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PALO ALTO, CA -- Agilent Technologies has issued an application note describing improved methods for measuring distortion in broadband devices.

In a statement, the company said the paper illustrates the importance of characterizing broadband commercial and defense systems for linearity. The information focuses on the tests used to determine the level of a system's distortion and how they relate to Intermodulation Distortion and Intermodulation Distortion Noise. It summarizes with the test methods and the instruments used.

It is downloadable at http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5989-9880EN.pdf.

SMYRNA, GA – PCB East returns this year to the greater Boston area as the premier annual East Coast conference and exhibition for PCB engineers, designers, fabricators and managers.

PCB East will be held Apr. 27 - May 1 in Waltham, MA at the Westin Waltham-Boston.

More than 30 technical courses will be offered at the 14th annual PCB East, along with Free Wednesday, a day of one-hour technical sessions and events free to all attendees.

Other highlights of the conference include several new speakers and the premiere of an Evening with Industry Experts.

The conference will be accompanied by a free one-day tabletop exhibition on Apr. 29.

For more information, visit www.pcbeast.com.

This show is produced by UP Media Group, parent company of Circuits Assembly and Printed Circuit Design & Fab.

SANTA CLARA, CA – Agilent Technologies has integrated Aster’s TestWay Coverage Analyst across Agilent’s PCB assembly test platforms.

TCA is a push-button test coverage analysis tool for coverage estimation (pretest program development) and coverage measurement (post-test program measurement) using PCOLA-SOQ1. It calculates theoretical coverage using CAD files and measures real coverage from the developed test programs.

The tool has been added to Agilents Medalist i3070 & i1000 platforms and other test and inspection equipment.

No financial terms of the agreement were disclosed.