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5G Device Validation

  • Faster 5G Wideband RF Design Validation

    Engineers working on wideband 5G device designs must validate performance over more frequency bands in traditional cellular frequency ranges below 6 GHz [frequency range 1 (FR1)], and in challenging millimeter wave conditions above 24 GHz [frequency range 2 (FR2)]. New 5G devices must address carrier-aggregated scenarios, support increasingly dense modulation schemes, operate with tighter time-division duplex configurations, and be capable of high-accuracy beamforming.

 
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Accelerate RF Validation Workflow

Two engineers validate a 5G device

As 5G design test cases grow in number and complexity, engineering teams must streamline to hit aggressive market deadlines. In collaboration with 5G market leaders, NI has developed a modern lab approach that drives engineering efficiency. By combining fast, reliable, and open measurement software with a modular workbench of tightly synchronized instrumentation—from precision DC to wideband RF—we’ve unlocked powerful engineering workflows across lab roles, from interactive bring-up and debug to extensive automated validation and characterization.

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FEATURED SOLUTION

Validating Wideband RF Front-Ends

Expedite wideband 5G RF front-end bring-up, debug, and validation with NI’s powerful combination of application software and PXI instrumentation. Control DC, digital, and RF instruments with an easy-to-use GUI—no programming required. Evaluate critical RF amplifier parameters—including linearity, output power, efficiency, and modulation quality—while running the latest linearization algorithms.

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5G Design Validation Architecture

NI’s measurement-oriented software controls multichannel DC, digital, analog, and wideband RF test instruments to simplify both interactive and automated 5G design validation sequences.

Gain “Cockpit-Like” Bench Control

Instead of spending time and energy integrating disparate instrument APIs to create 5G design measurement utilities, take advantage of NI’s soft front panels and application software for ready-to-run, all-in-one validation bench control.

Improve Your Validation Workflow

Although 5G device test cases include more waveform configurations and band combinations, NI's RF software with optimized measurement algorithms helps you progress from manual, interactive measurements to faster, fully automated validation sequences.

Implement Subnanosecond Synchronization and Triggering

NI validation benches combine multiple instruments into a unified measurement experience. The PXI backplane ensures subnanosecond synchronization and triggering between DC, digital, analog, and RF instruments for assessing dynamic 5G design performance.

Test Multi-RF-Channel MIMO Operation

Save valuable lab space with a compact form factor in which you can fit multichannel 5G multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) validation configurations. Keep more of your lab’s budget with cost-effective—yet best-in-class—RF, digital, analog, and DC instruments.

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We looked at what was slowing down our characterization process in the lab, and RF measurements using traditional instruments were the most time consuming. By adopting PXI, we were able to significantly improve test throughput without sacrificing quality.

Ben Thomas

Director of Mobile 5G Business Development

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