Innovating Through Times of Change
by Ted Heil, President, Mini-Circuits The story of the RF and microwave industry has always been a story about embracing change. In less than a century, we’ve grown from a […]
Opinion
Home Labs are Making a Comeback in the Pandemic
by Brian Walker, Senior RF Design Engineer, Copper Mountain Technologies Over the last few months, many of us have worked from home where possible. During this time, the tech industry […]
The Advantages of a Distributor in Trying Times
by John Hamilton, VP of Marketing , RFMW The COVID-19 pandemic offered a dose of reality to many businesses dependent on international supply chains. With manufacturers shutting down due to employee […]
Anti-Jam Technology, the First Step: A Winning SATCOM Solution
by Karl Fuchs, Senior Vice President of Technology, iDirectGov Tried and proven SATCOM technologies support the government, including the United States Department of Defense (U.S. DoD), in mission-critical undertakings with […]
To Serve and Protect (and Connect): Next-Generation Antennas are Transforming Public Safety Vehicle Fleets into Mobile Communications Hubs
by Ted Hebron, Senior Product Manager, Laird Connectivity When I was a youngster sitting in the backseat of the family car, I remember two things whenever a police car pulled […]
The 5G Frequency Bands: What Does Each Do and What are the Design Constraints?
by Liam Devlin, CEO, Plextek RFI (PRFI) While many claims have been made about 5G’s potential—extremely high data speeds, ultra-low latency, and millions of device connections—it is not possible to […]
It’s Getting Crowded up in Space and Cyber Security is Becoming a Major Concern
by Mike Cagney, Vice President, Sales, dBmCorp, Inc. We are on the verge of a major explosion in the number/types of satellites launched into orbit around the earth and crowding […]
Bandwidth in the 20s (the 2020s)
by Peter Matthews, Technical Marketing Manager, Knowles Precision Devices Beginning the 2020s it is interesting to look back 100 years or so to the 1920s, a decade that brought The […]
Fiber is Essential for 5G, but is there Enough?
by Paul Hospodar, Fiber Optic Product Line Manager, Infinite Electronics There’s been enough written about the 5G “wireless revolution” to fill an encyclopedia, but one of the least publicized technologies […]
Tying Data Collection in the IoT to Business Goals
by Terrence DeFranco, President & CEO, Iota Communications, Inc. You’ve no doubt heard that the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to be a multi-trillion-dollar industry in the next decade. […]