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RF Inductor Selection Tool Speeds Circuit Design

Inductors
February 10, 2010
Len Crane
Technical Marketing Manager

Len Crane, Technical Marketing Manager at Coilcraft, has over 30 years of inductor design experience. He talks about a new interactiveonline inductor selection tool that helps engineers compare inductors and their critical performance data such as Q, equivalent series resistance and self-resonant frequency.

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Is GaN the New RF "Superman"?


January 1, 2010
Semiconductors
Mike Lincoln
TriQuint Semiconductor Product Marketing


Mike Lincoln of TriQuint Semi- conductor discusses the advantages of GaN RF technology available through modules and other packaged products, die-level devices and foundry services, the technological alternatives to GaN and why engineers should consider Gallium Nitride for their next design.

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I'm Just an Engineer


December 8, 2009
Active Components
Ferenc Marki


"The fact that constant innovation leads to success in the engineering business is obvious. What is not obvious, however, is that the current economic and socio-scientific climate makes the microwave industry ripe for engineering-minded entrepreneurs."

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Network Engineering with Adaptive Modulation


November 11, 2009
Backhaul Networks
Greg Friesen
Director of Product Management, DragonWave
DragonWave


As Ethernet services and backhaul networks are becoming commonplace, adaptive modulation is becoming more widely used in the microwave backhaul layer. Adaptive modulation offers significant networking benefits which include increased capacity, improved availability, reduce spectrum usage, smaller an...

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Optimizing 4 and 5 GHz Antenna Systems


October 10, 2009
Antenna Systems
Andy Singer
President
Radio Waves Inc.


In this article we will review some key tips on how to optimize microwave antenna systems for 4 and 5 GHz networks. The correct and optimal selection of antennas can be the most cost-effective way to improve network performance at these now commonly used frequencies.

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X-parameters: Commercial Implementations of the Latest Technology Enable Mainstream Applications


September 10, 2009
Device Modeling
David Root
Principal Research Scientist and Modeling Architect
Agilent Technologies Inc.


This article introduces significant advances in commercially available solutions for characterization, modeling, and design of nonlinear components and systems based on X-parameter* technology. X-parameters unify S-parameters, load-pull, and modern wave-form measurements for more complete nonlinear ...

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The Gigabit Millimeter-wave Superhighway


August 14, 2009
WirelessHD
Jonthan Wells
President, AJIS LLC


This article provides a look at the use of the 60 GHz frequency band to deliver high definition TV to the home wirelessly.

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A Practical Guide to 3D Electromagnetic Simulation


July 15, 2009
EM Simulation
Martin Timm
Director of Marketing


It is widely accepted that three dimensional numerical simulations of electromagnetic fields are essential to the success of in the design of passive components. Obviously simulating a virtual prototype is much cheaper than building hardware and measuring it, in particular if the design cycle time i...

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Low Power, Low Noise and Power Amplifiers: Design and Optimization


June 12, 2009
RF CMOS Design
Dr. Ali Abuelmaatti
Model Development Engineer, RFMD (UK)


RF circuit design is similar to any other analog circuit design in that achieving acceptable performance parameters (including requirements and constraints) not only relies on the ability of the designer to strike valuable and convenient trade-offs using design parameters but also on the ability of ...

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De-mystifying Single Carrier FDMA: The New LTE Uplink

Thin Dielectric Materials

Super-regenerative Receiver

What You Should Know About MIMO Operation and Measurement

Designing RF, Mixed-Technology Printed Circuit Boards

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