Silicon integration with millimeter wave phased array antenna
Feb 1, 2004
By Fred Mohamadi To achieve a reliable, efficient and high-speed Wireless LAN (WLAN, IEEE802.11) and wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN, IEEE802.16) a system must...
Synthetic instrumentation: An emerging technology (Part I)
Feb 1, 2004
By Mike Granieri A synthetic instrument (SI) synthesizes the stimulus and/or measurement functionality found in traditional instruments by using a combination of core...
Amplifiers
Feb 1, 2004
1700-2700 MHz, 5 W amplifier The SM1727-37HS from Stealth Microwave is a small, highly linear amplifier designed for multiple wireless markets. Operating...
Digital polar design facilitates multimode transmitters
Feb 1, 2004
By Steven Hurwitz Tactical military radio requirements have seen significant changes over the last several years. In order to meet the communication needs of Future Combat...
Low-cost USB wireless Presentation Pal
Feb 1, 2004
By Steven Bible, principle application engineer, Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler, Ariz. This design idea creates a wireless universal serial bus (USB) presentation helper called the Presentation Pal that remotely the slides on your computer....
Products
Feb 1, 2004
Signal Processing PMC with front data port Thales Computers has introduced a new front-panel data port (FPDP) PCI mezzanine card. The new PMC-FPDP is...
Integration-by-parts: An approach to the RFIC market
Feb 1, 2004
By Dan Nobbe A concept learned in freshman calculus, but now applied to wireless integrated circuits, is the classical approach Peregrine is taking to wireless integration....
Exploring the latest developments for defense applications
Feb 1, 2004
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Whether in the form of radar, satellite communications or electronic warfare, RF and microwave technologies have provided the military and the defense...
Bias tee raises the performance bar
Feb 1, 2004
Combining the virtues of its proprietary low-temperature, co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology with clever circuit techniques, Mini-Circuits has crafted...
Zigbee radio standard poised for growth
Feb 1, 2004
The low cost and power attributes of the ZigBee radio standard should vastly increase the wireless market, and 2004 will be the critical design-in year,...
OFDM modem chip taps advance 0.18 micron CMOS process
Feb 1, 2004
Wavesat Inc., a developer of OFDM broadband wireless access modem silicon, has chosen Atmel's SiliconCITY capability to design and manufacture the first WiMAX-compliant IEEE-802.16d chips....
Literature and Learning Materials
Feb 1, 2004
The Radioman's Manual Noble Publishing has introduced a new book called The Radioman's Manual. This book deals with the RF aspects of radio communications....
Microfabricated next-generation millimeter-wave power amplifiers
Feb 1, 2004
By Larry Sadwick, Jennifer Hwu and Dean Anderson With the need for more band width and security, military communications systems are moving higher up on the spectrum scale. These systems are driving...
CDMA2000 RF system design software and spreadsheets
Jan 1, 2004
By Anitha Swaminathan Today's complex designs, particularly with the advent of digital communications standards such as code-division multiple access (CDMA2000), require a...
Products
Jan 1, 2004
Amplifiers 100-W amplifier EM Power RF has introduced an amplifier rated at 100 W over the band 0.8-4.2 GHz. Model 2030 is suitable for RF immunity testing,...
Optimizing LDMOS transistors' bias control
Jan 1, 2004
By Jim Pflasterer, director of applications engineering, Xicor Milpitas, CA LDMOS transistors are used for RF power amplification in numerous communications applications, with the most popular being cellular base stations. These...
