Keysight Technologies Launches New Radar Multi-Target Simulator and Automotive Ethernet Solutions

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced two new test solutions, a radar target simulator and automotive Ethernet software, to complement its growing automotive portfolio. These two test solutions can help engineers, designers and manufacturers in the automotive industry develop high-quality, high-performance products that improve safety in a variety of driving conditions and support emerging advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Keysight Technologies is a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to create a secure and connected world.

The rapid development of autonomous vehicle technology and the demand for higher safety features are driving the market demand for more sensitive and accurate automotive radar technology. Keysight Technologies, Inc., leveraging its expertise in radar test technology, has introduced a new Radar Target Simulator (RTS) to help automotive electronics manufacturers confidently simulate radar targets in a variety of real-world scenarios.

The new Keysight Radar Target Simulator (RTS) performs multi-target, multi-angle testing of radar modules in a lab environment. The solution delivers fast, accurate and reliable results, balancing test throughput and test quality. Design and verification engineers can quickly verify the performance of radar products, while manufacturing and design verification engineers can simulate multiple objects at different distances. Keysight RTS allows users to reproduce real-world test environments in the lab, saving significant time and cost.

"For autonomous driving, radar modules are not just a nice-to-have, but a necessity. The accuracy of these devices should not be compromised," said Thomas Goetzl, vice president and general manager of Keysight's Automotive and Energy Solutions group. "Keysight has leveraged our extensive experience in RF design to create a multi-target, long-range probe that radar module developers can use to easily overcome design and performance verification challenges."

Comprehensive coverage of automotive Ethernet standards

Next-generation ADAS systems require high-resolution cameras and radar systems, which in turn rely on higher data transmission speeds and wider bandwidths. Automotive Ethernet can support higher-speed data communications to meet the needs of today's vehicles and future connected vehicles. However, channels or links in the system may fail and must be thoroughly tested.

To address this growing challenge, Keysight Technologies has developed a new automotive Ethernet link test solution to verify that information is transmitted to its intended destination without loss or crosstalk. 

Keysight's new automotive Ethernet software ensures that the signal meets quality requirements through channel consistency testing. In addition, it can perform return loss, insertion loss, mode conversion, power summation and crosstalk measurements on any cable in the harness. The software is based on powerful and versatile hardware - Keysight E5080B ENA vector network analyzer, Keysight PXI vector network analyzer and Keysight Streamline series USB vector network analyzer, which are also important tools for design verification and confirmation in the lab beyond automotive Ethernet.

Keysight’s new automotive Ethernet link test solution includes the following features:

• Create a test template that contains all the required tests in the specification.

• Automatically set up the network analyzer and apply defined test limits every time you perform a measurement.

• Publish detailed test reports for each test that was run.

Keysight's automotive Ethernet solution suite provides the hardware, software, cables and accessories needed to implement conformance testing. In addition, Keysight recently released new receiver test software and an updated version of the transmission conformance test application software, which provides 4 different data rates in a single application, including the initial version of Multi-Gig IEEE 802.3ch. This makes Keysight one of the earliest vendors to provide IEEE 802.3ch conformance testing.