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12.23.08 -- Top 10 Of 2008

December 23, 2008

RF Globalnet's Top 10 of 2008
RF Globalnet

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

www.rfglobalnet.com

RF Globalnet's Top 10 of 2008

RF Globalnet is pleased to present you with its Top 10 newsletter, our annual recap of the most popular articles, downloads, news, and products from the past year. We hope you enjoy this glance back at 2008 as you prepare for 2009.

The past 12 months have been exciting ones for RF Globalnet. First, we made significant changes to our home page, which now offers a host of new features to make it easier than ever before to find product overviews, industry news, technical articles, or anything else related to the field. We revisited a few tried and true topics in our 2008 Editorial Calendar -- namely Amplifiers & Oscillators, Wireless Technologies, and Electronic Warfare & Radar -- and these special editions proved to be some of our most popular newsletters of the year. (To see the special editions we have planned for next year, please review our 2009 Editorial Calendar.)

RF Globalnet continued to expand its reach "offline" with the 2008 edition of The 2008 RF & Microwave Solutions Update distributed at IMS 2008 and European Microwave Week 2008. This publication included a collection of exclusive editorial as well as robust product and service information.

If you would like to participate in any of these RF Globalnet offerings next year -- or have ideas for other resources we can provide in 2009 -- we would be delighted to hear from you. Please drop us a line!

In closing, the entire RF Globalnet team would like to express its thanks, first to all of the authors, companies, and organizations that contributed content in 2008. And thanks to you, our loyal readers, for reading, clicking, and making this special edition newsletter possible. Happy Holidays from RF Globalnet -- we look forward to building next year's Top 10 with you (starting on January 6, 2009)!

Top 10 Articles Of 2008

1.The Basics Of OFDM
By Mark Elo, Keithley Instruments, Inc.
2.Basics Of GPS Antennas
By Gerald J.K. Moernaut And Daniel Orban, Orban Microwave Products
3.Antenna Performance Basics
By Banner Engineering
4.Introduction To Radio
By Banner Engineering
5.Understanding Cable And Antenna Analysis
By Stefan Pongratz, Anritsu Company
6.Applications Of PIN Diodes
By Avago Technologies
7.A Dash Of Maxwell's
By Dr. Glen Dash, Ampyx LLC
8.Pulsed Signal Measurements With Vector Network Analyzers: The Basics
By Justin Panzer, Rohde & Schwarz
9.Report -- Electronic Warfare: The Changing Face Of Combat
By The Association of Old Crows (AOC)
10.Total Radiated Power (TRP) And Harmonics
By RF Micro Devices, Inc.

Top 10 News Stories Of 2008

1. Cell Phone-Cancer Link Discovered
SOURCE: American Friends of Tel Aviv University
2.All-Nanotube Transistor Radio Developed
SOURCE: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3. First Detection Of Magnetic Field In Distant Galaxy Produces A Surprise
SOURCE: University of California, San Diego
4. Radio Telescope Detects Life-Forming Ingredients In Far Off Galaxy
SOURCE: Cornell University
5. NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet
SOURCE: NASA
6. Error Message! How Mobile Phones Distort Measurements
SOURCE: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
7. Cell Phones Powered By Sound Waves Possible
SOURCE: Texas A&M University
8. Flexible Nanoantenna Arrays Capture Abundant Solar Energy
SOURCE: Idaho National Laboratory
9. University Of Texas Researchers Turn Radar Signals Into Virtual Images
SOURCE: University of Texas at Austin, Electrical & Computer Engineering
10. Radio Telescope Reveals Secrets Of Massive Black Hole
SOURCE: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Top 10 Products Of 2008

1.Ultra-Low-Noise Amplifiers
From M/A-COM, now Cobham Defense Electronic Systems
2.Six-Pole, Cross-Coupled Cavity Bandpass Filter
From ComNav Engineering, Inc.
3.RF Amplifier Modules
From NP Technologies, Inc.
4.Low-Noise Amplifier With Bypass Mode In Low-Profile Package
From Avago Technologies
5.RF Modules
From Emergent
6.802.11b/g RF Amplifiers
From Stealth Microwave
7.VHF Power RF MOSFET
From Microsemi Corporation
8.Millimeter-Wave Sensitive Receivers
From QuinStar Technology, Inc.
9.Patch Antennas
From Corry Micronics, Inc.
10.50- To 4000-MHz Wideband Cascadable HBT Amplifier
From MicroWave Technology, Inc.
Top 10 Downloads Of 2008
1.Technical Article: Electromagnetic Simulation Of Mobile Phone Antenna Performance
By Omid Sotoudeh, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and Tilmann Wittig, CST GmbH
2. White Paper: Oscillator Phase Noise: Theory Vs. Practicality
By Greenray Industries, Inc.
3. Application Note: Cascading Amplifiers Application Information
By Teledyne Cougar
4. Advanced Antenna Engineering And Product Guidebook
By Cobham Defense Electronic Systems
5. Technical Overview: Portable PIM Analyzer
By Summitek Instruments, Inc.
6. Product Overview: WiMAX Components For Next-Generation Wireless
By M/A-COM, now Cobham Defense Electronic Systems
7. White Paper: Detector Log Video Amplifier Capabilities
By Labtech Microwave
8. Waveguide Applications Of FEKO
By EM Software & Systems - S.A. (Pty) Ltd.
9. Application Note: Subampability
By AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation
10. Tutorial: Switch Mode Power Supplies And Their Magnetics
By Datatronic

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