Technology Highlights from OFC 2016 - Tektronix

David Taylor, technical marketing manager at Tektronix, describes the challenges design engineers say they're facing at OFC 2016. He then highlights the test instruments available to meet these challenges, as well as the instrument characteristics necessary to give designers confidence in their measurements.

Mar 30th, 2016
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David Taylor, technical marketing manager at Tektronix, describes the challenges design engineers say they're facing at OFC 2016. He then highlights the test instruments available to meet these challenges, as well as the instrument characteristics necessary to give designers confidence in their measurements.

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