Wireless Device Testing App Note

By Walt Strickler, Giga-tronics Incorporated

Unlike most other electronic products, many wireless devices are 100 percent tested either as complete products or as radio modules. With fierce competition among manufacturers driving down profit and the very high volume of devices produced, controlling the cost of test is critical. This article describes how adding switching to achieve better utilization of test assets through parallel testing can offer significant time and money savings on wireless device testing.