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Top Five News Items for 2014
No surprise that this year’s news was dominated by acquisitions due to all of the consolidation in our industry:
RFMD and TriQuint to combine, creating a new leader in RF solutions
Analog Devices to acquire Hittite Microwave Corp.
RFMD and TriQuint unveil new company name: Qorvo
DARPA-funded InP MMIC reaches record 1.03 THz, earns Guinness World Record
NASA radar demonstrates ability to foresee sinkholes
Top Ten Articles from 2014
The most talked about topics this year centered around 5G, IoT, antenna technology, high efficiency amplifiers, AESA radar/radios, mmWaves and UAVs. It is impressive that both of our cover features for Nov showed up on this list when they have been online for less than a month while others earlier in the year did not outpace them. Our Dec cover feature should rate right up there on this list once it is published for a few weeks since it focuses on low power design for commercial and industrial IoT which is a hot topic. Here is the list of most viewed articles from this year:
Modern High Efficiency Amplifier Design: Envelope Tracking, Doherty and Outphasing Techniques – April cover story
Next Generation Affordable Smart Antennas – Jan cover story
The Future of mm-wave Packaging – Feb cover story
Phased Array Radar At the Intersection of Military and Commercial Innovation
The Industry’s Next Tipping Point – May cover story
DARPA’s Mobile Hotspots Program Drives E-Band Performance Benchmarks – Oct cover story
Antenna Design Challenges for New-Generation Nano Satellites – Aug cover story
Overview of RF Switch Technology and Applications
Envelope Tracking Comes of Age on Mobile Handsets
Small Wavelengths – Big Potential: Millimeter Wave Propagation Measurements for 5G – Nov sup cover story and almost tied for 10th Selecting Filters for Challenging Mobile Applications Worldwide – Nov cover story