Feature Articles

  1. Load Pull Testing 10/28/2024

    Load pull analysis optimizes nonlinear device performance by characterizing active components, enabling efficient matching with variable impedances for applications like power amplifiers and wireless systems.

  2. Streamlining PCB Design With Crossovers For High-Frequency Applications 10/23/2024

    Knowles Precision Devices has introduced a broadband RF crossover that operates from DC to 40 GHz, optimizing multilayer PCB designs for high-frequency applications.

  3. An Overview Of Space Electronic Warfare 10/22/2024

    <p>Electronic warfare (EW) is vital for offensive and defensive measures in space to protect satellite communications. There is potential for technological advancements in EW.</p>

  4. Accelerating Quantum Computing Research 10/22/2024

    Quantum computers hold promise for complex problems but are still under development and require serious research and high-performance instruments.

  5. Automotive Sensors: Steering The Development Of Autonomous Vehicles 10/21/2024

    Autonomous vehicles are some of the most exciting technological developments today. While there’s still a long way to go before fully self-driving cars are a reality, researchers are getting closer every day. Advances in automotive proximity sensors are the key driver of this progress.

  6. Bandwidth Battleships Testing Cloud-Connections For Naval Fleets 10/15/2024

    The Navy has been migrating its collaborative environments to the cloud under a system dubbed Flank Speed. Now, Flank Speed is coming to ships while they’re away from shore.

  7. The Millimeter-Wave Spectrum: A Critical Asset For Defense 10/11/2024

    Millimeter waves were long ignored by defense due to cost and limitations. Now, with advancements in semiconductors, the military is embracing them for high-resolution radar, data links, and jamming.

  8. Design Challenges And Considerations For Brushless DC Motors And Their Drives 10/9/2024

    Electric motors are essential but inefficient. Modernizing to efficient motors and controls can significantly reduce energy consumption and emissions.

  9. Power Modules: One Shortcut To EMI Compliance 10/9/2024

    Power electronics generate EMI due to high-speed switching. Designers must balance switching frequency, losses, and EMI, using mitigation techniques like filters and optimized power modules to meet compliance standards.

  10. Keeping The Lights On With Wolfspeed SiC 10/9/2024

    Introducing the “M” inverter, a modular, silicon carbide-based solution that optimizes utility-scale energy storage with higher efficiency, reliability, and scalability.