RF Design Magazine
Passives for RF design 
Aug 1, 2005  By Chris Reynolds
Designers can choose from fully integrated systems or fully discrete solutions with their associated pros and cons. Both thin film and PMC are rapidly developing technologies, and a number of new devices will soon be emerging. The PMC process is ideal for integration of the passive content of the RF circuit to optimize PA or LNA performance for a given application....

Predicting junction temperature and MTTF for MMIC devices 
Aug 1, 2005  By Radha P.N. Setty
This article provides a simple method for thermal design of a printed circuit board....

Implementing ZigBee wireless mesh networking 
Jul 1, 2005  By Tim Cutler
ZigBee offers unique advantages for wireless applications. But with a technology this new, realizing a successful ZigBee implementation requires understanding its architecture and operation, assessing design options at the chip and module level, and weighing practical considerations relative to specific application needs....

Fourth-generation high-speed DACs push performance envelope 
Jul 1, 2005 
Introduced nearly a decade ago, Analog Devices Inc.'s high-speed TxDAC family has added fourth-generation members with improved performance and pin compatibility...

Software radio to tap diverse opportunities 
Jul 1, 2005  Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director
Since the mid to late 1980s, software-defined radios (SDRs) have been making progress, especially in the military sector. The Department of Defense's...

Delivering low-power, real-time digital broadcast TV signals to mobile handsets 
Jul 1, 2005  By Mike Womac
Thanks to the DVB-H standard and some clever engineering in TV tuner and demodulator techniques, handset designers can enable their new designs to receive reliable, high-quality broadcast TV signals....

RF power detectors offer accuracy, stability and ultra-small packaging 
Jul 1, 2005 
National Semiconductor Corporation's newest family of RF power detectors is tailored for wireless applications that require high frequency and range....

AWR, Astra Microelectronics ink partnership 
Jul 1, 2005 
Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR), a supplier of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) tools, has announced a technology and marketing agreement...

Products 
Jul 1, 2005 
Active Components SPDT GaAs RFIC switches NEC's California Eastern Laboratories has introduced three single-pole double-throw (SPDT) gallium arsenide...

Amplifiers 
Jul 1, 2005 
13 GHz to 40 GHz linear power amplifiers Mimix Broadband Inc. has introduced a line of GaAs MMIC power amplifiers covering the 13 GHz to 40 GHz frequency...

Direct-conversion Bluetooth receivers 
Jul 1, 2005  By Mark Lane
Direct-conversion receivers have well-known challenges that are difficult to overcome such as dc offset. Due to the large modulation bandwidth, the effect of frequency offsets is negligible on the overall performance of the direct conversion receiver as implemented in Bluetooth....

RF CMOS scales to 13 GHz 
Jul 1, 2005 
Peregrine Semiconductor has refined its UltraCMOS process technology to extend the reach of CMOS to 13 GHz. This frequency performance breaks speed barriers...

Bringing long-range UHF RFID tags into mainstream supply chain applications 
Jul 1, 2005  By Rob Glidden and John Schroeter
The availability of inexpensive CMOS technologies that perform well at ultra-high frequencies has created new opportunities for automated material handling within supply chain management that will, in hindsight, be viewed as revolutionary....

ST, Cooper Bussman define solutions for telecom 
Jul 1, 2005 
STMicroelectronics has announced a marketing initiative with Cooper Bussmann, through its electronics business unit, Cooper Electronic Technologies, focused...

When to make the move to advanced probing technology in logic analysis 
Jul 1, 2005  By Brock J. LaMeres
Logic analyzers are the tool of choice for digital system engineers when debugging and validating their complex systems. As data rates increase, the physical...

High-speed serial pulse data generator is unprecedented 
Jul 1, 2005 
Agilent Technologies Inc. has unwrapped what it claims is the industry's first high-speed, serial pulse data generator with stimulus capability up to...

RFIC eyes emerging wireless multimedia applications 
Jun 1, 2005 
Aiming to be a player in the emerging wireless multimedia networking for the home entertainment market, Yakum, Israel-based start-up Metalink unveiled...

Cornell Dubilier approved for wet tantalum capacitors 
Jun 1, 2005 
Cornell Dubilier acknowledged receipt of approval by the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) as a qualified provider of CLR79 and CLR81 wet tantalum...

Novel High-Frequency Crystal Oscillator Cuts Jitter and Noise 
Jun 1, 2005  By Dan Nehring
The inverted Mesa resonator offers a high-performing alternative to SAW-based oscillators and other bulk resonator types, which use a noisy PLL or other such parametric multiplier that also multiplies noise. Oscillators have been developed to demonstrate the effectiveness of this design technique....

Cyberhand Technologies partners with Lockheed Martin to develop missile guidance system 
Jun 1, 2005 
Cyberhand Technologies Intnl., a computer peripheral design company specializing in wireless ergonomic products for mobile and desktop users, has entered...

Monolithic multiband tuner enables TV on hand-held devices 
Jun 1, 2005 
Signaling a new trend in silicon TV tuner technology, Microtune Inc. has developed a family of high-performance, ultralow-power, multiband tuners targeted...

Adaptive array network could improve access to earth-observing satellites 
Jun 1, 2005 
Sophisticated signal-processing techniques and simple proof-of-principle antenna arrays built from PVC pipe, aluminum foil and copper wire could revolutionize...

In context--Internal zero and calibration for RF power sensors 
Jun 1, 2005  By Alan B. Anderson
The primary use of an RF power sensor and RF power meter combination is to add traceability and accuracy to test systems and for making accurate, absolute...

High-performance TV signals come to cell phones 
Jun 1, 2005  Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director
Several technologies have come together to make reception of high-quality digital TV signals a reality in mobile hand-held devices, such as cell phones, PDAs and other multimedia convergence products, as well....

Military stimulates programmable software radio industry 
Jun 1, 2005  Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director
Initiated some time in the mid-nineties, the United States military is playing a pioneering role in the development of software-defined radio or SDR....

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