The Value of Handset RF Testing
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Is RF testing based on cost or is it based on value? It is both. First, RF testing systems are second only to surface mount equipment in cost. High cost constraints can drive decisions to design and build less expensive test systems. While this may reduce up front expenditures, the performance of that system and ultimately the quality of the handset being produced relies heavily on how well the RF test system and software is created, tuned, and maintained. This creation, continuous tuning, and maintenance all provide the value in RF testing.
RF testing is unique in that it impacts every stage of a handset device’s product life cycle from conception through obsolescence. RF testing is the driver in many capital investment and improvement decisions. Location on the product life cycle along with the current business environment determines where and how investments are made. Understanding of the RF testing process determines if that investment is cost based or value based.