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News Release from: Keithley Instruments | Subject: 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide
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Team on 06 February 2008
Test and measurement guide released
A test and measurement product guide details DC switching, RF switching and measurement, data acquisition, semiconductor test systems, and optoelectronics test hardware.
Keithley Instruments has released its 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide This handy product guide offers details and specifications on Keithley's general-purpose and sensitive sourcing and measurement products, DC switching, RF switching and measurement, data acquisition solutions, semiconductor test systems, and optoelectronics test hardware
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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To request a free copy of Keithley's 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide, visit the company's Web site.
Arranged by product type and application area, each section of Keithley's 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide contains technical information on test-system design and use with practical tips to help users avoid common measurement errors, increase productivity, and lower their cost of test.
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The guide includes useful tutorials and selector guides, as well as information on the newest innovations in test and measurement, including the following.
* Digital multimeters and systems.
* Switching and control.
* RF/microwave sourcing, switching and measurement.
* Specialised power supplies.
* Source and measure products.
* Low level measurement and sourcing, including low current, high resistance measurements and low voltage, low resistance measurements.
* Pulse/pattern generators.
* Semiconductor test.
* Optoelectronics test.
* Series KPXI System products.
* Data acquisition products.
New products featured in the 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide include the following.
* Keithley's 4X4 MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) RF test system for R and D and production testing of next generation RF communications equipment and devices, consisting of the new Model 2920 Vector Signal Generator and Model 2820 Vector Signal Analyzer, Model 2895 MIMO Synchronization Unit, and powerful MIMO Signal Analysis Software.
* The Models 2635 and 2636, additions to Keithley's successful Series 2600 System SourceMeter Multi-Channel I-V Test Solutions, with low level measurement capabilities.
* The Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter and Plug-in Card Family, the next-generation platform of switching and integrated digital multimeter (DMM) test solutions.
* The Model 2100 61/2-Digit USB Digital Multimeter (DMM), a high precision, low-cost USB-based instrument.
* ACS (Automated Characterization Suite) integrated test systems for semiconductor characterization at the device, wafer, and cassette level.
* Hardware and software advances for Keithley's award-winning Model 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System, including an enhanced pulse generator card and a new scope card, as well as a new C-V measurement capability.
* To request a free copy of Keithley's 2008 Test and Measurement Product Guide, visit the Keithley Web site.
* About Keithley Instruments - with more than 60 years of measurement expertise, Keithley Instruments Incorporated has become a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems from DC to RF (radio frequency).
Our products solve emerging measurement needs in production testing, process monitoring, product development, and research.
Our customers are scientists and engineers in the worldwide electronics industry involved with advanced materials research, semiconductor device development and fabrication, and the production of end products such as portable wireless devices.
The value we provide them is a combination of precision measurement technology and a rich understanding of their applications to improve the quality of their products and reduce their cost of test. Request a free brochure from Keithley Instruments ...
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