03.28.23 -- 4 Things You Need To Know About 5G's Massive Potential

As manufacturers move to higher frequencies, development and testing of the latest wireless systems/devices require specifically designed test systems that can emulate a complex environment with a greater mix of device types.

Although 5G is here, cellular technology evolution will continue to progress, and the standards of testing these new evolutions will inevitably lag the technology development.

Today's smartphones are not growing in size, but the content inside is. With the ever-increasing number of cameras, sensors, and components to accommodate today's new features, the available layout is shrinking. This is no different for the accessible area for the antenna.

THz technology promises to be indispensable – not only to achieve target requirements in terms of maximum throughput and extremely low latencies but also to realize intriguing novel applications.

To understand trade-offs with wireless application requirements, including efficiency and power consumption, range, and linearity, the first in this series of articles on RF power amplification (PA) essentials deals with basic waveform shapes and the formulae for calculating power supplied, RF output power, and efficiency.

Phase noise is critical to systems requiring precise frequency stability. In extremely low phase noise systems, the amplifier phase noise contribution is considered in the signal chain’s phase noise performance

A single IoT device merges technologies such as RF communication, mixed-signal capabilities, and high-speed data transfer, all while minimizing power consumption. For this reason, a lot goes into IoT design to ensure reliable and efficient devices.

Crest factor (CF) is the ratio of a signal's peak amplitude to its average power. Analyzing an amplifier's input and output CF values can validate linear operation or determine nonlinearities in the system.