All Hail the Zener Diode Noise Source
by Fairview Microwave Noise is the enemy of all receivers, obliterating the desired signals and rendering attempts to eliminate it problematic, but for more than 70 years, it has also […]
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Mitigating the High Cost of Product Defects Associated with Shipping and Handling Thin Microwave ICs
by Darby Davis, Gel-Pak and Craig Blanchette, BAE Systems Expansion in the areas of SATCOM, automotive radar, 5G, and security are pushing high frequency semiconductor technologies toward smaller, thinner footprints. […]
Shifting Demand for Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitors Creates a Critical Supply Shortfall for Industrial and Military Needs
Domestic MLCC manufacturers are ramping up manufacturing capacity to fulfill orders for large format, High Q ceramic capacitors for industrial, medical and military applications Industrial, medical, and military demand for […]
GaN Design and Manufacturing Challenges for Phased Array Applications
by Jerry Sanham, Filtronic High-power gallium nitride (GaN) devices are becoming increasingly prevalent in the transmit chain of phased array antennas, not only for radar but more recently also for […]
Basic Techniques for Accurate Resistance Measurement
by CAS DataLoggers At CAS DataLoggers, we often receive calls from users working in resistance measurement applications, for example using string pots to measure displacement, measuring thermistors or RTDs for […]
New Advanced Circulators Overcome mmWave Design Challenges
by Greg Rankin, Micro Harmonics Greater isolation and bandwidth enable telecom providers and radar technology designers to fully capitalize on the mmWave spectrum. As communications providers race to deliver on […]
RF Signal Chain Discourse: Properties and Performance Metrics
by Anton Patyuchenko, Field Applications Engineer, Analog Devices, Inc. It was not so long ago from the historical perspective, at the dawn of the 20th century, that the RF engineering […]
Be a Team Player: Use Absorptive (Reflectionless) Filters
by Werlatone Role of Filters within Any Communication System Filters are an indispensable part of any communication system, whether wired or wireless. The main attributes of a filter are traditionally […]
Benefits of Networked Multichannel Radio Systems in Strategic Communication Intelligence (COMINT) Scenarios
by Carsten Watolla, Department Manager Spectral Data Analysis “SDA”, Novator Solutions In strategic communication intelligence scenarios one of the main tasks is to gather as much information as possible. Ideally […]
Why a Fully Integrated Translation Loop Device Achieves the Best Phase Noise Performance
by Erkan Acar, RF Systems Architect, Analog Devices, Inc. We are experiencing an explosive growth in demand for bandwidth that pushes the carrier frequencies to multiple decades of gigahertz. At […]