White Papers
December 13, 2010
Quartz crystal resonators have been used for many years as the frequency reference for radios and other communication devices. When exceptional precision was needed, the crystal was placed in an oven that held the crystal at a constant temperature – hence the term Oven Controlled Crystal (XTAL) Oscillator or OCXO.
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November 30, 2010
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is an emerging new wireless data-capturing technique. In this paper we present a comprehensive technological review of modern RFID readers.
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November 13, 2010
A novel microstrip planar triplexer for multi-mode/multi-band wireless systems has been proposed in this paper. The proposed triplexer is composed of a dual-band bandpass filter (BPF), a low pass filter using microstrip stepped-impedance hairpin resonators and simple associated matching circuits. The dual-band BPF is realized by using parallel coupled microstrip lines and open-loop stepped-impedance resonators (SIR) loaded with two shunt open stubs. Compared with the conventional triplexer configuration, it only needs to design two filters.
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November 12, 2010
The choice and placement of a RFID1 tag on a product requires an investigation to determine optimal performance. Tags come in many sizes and shapes and their placement is dictated by the product size and the tags orientation with respect to the interrogator antenna.
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November 12, 2010
This work encompases a set of phase noise and some other rules for microwave oscillator design in microwave receiving and transmitting chains intended for SDR radio systems. Engineering shown in this work, comes from error vector magnitude achievable in a system. A 10 dB difference between demanded EVM and CINR is a reserve needed for compensating of various errors, wich are inevitable caused by the elements in the frequency conversion chain. Using this design process, post-layout simulations show a phase noise of -110 dBc/Hz at the offset of 100 kHz.
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November 12, 2010
The Polaris Wireless Location Signatures (WLS) technology is an extremely cost-effective software-based solution to the high-accuracy location determination problem, because no changes in the wireless device or in the wireless service provider’s base stations are required.
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November 12, 2010
This application note explains how to generate LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD signals using Agilent N7624B/N7625B Signal Studio software along with Agilent ESG Vector Signal Generator. A step-by-step guide demonstrates time-gated/average burst signal measurement as well as CCDF measurement for LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD signals using the Agilent P-Series power meter and sensor.
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November 12, 2010
This work encompases a set of phase noise and some other rules for microwave oscillator design in microwave receiving and transmitting chains intended for SDR radio systems. Engineering shown in this work, comes from error vector magnitude achievable in a system. A 10 dB difference between demanded EVM and CINR is a reserve needed for compensating of various errors, wich are inevitable caused by the elements in the frequency conversion chain. Using this design process, post-layout simulations show a phase noise of -110 dBc/Hz at the offset of 100 kHz.
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October 27, 2010
The ZigBee 2.4 GHz Radios communicate in P2P, P2MP and mesh networks utilizing low power radio transmissions which are reliable in existing RF environments. Buildings, constructed of metal, brick and concrete, can offer challenges which ZigBee radios can overcome by navigation through mesh networks as well as ‘star’ and ‘cluster-tree’ networks.
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October 13, 2010
Agilent gives you a wide selection of power meters and sensors for practically all your application needs – wireless communications, radar pulse measurements, components testing and more. We want to help you make better measurements—with the recommended equipment in less time, so we’ve lined up an array of resources in the form of application notes, technical notes and demo guides just for you.
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