The importance of Fast, Economical Testing for RFIC PAs, Mobile Phones
Jun 1, 2004
By Robert Green and Jerry Janesch Testing of RFIC power amplifier and mobile phone handsets are approaching
10 percent of per-unit cost. Minimizing test time by combining today’s intelligent
instruments, manufacturers can significantly increase testing throughput, thus
garnering a substantial competitive advantage....
Patriot granted Hispasat type-approvals
Jun 1, 2004
Hispasat, the Spain-based satellite communications operator, has type-approved three of Patriot's Ku-band antennas for use with its satellites. These...
Steering safer wheels for America's motorists
Jun 1, 2004
By Tejas Desai, Ken Chance and Takashi (Ted) Ozawa Driven by vehicle safety regulations and customer demand, tire pressure
monitoring systems continue to evolve. With this need, innovative solutions
are being developed to overcome RF and battery design challenges to
cost-effectively provide the best tire safety system functions....
Web Showcase
Jun 1, 2004
Visual System Simulator (VSS), a comprehensive software suite for the design of analog and digital communications systems, uses an advanced, time-based...
Wireless Congress to be held in November
Jun 1, 2004
To underline the particular importance of wireless applications as driver of R&D in the electronics industry, Elektronik magazine, the German Electrical...
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...
Big roundup in Texas at annual MTT-S show
May 1, 2004
Texas is known for doing things on a grand scale, so it's fitting that this year's annual IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) convention...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
Data timing is critical in distributed systems
May 1, 2004
By Fred Mohamadi A distributed system consists of autonomous computing and processing nodes linked together as a network. It is supported by software and hardware that...
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....
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....
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
