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Wednesday 31

RF Test Technician Needed by Empower RF Systems

RF Test Technician Needed by Empower RF Systems - RF CafeReporting to the Production Test Manager and partnering closely with our engineering teams, the RF Test Technician develops and performs test solutions for RF products from concept through manufacturing release. He/she supports product development evaluations and final product characterization testing, and works with the development team in providing testability planning, strategies and methodologies. Work closely with product engineering, design engineering and operations to support product development ...

The Dolby Noise-Reduction System

The Dolby Noise-Reduction System, May 1969 Electronics World - RF CafeDolby noise reduction is not really directly applicable to the RF Cafe theme, but I included this article for two reasons. First, a lot of people are familiar with the Dolby system and do not know its history or technical details. Second, the general subject of noise reduction and dynamic range, avoidance, mitigation, etc., is of interest even if the methods of dealing with audio noise is different from radio signal noise. Dolby's companding (compressing-expanding) circuitry was an adaptation of analog video noise reduction used in television. Interestingly, a lot of people evidently were skeptical about ...

EDI CON USA 2018 Opens Call for Abstracts

EDI CON USA 2018 Opens Call for Abstracts - RF CafeThe Electronic Design Innovation Conference and Exhibition (EDI CON) USA, the industry event that brings together RF/microwave and high-speed digital design engineers and system integrators, has opened the Call for Abstracts for EDI CON USA 2018. Selected papers will be presented at EDI CON USA 2018, held October 17-19, 2018 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California. Track selections include RF & microwave design, mobile front end design, low power RF & IoT, 5G advanced communications ...

UC Davis Students Design Radar Systems Using NI AWR Software

UC Davis Students Design Radar Systems Using NI AWR Software - RF CafeUC Davis offers a senior project course within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department that has students designing and building radar systems. To add a fun and competitive element to the class, the students participate in a competition at the end of the course in which scores are tallied on the accuracy, power and weight of their final radar devices. In the most recent 2017 competition, the NI AWR software team awarded a $100 gift card and a complimentary one-year full ...

pSemi on Patent Power Scorecard for 2nd Year Running

pSemi Recognized for Second Consecutive Year on Distinguished "IEEE Spectrum" Patent Power Scorecard - RF CafepSemi™ Corporation (formerly Peregrine Semiconductor), a Murata company focused on semiconductor integration, announces its ranking for the second consecutive year on the "IEEE Spectrum" Patent Power Scorecard. This annually published benchmark identifies the technology world's most valuable patent portfolios and ranks the companies by a Pipeline Power score. The 2017 scorecard ranks the pSemi patent portfolio among the top 10 in the semiconductor manufacturing ...

Quadrupole Topological Insulator Created in Mechanical Metamaterial

Quadrupole Topological Insulator Created in Mechanical Metamaterial - RF Cafe"The first 'quadrupole topological insulator' has been created in a mechanical metamaterial by physicists in Switzerland. The experiment confirms a theoretical prediction made in 2017 that the concepts behind traditional dipole topological insulators can be extended to create higher multipole versions. The researchers believe the work could lead to one-way waveguides that are immune to scattering. Unlike most topological insulators - which involve the conduction of electrical charge ..."

Tuesday 30

A Few Great RF & Microwave Engineering Articles for January

A Few Great RF & Microwave Engineering Articles for January 2018 - RF CafeArticles from the January issues are a mishmash of topics. Last year was dominated with the "5G" theme, but if these pieces are any indication of the direction for 2018, you can expect a wide variety of subjects. When selecting the articles for the list, I did not intentionally filter out those dealing with 5G; there just were not very many. Items move onto and off of all ...

- Wireless Technology: The Existential Necessity of Life

- Evaluating 77 to 79 GHz Automotive Radar Radome Emblems

- RF and Microwave Filters: Simple and Essential  <more>

X-Ray 'GPS' Unveiled by NASA

X-Ray 'GPS' Unveiled by NASA - RF Cafe"A GPS-like navigation system for spacecraft that uses X-ray signals from pulsars could soon be a reality because of an experiment done on the International Space Station (ISS). NASA engineers have shown that the ISS-based SEXTANT system can use signals from four pulsars to determine the location of the ISS to within 15 km. A pulsar-based navigation system would make it much easier for spacecraft to travel throughout the solar system, and beyond - according to NASA ..."

Mac's Service Shop: Salvaging Dunked Radios

Mac's Service Shop: Salvaging Dunked Radios, July 1972 Popular Electronics - RF CafeThis 1970s-era Mac's Service Shop story made me think about all the cellphones today being dunked in toilets, swimming pools, lakes, and washing machines. Of course back in Mac's day not everyone was walking around with an electronic device tucked into his or her pocket waiting for its absentminded owner to bend over or drop his/her drawers. At the time, far more wallets made the dive than transistor radios. I won't bother linking to any articles about how to best dry your dunked phone because there are hundreds - nay, thousands - of them out there. They contradict each other about which absorbent materials to use ...

CMT Webinar: New Developments in Microwave Materials Measurements

Copper Mountain Techologies Webinar: New Developments in Microwave Materials Measurements - RF CafeCopper Mountain Technologies is holding a webinar titled "New Developments in Microwave Material Measurements," with Compass Technology Group's Dr. John Schultz on February 8, at 2 PM EST. Fundamental to microwave device design is knowing the electromagnetic performance of materials used in the device. Whether it is a microwave substrate, an antenna radome, or an electromagnetic inference absorber, methods are needed to evaluate materials and determine their intrinsic dielectric and magnetic properties. Designers use these intrinsic parameters (permittivity ...

Is It Possible for You to Be Allergic to Wi−Fi?

Is It Possible for You to Be Allergic to Wi-Fi? - RF Cafe"Can people actually be allergic to Wi-Fi? Some claim you can and it even has its own official name, Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome. Wi-Fi and other free to air electromagnetic waves had long been the subject of suspected detrimental health effects. Some even believe they are in some way allergic to Wi-Fi. Unexplained bouts of headaches, dizziness, and even skin irritation have begun to be blamed on some form of severe discomfort or hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields. The condition has come to be known as ..."

Monday 29

Light-Bending Material Could be Used to Create an Invisibility Cloak

Light-Bending Material Could be Used to Create an Invisibility Cloak - RF Cafe"New techniques in chemistry and physics will allow scientists to create metamaterials. One of these new materials could be the key to creating an invisibility cloak. The highly coveted invisibility cloak lays at the heart of some of the biggest science fiction and fantasy movies in society. From Star Trek to Harry Potter, who hasn't wanted an invisibility cloak at some point during their childhood or even during adulthood. Today there is some good news for those who want the ability to move around stealthily. A group of researchers has found a way ..."

Skyworks Collaborates with Broadcom on 802.11ax Max WiFi Platforms

Skyworks Collaborates with Broadcom on 802.11ax Max WiFi Platforms - RF CafeSkyworks Solutions today announced that its new portfolio of 802.11ax wireless connectivity solutions are being leveraged by Broadcom in their recently launched Max WiFi reference platforms. Skyworks' innovative modules integrate high power transmit and low-noise receive amplification with precision switch capability in an ultra-compact form factor that when paired with a modem, incorporate all the essential functionality between the system-on-chip (SoC) and the antenna. Specifically, Skyworks' 2.4 and 5.0 GHz 802.11ax modules and ...

Light Modulation of Semiconductors

Letters from Our Readers, May 1969 Electronics World - RF CafeThis letter to the editor column from a 1969 issue of Electronics World got my attention because of the submission by reader Walter T. Stevenson. He mentions having discovered that semiconductors, in his case a transistor, could have their junction conductance modulated by ambient light sources, in his case a fluorescent light. Evidently some of the early transistors were shipped on a substrate where the die was potted with a translucent epoxy compound that permitted some light penetration. At least one manufacturer switched to an opaque compound as a result of Mr. Stevenson's report. I remember the first I experienced the phenomenon was as a technician working ...

China's Intercontinental Quantum Communication Network Now Online

China's Intercontinental Quantum Communication Network Is Now Online - RF CafeChina has completed its own quantum key network; a perfectly secure network for communication across the globe. Quantum cryptography will provide unbreakable security for individuals, companies, and governments. These systems can create unbreakable codes and provide a new level of secure communications. Guided by the laws of quantum mechanics, the laws that dictate what happens on a subatomic level, this technology cannot be corrupted. Just this past week China has completed its ...

Sr. RF Design Engineer Needed in Ohio by Genie Company

Sr. RF Engineer Needed in Ohio by Genie Door Company - RF CafeHere is a great opportunity to help design products that millions of people will use. The Sr. RF Design Engineer will play a central role in the development and design of important new products where RF performance is very important for our remote controls and connected products. You will be able to take pride in seeing your designs used by your friends, neighbors, and in seeing them on the shelves at home stores. This highly visible senior role will involve close collaboration with the rest of the new product development team to produce new sub-gigahertz (UHF) remote ...

10 Awesome Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Your Beloved Legos

10 Awesome Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Your Beloved Legos - RF Cafe"You are sure to have had a Lego experience at some point during your childhood, or maybe even recently as an adult. Those small little colorful plastic bricks have helped tons of small children take those imaginative ideas from the back of their minds and manifest them onto the floors of their bedrooms. If you ever played with Legos, you are sure to have loved them. But, how much do you know about your childhood bricks? Build the World In Your Image The LEGO group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen. What ..."

Sunday 28

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword w/Weekly Headlines January 28

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines January 28, 2018At least 10 clues with an asterisk (*) in this technology-themed crossword puzzle are pulled from this past week's (1/22 - 1/26) "Tech Industry Headlines" column on the RF Cafe homepage (see the Headline Archives page for help). For the sake of all the avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new technology-themed crossword puzzle using only words from my custom-created related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. Enjoy ...

Friday 26

Anatech Electronics Newsletter for January 2018

Anatech Electronics Newsletter for January 2018 - RF CafeAnatech Electronics, a manufacturer of RF and microwave filters, has published its January newsletter. In it, Sam Benzacar writes in "The RF and Microwave Landscape in 2018" about his vision of what's to come this year based on current indicators. Both commercial and military industries stand to fare extremely well as technology advances and the economy shows signs of performing even better in 2018 than it did in 2017. We're still waiting for "true" 5G to be implemented, but there are many prerequisites that are maturing rapidly. Take a few moments to read Sam's thoughts ...

Communications Satellites - Success in Space

Communications Satellites - Success in Space, July 1969 Electronics World - RF CafeSatellite evolution occurred at a rapid pace once Sputnik and Echo were successfully launched in the late 1950s. Sputnik was a simple beacon transmitter whose signal was used to measure orbital and atmospheric properties and their effects on radio signals. Oh, and also to announce to the world that the USSR had accomplished the world's first satellite mission - I'd brag, too.  Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite, launched the following year, measured and broadcast Van Allen Radiation Belt data. This Electronics World article appeared about a decade into the satellite aspect of the "Space Race." By then ...

Empower Intros an HF Communications & Jamming Transmitter

Empower RF Systems Intros an HF Communications & Jamming Transmitter - RF CafeEmpower RF is announcing wide availability of their fielded Model 2203 high power HF amplifier operating from 1 to 30 MHz delivering a minimum of 1 kW CW. Designed for enabling or disrupting HF signal transmissions, this compact and durable rack mount amplifier is the newest member of Empower's Next Generation product portfolio. Sharing the families common hardware and software architecture , the Next Generation family is now in use on mission critical applications covering 1 MHz to 6 GHz. The 2203 is ...

Scientists Create New Method for Designing Metamaterials

Scientists Create New Method for Designing Metamaterials - RF Cafe"Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Caltech have developed a new method to create and design metamaterials. This method relies on quantum mechanics, and could be the key for making metamaterials a mainstream tool. Metamaterials are materials that have been specifically engineered so that their internal structure can manipulate incoming waves. The material's structure determines how the waves can be controlled and adjusted. Back in 2010, scientists at Caltech created an optical metamaterial ..."

Thursday 25

A Practical Guide to RF and Mixed Technology Printed Circuit Board Layout

A Practical Guide to RF and Mixed Technology Printed Circuit Board Layout - RF CafeA Practical Guide to RF and Mixed Technology Printed Circuit Board Layout, by Brendon Parise, appears to be a well-done book on mixed signal PCB layout strategy. Amazon gives many preview pages to explore before making a commitment to purchase. Per the author, "Regardless of the mathematics and simulations that may be employed, strict adherence to best practices is most likely to make the board 'just work.'" Learn from someone who has done it, not just theorized about it ...

ATEC Now Rents the EMC Partner DOW3000

Advanced Test Equipment Rentals (ATEC) Now Rents the EMC Partner DOW3000 - RF CafeAdvanced Test Equipment Rentals (ATEC), the premier provider of test equipment rentals, now offers for rent the EMC Partner DOW3000, which is electronic measuring equipment for energy distribution networks. The EMC Partner DOW3000 is the latest development from EMC Partner. It is a configurable high voltage test system that can be extended for slow and fast damped oscillatory waves, impulse voltage test, or any combination of the three options. The integrated 32 amp three phase coupler (CDN) has a CDN rate ...

LC Filters

LC Filters, April 1969 Electronics World - RF CafeInductor-capacitor (LC) series and parallel combinations comprised the first lumped element electrical filters for frequency discrimination. Below a few MHz, with a little judicial placement of components and treatment of lead lengths, building a successful LC filter is not hard, and the measured response physical result looks very much like the predicted response - provided the circuit model is sufficiently accurate. Above 50 MHz or so, very careful attention must be paid to parasitic elements (inter-turn capacitance, lead inductance, cross-coupling) to get a good response. The advent of surface mount components has made higher frequency LC filter ...

Microwave Filter Company Intros C-Band Interference Elimination Filter

Microwave Filter Company Intros C-Band Interference Elimination Filter - RF CafeMicrowave Filter Company announces a new C-band filter that is ideal for eliminating interference from WiMAX, RADAR and virtually any other potential source of out-of-band interference. The model 13961W combines innovative design techniques with solid performance. Utilizing a durable and true one piece body/flange construction, the 13961W is shipped with hardware & gasketing and is ready to install between the feedhorn and the LNB/LNA. Passband variations available at no additional cost ...

Field Applications Engineer Needed by Empower RF Systems

Field Applications Engineer Needed by Empower RF Systems - RF CafeEmpower RF Systems, a leading provider of high-power ultra-broadband radio frequency (RF) amplifier solutions, is seeking a qualified and driven candidate for a newly-created position of Field Applications Engineer (FAE). Reporting to Sales/Business Development, the Field Applications Engineer gives pre and post-sales technical support for key customers. The FAE actively participates in proposal preparation, sales demos and product development. The position requires close cooperation and coordination with sales, engineering and business development to identify power ...

5G New Radio and What Comes Next

5G New Radio and What Comes Next - RF Cafe"Wireless engineers and telecoms executives are making more promises about the possibilities of 5G, but behind the scenes, they're still working out what exactly 5G will look like. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a global collaboration between several telecommunications organizations, has now begun to outline the extensive specifications required to build and deploy functioning 5G networks. With a steady stream of news trickling out - South Korea will deploy a 5G test network during the Winter Olympics, and AT&T will provide mobile 5G ..."

Wednesday 24

Please Welcome Seeed Studios as RF Cafe's Newest Sponsor!

Seeed Studios "Maker" community electronics supplies - RF CafeSeeed Studios is a major supplier of systems and components for a wide range of electronic projects commonly undertaken by the Maker community of inventors and experimenters. Amateur radio operators (Hams), students, technicians, and engineers can find the large assortment of RF modules (GPS, WiFi, BT, ZigBee, NFC), Arduino kits, sensors (V, I, T), robotic components, drones, etc. A prime distributor of RF Explorer spectrum and EM field analyzers and accessories Please explore Seeed's website today ...

Direct-Impedance Amplification

Direct-Impedance Amplification, April 1936 Radio-Craft - RF CafeI tried to find some information on "direct-impedance amplification," but alas none could be located. At first, I suspected that it being in the April edition of Radio-Craft might have meant it was a ruse on readers, especially since author L. Mitchell Barcus focused on the nearly sub-audible portion of the sound spectrum down to around 16 Hz. Careful reading of the article reveals, however, that his pièce de résistance was designing the circuit with a minimum of biasing resistors, capacitors, and inductors that might otherwise attenuate low frequencies. Success was in the form of direct coupling of stages sans Rs, Ls, and Cs. I'm guessing the ...

Sr. RF Design Engineer Needed in Texas by Genie Company

Sr. RF Engineer Needed in Texas by Genie Door Company - RF CafeHere is a great opportunity to help design products that millions of people will use. The Sr. RF Design Engineer will play a central role in the development and design of important new products where RF performance is very important for our remote controls and connected products. You will be able to take pride in seeing your designs used by your friends, neighbors, and in seeing them on the shelves at home stores. This highly visible senior role will involve close collaboration with the rest of the new product development team to produce new sub-gigahertz (UHF) remote ...

Microwave Journal Releases Enhanced Design Tools Section

Microwave Journal Releases Enhanced Design Tools Section - RF CafeMicrowave Journal has published an enhanced online Design Tools section with a compilation of tools, software, calculators, spreadsheets and more that RF and microwave engineers can utilize or download. A description, graphic and link are available for each tool for quick reference. The library includes offerings from leading RF/microwave companies such as Analog Devices, Pasternack, NI/AWR, Keysight, CST, ANSYS, Sonnet, Comsol, MathWorks, Remcom, Custom MMIC, Mician Rogers, K&L, Coilcraft and ...

Saelig Introduces RSA5000 3.2/6.5 GHz Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers

Saelig Introduces RSA5000 3.2/6.5 GHz Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers - RF CafeSaelig Company announces the availability of the Rigol Technologies RSA5000 Series of RF spectrum analyzers. These real-time devices scan a complete frequency spectrum of 9 kHz to 3.2 or 6.5 GHz with a maximum sample rate of 51.2 MS/s. They offer significant performance improvements over traditional swept spectrum analyzers with a 1 ms full span sweep, an expanded vertical range to +30 dBm, reduced phase noise to -108 dBc/Hz, 1 Hz RBW (resolution bandwidth), and a reduced noise floor (DANL) to -165 dBm. They can also be used in a traditional swept scan mode ...

Organic Thin-Film Transistors' New Gate Dielectric for Future Electronics

Organic Thin-Film Transistors' New Gate Dielectric Opens Door to Future Electronics - RF Cafe"Thin-film transistors (TFT) form the foundation for many of today's technologies, including smartphones and flat-panel TVs. And these TFTs are made possible by amorphous silicon. While this material has managed to do the trick for the most part, it does have some performance limitations, such as limited carrier mobility, that have sent researchers in search of something better. Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) have proven better than amorphous silicon-based TFTs in some areas of performance, especially carrier mobility ..."

Tuesday 23

Thanks to VidaRF for Many Years of Supporting RF Cafe!

vidaRF passive RF & microwave components - RF Cafe"At VidaRF, the phrase 'Providing Simple Solutions for Complex Connections' is more than just a slogan – it's a mindset, a mission, and a driving force behind everything we do. Our pledge is to design and distribute high performance, cost effective RF Microwave products to fit each customer's unique applications." Please visit VidaRF today to see how their lines of Attenuators & Terminations, Directional Couplers, Power Dividers, Coaxial Connectors, and Circulator & Isolators can be of use to your project ...

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - RF Cafe Video for EngineersBy now, most people involved with spread spectrum communications are (or should be) aware that Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr is credited for being the first to suggest a frequency hopping scheme for secure communications. If you do a Google search on Hedy Lamarr and spread spectrum, you see that except for a few mentions on tech websites, it has only been in the news since the end of the last decade. Scientific American magazine ran an article titled, "Hedy Lamarr: Not Just a Pretty Face," in 2008. Google honored her in 2015 with a Doodle on their homepage. "The most beautiful woman in the world," with the assistance of her co-inventor-composer George Antheil ...

New Chinese Zhou Enlai Student Satellite Set to Launch

New Chinese Zhou Enlai Student Satellite Set to Launch - RF Cafe"The 2U Zhou Enlai CubeSat, developed with primary and middle school students in China, is expected to launch on January 19. The satellite is named after the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, who held office from 1949 until 1976. A report on the official Xinhua Net website said the CubeSat, constructed at Huai'an Youth Comprehensive Development Base in Jiangsu Province, has been transported to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, where a CZ-11 solid-fuel rocket will put it into orbit Friday. 'Twenty teenagers who participated in the development project ..."

Pasternack's Quick Connect Attenuators w/QMA, QN and 4.3-10

Pasternack Debuts Quick Connect Attenuators with QMA, QN and 4.3-10 Connectorized Designs - RF CafePasternack has released a new line of attenuators for quick mating and easy installation. Typical applications include DAS systems, remote radio heads (RRHs), base stations and antennas. Pasternack's 23 new quick connect attenuators are available with QMA, QN or 4.3-10 connectors for easy mating. These attenuators support operating frequency ranges from DC to 6 GHz. They boast attenuation values from 0 to 20 dB and VSWR as low as 1.15:1. The 4.3-10 attenuator models have power handling up to 15 W maximum with low-PIM ...

Tesla 'on Autopilot' Slams into Parked Fire Truck on California Freeway

Tesla 'on Autopilot' Slams into Parked Fire Truck on California Freeway - RF Cafe"A Tesla Model S reportedly on 'Autopilot' smashed into the back of a fire truck parked at a freeway accident scene Monday morning, authorities said. The union representing Culver City firefighters whose truck was hit around 8:30 a.m. on Interstate 405 in Culver City tweeted that the Tesla driver said he had been using Tesla's Autopilot system, which performs automated driving tasks. The CHP and Culver City Fire Department confirmed the southbound Tesla had struck the fire truck, but could not immediately ...

Silicon Valley Tech Jobs Pay the Highest Salaries

Silicon Valley Tech Jobs Pay the Highest Salaries - RF Cafe"Indeed.com just released its 2017 Silicon Valley salary survey, looking at which tech jobs command the highest average pay over the past year, according to job openings posted on the job search firm's web site from November 2016 through October 2017. Product development engineer claimed the number one spot, with an average salary of US $173,570, and director of product management was just a few dollars behind, with an average salary of $173,556. Meanwhile, dev ops manager, machine learning ..."

Monday 22

Atomic Radiation: Detection Methods

Atomic Radiation: Detection Methods, June 1969 Electronics World - RF CafeThis is Part 2 of a 3-part series of articles on atomic radiation that appeared in Electronics World magazine in 1969. The first part, which dealt with various types of radiation and how they interacted with matter, was posted a week or so ago. For instance ionizing versus nonionizing radiation, where the former can cause cancer, the latter just burns you. This installment discuses methods and equipment for detecting and measuring radiation levels. Ionizing radiation detectors rely on having massive particles impinge on gas, solid, or liquid media and causing a reaction that is visible or measurable by electronic means. Nowadays there are highly ...

Triad RF Systems Intros TA1056 20 to 1,000 MHz, 40 W GaN PA

Triad RF Systems Intros TA1056 20 to 1,000 MHz, 40 W GaN Power Amplifier - RF CafeTriad RF has introduced the TA1056, a compact and powerful broadband power amplifier designed for use with JTRS Military Radio Communications, as well as any other applications that require operation over a broad spectrum. This amplifier boasts 40W of output power for long range communication capability. This class AB GaN module is designed for both military and commercial applications. It is capable of supporting any signal type and modulation format, including but not limited to 3 - 4G telecom, WLAN ...

RF Cafe Quiz #68: RF & Analog Company Mergers & Acquisitions in 2017

RF Cafe Quiz #68: RF & Analog Company Mergers & Acquisitions in 2017This quiz tests your awareness of the many mergers and acquisitions that occurred in the RF, microwave, and analog electronics industries during 2017. Mr. Raghav Kapur, of the everythingRF website, compiled a good list of events with a short description of the transactions, so I used it to generate this 10-question quiz. It was made using Google Docs. Winners receive a free subscription to the RF Cafe website for a full month. Good luck ...

Get Your Free FCC Tumbler with Qualifying Order

Federal Custom Cable Free Yeti Tumbler - RF CafeFederal Custom Cable (FCC)is offering a free Yeti tumbler with a purchase of $100 or more. FCC boasts over 200,000 custom cable assemblies1,000s of coax adapters & connectors, 100s of attenuators & terminations, and over 150,000 non-existent & hard to find adapters. BTW, in case you don't know, Yeti is a big name in insulated cups and containers. Our local Field & Stream store has one sitting on the counter with hours-old ice cubes in it to demo its ability. Come for the cables, leave with the Yeti Tumbler ...

Integrating AlGaAs Transistor and III-V Laser on Silicon

Integrating Indium Gallium Arsenide Transistor and III-V Laser on Silicon - RF Cafe"Researchers based in Singapore and the USA have integrated indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) transistors with aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) laser diodes (LDs) using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on silicon substrates. The team from National University of Singapore, the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology-Low Energy Electronic Systems, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA are working towards low-cost, low-power, high-speed optoelectronic ..."

Sunday 21

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines: January 21

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle w/Weekly Headlines January 21, 2018At least 10 clues with an asterisk (*) in this technology-themed crossword puzzle are pulled from this past week's (1/15 - 1/19) "Tech Industry Headlines" column on the RF Cafe homepage (see the Headline Archives page for help). For the sake of all the avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new technology-themed crossword puzzle using only words from my custom-created related to engineering, science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. Enjoy! ...