Designed for Manufacturing The LitePoint IQxel™ is the first One Box Tester (OBT) for 802.11ac devices. Its rugged design makes it simple to deploy in highvolume device manufacturing applications. IQxel delivers the quickest and easiest factory test capabilities because of its simple but robust architecture that uses a compact 2U high chassis. It requires no external PC for processing of captured measurements, and utilizes standard gigabit Ethernet communication and SCPI-compliant control commands. IQxel uses native dual-DUT RF connections, providing built-in ping-pong test capability and eliminating the need for external RF components that can degrade accuracy and cause reliability concerns in manufacturing environments. Comprehensive Wireless Test Solution IQxel family testers inherit the industry leading testing capability of WiFi and Bluetooth from previous generation LitePoint tester and add the capability to test 802.11ac, ZigBee, Z-Wave, WiSUN and DECT. This provides flexibility to customers who need to test multiple wireless standards. Networking products, such as set top boxes and home gateways, are incorporating more and more wireless standards besides WiFi. Bluetooth, ZigBee, Z-Wave, WiSUN and DECT are optional test capabilities and can be software upgraded as and when they are required. The future proofing IQxel safeguards initial hardware capital investment. Ready for 802.11ac The LitePoint IQxel is designed around the challenging performance needs of 802.11ac-enabled devices that support both greater bandwidth and higher modulation order to meet the ever-increasing demands for data throughput. IEEE 802.11ac requires the capability to support the analysis of 80 MHz signals and optionally support modulation and demodulation of 160 MHz contiguous and 80+80 MHz non-contiguous signals. In addition to increased signal bandwidth, the 802.11ac specification also requires more stringent mask measurements than previous standards—240 MHz bandwidth for the 80 MHz version and 480 MHz bandwidth for the 160 MHz version. Additionally, 256-QAM modulation requires even greater signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and distortion performance for the test system to be able to meet the stricter requirements related to EVM measurements for this standard. This translates to a more sophisticated RF design of the tester. IQxel, with its unique RF front-end architecture, is designed to exceed the demanding performance requirements of 802.11ac devices.