Featured Articles

  1. Optimizing Mixer Group Delay Measurements 12/3/2024

    Explore ten tips for optimizing group delay measurements in mixers and frequency converters using R&S®ZNA vector network analyzers and advanced techniques.

  2. XFdtd Simulation Of Electric Fields Between Two Headphones 11/21/2024

    XFdtd simulations reveal that most electromagnetic energy between headphones travels around the human head, with minimal coupling through tissue, influenced by specific configurations and materials.

  3. Advantages Of Tunable RF MMIC Filter Technology 11/14/2024

    MFBT tunable filters offer wide tuning, compact design, and simplicity, providing flexible alternatives to switched filter banks, with advantages in return loss and tuning versatility.

  4. Critical Grounding Issues For Microwave Amplifiers And Other RF Components 11/14/2024

    Explore proper grounding in RF systems, addressing ground loops, parasitics, and EMI to enhance performance, reduce noise, and improve MMIC amplifier reliability.

  5. MMIC Amplifier Product Families Decoded 11/14/2024

    Explore four MMIC amplifier lines—ADM, AMM, APM, and AKA—each designed for specific RF applications, including high-frequency LO drivers, gain blocks, and low-noise amplifiers.

  6. An Introduction To The Role Of Components In Receiver Performance 11/14/2024

    Discover high-performance RF components, addressing noise, nonlinear distortion, and signal integrity challenges that impact the design of advanced communication and radar systems.

  7. What's The Best Way To Achieve An Unequal Power Split? 11/14/2024

    RF and Microwave engineers have various options for unequal signal splitting, including Pick-Off Tees, Resistive Dividers, Directional Couplers, Rat Race, Wilkinson, and Quadrature Hybrids.

  8. How To Make An RF Or Microwave Power Splitting Network 11/13/2024

    Explore an 8-way power-splitting network design using Wilkinson and resistive dividers, demonstrating performance trade-offs among insertion loss, return loss, isolation, and phase/amplitude balance.

  9. EMC Reverberation Testing: Valuable Insights For Emissions And Immunity Testing 10/29/2024

    Explores EMC testing in modern electronics using reverberation chambers, comparing them with anechoic chambers, covering applied standards, testing methods, and emerging developments to enhance testing efficiency

  10. Automotive Ethernet Component & ECU Testing Using VNAs 10/29/2024

    Sign up for this webinar, which explores in-vehicle network trends, including ethernet testing per OPEN Alliance standards, and de-embedding techniques, crucial for ensuring reliable automotive connectivity.