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Agilent Technologies and French R&D organizations CEA-Leti and INPG-IMEP announce new laboratory for advanced communications testing
February 19, 2004
PALO ALTO, Calif., and GRENOBLE, France -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), the CEA-Leti (a laboratory of the French Atomic Energy Commission), and the INPG (Institut National Polytechnique Grenoble) today announced the joint development of a new optical and high-speed communications test and design facility in Grenoble. The PLATEST (platform and test) facility enables startup companies and R&D organizations to develop innovative communications components and subsystems. These companies benefit by leasing the facility rather than purchasing new test and measurement instruments.
This facility is a highly anticipated development within the Minatec Innovation Centre, the largest European research center for micro- and nanotechnologies, now under construction in Grenoble.
"Researchers and early-stage optical companies require the latest technology and reliable equipment to carry out their studies, and Agilent is extremely well positioned to provide them with both," said Alain Bondois, European startup sales program manager for Agilent's Electronic Products and Solutions Group.
The PLATEST facility offers the latest high-data-rate communication test equipment including:
Agilent 81910A photonic all-parameter analyzer
Agilent 86100B Infiniium digital communication analyzer, complete with 30 GHz optical/40 GHz electrical plug-ins
Agilent 13.5 GHz parallel bit error rate (ParBERT) test platform
These test solutions provide an upgradeable platform with advanced measurement features to meet the needs of optical component and network equipment manufacturers.
The three organizations plan to develop more innovative tests in advanced communication and training at the Grenoble site. Agilent will co-sponsor a symposium on technology and test techniques and work closely with the PLATEST users to help them acquire test and measurement expertise.
"The Agilent ParBERT with its 13.5 Gb/s modules, frequency agility and jitter testing capabilities is a perfect fit for such a leading-edge test platform approach, as its modular, easily expandable platform design makes it a safe investment, addressing multiple test needs in just one solution," said Sigi Gross, general manager of Agilent's Digital Verifications Solution division. "The photonic all-parameter analyzer's advanced loss and dispersion test capabilities provide comprehensive and detailed insight into a device's characteristics and structure and thus support innovative and rapid product development."
"The availability of efficient and updated test equipment is one of the keys to success in advanced communication R&D and the optical industry," said Serge Valette, research director at CEA-Leti.
"Grenoble is one of the most important concentrations of technological facilities for optoelectronics in the world," said P. Benech, professer at INPG. B. Cabon, also a professor at INPG, added, "PLATEST will provide the highest level of test equipment for optoelectronics devices, and sharing the same site will be of great advantage moving forward."
Agilent Technologies Inc.
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