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RF & Microwave

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First things first: Don't leave placement of the antenna ... 14/05/2013

Demand for machine to machine communications – M2M – is growing rapidly and that is pushing more companies to include wireless functionality in their ...

Optimising direct conversion for high performance systems 12/02/2013

Zero IF receivers have had limited success in high performance systems, such as wireless basestations, due primarily to their limited dynamic range.

How rfid can bring value to the technology creation chain 11/12/2012

The electronics industry has been searching for an auto ID solution that can more than traceability. Ideally, such a technology could become the ...

Outlook 2013: Leading the way 23/10/2012

One of the trends during the 21st Century has been the integration of SoC like components into an FPGA fabric.

Outlook 2013: Rack and stack takes a back seat 23/10/2012

Over the last several decades, the basic model of instrumentation has remained largely unchanged. Engineers and scientists have typically selected ...

How the 458MHz ISM band suits short range, low data rate ... 11/09/2012

The radio spectrum is a crowded place – and some parts of the spectrum are more crowded than others. So it's no surprise that licensing authorities ...

Will mobile operators be amongst the winners at the London ... 24/07/2012

Are you one of the lucky few with Olympics tickets? Well, you may need to come out on top in another lottery, should you wish to share your ...

Developing a test regime for white space communications ... 12/06/2012

The digital switchover is making a range of spectrum available that is being vacated by analogue tv transmissions. Now industry is looking to exploit ...

As analogue tv switches off, innovative applications are ... 08/05/2012

As the last elements of the UK's analogue television network are switched off, attention is turning to what industry might be able to do with the ...

Maximising range and battery life in cost sensitive ... 14/02/2012

Given the high profile of 2.4GHz wireless standards such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, many manufacturers assume this is the de facto transceiver ...

Identifying new applications for rfid devices 13/12/2011

The market for rf identification (rfid) devices is exploding. Active and passive tags are appearing in our cars, clothes, food packaging and luxury ...

Cutting cables: Demand for wireless links is on the increase 13/09/2011

Cables are, in almost every application, yesterday's technology; if it isn't wireless, it's almost not worth considering. If you've decided that ...

60GHz band emerges as a complement to wifi 09/08/2011

The emergence of smartphones and tablet computers alongside digital cameras, tvs and laptops means most interactions will soon be between devices, ...

Increasing operating frequencies provide new opportunities ... 26/07/2011

People like wireless data communications: if you walk into a typical high street coffee house, you're likely to see customers updating their Facebook ...

Wireless communication protocol promises high speed data ... 10/05/2011

The advent of devices such as the iPod, tablets and smartphones has changed the way we deal with data. Rather than storing it in particular locations ...

Cover story: What's all this noise about? 22/02/2011

Far from being a problem, electrical noise could just be the way forward for semiconductor design. By David Boothroyd.

The battle for the ultra low power wireless network market 08/02/2011

Traditionally, embedded applications requiring low data rates and power consumption have relied on ZigBee and Bluetooth. However, an independent ...

Are mems based oscillators a viable alternative to the ... 10/01/2011

Traditionally, quartz crystal oscillators have been the preferred choice for clock generation in consumer, computing and communication applications. ...

Meeting the E-band challenge 14/12/2010

Although complex and time consuming to design, E-band mmics could open up new communications channels. By Liam Devlin.

Outlook 2011: Multicore: coming to an MCU near you 03/11/2010

Emerging asymmetric multicore 32bit microcontroller solutions look set to provide embedded designers with strong application performance and ...

RF & Microwave: match making 14/09/2010

How antenna matching technology helps high frequency rfid designs perform reliably in difficult environments.

Close to a breakthrough: Near Field Communications 24/05/2010

Despite a longer than expected gestation period, NFC is nearing wide scale application.

Asics can make sense in rf 10/05/2010

Ultra low power mixed signal and rf asics enable new opportunities.

Antenna innovation 09/02/2010

How the antenna industry is trying to keep up with advances in mobile phone technology

Simulation solution: 10/12/2009

Mainstream high speed pcb design has long followed in the slipstream of rf and microwave engineering. Of necessity, techniques have been simplified ...
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