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Power amplifiers (PAs) are responsible for increasing the strength of a signal with minimal added distortion. By providing enough signal strength to overcome over-the-air losses, PAs play a vital role in the RF/microwave front end of any communication system.

Whether mobile devices, Internet of Things, or industrial RF applications, the world runs on wireless. As a result, wireless testing is more important than ever before. But how do you balance thoroughness, speed, and budgets? Quipping "pick any two of the three" isn't a good answer.

De-embedding methods making significant structural assumptions have become popular in mm-wave fixtures because of the relative immunity to repeatability and standards availability problems at the DUT. The intrinsic errors, repeatability and configuration sensitivities are studied in this work with examples in the WR-10 and WR-2.2 bands.

Bundles of electrical cables in vehicles, aircraft, ships and buildings pose electromagnetic compatibility and interference challenges to the electrical design engineer. Due to their lengths, they are more likely to radiate or pick up irradiation than many other electrical components and systems.

This eBook takes a look at the emergence of IoT and design of devices for this market. The first couple of articles take a look at the overall IoT market challenges and trends for smart home services. Next, it addresses rapid product development of NB-IoT devices with simulation followed by a couple of articles addressing antenna design and new antenna technologies. The eBook concludes with an article addressing design for IEEE 802.11ax for distributed WiFi in the home. Learn more about specific design and simulation techniques for IoT by downloading this eBook.

To stay ahead of the competition, microelectronics engineers and manufacturing teams must continuously evaluate the best new methods to produce efficient PCBs. In this white paper, we’ll discuss the best methods and substrate material for consideration of rapid prototyping your designs.

Skyworks is pleased to release its second 5G technology paper “5G New Radio Solutions: Revolutionary Applications Here Sooner Than You Think.” This must-read paper offers an in-depth exploration of 5G challenges and opportunities as well as practical solutions for 4G/5G dual connectivity – the principal implementation for early network deployments.

Learn how Plume is staying ahead of the game, ensuring time-to-market and the sustainability of its IoT products. With the knowledge that antenna performance is key in the success of IoT, Plume has invested in an MVG SG24 to test the OTA wireless performance of its Pods, gain speed and accuracy in product development, and get a head start on next-generation ideas.

With RF GaN amplifier activity continuing to increase, this eBook provides six articles covering various design topics in commercial and military markets. The first two stories cover Aerospace & Defense applications with GaN being used in the Space Fence Radar System and as replacements for TWTAs in ECM systems. The next article takes a look at the adoption of GaN in the point to point microwave radio systems authored by Ericsson. With the high power densities achieved by GaN amplifiers, the thermal challenges can even be more critical than the electronic design issues so the next three articles look at addressing thermal challenges through heat sinking/mechanical design and various design techniques and solution to improve efficiency. We hope that this will improve your knowledge of GaN amplifier technology and thank Boonton and Qorvo for sponsoring this eBook.

Precompliance Sweep for conducted and radiated emissions measurements. As Path Loss Tables and Antenna Factor Tables are an important part in calibrating an EMC Precompliance Sweep test setup, these tools will also be briefly discussed.