Microwave Journal

NVIDIA to invest $1 billion in Nokia to accelerate AI-RAN innovation and lead transition from 5G to 6G

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:53:03 -0400

COMSOL Conference 2025 Boston

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:44:20 -0400

Yole RF Industry Report: $70 B Market by 2030 in a New Era of Integration and Global Competition

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:57:52 -0400

AOC 2024 - EW and EMSO Rules!

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:17:48 -0500

Brooklyn 6G Summit 2024

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:08:14 -0400

IEEE Phased Array 2024

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:32:51 -0400

Comsol Conference Boston 2024 - Preview of Version 6.3

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:12:33 -0400

Checking in on 6G

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:03:04 -0400

Automotive Radar: A Market Driven by Safety Regulations and Innovations

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:58:33 -0500

June 2023 Ericsson Mobility Quick Summary

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 16:53:26 -0400

Keysight Report on Space Tech Market

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:39:38 -0400

First look at Project Kuiper’s Low-cost Customer Terminals

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:49:30 -0400

MWC Las Vegas 2022 Preview – Driving Back to Business

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0400

After a rough year in 2021 due to COVID, Mobile World Congress Las Vegas makes a full in-person return this year taking place September 28-30 in Las Vegas Convention Center. The theme this year is “Connectivity Unleashed.”

Low-Priced, Full Featured VNA Comparison

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400

VNAs have traditionally been high priced capital equipment that needed to be justified with many use cases. While Copper Mountain Technologies has made moderately priced, PC driven VNAs for many years, it is only recently that several low cost, full featured models became available from other manufacturers. Here is a comparison of some models.

IMS 2022 Highlights

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400

IMS 2022 was close to back to normal with about 6500 total attendees and 450 exhibiting companies in Denver – a great sight to see. The mood was very energetic, and everyone was very happy to see each other since it was close to two years since many had been together. Read this short summary.

5G Interference Issues Continue

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0500

While many have been focused on the 5G C-Band interference issues with commercial airline altimeters, there is also an issue with these same signals interfering with satellite downlinks.

GSA 5G End of the Year Report - 2021

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500

A summary of 5G launches for 2021 from GSA Reports.

Ansys Releases Software Into Open Source

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0500

It may have gone somewhat unnoticed but for the first time ever, Ansys released software into the open source late last year. The software is PyAnsys, a family of Python packages providing a new, unified programmable interface to the company’s proprietary simulation stack. Learn more about this development.

Ericsson Mobility Report 2021 Summary

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500

The 10^th Ericsson Mobility Report was just released and notes that Mobile networks carry almost 300 times more mobile data traffic than in 2011 when the 1^st report was published. Read about the key findings in this report.

6G Research is Heating Up with the Brooklyn 6G Summit

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400

The Brooklyn 5G Summit has been convening annually for many years but this year transitioned to 6G. While there is still some research involving 5G advanced, most of the work and emphasis is now focused on 6G. Read this summary of the event.

Continuous Blood Pressure Measurement with Wearable mmWave Device Takes a Step Forward

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Blumio just published the results of their latest trial of 120 volunteers and the results look promising. In the study, a developmental stage FMCW radar sensor was used for making the measurements. Find out more in this article.

Over 1000 5G Devices Announced and 180 5G Networks Launched

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400

The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) recently announced that 180 5G networks have now launched in 72 countries/territories around the world. The association’s research found that by the end of September 2021, 465 operators in 139 countries/territories are investing in 5G networks in the form of tests, trials, pilots, planned and actual deployments.

Satellite 2021 Flat Panel Array Technology Review

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400

One of the biggest innovations being deployed for satellite communications systems is flat panel beamsteering arrays that will replace mechanically steered dish type systems. These beam steering arrays are low profile and lighter that previous systems. The main problem has been getting the cost down. We saw many companies at Satellite 2021 that are battling for this market using several different approaches.

New 4D Automotive Radars Hitting the Market

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400

There has been a lot of activity recently around next generation radar sensors for automotive applications. These newer “4D radar” units determine an object's location in range, azimuth, elevation, and relative speed to provide detailed information about the driving environment as earlier automotive radar systems only captured speed and azimuth. These new radar sensors provide better resolution than previous versions which is where Lidar excels. Here are some of the latest developments in this area.

The First IMS Hybrid Event

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0400

The IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) took place in-person in Atlanta, Georgia from 6-9 June followed by a virtual version two weeks later. The in-person technical program and exhibition were shortened due to the limited number of attendees, with the total attendance near 1500 with about 200 exhibiting companies.

Hybrid Events Take Main Stage in 2021

Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 -0400

While last year was the year of virtual events, this year is the year of hybrid events as we work our way out of COVID-19 quarantines and back into in-person events. See what is in store for the rest of the year.

NI Announces Two Collaborations Forging Ahead with 6G Research

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400

NI is making major investments in 6G research - see how they are going it.

Qorvo Enters BioTech Diagnostic Industry Using BAW Technology

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Qorvo® announced last week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization for the Qorvo Omnia™ SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test and that it was awarded a $24.4 million contract with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative. Learn about this new technology.

MWC Shanghai 2021 Goes Hybrid

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500

MWC Shanghai 2021 took place this week using a Hybrid event format so was the first in-person trade show for the industry this year. They expected about 200 exhibitors and about 20,000 visitors, about a third or the normal amount, so it will be interesting to see the actual counts when they are reported.

GSA 5G Ecosystem December 2020 Report

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500

The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) announced the the number of 5G devices has surpassed 500 for the first time, accompanied by rapid increase in the number of commercially available 5G devices.