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| RF & Microwave Magazine Article Archive - 2009 |
If you are like me, you spend a lot of time reading articles from technical magazines. Sometimes I read the entire article, but usually I just scan the text for highlights and look at the schematics, block diagrams, and charts / graphs. Often, I want to go back and find an article but cannot recall where I saw it. A Google search will usually eventually reveal a hyperlink to the article, but a lot of times it takes a lot of digging. Since my key interests are not necessarily the same as RF Cafe visitors, an attempt will be made to catalog all of them. If there is a magazine not included here that you would like me to include in the list, please send me an e-mail and I will try to incorporate its articles, too.
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| High Frequency Electronics | December
A High-Efficiency Transmission-Line GaN HEMT Class E Power Amplifier
Andrei Grebennikov
Microstrip Circuits with a Modified Ground Plane
Leo G. Maloratsky
A 128 MHz Pulse Amplifier Using the ARF475FL RF MOSFET
Richard Frey
Options for Continuing Your Engineering Education
Gary Breed
Quantifying Accuracy of Balanced Circuits
| November
Accurate Measurement of On/Off Time for 802.11 b/g WLAN/ WiMAX LNAs
Ahmad H. Abdelmajid, RFMD
Multi-Rate Harmonic Provides a New Solution for Nonlinear Simulation
Ville Karanko and Taisto Tinttunen
Transmission Line and Lumped Element Quadrature Couplers
Gary Breed
Design and Characterization of a 1-Watt Driver Amplifier for Wireless Infrastructure
Chin-Leong Lim
The Amazing Mr. Maxwell | October
Precoding and Spatially Multiplexed MIMO in 3GPP Long-Term Evolution (p.18)
Randall T. Becker
A Summary of Connector Specifications for RF and Other Applications (p.34)
Gary Breed
Selecting High-Linearity Mixers for Wireless Base Stations (p.40)
Stephanie Overhoff
Applying Engineering Knowledge to Everyday Life (p.64) | September
Techniques for Low Voltage Power Amplifier Matching
Peter Topham and Mark Bolt
Practical Developments Using Today's Fractional Synthesizers
Jim Carlini
Five Things to Consider When Selecting Test Equipment
Gary Breed
Modifying the Load to Achieve Matching | August
Antenna Environment Impacts Efficiency and Radiation Pattern
Gerald R. DeJean and Sean Mercer
Taxonomical and Heuristic Studies on UWB Antenna Design Strategies
Anatoliy O. Boryssenko
Power Management Issues in High Frequency Circuits and Systems
Gary Breed
Lowpass-like Bandpass Filters
George Szentirmai | July
Adjustable Gain Cascode Low Noise Amplifier (p.18)
Chin-Leong Lim
Coupled Magnetic Probes Compare EMI Absorber Materials (p.28)
David Pacholok and Paul Rick
Integrated Receiver Simplifies the Analog Side of Digital Predistortion (p.34)
Todd Nelson
Compact Ultra-Wideband Microstrip Bandpass Filter Using SIR Approach (p.46)
Kamaljeet Singh and K. Nagachenchaiah
Fundamental OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (p.53)
Gary Breed
Understanding, Measuring, and Eliminating Jitter (p.64)
| June
IP2 and IP3 Nonlinearity Specifications for 3G/WCDMA Receivers
Chris W. Liu and Morten Damgaard
Developments in Packaging: RFIC MMIC, LTCC, SiP, SoC
3-D EM Simulator is Integrated with ADS to Lower the Cost of Design
How-Siang Yap and Hee-Soo Lee
Linearity Improvement Techniques for Wireless Transmitters: Part 2
Andrei Grebennikov
Guidelines for Choosing RF/Microwave Coaxial Assemblies
Gary Breed | May
Linearity Improvement Techniques for Wireless Transmitters: Part 1
Andrei Grebennikov
Recent Developments in mm-Wave Technology and Applications
High-Power, High-Efficiency GaN HEMT Power Amplifiers for 4G Applications
Simon Wood, Ray Pengelly, Don Farrell, Carl Platis, and Jim Crescenzi
Compact Antennas with Reduced Mutual Coupling for Wireless Sensor Networks
Constantine G. Kakoyiannis, Penelope Gika, and Philip Constantinou
Behavioral Models Improve Accuracy in Simulation and Linearization
Gary Breed
Where Have the Spaces Gone?
Gary Breed | April
High Bit Rate Data Transmitting System for Remote Sensing Satellites
V. Sambasiva Rao and Surendra Pal
Broadband Active Filters Solve Signal Processing Accuracy and Matching Problems
James Wong
Defining Signal Integrity: The Characteristics of High Speed Digital Signals
Gary Breed | March
Multi-section Crystal Bandstop Filter Design
Mark Mell and William B. Lurie
Reflection/Transmission Measurements Using USB Power Detectors
Richard Hawkins
RF Testing During the Installation and Maintenance of Wireless Base Stations
Giovanni D'Amore
The Fundamentals of Patch Antenna Design and Performance
Gary Breed
Pyroelectric Thermometer as a mm-Wave Detector
Jiri Polivka |
February
Noise Parameter Measurement Verification by Means of Benchmark Transistors
Cesar A. Morales-Silva, Lawrence Dunleavy, and Rick Connick
The Nuts and Bolts of Tuning Varactors
Rick Cory
Design Issues with High Speed Digital Interconnections
Gary Breed |
January
Is the 5th Harmonic Still Useful for Predicting Data Signal Bandwidth?
Mark Johnson
An Introduction to Broadband Impedance Transformation for RF Power Amplifiers
Anthony J. Bichler
An Improved Design Method for Stepped Line Microwave Filters with Broad Stop Bands
Piotr Dyderski
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| Microwave Journal | December
Techniques to Demonstrate MRI Safety of Medical Implants
Michael Oberle
Cryogenic Technology Applied to Microwave Engineering
Juan L. Cano and Eduardo Artal
Miniaturized Branch-line Coupler Employing Periodically Arrayed Grounded-Strip Structure
Young Yun, Young-Bae Park, Suk-Youb Kang, In-Ho Kang and Ji-Won Jung | November
Dividers: Design Method of An N-way Power Divider with Dual-frequency
Y.Y. Yang, X.W. Shi, X.H. Wang, X.Q. Chen and D.Z. Che
Ultra-Broadband mmWave Wilkinson Power Divider
A.M. Peláez-Pérez, J.I. Alonso, P. Almorox-González, and J. González-Martín
Design of a Dual-Band Wilkinson Power Divider with Bandwidth Enhancement
X. Li, L. Yang, S.X. Gong, Y.J. Yang, T. Hong and X. Che
Filters: Metamaterial-based Compact Multilayer Filter with Skew-symmetric Feeds
Yongzhong Zhu, Dan Li, Yongjun Xie and Rui Yang
Dual Ring Balun-BPF with Improved Balanced Port Characteristics
Seong-Jun Kangand Hee-Yong Hwang
Microstrip Bandpass Filter with Slotted Hexagonal Resonators and Capacitive Loading
Wenming Li and Haiwen Liu
Design of a UWB Bandpass Filter with a Notched Band and Wide Stopband
L. Chen, Y. Shang, Y.L. Zhang, and F. Wei | October
RF Design of Avionics L-band Integrated Systems
Leo G. Maloratsky
Practical Considerations on Wideband Switchmode High Power Solid-State Power Amplifiers
Francisco Javier Ortega-González and Jose Manuel Pardo-Martín
Digital Feed-Forward Linearization
Boris Aleiner
Phase Noise Reduction in Microwave Oscillators
Alexander Chenakin | September
A Highly Miniaturized Active 90° Power Combiner MMIC Employing CE and CC Circuits
Young-Bae Park, Young Yun, Suk-Youb Kang, In-Ho Kang, Ji-Won Jung, Kyu-Ho Park, and Kwang-Ho Anh
S-band Low-loss Wide-bandwidth Microwave Surface Acoustic Wave Filter
Na-Fu Wang, Yu-Zen Tsai, Tseng Tang, and Mau-Phon Houng
A Needle in a Haystack: Optimizing Mixer Selection Using Progressive New Tools
Joel Dunsmore, Ted Heil and Harvey Kaylie
Nonlinear Extensions for VNAs: Quid Pro Quo
Guillaume Pailloncy, Frans Verbeyst and Marc Vanden Bossche | August
Mil SatCom Capacity Crunch: The BUC Stops Here
Pat Hindle
UltraCMOS RFICs Ease the Complexity of Satellite Designs
Dale Robinette
Multi-beam Scanning Lens Antenna for Satellite Communications to Trains
John Thornton, Andy White and Graham Long
MM-waves in the Living Room: The Future of Wireless High Definition Multimedia
Jonathan Wells | July
Enhancement of Microstrip Stepped-impedance Low-pass Filters Using Fractal-shapes
Wen-Ling Chen, Guang-Ming Wang, Guo-Dong Chen, Guang-Feng Yao, Ying-Chen Han and Chun-Wang Xiang
A Modified Low Insertion Loss Dual-mode Filter Using Meander Spur-lines
Haiwen Liu and Xiaohua Li
Design of a Dual-band Planar Dipole Antenna for WLAN Applications
Wen-Shan Chen and Shih-Hung Cheng
| June
The New Power Brokers: High Voltage RF Devices
David Vye, Leonard Pelletier, Steven Theeuwen, Dave Aichele, Ray Crampton, Ray Pengelly, Brian Battaglia
Backfire Disk-on-Rod Antenna for Long-Range Point-to-Point Communications
Georgi S. Kirov, Hristo D. Hristov, and Rodolfo Feick
PIN Diode Performance Tradeoffs Across Package and Process Types
Kevin Harrington and Scott Vasquez
Theory and Proposed Method for Determining Large-signal Return Loss or "Hot S22" for Power Amplifiers
Patrick Naraine and Chandra Mohan, Skyworks Solutions Inc
Ka-Band Bandpass Filter Using a CPW Structure Technology with Copper on an Al2O3 Substrate
Chia-Song Wu, Hsing-Chung Liu, Hsien-Chin Chiu and Yi-Feng Lin
Design of Source Degenerated Cascode Dual Functionality LNA/PA for IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee)
Ali M.T. Abuelma'atti, Ian Thayne, and Muhammad Taher Abuelma'atti | May
Frequency Generation and Synthesis: Cost-effective and Power-Efficient Solutions
Ulrich L. Rohde and Ajay K. Poddar
Development Report of Power FETs for Solid-state Power Amplifiers from GaAs to GaN Devices
Homayoun Ghani
A Reconfigurable Microstrip Antenna with Frequency and Polarization Diversities
Junying Liu, Dongjin Wang, Shengzhao Xiang, Weidong Wang and Sheng Zhang | April
The III-V vs. Silicon Battle
Darcy Poulin
A Custom III-V Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Model
Sonja R. Nedeljkovic, John R. McMacken, Paul J. Partyka and Joseph M. Gering
Managing Crystal Oscillator Acceleration Sensitivity in Mobile Applications
Steven Fry
LDMOS Ruggedness Reliability
S.J.C.H. Theeuwen, J.A.M. de Boet, V.J. Bloem and W.J.A.M. Sneijers | March
RFID: The Next Generation Auto-ID Technology
Amit Rawal
Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer Applications
Loren Betts
Developing Strategies for MIMO Testing
Ron Rausch and Mark Buffo
Ensure RFID Success with Pre-Compliance Testing
Darren McCarthy |
February
Relationships Between Common Emitter, Common Base and Common Collector HBTs
Xiuping Li, Jianjun Gao, Georg Boeck
An Analog Linearizer Based on Amplitude Modulation with Even Harmonic Signals
Young Kim, Ki-Kyung Jeon, Ell-Kou Kim and Byung-Chul Kim
Understanding Noise Parameter Measurement
Lawrence P. Dunleavy | January
Developing Highly Ruggedized Silicon MOSFETs for RF Amplifier Applications
Brian Battaglia, Dave Rice, Phuong Le and Mike Purchine
The Virtual Outer Conductor for Linear Antennas Jeremy K. Raines
Integrated Power Dividing Antenna Receivers
W. Ismail, S.A.Z. Murad, T.J. Jiat, J.S. Mandeep, and P. Gardner |
| | | Microwaves & RF | December
Class F Amplifier Boasts High Efficiency
Sami Bousnina, Vincent Ngo
Triband Cellular Antenna Tackles E-Field Testing
Dimitris Kolokotronis, Dr. John Korinthios, Dr. Yorgos E. Stratakos
Microwave Materials Lay Foundation For PAs
John Coonrod
Examine Antenna Tunability in Implanted Systems
Mark Lanciault, Jean Daniel Richerd | November
Simulating RF Tuned Stages
Steven M. Sandler
Examine Balanced Twisted Bifilar Lines
Antonio Alves Ferreira, Jr., Wilton Ney Do Amaral Pereira, Jose Antonio Justino Ribeiro
Analyze BER Performance Of Wireless FSK Systems
Hamood Shehab Hamid, Dr. Widad Ismail, Ekhlas Kadhum, Dr. J.S. Mandeep
Configuring Software For WiMAX Testing
Robin Irwin | October
Analyzing WiMAX Modulation Quality
Bill Wu
Form GaAs/InGaAs Lasers On Virtual Ge
J. Bai, M. Carroll, W. Chan, Z. Y. Cheng, J. G. Fiorenza, J. M. Hydrick, J. Z. Li, J. Li, A. Lochtefeld, J. S. Park, and Z. Shellenbarger
Extract Petroleum With Microwaves
Dr. A. Kumar
Digital RF Processor Serves Plethora Of Cellular Systems
Louis Fan Fei, Chih Ming Hun, and R. Bogdan Staszewski | September
Modify MOSFET Models For Nonlinear Quantification
Muhammad Taher Abuelma’atti, Ali Abuelmaatti, and Iain Thayne
DGS-Based Resonators Form Lowpass Filters
Xiao Qun Chen, Xiao Qun Chen, Xiao Wei Shi, and Lin Xia Wang
Spherical Phased Array Links Remote Sensors
S. Pal and V. Sambasiva Rao
Gauge The Effects Of Coplanar Ground Planes
Mark Kolber | August
LDMOS FETs Power Efficient Doherty Amps
Eric Toulouse
Bandpass Filter Integrates Notch
Lei Chen, Changjia Gao, Feng Wei, and Yongxia Yang
Rectangular DR Antenna Resonates at 3 GHz
Dr. J.S. Mandeep
Designing Effective Baseband Circuits
Doug Stuetzle | July
TD-SCDMA Receiver Captures Multiple Channels
Wei Hong, Zhengbo Jiang, Jin Liu, and Ling Tian
Applying Practical TM Mode Propagation, Part 3
Glenn Elmore
TWTs Still Drive High-Power Systems
Meppalli Shandas
Miniature Filter Screens VHF Band
Deepankar Roy | June
Tracking Trends in Military IFMs and DFDs
Kevin Burns
SiGe PLL Synthesizer Suits Space Applications
Martin Thornber
Launching TM Mode Onto a Single Conductor, Part 2
Glenn Elmore
Use a VSA to Analyze Quad Demod Noise Figure
Eric Newman and Rakesh Soni
Targeting Measurements for Mobile Radio Systems
Stan Pierson
Finding Ways to Reduce Filter Size
Jack Browne | May
System Simplifies Multiport S-Parameter Measurements
Howard Salvesen
Sending Surface Waves Along Coaxial Cables, Part 1
Glenn Elmore
Tunable IF Aids Bluetooth Flexibility
Jim Wight
Hit Minimum SAR With EM Software
Weidong Hao, Chenggang Xie, York Xiong, and Ying Yao
Translinear Circuits Tackle RF Signals
Louis Fan Fei
Build LPFs With Dot-Terminations
Tom H. Roberts
Printed Dipole Delivers High Gain For WLANs
Bau-Yi-Lee , Wen-Shan Chen, and Ching-Hung Chen
Miniature Frequency Synthesizer Operates To 12.5 GHz
Nancy Friedrich | April
UNB Modulation Salvages Spectrum
Shikai Zhang
Evaluating Impedance Transformers With A VNA
Antonio Alves Ferreira, Jr., Wilton Ney Do Amaral Pereira, Jose Antonio Justino Ribeiro
Analyzing A 5.5-GHz DRO For WLANs
R.A. Abd-Alhameed, Z. Zainal Abidin, M.M. Abusitta, R.W. Clarke, A. Ghorbani, F. Hu, C.H. See, and D. Zhou
Analyze Bearing Accuracy Of A Monopulse System (Part 2)
Leo G. Maloratsky | March
Analyze Bearing Accuracy of a Monopulse System
Leo G. Maloratsky
Recalling Early GaAs MMIC Developments
Ray Pengelly
Analyze Requirements for WEDGE Receivers
Louis Fan Fei
SIR Approach Yields UWB Microstrip Filter
K. Nagachenchaiah, Kamaljeet Singh |
February
Tracking Advances in High-Power GaN HEMTs
Don Farrell, Jim Milligan, Brad Million, Ray Pengelly, Carl Platis, Bill Pribble, Peter Smith, and Simon Wood
Making Manufacturing Choices for X-Band BPFS
William Cuviello and Phil Fabis
Gauge Phase Noise Impact on WiMAX APs
Aaron Netsell
Form Bandpass Filters on Glass Substrates D. Balasubramanyam, K. Nagachenchaiah, Kamaljeet Singh
Pulsed Test Systems Characterize Power FETs
Tony Gasseling, Zacharia Ouardirhi, Cristos Tsironis |
January
Program Calibrates VNAs for Lumped-Element Testing
Dr. Lawrence P. Dunleavy and Daniel Sosa Martin
Classify Digital RF Signals in the Field
Tom Elliot
Build Lowpass Filters with Elliptic DGS
Xiao Qun Chen, Xiao Wei Shi, and Lin Xia Wang
Assemble a Ku-Band Frequency Synthesizer
H. Ameri and M. Moghavvemi |
| Microwave Product Digest | November
Advances in Analog and Digital Technologies Evolve Modern Analyzers
Ben Zarling
Dual-band PA Applications in CDMA and WCDMA Devices
Chen Bem Choi, Eric Garloff, Mahendra Singh & Bruce Webber
Intelligent Integration of the CDMA RF Front End
Allen Chien, Saul Espino, and Won Kyu Kim
Strategies for Quality System Deployment
Daniel J. Le Saux, Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
The Drive to Miniaturize - 0201 Flip Chip Silicon Schottky Diodes
Rick Cory, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | October
New System Simulator Includes Spectral Domain Analysis
Dale D. Henkes, ACS
The Top 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing RF EDA Tools
How-Siang Yap
Importance of Mismatch Tolerance for Amplifiers Used in Susceptibility Testing
Jason Smith and Pat Malloy | September
HELP™ Technology – A Revolution in Power Amplifiers
Mahendra Singh
Mass-Market Designed-for-Cellular MMICs Can be Gainfully Adapted for Use in Niche Applications on Different Frequencies
Chin-Leong Lim
Radar Love
Bishnu Gogoi, BJ Lyman, Mike Purchine, and Dave Rice
Time Gated Measurements and Low-Signal-Level Triggering of Pulsed Signals
Richard Hawkins
A Spectrum of Radar Solutions
Dr. Douglas Carlson
System Phase Noise Calculation and Measurement Techniques
Joseph D. DiBona | August
6 Tips for Making More Accurate Measurements with Your High-Performance Oscilloscope
Robert Lashlee
RF and Microwave Amplifier Output Voltage, Current, Power, and Impedance Relationship of RF & Microwave Amplifier
Jason Smith and Pat Malloy
802.16e Mobile WiMAX Testing Tools
Sandeep Natekar and Herbert Petrat
Hittite Launches New 10 MHz to 20 GHz Synthesized Signal Generator; Compact and Versatile with Excellent Phase Noise
Neil Craig and Jon Firth
Bomb and Weapon Detection by Millimeter Wave Imaging
John McNicol | July
LDMOS FETs Set Benchmark for RF Power Transistors in Commercial Aerospace Systems
Barry Manz
FETs Optimized to Enhance Performance in GSM Base Station Transceivers
Barry Manz
GaN-based Amplifiers, Compact Power Supplies Combine for Defense Applications
Vincent LaRose, BC Systems
Development of a High Power, Multipaction Resistant Space Connector Joe Foreman
Crystal Oscillators: History, Parameters, and Types
John Esterline | June
UC Boulder Students Design Real-World MMICs
Barry Manz
New Technologies for Millimeter Waves
John McNicol
Solid State RF/Microwave Switch Technology: Part 2
Rick Cory and Dave Fryklund, Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Non-linear Modeling Speeds HBT Power Amplifier Design
Nidhi Vashisht and John Bellantoni
Long Live the Tube!
Joseph Hajduk | May
Repeatable Characterization of Distortion Caused by Nonlinearities in Wideband Communication Systems
Steve Pettis and Pete Thysell
Improving Signal to Noise Ratios in Defense Electronics
Chris Reynolds
Single SONET VCO Can Replace Multiple SAW VCOs
Ramon Cerda
Design Considerations for a 28 GBit Error Ratio Receiver
D. Jain
Commercial Practices Shatter Defense Manufacturing Paradigm
Dr. Douglas J. Carlson
The Sky’s the Limit: Silicon-on-Sapphire Processing Takes Flight in Defense and Space Systems
Dale Robinette
RF/Microwave Solid State Switches
Rick Cory, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | April
A Day in the Life of a Mobile WiMAX™ Handset
Michael Lawton
Heisenberg Uncertainty and RF Measurements
Dr. Don Metzger
WiMAX Broadband Switches ���� Why PIN Diodes?
Tim Boles and James Brogle | March
Understanding the Impact of Channel Effects on MIMO System Performance
Wilkie Yu
Fabrication and Electrical Performance of Z-Axis Interconnections: An Application of Nano-Micro-Filled Conducting Adhesives
Voya R. Markovich, Rabindra N. Das, Michael Rowlands and John Lauffer
Series-Shunt SPST PIN Diode Element with Thermal Terminal
Kevin Harrington, Roger Hubert, Jim Brogle and Tim Boles
Networked Acquisition Controller Reduces Antenna Test System Overhead
Marion Baggett and Derek Skousen
New Developments in High Frequency Printed Circuit Board Materials
John Coonrod |
February
Choosing the Right Power Amplifier Helps Minimize Harmonics in 2.4 GHz Range Extension Circuits
John Allan
Measuring Ruggedness in High Power RF Amplifier Designs
Brian Battaglia, Dave Rice and Phuong Le
Schottky Diodes
Rick Cory, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | January
Radar Measurement Comparison: Swept and FFT-Based Signal Analyzers
John Barfuss
Ka-Band Target Tracking Radar Sensor
Liang Han, PhD.
High Power UltraCMOS Switches and Mixers Satisfy Demanding Military Design Challenges
Dale Robinette and Mark Schrepferman
Next-Generation, GaN-based Power Amplifiers for Radar Applications
David Aichele and Matthew Poulton, RFMDʼs Aerospace & Defense Business Unit |
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