Keysight Thanksgiving Month has begun. How can engineers improve themselves during this special period?

Due to the epidemic, many engineer friends have not returned to work or are taking turns to rest. In this special period, how can we ensure the smooth progress of development work? How can we ensure that we work hard to accumulate our own knowledge reserves? It coincides with the fifth Thanksgiving Month of Keysight, and engineers in the field of test and measurement can have a full month to continue to enrich themselves.

This Thanksgiving Month will last from March 2nd to 13th. There will be a total of ten test cases and skills sharing, a master live broadcast to help engineers solve pain points, and a lottery session. A 200MHz oscilloscope, an LCR meter and a multimeter will be drawn every day.

Taking root in China and welcoming the 5G wave

Mr. Yan Zhongyi, Global Vice President and General Manager of Greater China of Keysight Technologies, said, "Keysight's Thanksgiving Month activities reflect the sharing and interaction after the continuous exploration of the essential laws and benchmarks of measurement technology. Keysight's innovative genes are not only reflected in product technology. Being the first and the best, promoting industrial development and growing with customers are also one of our purposes."

Yan Zhongyi pointed out that Keysight has always paid attention to the 5G industry and has undoubtedly become one of the leading manufacturers in this field. It has been committed to helping China build the 5G market and has maintained close cooperation with local operators, equipment manufacturers, chip manufacturers and terminal manufacturers. "Keysight's support team has always insisted on 7*24 hours of uninterrupted service, so we often see customers release news about product cooperation in the early morning." Yan Zhongyi said. Yan

Zhongyi reviewed the cooperation with Chinese companies in recent years, including co-building silicon-based optoelectronics test and measurement laboratories with Unisoc, Shanghai Brain-like Chip and On-Chip Intelligent System R&D and Functional Platform, and Wuhan National Information Optoelectronics Center, and also cooperating with companies and research institutes in cutting-edge fields such as AI and quantum computing.

Yan Zhongyi also mentioned Keysight's layout in the automotive field, such as the establishment of an automotive electronics and new energy solution center in Shanghai, which can test radar and new energy products. In addition, customers can also make an appointment with Keysight for on-site testing, which is very suitable for the development and verification of automotive products.

In the face of the epidemic, Yan Zhongyi said that with the strong support of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for 5G construction and the resumption of work in various places, it is believed that it will soon get back on track. For this reason, Keysight will continue to unswervingly give the greatest support to the Chinese 5G market.

Keysight 2.0

Zheng Jifeng, General Manager of Keysight Greater China Marketing, said: "Keysight Greater China Marketing Department continuously iterates the communication platform with customers, and helps customers understand test and measurement in an all-round way through three-dimensional channels. The online activities are mainly based on the Engineer Online Classroom (KEE) and the Thanksgiving Month (Keysight Wave). The former focuses on the professional interpretation of test and measurement basics and popular applications, sharing Keysight's more than 81 years of technical accumulation; the latter focuses on test methods and techniques, with one question per day to help the market change; the on-site activities are led by Keysight World, connecting industry leaders, exploring cutting-edge technologies, and broadening horizons. The Thanksgiving Month is not only a technology sharing platform for Keysight, but also a platform for in-depth interaction with customers, creating the largest online event in the electronics industry."

"Zheng Jifeng emphasized that in addition to promoting its products and solutions to customers, Keysight Technologies is now thinking more about how to promote the development of the industry. To this end, Zheng Jifeng cited a series of activities currently being carried out, such as the ongoing Thanksgiving Month event, the Keysight World offline conference for thousands of people, and the opening of six Openlab laboratories across the country. In addition, Keysight Technologies has also cooperated with universities and publishing houses to compile a large number of books, all of which are to better serve customers.

In response to the current epidemic, Keysight Technologies has also specially provided customers with a lot of online learning materials, in addition to providing customers with remote instrument operation training and debugging.

"What we are doing now is not just daily phone calls and sharing of information, but deeper interaction with customers. We hope to give more back to customers during the epidemic, overcome difficulties together, and jointly promote the development of the industry." Zheng Jifeng said.

Third generation semiconductors

Du Jiwei, Digital and Optical Market Manager of Keysight Technologies in Greater China, introduced Keysight's latest test platform for third-generation semiconductor components. The platform integrates oscilloscopes, signal generators, signal boards, SMUs and other instruments, and supports a series of tests such as switch effects, short-circuit tests, dynamic parameters, and static parameters. By providing customers with a complete turnkey solution, it is convenient for customers to purchase, debug, and maintain the entire cycle of operation and maintenance. In addition, Du Jiwei emphasized that the system supports future upgrades and can protect customers' effective investment.

Du Jiwei said that the current research and development process of the third-generation related system is still immature, especially the difference between simulation and actual parameters is large, and this inaccuracy will directly affect the performance of the terminal product. Keysight's product line has opened up all links of the third-generation semiconductor from software simulation to the final test solution, realizing an efficient development platform for Design to Test.

Details of Keysight's Fifth Thanksgiving Month

The fifth Thanksgiving Month event with the theme of "Continuous Gifts, More Practical Knowledge to Expect" is in progress. During the Thanksgiving Month, there are a total of ten test case knowledge sharing sessions:

Date Technical Sharing Theme

2020/3/2 Analysis and application of oscilloscope jitter and phase noise
2020/3/3 Excitation and precise measurement of weak signals of sensor MEMS
2020/3/4 Unveiling the secrets of AWG arbitrary waveform generator
2020/3/5 Test skills of B2900 series high-precision source meter
2020/3/6 FieldFox handheld analyzer communication field test tool (I)
2020/3/9 FieldFox handheld analyzer communication field test tool (II)
2020/3/10 Teach engineers step by step about test flow automation
2020/3/11 CX3300 insight into the mystery of power consumption of the Internet of Things
2020/3/12 Preliminary unveiling of new oscilloscope products
2020/3/13 Explore the wonders of oscilloscope offline analysis software.

In the technical sharing, we will preliminarily reveal the new blockbuster oscilloscope products that Keysight Technologies will launch in the first half of 2020. This is another major move after the no-man's land technology UXR (110G bandwidth, 256GSa/s sampling rate), but the target application is more popular. During Thanksgiving, we will preliminarily reveal some technical indicators, and gradually reveal them in the following days until the product is publicly released.

On March 6, industry experts will live broadcast explanations on wide bandgap semiconductor applications and Keysight Technologies will showcase complete solutions for wide bandgap semiconductor parameter testing, modeling, and simulation. At the same time, experts will conduct a live lottery for online registered viewers.

In addition to daily technical sharing and a live broadcast, users who sign up for Thanksgiving Month can also participate in the daily lucky draw, where a 200MHz oscilloscope, an LCR meter and a multimeter are given away every day. If you recommend others to participate, the recommended person will win the prize, and the recommender will also receive the same prize. The lucky draw process video, winning results and technical sharing will be updated and announced daily through the Keysight Technology WeChat service account.