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ELECTRONIC DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS | VOLUME 18 NO. 2
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PRODUCT NEWS
Larry Wagner, LWSN Consulting Inc.
PRESS RELEASE SUBMISSIONS:
SENSOFAR RELEASES NEW SURFACE
PROFILER
Sensofar Metrology (Terrassa, Spain) has released a
new high-resolution noncontact 3-D surface profiler in a
more compact format, the S lynx. The new system draws
frommore than 14 years of experience indesigning optical
metrology systems for research and development as well
as industry, enabling Sensofar topack all the performance
of Sensofar’s Slineof high-end 3-D surface profilers into a
smaller platform.
The newly updated software interface, SensoSCAN
6, offers an even more intuitive interface and includes
customizable tools as well as new and powerful analysis
algorithms that have been especially designed for com-
patibilitywith current surface-measurement benchmarks
(such as ISO standards).
TheS lynx’s versatilitymakes it appropriate for a broad
range of high-end surface-measurement applications.
Typical applications include automotives, consumer
electronics, energy, liquid crystal display, materials
science, microelectronics, micromanufacturing (electrical
discharge machining, milling, or laser), micropaleontol-
ogy, semiconductors, tooling, and watch manufacturing.
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KEYSIGHT ANNOUNCES X-SERIES
SIGNAL ANALYZERS
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
announced new X-Series signal analyzers that provide
significantly enhanced capabilities for developers
creating next-generation devices. Most notable is a mul-
titouch user interface (UI) that streamlines measurement
setup and creates a solid foundation for new solutions.
Performance improvements and feature enhancements
address emerging needs in aerospace, defense, andwire-
less communications.
The UI enables optimization of measurement
parameters in no more than two touches. Support for
gesture-driven controls, such as pinching, dragging, and
swiping, makes analysis more immediate and intuitive.
With consistent operation across the UXA, PXA, MXA, EXA,
and CXA, learning one means knowing them all.
To helpdevelopers create next-generationdevices, the
flagshipUXAnowoffers frequency coverage to44or 50GHz
and integrated1GHz analysis bandwidth, an industry first.
The PXA nowoffers benchmark phase-noise performance
of −136 dBc/Hz at 1 GHz, 10 kHz offset, and real-time
bandwidth of 510MHzwith a spurious-free dynamic range
greater than 75 dBc over the full span.
“These advances in usability and performance show
that Keysight is once again affirming its leadership in
Despite the compact format, the S lynx still uses
Sensofar’s key three-in-one technology approach,
namely the integration of confocal, interferometry, and
focus-variation techniques into the same sensor head.
This approach translates into unparalleled surface-mea-
surement versatility over differing textures, structures,
roughness, andwaviness, all across varying surface scales.
The S lynx now provides this same class-leading perfor-
mance capability in a smaller footprint.
TheS lynx comes equippedwith awhite-light-emitting
diode light source, a high-resolution camera, and an
encoded nosepiece for interchangeable objectives. There
are nomoving parts in the sensor head, improving stabil-
ity, repeatability, and providing a very long lifetime with
no maintenance.
Sensofar Metrology’s S lynx
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