-IB interface. Measurement data can easily be transferred to the customer’s computer environment for ease of management.

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About MetricTest:

MetricTest was founded in 1992 and is located in Hayward, California, near Silicon Valley. MetricTest offers more than 6,000 new, refurbished, and rental test equipment products encompassing a variety of applications. It has thousands of customers throughout the United States and more than 50 countries around the world. Products available through MetricTest include oscilloscopes, analyzers, generators, meters, counters, power supplies, equipment racks and wireless and optical test equipment. MetricTest resells and rents well known brands such as Advantest, Agilent, Tektronix, Fluke, Fluke Networks, Rohde & Schwarz and Instek. MetricTest is recognized for its commitment to providing the highest level of services for its customers. As an ISO registered company, MetricTest has met the quality standards of excellence set by the industry-respected International Standards Organization. More information is available at www.metrictest.com

About Advantest:

Advantest Corporation is the world’s leading automatic test equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, and also produces electronic and optoelectronic instruments and systems. A global company, Advantest has long offered total ATE solutions, and serves the industry in every component of semiconductor test: tester, handler, mechanical and electrical interfaces, and software. Its logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982, in the USA, and now has 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Among them, Advantest America, Inc. is based in Santa Clara, CA., and Advantest (Europe) GmBH is based in Munich, Germany. More information is available at www.advantest.co.jp