MICROWAVE VISION Group announced that it launched the new StarLab Totally Redesigned Inside and Out. The StarLab has undergone a complete transformation to give it extended capabilities as well as a new look for an improved user experience. The new StarLab covers frequency bands as low as 650MHz and up to 18 GHz, its measurement speed has been further improved, and its typical dynamic range has been increased to fully support WiFi, LTE and upcoming protocols.

The arch has been enhanced with built-in fiber optic lighting to facilitate visibility of the device under test and has been equipped with rubberized absorbers for a longer life span and a dust free environment. It can now be considered for use in a clean room. These improvements come in addition to the capabilities that are behind the historical success of StarLab: the capacity to perform both passive antenna and OTA measurements and either spherical or cylindrical geometries using oversampling by arch rotation.

Auto calibration, a key feature of the original StarLab, has also been improved. The software included in the StabLab package has been upgraded as well. SAM3, designed to drive OTA measurements, improves upon its predecessor and offers a much more user-friendly interface and features new capabilities such as batch measurements and an integrated viewer.