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The global market for antennas for wireless infrastructure, including base station, fixed and active types, is set to reach almost $2 B in 2016, according to the latest forecast from ABI Research. So-called "active" antennas are the hot segment of this market. Widespread installations of active antennas, which combine...

Boonton has shown the value of using a two-channel peak power alternative to traditional approaches of an RF detector. What a single-ended detector doesn't tell you: - Antenna return loss measurements can be cumbersome when using a single ended RF envelope detector. Below is a typical block diagram. -...

Two major announcements from NXP Semiconductors underscore the company’s commitment to the growing automotive market in China. The initiatives see NXP establish a new China Automotive Technical Center to focus on R&D, system innovation and customer application support, and move its automotive sales and marketing headquarters to Shanghai. The...

As LTE technology evolves, network vendors need the most efficient methods to develop and test LTE products to meet their time to market objectives. So, EB, Elektrobit Corp. has rolled out two LTE testing features in EB Propsim F8 – an increased number of fading channels for MIMO testing...

Rohde & Schwarz has developed a new method that accurately measures group delay and phase linearity on satellite links. With the new R&S ZVA-K10 software option, users can perform measurements using two network analyzers located at separate sites. In open-area tests, for example, the analyzers can bridge long distances...

Frequency Synthesizers: Concept to Product offers RF and microwave engineers a thorough overview of both well-established and recently developed frequency synthesizer design techniques. As a critical component found in many modern devices like radio receivers, mobile phones and GPS systems, frequency synthesizers provide a clean and stable signal at...

Amplifiers and Oscillators Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 2 A polynomial model for nonlinear behavior that accounts for memory effects (2 words) 5 Short for digital pre-distortion 9 mm-wave frequency best suited for high bandwidth, short-range applications due to high atmospheric attenuation 10 Random fluctuations in the phase of...

The emergence of Long Term Evolution (LTE) as the next generation mobile wireless standard beyond 3G renews the importance of broadband, highly linear RF systems and components. The deployment of LTE in the 700 MHz spectrum in the United States only increases an already crowded spectrum, raising the bar...