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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.

High Frequency Electronics | Microwave Journal | Microwaves & RF | Microwave Product Digest | Test & Measurement World

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

 

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

 

Test & Measurement World

December

Develop Software for Test Instruments

Brian McLean

Test Ideas: Controller Keeps Circuits Cool

Chien-Hung Chen, Mao-Chiao Weng, and Tai-Shan Liao

PXI Switching Capabilities Continue to Advance

Walter Strickler

PXI's Hidden Role in Communications-Standards Testing

Richard A. Quinnell

November

Controller Keeps Circuits Cool

Chien-Hung Chen, Mao-Chiao Weng, and Tai-Shan Liao

Develop Software for Test Instruments

Brian McLean

October

Testing the Tester Components

Rick Nelson

Test Ideas: DMM Handles Logic Nanosecond-Pulse-Width Waveforms

Marián Štofka

Characterizing Noise in Voltage-Reference ICs

Jim Williams

Divide and Conquer Signal Anomalies

Art Pini

September

Test Ideas: Pulse Generator Aids IC Testing

Kevin Frick

Test System Upgrades can Expose Problems

Mike Rutledge

Light Sensors Pack in Greener Features

Margery Conner

Verify Ethernet Networks

Martin Rowe

August

Test Ideas: Dropout Alarm Frees Engineers' Time

John Lo Giudice

Serial Data Streams Pose EMI Issues

Martin Rowe

Military Standard Gets a Revision

Martin Rowe

How to Measure Display Jitter

Martin Rowe

June

Test Ideas: Emulate SPI Signals With a Digital I/O Card

Andy Street

Small-Delay-Defect Testing

Roberto Mattiuzzo, Davide Appello, and Chris Allsup

Machine Vision Aids Solar-Cell Inspection

Ann R. Thryft

May

Finding Firefighters Through Heavy Smoke

Martin Rowe

Test Ideas: Program Resistance in a Bridge Circuit

Alexander Bell

Power Meters Gear up for Smart Grid Service

Margery Conner

Signal Generator, Power Sensor Test DME

Rick Nelson

April

Test Ideas: Serial Port Tests Digital Circuits

Yury Magda

Thermal Imaging Finds Faults Quickly

Ann R. Thryft

Power Over Camera Link Enables Smaller Systems

Ann R. Thryft

March

Test Ideas: Bias Current Modulation Eliminates Wiring Errors

W. Stephen Woodward

Motion Sensor Tester Runs from a Browser

Sean O'Leary and Jed Marti

Testing WiMedia UWB

Mike Carr

Facing Legacy Issues in PXI Systems

Richard A. Quinnell 

February

Moving Beyond IEEE 1149.1

Steve Scheiber

IEEE 1588 Moves Into New Fields

Martin Rowe

Channel Emulation Supports Mobile MIMO

Rick Nelson

Resampling Line-Scan Camera Data

Ann R. Thryft

Amorphous Silicon X-ray Detectors Find PCB Flaws

Ann R. Thryft  

Machine Vision, Data Acquisition Converge

Ann R. Thryft

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