White Papers

CoMPA™, an Innovation in Satellite Antenna Technology

by Starling Advanced Communications

Optimized Device Design: A Demonstration of Parameterization, Optimization, and High-Performance Computing with Hardware Accelerated FDTD

As technology has advanced, tools have been developed that go beyond merely analyzing devices to tools that design devices. These tools allow the user to select basic structures with variable dimensions, size constraints, and performance goals and then iterate automatically until the best possible design is found. The user is freed from the burden of monitoring the progress of each individual simulation and can devote time to other tasks. This evolutionary step in simulation software is improving the productivity of engineers developing nextgeneration devices in a variety of fields.

Millimeter-Wave Measurements Using Converters of the R&S ZVA Family

This application note describes the R&S ZVA_110 converters, which extend the frequency range of the R&S ZVA family of vector network analyzers to cover the millimeter-wave range.

T3 Mixer Primer - A Mixer for the 21st Century

By Marki Microwave Inc.

Wireless and Stimulus: A Perfect Match

By Harris Stratex.

Correlation-Based Spatial Channel Modeling

By Spirent Communications.

Reconfigurable and Cost-Effective FET Mixer

This paper describes a reconfigurable resistive passive FET mixer co-designed with a reconfigurable VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) that acts as a LO (local oscillator), can operate with low noise figure, and high dynamic range without the need of external BALUN (balance-to-unbalance) network.

A Comparison Between Thin Film and Thick Film Capacitors

By Ron Demcko, AVX Fellow and Applications Engineering Manager