Articles by David Vye, Editor, Microwave Journal

Passive microwave components are electrical elements without gain or directionality, yet they perform a range of functions such as signal attenuation, filtering, dividing/combining and routing. Designed for every medium from RF boards to System in Packages (SiP) to integrated circuits (MMIC/RFIC), passives are ubiquitous and essential. Driven by complex...

Join the discussion on LinkedIn about this subject: RF and Microwave Community Discussion on the BIP On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law, allocating $7.2 B in grant and loan funding to expand broadband/wireless access to rural unserved and underserved...

In the beginning... (Around World War II), microwave circuits were heavy and bulky and consisted of voluminous, hollow metallic pipes and tubes known as waveguide. Microwave engineers working in waveguide were referred to as plumbers and their tools included files, ball-peen hammers, epoxy and paint. In the 1960s, planar...

If you are planning to attend the technical conference at this year’s IMS and just received your technical program book, you may be overwhelmed by the volume of content presented. There were, after all, 430 papers accepted (294 oral presentations and 136 interactive forums). In addition, there are 30...

“Please Come to Boston in the Springtime. I’m stayin’ here with some friends and they’ve got lots of room.” Anyone remember that 1974 song, which made Dave Loggins a one-hit wonder? Can’t say that I was a big fan, but the lyrics seem eerily appropriate for this year’s IMS....

“Please Come to Boston in the Springtime. I’m stayin’ here with some friends and they’ve got lots of room.” Anyone remember that 1974 song, which made Dave Loggins a one-hit wonder? Can’t say that I was a big fan, but the lyrics seem eerily appropriate for this year’s IMS....

If you are planning to attend the technical conference at this year’s IMS and just received your technical program book, you may be overwhelmed by the volume of content presented. There were, after all, 430 papers accepted (294 oral presentations and 136 interactive forums). In addition, there are 30...

Characterization of digital communication systems and related RF hardware relies on complex test systems. These systems play a critical role in design and production performance evaluation. The building blocks of a digital communication system often require simultaneous time and frequency domain analyses, blurring the lines between the dedicated functions...

Characterization of digital communication systems and related RF hardware relies on complex test systems. These systems play a critical role in design and production performance evaluation. The building blocks of a digital communication system often require simultaneous time and frequency domain analyses, blurring the lines between the dedicated functions...

Call me an optimist. Despite the current recession and concern about business prospects for at least the first half of 2009, I believe the microwave industry will persevere and become stronger. The proliferation of communication systems in our personal and professional lives gives me confidence that the demand for...