RF & Microwave Magazine Article Archive - 2014
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High Frequency Electronics
December
Software-Designed Instrument Revolution
Bill Driver and Vimal M. Fernandez
Statistical Analysis for On-Site RF Power Measurement
Tim Holt
November
Optimizing a Coaxial Connector to Microstrip Transition
NI AWR
Optimizing Averaging for Better Power Measurements
Orwill Hawkins
Common Mode Filter Chokes for High Speed Data Interfaces
Coilcraft
October
Vivaldi
Antenna for MM-Wave Communications (p.22)
Greg Brzezina, Rony E. Amaya, Aldo Petosa, Langis Roy
Integrated
Oscilloscopes Tackle a Changing Landscape (p.36)
Varun Merchant
September
Balun Basics Primer: a Tutorial on Baluns, Balun Transformers, Magic-Ts, and 180° Hybrids (p.22) (p.22)
Doug Jorgesen and Christopher Marki
LDMOS Power Amplifier Exceeds 50% Efficiency in Base Station Doherty Amplifiers (p.36)
Eric Westberg
August
Selecting
an RF Power Meter or Sensor (p.54)
LadyBug Technologies
Integrated Framework for Radar Design
Gent Paparisto
Simplifying HDMI 2.0 Source Impedance Measurements with a VNA-Based Methodology
Yoji Sekine
July
Synthesis of Phase Difference Networks
(p.22)
Mark Mell
Living a Quiet Life (p.32)
Alan Lowne
Broadband Chokes for Bias Tee Applications
(p.56)
Coilcraft
June
Receiver Sensitivity and Equivalent Noise Bandwidth (p.22)
Dennis Layne
Digital Predistortion Techniques for Mobile PA Test (p.32) Hadyn Nelson and Sean Ferguson
May
How Trends in Electronics are Affecting Connectors
(p.22)
Bob Stanton
Multiband Doherty Amplifiers for Wireless
Applications (p.30)
Andrei Grebennikov
April
Land Mobile/Public Safety Radio PA Revolution
Raymond A. Baker, Walter H. Nagy, David W. Runton, and Robert
A. Sadler
Coaxial Transformer Power Amplifier SPICE Simulation
Andre Adrian
March
Behavioral Modeling of a Broadband Microwave Receiver
Jiang Liu, Hugo Morales, and Larry Dunleavy
Keeping a Gauge on PCB Thermal Effects
Jim Coonrod
February
Recognize, Capture, and
Profit From Intellectual Property (p.22)
David Rardin
Partialized Continuous-Variable
Pin Diode Attenuator (p.30)
Giovanni Bianchi and Marco Garbati
January
Resolving
Safety-Critical EMI Problems Between AM Transmitters and Cranes using a 3D Field Solver
Marcelo Bender
Perotoni and Roberto Menna Barreto
Enhancing
Second Harmonic Suppression in an Ultra-Broadband RF Push-Pull Amplifier
Gavin T. Watkins
Microwave Journal
December
Internet
of Things Focus
Mendy Ouzillou, and Ross Yu
Design
Flow That Revolutionizes SDR
National Instruments
EMC Simulation in the Design Flow of Modern Electronics
Andreas Barchanski, Jens Krämer, and Pietro Luzzi
Metamaterial Resonators: Theory and Applications
Ulrich L. Rohde,and Ajay K. Poddar
November
Möbius Strips and Metamaterial Symmetry: Theory and Applications
Ulrich L. Rohde and Ajay K. Poddar
Recent Market Driven Filter Advances
David Howett, Michael P. Busse, David Rawlinson, Jeff Burkett, Tim
Dolan, Rafi Hershtig, and Douglas King
Temperature-Compensated Filter Technologies Solve Crowded Spectrum Challenges
Phil Warder and David Schnaufer
Selecting Circuit Materials for Microwave Power Amps
John Coonrod
Second Harmonic Tuning for a Broadband High Efficiency GaN Power Amplifier
Qiao Ke and Tang Zongxi
A Low Phase Noise Oscillator Based on an Active Substrate Integrated Waveguide Resonator
Chengjie Su, ZongXi
Tang, Biao Zhang and YunQiu Wu
October
DARPA's Mobile Hotspot Program Drives E-Band Performance Benchmarks
Joe Chandler and R. William Steagall
Measurement of an Active Radar Module in a Compact Antenna Test Range
Hammam Shakhtour, Dirk Heberling,
Karam Noujeim, Ferdinand Gerhardes, and Peter Knott
Compact Metamaterial Based Bandstop Filter
M. Palandöken, and A. Sondas
Designing Multiconductor RF Backplane Connectors for Embedded Computing
Stephen Morley
Wideband Balun-LNA with Noise Cancellation in 0.13 µm CMOS
Benqing Guo and Shiquan An
Extending the Quiet Zone Using an RF Lens on a Conical Tapered Chamber to 18 GHz
P. Lagoiski, L. Matytsine,
M. Matytsine, P.K. Tan, T.T. Chia, and V. Rodriguez, and S. Matitsine
Nonlinear Devices: Optimal Route from Test Bench to Market
Tudor Williams, Randeep Saini, Simon Mathias,
and Andreas Henkel
September
European RF Defence Sensors Systems Challenges and Innovation
Ignacio Montiel-Sanchez
Envelope Tracking Comes of Age on Mobile Handsets
Kent Nickerson
Maximizing RF Spectrum Utilization with Simultaneous Transmit and Receive
Charles H. Cox III and Edward
I. Ackerman
A Bandwidth-Enlarged and Isolation-Enhanced ZOR MIMO Antenna
Kyungseok Kahng, Sungtek Kahng and Inkyu Yang
6 to 26 GHz Detectors for High Data Rate ASK Signal Demodulation
X. Feng, Y.H. Zhang, W. Xue, H. Zhang
and Y. Fan
August
Antenna Design Challenges for New-Generation Nano Satellites
David Farr and Bill Henderson
Next Generation Communications for Next Generation Satellites
Nathan Kundtz
A Compact Wideband Quadrature Hybrid Coupler
Jian-Qiang Gong and Chang-Hong Liang
Tri-Band Bandpass Filter Using Quad-Mode Stub-Loaded Resonator
Haiwen Liu, Yan Wang, Jiuhuai Lei, Shen
Li and Xiaomei Wang
MIPI’s RFFE: A Standard for Unifying Mobile Device Communications Designs
Jim Ross, Vic Wilkerson and Peter
Lefkin
July
Isolated Baluns Eliminate Tradeoffs in Differential Measurements
Marki Microwave Inc.
Interoperability Enables a Complete RFIC/Package/Board Co-Design Flow
Juergen Hartung
Overview of RF Switch Technology and Applications
Peter Bacon, Drew Fischer, and Ruan Lourens
Simulating Antenna Measurements in an Anechoic Chamber
Derek Campbell, Gopinath Gampala, Martin Vogel and
C.J. Reddy
June
Interoperability Enables a Complete RFIC/Package/Board Co-Design Flow
Juergen Hartung
Overview of RF Switch Technology and Applications
Peter Bacon, Drew Fischer, and Ruan Lourens
Simulating Antenna Measurements in an Anechoic Chamber
Derek Campbell, Gopinath Gampala, Martin Vogel and
C.J. Reddy
June
Noise on Vcc for Serial Data Communications
Vitali Penso, Noisecom
Key Test Requirements of Modern Handset Power Amplifiers
David A. Hall, Haydn Nelson and Guillaume Pailloncy,
National Instruments (NI)
Challenging
the Status Quo
Doug Carlson and Duncan Pilgrim
PIN-Diode SPMT Switch with Single-Supply, TTL-Compatible Driver
Giovanni Bianchi, Fabrizio Gentili, Roberto
Sorrentino, Laura Urbani, and Luca Pelliccia
Flexible and Low Cost Hands-On Lab for Antennas and Propagation
Marco Pasian
A Wide Stopband Lowpass Filter with Three Transmission Zeros
Zhi-Hao Zhang, Lin Li, Li-Li Yang, Ting Lang
and Xue Cao
May
The
Industry’s Next Tipping Point
David W. Corman, Peter Moosbrugger, and Gabriel M. Rebeiz
Toward 5G: What’s Changing and How to Address Design and Test Challenges?
Jan Whitacre
A Low Phase Noise Octave-Band Synthesizer Using an X-Band Frequency Reference
Sergey Beltchicov, Andrey
Dzisiak and Igor Guletskiy
Device Technology and VNA Architecture for Broadband Device Characterization
Steve Reyes
GaN-on-Diamond:
The Next GaN
D. Babic, F. Ejeckam, D. Francis, F. Faili, F. Lowe, J. Wilman, T. Mollart, J. Dodson, D.
Twitchen and B. Bolliger
Algorithm Development Platform for Dual-Band Digital Pre-Distortion
Shahin Gheitanchi, Christophe Quindroit,
Patrick Roblin, Naveen Naraharisetti, Volker Mauer and Mike Fitton
Triple-Mode Filter Using a Spherical Dielectric Resonator and Coupling Structures
Nam-Shin Park, Don-Yong
Lee, Byung-Chul Kim, Jung-Hee Won, In-Ho Na, Geon-Ho Jang, Young-Ho Cho, Xu-Guang Wang and Sang-Won Yun
Ultra-Wideband Double Balanced Mixer Utilizing A Compact Planar Balun
Yongzhen Gao, ZongXin Tang, Biao
Zhang and YunQiu Wu
Design of a Compact Wideband Bandstop Filter with Three Transmission Zeros
Ting Lang, Lin Li, Li-Li Yang
and Zhi-Hao Zhang
April
Modern High Efficiency Amplifier Design: Envelope Tracking, Doherty and Outphasing Techniques
Ray Pengelly,
Zhancang Wang, Damon Holmes, Mustafa Acar, Robin Wesson and Mark P. van der Heijden
Synthesizers: Looking Beyond the Basics
Alexander Chenakin, Phase Matrix/National Instruments
OCXO Solutions Based on IHR Technology
Igor Abramzon and Vadim Tapkov
A Tunable Dual-Band 6 Bit Digital Phase Shifter Using DGS and Stubs
Zheng Liang Lv, Shuxi Gong, Shiwei
Zhao and Xiang Zhang
Cost Effective 3D Glass Microfabrication for Advanced RF Packages
J.H. Flemming, R. Cook, S. Sibbet, C.F.
Schmidt, K. Dunn and J. Gouker
March
Analyst V11 Offers User-Customizable Library
AWR, A National Instruments Company
Tips for Transitioning Designs to Manufacturing
Bill Reid
GaN Devices and AMO Technology Enable High Efficiency and Wide Bandwidth
Raymond Pengelly, Ryan Baker,
Mattias Astrom, and Joel L. Dawson
Quasi-Optical Techniques for Measuring Material Properties in the THz Region
Jon Martens, Jeffrey Hesler,
and Alex Arsenovic
The Impact of Power Amplifier Turn-On Characteristics in Cognitive Radio Networks
Gavin Watkins and Stephen
Wang
Substrate Integrated Waveguide Dual-Mode, Dual-Band Filter
Xiaowu Zhan, Zongxi Tang, Yunqiu Wu and Biao
Zhang
February
Smaller,
Faster, Cheaper Synthesizers
Phase Matrix Inc.
The
Future of mm-wave Packaging
Liam Devlin
The Impact of Electrical and Thermal Interactions on Microwave PCB Performance
John Coonrod
Through-Silicon Vias and 3D Inductors for RF Applications
Thorbjörn Ebefors and Joachim Oberhammer
CPW-Fed Folded Antenna with Forward-Directed Radiation Patterns for Handheld Dual-Band RFID Reader Applications
Ahmed Toaha Mobashsher, and Rabah W. Aldhaheri
A Miniaturized Impedance Transformer on PES for Flexible RFICs
Young Yun, Jang-Hyeon Jeong, Hong-Seung
Kim and Nak-Won Jang
Third-Order Fully Canonical Microstrip Bandpass Transversal Filter with Source-Load Coupling
Z.J. Zhu,
C.L. Wei and B.F. Jia
January
Next Generation Affordable Smart Antennas
J.R. Guerci, Guerci, T. Driscoll, R. Hannigan, S. Ebadi, C. Tegreene,
and D.E. Smith
Generating Radar Signals with an Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Chris Loberg
W-Band Radiometer Front End Module for Real-Time Imaging
Linli Xie, Yong Hong Zhang and Yong Fan
Prototyping
Massive MIMO
James Kimery and Ian Wong
A Method to Design an Aperture-Tuned Antenna Using a MEMS Digital Variable Capacitor
Paul Tornatta
A Very-Near-Field Measurement Technique to Test Large Antennas in the Lab
Ruska Patton
Test & Measurement World
December
The
Myth Called "Ground"
Bruce Archambeault
Jitter and Timing Analysis in the Presence of Crosstalk
Chris Loberg
Design for Test Boot Camp, Part 4: Built-in Self-Test
Ron Press
Basics of the IEEE Standardization Process
Karen Bartleson
Trigger and synchronize Digitizers to Acquire the Right Data
Arthur Pini , Greg Tate, and Oliver Rovini
Circuit Simulates a Loudspeaker's Impedance Curve
Ramkumar Ramaswamy
Bad-bulb
Finder Fixes Christmas Lights
Dan Meeks
November
Classic Oscilloscope Front Panels Show How It's Done
Michael Dunn
Design for Test Boot Camp, Part 3: Advanced Fault Models and Cell-Aware Test
Bruce Swanson
Test challenges for USB 3.1 SuperSpeedPlus
Tami Pippert
10 More Tricks to Extend Oscilloscope Usefulness
Arthur Pini
LXI + PoE: Essential Design Considerations
Chang Fei Yee
100G and Things to COM
Ransom Stephens
How to Measure the World's Fastest Power Switch
Steve Sandler
Using a Differential Probe to Troubleshoot EMI
Kenneth Wyatt
S-Parameters
Basics
David Maliniak
Design for Test Boot Camp, Part 2: Test Compression
Bruce Swanson
Digitizer Front Ends Need the Right Inputs
Arthur Pini , Greg Tate & Oliver Rovini
Does Not Compute! Everyday Calculations
Michael Dunn
October
Design for Test Boot Camp, Part 1: Scan Test
Bruce Swanson
EMC Pre-Compliance Testing Ups Success Rate, Part 3 of 3
Andy Eadie
Probes & Software Enhance Impedance Measurements
Martin Rowe
Probes & Software Enhance Impedance Measurements
Martin Rowe
Use Test Data to Diagnose Failed Memory
Martin Keim
8 Ways to Clarify Spurious Emissions
Brian Lloyd & Erik Chowdhury
Impedance Measurements Stabilize Op-Amp Buffers
Steve Sandler
Simple Trick to Measure Plane Impedance with a VNA
Steve Sandler
Case Study: Radiated Interference to Industrial Controller
Kenneth Wyatt
Modular Digitizers Support Many Programming Environments
Arthur Pini , Greg Tate, and Oliver Rovini
EMI Pre-Compliance Test with a Microwave Oven?
Alan Lowne
EMC Pre-Compliance Testing Ups Success Rate, Part 2 of 3
Andy Eadie
Test Cost Challenges in LPCT (low pin count test) Designs
Pradeep Nagaraj
Guard-Bands Reduce MOSFET Failures in Space, Part 2
Paolo Salisi
Guard-Bands Reduce MOSFET Failures in Space, Part 1
Paolo Salisi
September
Struggling With X-Y Mode, or, What Time Is It?
Michael Dunn
Missing Datasheet Details Can Cause Problems
Glen Chenier
Customize Your Oscilloscope to Simplify Operations
Arthur Pini
50 Shades
of Timebase
Michael Dunn
AXIe-0: The Inside Story of a New Modular Instrument Standard
Larry Desjardin
Don't Damage Thin Devices When Testing
Taqi Mohiuddin
Measurement Uncertainty in VNAs vs. TDRs, Part 1
Paul Pino
What is 802.11ac, Anyway?
Jackson Corson
EMC Pre-Compliance Testing Ups Success Rate, Part 1 of 3
Andy Eadie
Short Circuit Tracer/Finder Uses Low Power
Dan Meeks
Designing Testability into a PCB
Jason Frels
The Difference Between BER and BER
Martin Rowe
August
Why Are Oscilloscope Probe Amps at the Tip?
Arthur Pini & Lawrence Jacobs
View Noisy Signals with a Stable Oscilloscope Trigger
Dave Rishavy
Never Use Pigtails on Cable Shields
Martin Rowe
Match Impedances When Making Measurements
Steve Sandler
Antenna Ring-Down Time Measurement for Medical Applications
Punithavathi Duraiswamy
LTE Devices May Interfere with Cable TV
Martin Rowe
Fundamentals Tutorial Provides an EMC Overview
Martin Rowe
Perform Pass/Fail Tests with an Oscilloscope
Arthur Pini
July
Boost and Modify Square Waves: More Circuits
Petre Petrov
Design Clock Controllers for Hierarchical Test
Ron Press
Use the Right Data-Acquisition Mode
Arthur Pini , Greg Tate & Oliver Rovini
Boost and Modify Square Waves
Petre Petrov
Test Power ICs to Survive Radiation
Paolo Scalisi
Test
Gets No Respect
Scott Lorenzo
DigRF Devices Need RF and Protocol Tests
Jean Dassonville
Digitizers: Finer Resolution is Better
Arthur Pini , Greg Tate & Oliver Rovini
Perform Five Common Debug Tasks with an Oscilloscope
Scott Davidson
Hierarchical Test Improves Pattern Application Efficiency
Ron Press
Get Smarter About Production Outlier Removal
Wesley Smith
Measuring Throughput of Cellular and WiFi MIMO Radios, Part 3
Fanny Mlinarsky
May
Test MIPI M-PHY Receivers with BER Testers
Nicole Faubert
Milliohm Squawker Great at Finding Shorts and Reverse Engineering PCBs
Glen Chenier
Everyday Household Scope Uses
Michael Dunn
Milliohm Squawker Great at Finding Shorts and Reverse Engineering PCBs
Glen Chenier
Reducing Test Costs for Silicon Photonics
Alex Behfar
How Much Return Loss is Too Much?: Rule of Thumb #12
Eric Bogatin
Measure Throughput of Cellular and WiFi MIMO Radios, Part 2
Fanny Mlinarsky
Troubleshooting EMI on Your Bench Top
Kenneth Wyatt
Versatile Noise Generator Tests Signal Recovery Gear Vladimir Rentyuk
Automate Current Measurements When Characterizing SoCs
Love Gupta, Pankaj Kumar, Neeraj Jain,
and Gangadhar Mada
TAP Interface Role Expands in Device Test
Ron Press
Keep the Access Network Fit
David Coffin
10 Tricks That Extend Oscilloscope Usefulness
Arthur Pini
Boundary Scan: Seven Benefits
Chintan Panchal and Parth Rao
Measure Throughput of Cellular and WiFi MIMO Radios, Part 1
Fanny Mlinarsky
Measure an ADC's Offset and Gain Error
Abhijan Chakravarty & Sambhav Jain
April
Jitter and
SSN
Michael Dunn
The Quirks of Quarks
Ransom Stephens
Measuring a Signal's Flight Time
Chris Grachanen
Gaps in Return Planes - Yes or No?
Kenneth Wyatt
New Ampere Won't Affect Your Measurements
Martin Rowe
See the Crosstalk in 100GbE
Ransom Stephens
Part Average Testing Finds and Rejects Outlier ICs
Paolo Scalisi
Electromechanical Measurements with an Oscilloscope
Arthur Pini
Cranking
Simulator Made Easy
Matthias Ulmann
Simplify DC-DC Converter Characterization
Mary Anne Tupta
PCB Characteristics Affect PDN Performance
Steve Sandler
Oscilloscope Diseases
Michael Dunn
March
Automate Comparator Hysteresis Tests Neeraj Jain, Love Gupta & Pankaj Kumar
IDDQ Failure Diagnosis is Here
Ron Press
Open FPGAs Add Flexibility to Test
Ben James
Simple Capacitance Meter Bins Parts
Raju Baddi
Change Test Strategy From Serial to Parallel
Paolo Scalisi
Tools and Techniques for electrical Characterization of Biosensors
Jonathan Tucker
Improve Test Quality and Reduce DFT Costs
Martin Keim
Bouncing Short Beats Clean One for Power System Testing
Glen Chenier
The Next Generation's Modulation: PAM-4, NRZ, or ENRZ?
Martin Rowe
Beware of the Square Root
Steve Hageman
Linearize Thermistors with New Formula
Mark Biegert
The Blurring Line Between Oscilloscopes and On-Die Instrumentation
Eric Bogatin
Understanding Sigma Delta ADCs : A Non-Mathematical Approach
Mohit Khajuria, Prashant Goyal, and L Gupta
Hall-Effect Sensors Measure Fields and Detect Position
Jeffrey Dierker
Cars Drive New DFT Technologies
Ron Press
Cross-Corner Testing Finds Faults
Pallavi Raj, Archana Tripathi, and Amresh Kumar
February
Measure Q-Factor with a VNA
Chris Grachanen
AMOLEDs Need Clear-Color Testing
Paolo Scalisi
Harmonic Analyzer Tool
Kenneth Wyatt
Digital
Oscilloscopes 101
Nicole Faubert
How to Select a Modular Waveform Digitizer
Arthur Pini, Greg Tate & Oliver Rovini
How to Improve Measurements of Via Properties
Hugues Tournier
Measure Small Impedances with Rogowski Current Probes
Steve Sandler
January
Increasing the Speed of Traditional Box Instruments
Larry Desjardin
DSOs and Noise
Steve Hageman
Exercise Those Storage Devices
John Wiedemeier
The Telegrapher’s Galvanometer
Chris Grachanen
Choose Your PLL Lock-Time Measurement
Sharad Kabra & Bharat Kumar Kumbhkar
Measure a 75Ω Cable with a 50Ω VNA
Eric Bogatin
PCIe and Storage Devices Get Connected
Josh Beaudet
Embedded Scanning: The Next Step in ESD Detection
Jeffrey Dunnihoo
Feedthrough in Negative-Feedback Circuits
Sergio Franco
Two-Wire
remote Sensor Preamp
Vladimir Rentyuk
Gross Causes of PCB Failures
Michelle Woolley
Practice
Safe Simulation
Eric Bogatin
Are You The 1%?
Geir Eide
Read Sensors with an Oscilloscope
Arthur Pini
Microwaves & RF
December
A Closer
Look at RF Power Measurements
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Signal-Generation Advances Support Electronic Warfare’s Evolution
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
MIMO Testing: The Good
and the Bad
Alessandro Scannavini
InP Resonant Tunneling Diodes Drop LNA Noise Figure
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
MIMO Radar Could Outperform Phased-Array Radar
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
De-Embed
Parasitics from Millimeter-Wave ICs
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Tips for Biasing MMIC
Amplifiers
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Cut
the Cost of Wireless Manufacturing Test
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
PC-Driven Test Instruments Pick Up Speed
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
LNA Integrates
Fast Shutdown Function
Chin Leong Lim
Simulate and Test Chirped
Radar
Frank Raffaeli and Trang D. Nguyen
The Evolution
of Harmonic Load Pull
Dr. Ing. Christos Tsironis
Advanced Design Tools Support Waveform-Engineered High-Efficiency Power Amplifiers
From Staff, Microwaves
and RF
November
Sorting Through Balun
Confusion
Doug Jorgesen
Low-Noise VCO Runs
on Low Voltage
Chunhua Wang and Jianqun Ding
Bandpass Filter Combines High Selectivity, Rejection
Bo Zhang, S.S. Li, and J.-M. Huang
Automate
RF Matrix Switching for Wireless Test
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
For Long-Range
Communications, Is Narrowband “It”?
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Mitigate Distortions in Software-Defined Wideband Receivers
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Why Measure a Microwave Device at Low Frequencies?
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
DARPA Advances Microwave
Photonics
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
9 IoT-Enabling RF
Transceivers
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Quiet VCO Tunes 2.5-GHz WiMAX
Wei Wang, Yao Liang, Chen Zhao, Wenqi Cai, Xiao Mo, Jun Yuan, and Guanyu Wang
FPGA-Based System Helps
Validate VMCK
Liu Yang, Guoxin Zheng, and Zhongpin Luo
What’s the Difference Between Broadband and Narrowband RF Communications?
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
What is the Deal with IP2 in Mixers?
Doug Jorgesen
Fabricate Low-Spurious
PLL Synthesizers
Fang Rui, Qian Huan-Yu, and Wu Guo-An
Know
the Differences Between EM-Simulation Numerical Methods
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
GaN Drives Advances in Computer-Aided Design
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
October
What Techniques
Boost PA Efficiency?
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
CMOS LNA Aids UWB Receivers
Xu Xia and Fengying Han
A Top
Down Methodology for Silicon-Platform Optimization
Rohit Mittal and Anand Konanur
Slot Antenna
Tames Three Wireless Bands
Wang Maowen, Cao Jianzhong, and Peng Wenjuan
Microstrip
LPF Boasts Ultrawide Stopband
Dong Liang, Wenqian Xue, and Zhiyuan Xu
UWB Power
Divider Has Stopband Filtering
Long Xiao, Hao Peng, and Tao Yang
Efficient
Handovers Help Wireless Sensor Networks
TianChi Zhao, Jia Dong, and BoAo Min
September
Rectenna
Serves 2.45-GHz Wireless Power Transmission
Shuai Ji, Hua Qi, and Huifeng Zhang
Mini Broadband PIFAs Fit Today’s Mobile-Device Designs
Y. Belhadef and N. Boukli-Hacene
Receiver Design Considerations in Digital Beamforming Phased Arrays
Peter Delos
Healing Heroes,
One Wireless Limb at a Time
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
What’s in Your Coaxial
Cable?
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Characterization
Softwares for Your RF/Microwave Devices
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Is Going Soft A
Good Thing? How About Full-Auto?
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Transition
Tackles MM-Wave Frequencies
Jun Dong, Ziqiang Yang, Yu Liu, and Tao Yang
UWB
Bandpass Filter Features Dual Notches
Huaxia Peng, Yufeng Luo, and Junding Zhao
Optimize Spectrum for
Mobile Satcom Use
V. Sambasiva Rao
Measure Interference in Crowded Spectrum
Robin Jackman
UWB Antenna Adds Dual-Band
Notches
Young-Fan Li, Jian-Gang Liang, Zi-Mu Yang, Zhi-Yong Xu, and Rui Wu
August
Small Cells
and CRAN… Working Together?
Sarah Mangiola
Chips Steer 77-GHz Automotive Radars
Jack Browne
Low-Noise
Balun Aids Phased-Array Radars
Wang Wei, Zhong Wu, Xu Wei, Mu Mao, and Yuan Jun
Analyzing Active Cancellation
Stealth
Xu Sheng and Xu Yuanming
Turn Down the Noise with LNAs
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Millimeter
Waves Enhance Military Projects
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Hybrid VCO Enables
Robust Startup
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Spatial Modulation
Outperforms Massive MIMO
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Wireless Networks
Advance with a Software Backbone
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
July
Timing Requirements Change, and So Do Voltage-Controlled Oscillators
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Method Eases Monopulse
System Jamming
Dianfei Pan, Naiping Cheng, and Yanshan Bian
Seeing Jitter
in an Eye Diagram
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Interference-Free
Millimeter-Wave Radios Promise Security
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Cost-Effective
Models Simulate SMT Components
Nils Nazoa and Nick Ridler
Video: Vector Reflectometer’s Compact Size Brings Connectivity Advantages
Sarah Mangiola and Jean-Jacques
DeLisle
Video:
How Do Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers Work?
Curtis Ellzey & Iliza Sokol
Video: A Guide to Waveguides - What Are the Different Types of Waveguides?
Curtis Ellzey & Iliza Sokol
Video: A Guide to Waveguides – Rotary and Torsional Waveguides
Curtis Ellzey & Sarah Mangiola
Synthesize Filters with
Wideband Success
Isabella Delgado, Laura Levesque, Larry Dunleavy, and Jeff Kahler
Enhanced
MEMS Oscillators Catch Up to Crystals
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Unmanned Aerial
Systems’ Capabilities Soar
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Filter Assemblies
Boost Performance
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Amplifiers,
Oscillators Evolve with Technology
Jack Browne
June
Designing AlGaN/GaN
HEMTs for W-Band
Luo Xiaobin, Lv Yuanjie, Yu Weihua, Lv Xin, Dun Shaobo, and Feng Zhihong
Power-Amplifier
Systems Get Smarter
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Detailed
Thermal Models Benefit IC Package Designs
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
RF Power MOSFETs
Get Put to the VSWR Test
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Dual-ISM-Band
On-Body Antenna Relies on Textiles
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Optical-to-Electrical Terahertz Link Enables SISO Communication
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Video: A Guide to Waveguides--Space-Qualified Waveguides
Curtis Ellzey & Sarah Mangiola
Video:
A Guide to Waveguides - Couplers and Filters
Curtis Ellzey & Iliza Sokol
Reaching
Beyond 100 GHz With Coaxial Connectors
William W. Oldfield
A Guide to Waveguides - Couplers
and Filters
Curtis Ellzey
A Guide to Waveguides
- Rotary and Torsional Waveguides
Curtis Ellzey
Reaching
Beyond 100 GHz With Coaxial Connectors
William W. Oldfield
A Guide to Waveguides
- What are the Different Types of Waveguides?
Curtis Ellzey
Solid State Cooking
Oven Uses RF Energy
Curtis Ellzey
Play Music on an RF Plasma Spark
Plug
Curtis Ellzey
Picking Proper PCB
Materials For LNAs
John Coonrod
Eight Errors Common To Spectrum Analysis
Bob Nelson
Microstrip
Antenna Boosts UWB Gain
Raj Kumar, Tuhina Oli, Nagendra Kushwaha, and RVS Ram Krishna
Quadrupler Cuts
Losses at W-Band
Yong Fang, Hai Zhang, Baoqing Zeng, Tiguo Gan, and Ye Yuan
From Real Time to Real Accuracy: Spectrum Analyzers Have Your Signal Covered
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
May
Design a Ka-Band High-Gain
LNA
Ziqiang Yang, Shaoteng Chi, Tao Yang, Yu Liu, and Hao Peng
Compact Antenna Snares WiMAX/WLAN
Ghangiz Ghobadi and Maryam Majidzadeh
GNSS Signals Are
Used for Frequency Standards
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
L- and
Ka-Band Antennas Share the Same Patch
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
GaN
MMICs for Small Cells Get a Doherty Power Boost
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
RF Sensors Biodegrade
Under Pressure
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Single-Layer PCB Supports Millimeter-Wave Applications
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
32-nm SOI CMOS Process Enables 210-GHz Transceiver
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Thick
Metal Cladding Benefits High-Frequency Laminates
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
EM
Simulation Software Optimizes Large Microwave
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
DDS Model Tunes Doppler
Simulation
Zhang Xin, Li Cai-Hua, Huang Yang-Bo, Zhang Guo-Zhu, Ou Gang
April
Power Dividers
Channel 4500 MHz
Jack Browne
Millimeter-Wave
Advances Give Science a Boost
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Approach Drops
SMD DRO Phase Noise
Ajay Kumar Poddar and Ulrich L. Rohde
SLR Helps Shrink
Quad-Band Filter
Lei Chen and Feng Wei
Waveguide
Diplexer Links Point-To-Point Systems
Seong-Gon Choii, Eun-Jong Cha, Biering-Cheal Ahn, and Jae-Hoon Bang
Approach Trims
Size Of Dipole Antennas
B. Gong, L.S. Su, Q.R. Zheng, Y.Z. Yin, and X.S. Ren
UWB Imaging Aids
Breast Cancer Detection
Xia Xiao, Qinwei Li, Li Xu, Hang Song, and Liang Wang
QAM is Rising: 1024QAM and
Beyond
Dr. Habeeb Ur Rahman Mohammed
Correlate Handheld and Benchtop Measurements
Tom Hoppin
Differential Drive Optimizes Active Mixers
Qui Luu and Benjamin Sam
Wireless
Power Transfer Resonates to Extend Reach
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
MIMO Antenna
Covers Four Modern Bands
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
60-GHz IPIC-QVCO Reduces Phase Noise and Error
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Metamaterials
Enable Magnetic Superlens for WPT
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Five Trends Shaping 802.11
WLANs
Amal Ekbal
NFC Prepares for Wide
Adoption
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
DASs Bring Capacity Indoors, Outdoors, and Wherever You Need It
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
System-Level Modelers
Race the Design Cycle
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Millimeter-Wave Technology Prepares for a Wealth of Applications
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Low-Cost
Front End Receives 9 GHz
Lina Cao, Jianyi Zhou, Dahai Ni, and Shun Zhao
March
Precipitation Radar Employs Variable Pulse Repetition
Iliza Sokol
Low-Cost
Front End Receives 9 GHz
Lina Cao, Jianyi Zhou, Dahai Ni, and Shun Zhao
RF MEMS Switches Deliver High Power in a Compact Package
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Time-Slot
Division Strategy Enables Efficient Simulation
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
4D Antennas
Secure Wireless Communications
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
New Modulation
Schemes Raise PIM
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
LTE,
WiFi, and WiGig Push Filter Capabilities
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Test
High-Power RF/Microwave From Tower To Tabletop
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Microstrip
Antenna Maintains Low Profile
Zhifeng Yao, Mintong Li, Chen Lin, and Dong Wang
Novel LC Tank
Steers Low-Power VCO
Jianqun Ding, Chunhua Wang, Xiaorong Guo, and Wen Wang
Understanding Adjacent Channel Power Measurements In Spectrum Analysis
Bob Nelson
February
Low-Cost Substrate Supports Multiband Patch Antenna
M. Habib Ullah, M.T. Islam, J.S. Mandeep, and N. Misran
A4WP
and PMA Join Forces to Standardize Wireless Charging
Iliza Sokol
GaN Enables
RF Where LDMOS and GaAs Can't
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Manage
Quartz Crystals Under High Vibration
Steve Fry
Semiconductor Technology Offers Exciting Possibilities
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
SoCs Bring High-End RF Devices From Lab To Sofa
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Transceiver
Supports 8 × 8 MIMO Systems
Weichen Huang, Jianyi Zhou, Zhiqiang Yu, Lina Cao, Liang Ma, and Fei Huang
Current Reuse Gains
UWB LNA
Dr. Wang Wei, Liang Yao, Mao Xiaoying, Gong Zhaoying, and Zhao Chen
Could
Visible Light Replace RF Usage in Communications?
Iliza Sokol
White-Space Spectrum Shows Potential for Long-Range Communications
Iliza Sokol
January
High-Voltage GaN-on-Si Devices Deliver High Power
Raymond A. Baker, Walter H. Nagy, David W. Runton, and
Robert A. Sadler
Compact
LNA Drives 2.5-GHz Base Stations
Chin-Leong Lim
The Future of Connectivity:
Mobile & Automobiles
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Communications
Continues to Inspire Technology Advances
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Adapters and Couplers
Ride the Millimeter Wave
Jean-Jacques DeLisle
SIW Fashions CP
X-Band Antenna
Fangfang Fan, Wei Wang, and Zehong Yan
RF “Black Art” Gets Behind the World’s Largest Radio Telescope
Iliza Sokol
Searching
For Low-Phase-Noise Synthesizers
Ulrich L. Rohde, Ajay Kumar Poddar and Dorin Calbaza
Microwave Product Digest
November
One RF Measurement
Science for Multiple Instrument Form Factors
Franck Berthaux
RF/Microwave Test
Market Gets a Boost From PXI Signal Analyzers
Jessy Cavazos
New Architecture,
Software Help VNAs Meet High-Frequency Design Needs
Steve Reyes
Choosing Microwave
PCB Materials for Wireless Communications Components
John Coonrod
GaN-on-Diamond
Wafers: A Tutorial
Bruce Bolliger, Felix Ejeckam, Daniel Francis, Firooz Faili, Frank Lowe, and Daniel
Twitchen
A Guide to the
Design of Laminate PCBs at Microwave Frequencies
Liam Devlin and Graham Pearson
October
AWR Connected Integrates
AWR and Third-Party Tools for Enhanced Design Flows and User Efficiencies
Sherry Hess, AWR Group, NI
Design Synergy: Combining
LINC2 Circuit Synthesis with Sonnet EM Simulation
Dale D. Henkes, ACS
Pre-Distortion
Linearization Over 1 GHz Instantaneous Bandwidth Improves Broadband Power Amplifier Multi-Signal Intermodulation
and Harmonic Performance
Aethercomm, Inc. and Innovation Digital, LLC
Addressing High-Performance
RF/Microwave Circuit Design Challenges
ANSYS, Inc.
Determining the Best
RF Simulation Tools as an RF Consulting Engineer
How-Siang Yap
September
GSPS Data Converters
to the Rescue for Electronics Surveillance and Warfare Systems!
Analog Devices
Advantages of
Propagation Path Replication for Radar Range Testing
Joe Mazzochette
Achieving the
Modern Networked Battlefield with Advanced, Multifunction AESA Radar
Mike Ziehl
RFS' New E-Band
Antennas Allow Operators to Leverage 71-86 GHz Frequency Bands
Radio Frequency Systems/RFS
Homeland
Security Developing Systems to Detect IEDs at a Distance
Renaissance Electronics
Digital Technology
is Removing the RF-to-Digital Divide
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions, and Tektronix Inc.
Cut the Defense
Budget? Sure, No Worries
Barry Manz
HF SIGINT: A
Return from the Dead?
Barry Manz
The CDAA
Antenna and the Wullenweber
Barry Manz
August
Precision Validation
of Radar System Performance in the Field
Wilkie Yu
Big Data, Smartphone
Adoption, Heterogeneous Networks and Virtualization are the Trends to Watch for in the Network Monitoring Systems
Markets
Rohan Joy Thomas
On–Site Testing
of Lightning Protection Devices
Ken Rand
Multi-DUT RF
Conditioning Design Considerations
Robin Irwin
July
Hittite’s Wideband
(Distributed) Power Amplifiers Span DC to 65 GHz
Hittite Microwave
High Power
PIN Diode Switches for Aerospace and Defense Applications
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Waveguide Filters:
New Design Techniques for Exploiting a Mature Technology
Luso Electronics
June
PIM: Components,
Material, Handling & Testing
Wolfgang Damm
Portable and Rack-Mount
Instruments for Base Station Monitoring
Bill Bates, Bird Technologies
Plastic-Packaged
LDMOS RF Power Transistors Deliver Up to 300 W CW
David Lester
Broadband Low-Loss
Limiter MMICs
Andy Dearn and Liam Devlin
JESD204B and its
Impact on Overall Pipeline ADC Latency
Thomas Neu
RF Signal
Capture and Analysis System Serves Commercial and Defense Applications
Tektronix, Inc.
Hittite Simplifies
Block Up Converter (BUC) VSAT/Satcom Designs with New, High Performance Chipsets
Hittite Microwave
Advanced Ultra-Mini
Hidden Antenna for Successful GNSS Navigation
Desmond C. Wong, Parsec Technologies
Ultra Low Noise
Amplifiers
Stephen Moreschi and Jody Skeen, Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Using Proven
Commercial Equipment to Generate High Quality Millimeter-Wave Signals
Erik Diez
Making Broadband
SDR Designs Smaller, Lighter, and Less Power Hungry with Highly Integrated, Mixed-Signal RF IC
Duncan Bosworth
Reduce Defense
Products Cost, Lead Time with Highly Efficient Manufacturing
Joseph O’Neil
GaN Solutions for
Next Generation Military Communications
Raymond Baker
Software Enables
Editing of RF Signal-Capture Files
Jim Taber
April
High Power Surface
Mount Switch-Limiter Module
Chandu Sirimalla
Ultra-Low Jitter
Clocks for High-Performance Digital-to-Analog Converters
Ramon Cerda
The Continued Pursuit
of Precision in Oscillator Technology
David Meaney
Affordable and
Portable Real-Time Spectrum Analysis
Signal Hound
March
Managing Output
Level Transients in RF Signal Generators
Pablo Perez-Lara
Future of Flexible
Electronics
Frost & Sullivan
Millimeter
Wave Sub-Assemblies Enable Next Generation R&D Projects
Renaissance Electronics & Communications
Phase Track® Cable
- TF4™ Dielectric: The Knee Replacement
Michael Brewster
New MEIA™ Series
Establishes Next Generation RF High Power Interconnect Capabilities
Norm Brodeur
February
Low Noise Amplifier
Design Methodology Summary
Ambarish Roy, Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Just Under the Radar:
A More Connected Future Drives Need for More Microwave Technology and Spectrum
Bob Pinato
Mobile Measurement
Vehicle (MMV) Brings Signal Capture and Analysis on the Road
Marty Mosier
Simplifying
LTE Complexity: The First Reconfigurable RF Front End
Dylan Kelly
LDMOS RF Driver
Transistors Deliver High Performance from 700 to 2700 MHz
Eric Westberg
January
Highly Integrated,
High Performance Microwave Radio IC Chipsets Cover 6 - 42 GHz Bands
Hittite Microwave
Why Plug-and-Play,
GaN in Plastic Power Modules will Revolutionize Next Generation Radar Systems
MACOM Technology Solutions
Using MMICs to Reduce
Size and Power in Phased-Array Radar Systems
Custom MMIC
TWTs, MPMs Meet Broadband,
High Frequency Defense Applications Requirements
dB Control
Fully-Loaded GaAs
Front-End Modules: Proven Winners for LTE and 3G Smartphones
TriQuint
Overcoming the
Challenges of Designing and Testing Phased-Array Radar Systems
Agilent Technologies