RF & Microwave Magazine Article Archive - 2014

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

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

June

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

Peregrine's Novel Power Limiter Architecture Gives Radar Engineers First Opportunity to Design Intelligent Power Protection Schemes

Peter Bacon

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.

May

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