Release of software radio platform with SCA compliance
Dec 1, 2005
Pentek Inc. has released a development platform containing all hardware and tools required for software-defined radio development compliant with the Software...
Submarine collision avoidance system receives funding
Dec 1, 2005
Information Systems Laboratories (ISL) has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop and test electric field...
Products
Nov 1, 2005
Active Components Rotary position sensing device Melexis has introduced a solution for rotary position sensing. The MLX90316 is a monolithic, programmable...
Comprehensive wireless platform secures communications
Nov 1, 2005
Wireless security solutions provider Columbitech has released a comprehensive platform of wireless security offerings for retailers. These field-tested...
Signal Processing
Nov 1, 2005
Longitudinal balance bridge North Hills has announced a line of instrumentation-grade bridges that measure the transverse or differential signal resulting...
Phase-Noise Profiles Aid System Testing
Nov 1, 2005
By Ken Yang Engineers normally try to
minimize phase noise, but for test purposes, they sometimes
worsen the phase noise intentionally. The deliberate introduction of phase noise
aids in testing a system's tolerance for phase noise or jitter....
Single-chip phone eases GSM/GPRS handset design
Nov 1, 2005
Combining advances in 0.13-micron CMOS process technology innovations in digitally intensive RF transceiver architecture and rigorous verification methodologies,...
Push-pull amplifiers improve second-order intercept point
Nov 1, 2005
By Radhakrishna Setty Wideband communications systems have signals occupying multi-octave frequency ranges. Such signals, when amplified in conventional amplifiers, can be distorted due to the second-order products generated inside the amplifier. An ideal push-pull amplifier can cancel the internally generated products and preserve the signal quality. ...
All Terminators Are Not Created Equal
Nov 1, 2005
By Jerry Seams Variations in physical construction can cause resistors that are dc-equivalent to have drastically different electrical characteristics at radio and microwave
frequencies....
Integrating power management on RF chips
Nov 1, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Power supplies are part and parcel of electronic circuits and are needed in a variety of forms to drive these circuits. Some familiar terms include dc-dc...
The challenges of testing MIMO
Nov 1, 2005
By Fan Liang This
article focuses on demystifying physical layer issues with multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology, and presents
ways of improving MIMO performance....
A novel approach to obsolescence management
Oct 1, 2005
By John O'Boyle Many devices still in use today for military-specification (mil-spec) and high-reliability applications were designed and fabricated in the 1970s and...
A general measurement technique for determining RF immunity
Oct 1, 2005
By Arpit Mehta This article describes a generalized technique to measure the RF
immunity of a circuit. It defines a standard and structured test methodology
aimed at establishing adequate repeatability of the test results for
qualitative analysis....
WiMAX asks Can you hear me now?
Oct 1, 2005
By Cheryl Ajluni, Editor WiMAX is a compelling sell these days for many reasons. The main one is its ability to make broadband wireless access (BWA) cheaper and easier to deploy....
Next-generation wireless components
Oct 1, 2005
LDMOS UHF pallet amplifiers Richardson Electronics Ltd. has announced two LDMOS UHF pallet amplifiers designed and manufactured by its European design...
Can OFDM enhancement drive WiMAX mobility forward?
Oct 1, 2005
By Vijay Dube WiMAX covers a wide range of fixed and mobile applications. Analysts predict roughly 20 million subscribers for fixed services by 2009, while mobility...
NEWS WORTHY
Oct 1, 2005
WiMAX Forum WiMAX Forum (www.WiMAXForum.org) certification testing is ongoing at Cetecom labs in Spain. The first WiMAX Forum Certified products those...
Mobile protocol emulator tests uplinks
Oct 1, 2005
Aeroflex has added a high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) test capability to its 6401 air interface monitor emulator (AIME) 3G mobile protocol test...
