Wide modulation bandwidth measurements
Jan 1, 2001
Mikhail Mordkovich and Radha Setty [For a copy of this article in PDF format, which displays figures and equations, click here. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, free download.] A primer on...
news
Jan 1, 2001
RF DESIGN STAFF Guard band auction raises more than $500 million The Federal Communications Commission held a spectrum auction in September, 2000, raising a total of...
Wireless Symposium 2001
Jan 1, 2001
RF DESIGN STAFF Get a "heads-up" on the new and recent products to be exhibited at this year's show.Circuit board plotter introduces new precision and control technology...
literature
Jan 1, 2001
RF DESIGN STAFF Catalog available on revised CD-ROM version AVX announces a new CD-ROM containing the latest in software, product and technical information on its selection...
Issue: proposed rulemaking on software-defined radios
Jan 1, 2001
Delaney M. DiStefano The FCC's proposed rules On December 8 superscript th 2000, the FCC released a Request for Comments on equipment authorization rules and procedures for...
Wireless Symposium product wrap
Jan 1, 2001
Wireless Symposium introduced a number of new and noteworthy products. Here are some of the highlights. Thermally conductive PCB/heat sink gap filler...
software
Jan 1, 2001
RF DESIGN STAFF Synthesis software offers improved ease-of-use Eagleware's new S/Filter software design filters use a direct-synthesis approach. This approach offers...
Transmission lines as antennas
Jan 1, 2001
Grant Bingeman [For a copy of this article in PDF format, which displays figures and equations, click here. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, free download.] The bane of...
Another wireless wonder…
Jan 1, 2001
Megan Alderton It’s one of those annoying occurrences. You’re thirsty, there is a Coke machine right in front of you, and you only have 45 cents in your pocket. Bummer, right? As it happens, correct change and crumpled bills may no longer have to be the plight of the vending machine....
ASP me no questions, I'll tell you no lies
Jan 1, 2001
Ernest Worthman Another day, another TLA - The other day our IS guru and I were chatting, as we often do, about what is going on in the computer industry. What started...
The Bluetooth question:
Jan 1, 2001
Megan Alderton What do gas pumps, remotecontrol cars, refrigerators, hockey games, cell phones, laptops and Palm Pilots have in common?A mouthful of Bluetooth.Skeptics...
TDK: 5504
Jan 1, 2001
RF DESIGN STAFF TDK Semiconductor introduces a low-cost, high-performance direct conversion receiver (DCR) integrated circuit for digital wireless applications, including...
Beware of "them" experts
Jan 1, 2001
Roger Lesser They say the court of opinion always has the last say. I have two questions. Who are "they?" And, who gave "them" so much power? OK, three questions,...
The law of unanticipated benefits
Jan 1, 2001
Don Bishop As the sun rose on the first of January, how differently the light shone on the worlds of millennium bugs, the new economy and wireless communications...
Bluetooth Developer's Conference product wrap-up
Jan 1, 2001
RF DESIGN STAFF The Bluetooth Developer's Conference unveiled several innovative technologies. In case you weren't there, here is a sample of some of the products announced...
Design Software - What's hot and what's not
Dec 1, 2000
Megan Alderton From ease-of-use to price, RF Design's software survey evaluates the good, the bad, and the future.All the votes are in and we have the results (we're...
2001: The odyssey of change
Dec 1, 2000
Roger Lesser They say time flies when you're having fun. I must be having a ball. 2001 is almost upon us and I seem to have misplaced 2000. I've been looking forward...
Tag-You're it!
Dec 1, 2000
Megan Alderton Well, the holidays are upon us again and I have received the Christmas wish lists from my 11-year-old brother and sister. And again, their lists are coated...
RF + DSP = SDR
Dec 1, 2000
Ernest Worthman Digital radio needs a solid digital platform for the evolution to SDRs. VMEbus and next-generation VXIbus promise to supply it.It's no secret that digitizing...
It's now 2020
Nov 1, 2000
Ernest Worthman Here we are at the end of the first year (OK, end of year zero for those of us with neurotic tendencies) of the new millennium. It seems like only yesterday...
The digital paradigm for test and measurement
Nov 1, 2000
John DeMott and Jim Reeves [For a copy of this article in PDF format, which displays figures and equations, click here. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, free download.] The next generation...
Telematics: Advancing the information society
Nov 1, 2000
Ernest Worthman [For a copy of this article in PDF format, which displays figures and equations, click here. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, free download.] Is the interactive...
VCXO enables optical networking
Nov 1, 2000
RF DESIGN STAFF Champion Technologies announces a SMT VCXO. The F17355 is a PECL oscillator is designed to run off of a 3.3 VDC supply with an output frequency of 155.52...
Lightweight TVRO interference filter
Nov 1, 2000
RF DESIGN STAFF Microwave Filter introduces the aluminum version of its C-band waveguide bandpass filter. The unit has a typical insertion loss of 0.5 dB at the center...
Wireless universal sensor controller
Nov 1, 2000
RF DESIGN STAFF Advanced Embedded Systems' (AES) RMT10 data logger/sensor controller is a complete system that enables wireless monitoring and control of sensors in industrial...
