As the only domestic third-party conformity assessment body performing IT products certification based on state mandatory standards, CESI carries out tests, inspection and certification of Chinese IT products and related equipment on behalf of the Chinese government. Due to the rapid investment in the local electronics industry, CESI enhanced its IT test systems to support the evolving industry standards and the more complex measurement requirements resulting from changes in the market. By incorporating Tektronix equipment in its testing platform, CESI enables equipment producers and broadcasters to better manage the performance of the latest high-speed circuitry and new DTV protocols through testing service and technical support. The new package of advanced testing tools will enable the test lab to be more productive, saving engineering time and achieving more reliable results.

"With the emergence of technical standards for next generation digital TV and the deployment of digital TV systems based on such technologies, broadcasters and equipment manufacturers are continuously challenged to ensure their latest designs are compliant with new industry standards," said Zhang Subing, CTO, ADTC/CESI. "By using Tektronix cutting-edge technologies, we have enabled our clients to be more efficient and confident throughout the entire design and test cycle. This should aid our clients in their efforts to bring new products to market in record time and with utmost confidence for their compatibility with standards."

In addition to the newly added instruments, the test and interoperability laboratory at CESI already includes the VM700T Automated Video Measurement Set, the MTS430 MPEG Test System, the MTX100A MPEG Recorder and Player, the PQA300 Picture Quality Analyzer, the WFM700M Waveform Monitor and the TDS7404B Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes. The purchase of additional instruments reflects the endorsement of CESI for Tektronix test instruments.

"We are very pleased to bring the latest in innovative technologies to CESI, with solutions that can benefit a broader spectrum of broadcasters and manufacturers from the video and electronics industry in China," said Bob Agnes, Vice President, Asia Pacific Sales and Operations, Tektronix. "The purchase made by CESI reinforces Tektronix' leadership in the video test market. We remain the trusted advisor for delivering products that address the entire television food chain from equipment design and manufacturing, content creation, transmission and broadcast operations."

About the VM5000

The VM5000 automates test of consumer HDTV and PC graphics video devices such as digital set-top boxes, multi-media PC's, and video semiconductors. It offers automatic video measurements that enable practical, reliable, and comprehensive evaluation of component analog signal quality. Supporting the full range of SD, HDTV, and PC graphics video signal formats common in today's consumer video devices, the VM5000 simplifies assessment of signal conformance to applicable EIA, SMPTE, and VESA standards.

As a fully integrated video analyzer, the VM5000 delivers performance in terms of speed, accuracy, and ease of use that is unmatched by conventional test solutions. It is easily deployed across global design and manufacturing organizations, linking different groups with standardized and reliable test capability that can be easily communicated or archived. These capabilities, combined with the flexibility of a full featured oscilloscope, deliver customer benefits in terms of faster product development cycles, enhanced product quality, and reduced test labor.

About the MTS430

The MTS430 Series Compressed Video Test System provides the unique CaptureVu(TM) ability to automatically monitor, analyze and debug live and deferred time video transport streams. The MTS430 Series also provides the highest performance analysis engine on the market, along with real time Video over IP monitoring, analysis and recording support for broadband video and Video on Demand applications. For the first time, broadcasters, network operators and equipment manufacturers can rapidly gain insight into intermittent system faults that directly impact broadcast quality and time to market.

About the TDS7000

The TDS7000B Series provides innovative, yet cost-effective features including an advanced Silicon Germanium (SiGe)-based triggering system and Digital Phosphor (DPO) technology, providing more than 400,000 waveforms per second waveform capture display. This combination of powerful features allows engineers to quickly identify design issues and reduce time-to-market with one tool that spans circuit development, signal validation and compliance testing. With this level of insight, designers can implement data rates up to a Gigabit per second (Gb/s) and rise times on the order of 100 picoseconds (ps).

About CESI

China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI) is a comprehensive institute for technological basis in electronics industry and an organization acting as a third party for provision of technical supporting services with a non-profit aim. Founded in July, 1963, its business has now expanded to include measurement and calibration, testing, quality management from the unitary standardization research at the beginning of the foundation.

CESI has become an entity for technical basic and scientific research which, according to international general regulations, provides technical support for the government and all-round servicing for the broad customers at home and abroad by taking standardization as the basis and measurement and calibration, testing and quality management as the means.

About Tektronix

Tektronix, Inc. is a test, measurement, and monitoring company providing measurement solutions to the communications, computer, and semiconductor industries worldwide. With more than 55 years of experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks and advanced technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in more than 19 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address is http://www.tektronix.com/.