From The Editor

1. Back Channel — New Phase Shifter Using Liquid Gallium Alloy Yields Impressive Results, Smaller Smartphones?, Exploring The Dark Ages Of The Universe, And More 3/16/2023

   Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, we look at a world-record coherent transmission, how RF testing needs to change, a new composite safer than SPE, and more.

2. Back Channel — Using Radar To Predict Falls, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Name The Mascot!, And More 3/9/2023

   Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, Keysight Technologies acquires Cliosoft, AOC opens registration for Cyber/Electronic Warfare Convergence 2023 Conference, how RF can bring cheap internet to Kenya, and more.

3. How GaN Is Transforming 5G 3/7/2023

   Gallium nitride (GaN) technology first came on the scene in the 1990s and since then has helped to push the envelope and further revolutionize technology, allowing for new, higher-demand applications. Now it’s being looked at as a way to help improve 5G network performance.

4. Back Channel — The Shortest Electron Pulses Ever, New EW Warfare Device Causing Concern Among Ukrainian Forces, AR Headset Gives Wearer X-ray Vision, And More 3/4/2023

   Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, we look at the projected growth of the RF Interconnect market, explore hidden universes, celebrate Hispanic visionaries, and more.

5. Intelligence Community: “Very Unlikely” Foreign Adversaries Caused Havana Syndrome Cases 3/3/2023

   Directed energy weapons are in the news but this time it’s for what they didn’t do instead of what they can do.

6. Back Channel — Pressure To Design In Tighter Spaces, World’s First Advanced-Ready 5G Modem RF Chip, 3D Lightning, And More 2/23/2023

   Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, we explore a couple of markets, congratulate an NSF CAREER award winner, and more.

7. The Military And 5G: Things Are Starting To Heat Up 2/22/2023

   5G will play a key role in the future success of the U.S. military but only if it is deployed quickly and in a manner to withstand the harshest of environments.

8. Back Channel — What Does MTT-S Have Planned, New Options For High-Powered RF Waveguides, Encoding Secrets With Color, And More 2/16/2023

   Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, Howard University becomes the first HBCU to lead a UARC, growing ‘perfect’ atom-thin materials, Old Crows looking for fresh faces, and more.

9. Digital Twins And RF: A Look At How The Two Are Intertwined 2/15/2023

   Digital twins have been around, conceptually, since the early 1990s. Now the technology – which consists of the physical object or process and its physical environment, the digital representation of the object or process, and the communication channel between the physical and virtual representations – is becoming more and more common, including in the RF world.

10. Back Channel — Nanoscale 3D-Printing Material Could Offer Better Structural Protection, Designing Better Cars With Safety & Security In Mind, IEE MTT-S Calls For Nominations, And More 2/8/2023

    Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, we learn who the leading companies in missile aerodynamic guidance systems are, find out why the fiber optic cable market is expected to top $30 billion by 2029, dig into why the U.S. has a “unique opportunity” to lead the world’s IFE research, and more.