New Broadband EMC Double-Ridge Guide Horn Antenna
May 1, 2004
By Vicente Rodriguez Traditionally the
antenna parameter of interest to the EMC engineer was the antenna factor. The
advent of higher frequency testing has brought the development of a new
double-ridge guide horn design....
Dampening Cavity Resonance Using Absorber Material
May 1, 2004
By Paul Dixon By implementing microwave absorbent material, unwanted cavity resonances
are effectively dampened to prevent microwave radiation in circuits where
metal housings are used as a cover....
Reforming military systems for the 21st century
May 1, 2004
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director While the Defense Department continues to tap technological advances to reshape the U.S. military in to an integrated effective force for this century,...
FCC adopts new regulations for improved RFID reliability
May 1, 2004
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new regulations for the use of improved RF identification systems in conjunction with commercial...
FPGA-based Applications for Software Radio
May 1, 2004
By Angsuman Rudra Software radio technology offers the ability to develop radio architectures with
programmable intermediate frequency, bandwidth, modulation and coding
schemes. Field-programmable gate array is important in multimission software
radio applications like electronic warfare, radar, communications and RF testing....
Fast Multitone Analysis of RF Transceivers
May 1, 2004
By George Estep, Pete Johnson & Vladimir Veremey Full-chain simulations using harmonic balance and fast envelope techniques enable fast and full characterization of modern integrated radio transceiver ICs with thousands of transistors....
Phase-coherent test system for multireceiver applications
May 1, 2004
By John Hutmacher Testing of receivers and baseband algorithms in phased-array radars and other multireceiver systems has long been a complicated and expensive process....
Test and measurement
May 1, 2004
8 GHz oscilloscope Tektronix Inc. has announced a new 8 GHz bandwidth TDS6000B Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) series. The product features a signal...
Making broadband wireless access ubiquitous
May 1, 2004
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Just as phones, traditional wireline and cell have become a way of life and a necessity at home, in the office, or on the road, broadband connectivity...
Products
May 1, 2004
Design Software Signal integrity Ansoft has announced DesignerSI, a design environment that combines with Nexxim, HFSS and Q3D Extractor, to deliver system-level...
Fully integrated chipset delivers total ZigBee solution
May 1, 2004
Aiming to get an early entry into the emerging ZigBee market, Atmel has taken an initiative to develop a chipset for this upcoming alternative for wireless...
Products
May 1, 2004
Single-board computers Thales Computers has launched its new Fast Track COTS Delivery Program, which ensures delivery of the company's three newest and...
High-speed 14-bit DAC breaks 1 Gsps barrier
Apr 1, 2004
Combining 0.18 m CMOS process with patent-pending switch current array, designers at Analog Devices have developed an unmatched 14-bit digital-to-analog...
Broadband monolithic S-band class-E power amplifier design
Apr 1, 2004
By Reza Tayrani Highly efficient microwave and RF power amplifiers are required for many commercial as well as defense system applications. These include wireless LANs,...
Surface-mount VGA covers wide frequency range
Apr 1, 2004
Microwave Technology's MPS-002701-84 variable gain amplifier (VGA) offers an exceptionally broad frequency range for a surface-mount VGA. While some other,...
Speedier 14-bit ADC eases base station design
Apr 1, 2004
A new 80 Msps, 14-bit analog to digital converter (ADC) from Linear Technology provides designers of cellular base stations with an improvement in dynamic...
Products
Apr 1, 2004
Integrated Subsystems RF modules with embedded protocol Radiocrafts AS has introduced a series of small-form RF modules. The RC1040, RC1080 and RC1090...
