Feature Articles

31. Is QSPICE Resting On Its Laurels? Hardly 3/25/2025

    QSPICE revolutionizes circuit design with unmatched speed, transparency, and accuracy, empowering engineers and businesses while strengthening Qorvo’s market position through innovation, customer engagement, and strategic growth.

32. Anokiwave Expecting mmWave 5G Market Tipping Point in 2022 3/25/2025

    Anokiwave predicts a 5G mmWave market surge, driven by rising demand, sustainable networks, diverse use cases, private 5G adoption, and global deployments, enabled by advanced ICs.

33. Receiver Protector: Theory Of Operation 3/17/2025

    This article presents the reader with a basic understanding of receiver protector technology and discusses the various available types of receiver protector forms, their strengths and weaknesses, and how best to use them.

34. CFA Theory Of Operation 3/17/2025

    A CFA is a vacuum electron device (VED) with characteristics of a magnetron and a traveling wave tube (TWT). This white paper delves into CFA characteristics and operational theory.

35. Magnetron Theory Of Operation 3/17/2025

    A magnetron is a high power microwave oscillator in which the potential energy of an electron cloud near the cathode is converted into RF energy in a series of cavity resonators. The resonant frequency of a microwave cavity is determined by the physical dimension of the resonator together with the reactive effect of any perturbations to the inductive or capacitive portion of the equivalent circuit.

36. How High-Energy Capacitor Banks Drive Plasma Research 3/12/2025

    High-energy capacitor banks power cutting-edge plasma research, enabling plasma generation, heating, and confinement in fusion experiments and pulsed energy applications like the National Ignition Facility’s laser systems.

37. How To Speak Radar: Basic Fundamentals And Applications 3/12/2025

    The evolution of radar has grown steadily over the decades to employ sophisticated computerized techniques. Explore this introduction to radar technologies and to the application of radar equipment.

38. Mastering XFdtd's Schematic Editor: A Comprehensive Overview 3/4/2025

    XFdtd’s schematic editor enhances engineering design with intuitive creation, analysis, and optimization, integrating full-wave simulations to refine performance, streamline workflows, and improve efficiency in antenna and circuit design.

39. Understanding Energy Density And Power Density In Capacitor Applications 2/26/2025

    Energy density measures stored energy per unit mass or volume, while power density indicates energy transfer rate. Understanding their trade-offs is key for designing efficient capacitors and energy storage solutions.

40. Maximizing Performance In Phased Arrays With Time Delay Solutions 2/19/2025

    Time delay units (TDUs) are essential in phased array systems for precise beamforming and signal synchronization. Explore their role, trade-offs, and implementation in modern applications.