Case Study: Leading High-Speed Digital Cables Product Manufacturer achieves ~90% USB-C cable test time reduction with Keysight automated interconnects test solution

90% Increase in USB-C® Cables Testing Throughput

Leading High-Speed Digital Cables Product Manufacturer faced rising USB‑C/USB4 port counts and more complex CTS requirements that drove the need for multiport testing, but manual setups, repeated port reconnections and Matlab-based compliance tooling made tests slow, error-prone and costly. The customer worked with Keysight, evaluating Keysight’s USB Type‑C automated interconnects compliance test solution (S94USBCB) alongside a 20‑port L8990M switch matrix and VNA-based test hardware.

Keysight delivered an integrated hardware‑and‑software solution—S94USBCB with automated calibration, fixture de‑embedding, switch‑matrix multiport switching, and integration of USB‑IF compliance tools—that cut a USB4 Gen3 cable high‑speed signal test from about 3–5 hours to roughly 30 minutes (~90% total test time reduction, 300 min → ~33.5 min) and up to 97% faster on subsequent runs, improving throughput, reducing operator errors and lowering test cost.