White Papers

Copper Mountain

VNA Measurement for High-Speed Digital Signal Integrity

Systems utilizing high-speed digital signals are ubiquitous and necessary parts of everyday life. For the designer or informed consumer, it is important to understand how to analyze transport media to obtain optimal performance. This article examines digital signal analysis methodology using a VNA.

RS_WP_5G_NR-V2X_enhanced_automotive_communications.pdf

This white paper provides a technology deep dive into the architecture, protocols and physical layer of 5G NR V2X communications in line with 3GPP Release 16. 
Richardson RFPD

RF System Design Accelerators: Hardware Development Tools to Speed Time-to-Market and Reduce Risk

RF and radio system development is becoming more complex at a time that technical support is becoming more diffused. Design Accelerator hardware development tools can speed design and development. This paper presents how Design Accelerators reduce design time, an analysis of how different types of accelerator boards serve different development needs (from designing waveforms or developing software, to proving concepts and prototyping), as well as an exploration of the different levels of integration available in accelerator boards.
Copper Mountain

Introduction to the Metrology of VNA Measurement

A VNA measures reflection coefficients of RF devices and systems. To be very meticulous, each measurement should be accompanied by an uncertainty with a specified statistical confidence interval. To understand the measurement uncertainty, or accuracy, it is important to understand the contributing factors, which are explored in this white paper.
Rohde and Schwarz USA

Application Note: Receiver Testing: Noise, Interferers and Channel Simulation

Our daily activities rely on a wide range of radio-frequency (RF) receivers. These are designed to achieve certain performance requirements and meet published specifications though often in a test lab environment. Learn how to ensure reliable operation, testing with nonideal or impaired signals and more from Rohde & Schwarz experts.
Rohde and Schwarz

Conformance test failed. What now?

Conformance tests are performed on serial data interfaces such as USB, HDMI and PCI Express to ensure interoperability between electronic devices and accessories. In cases where signal integrity problems are encountered, the R&S®RTP oscilloscope supports root cause analysis by providing powerful tools such as eye diagrams, jitter and noise separation as well as time domain reflectometry.
Coilcraft

When to Use S-parameters for High-frequency Circuit Simulations

Understanding the meaning of S-parameters, how they are measured, and their limitations can lead to more meaningful simulations of RF- and microwave-frequency inductors, chokes, wideband RF transformers, and high-speed common mode chokes. This document describes how S-parameters are generated and how to best apply them to your simulations.
AR

Telecommunication Testing On Relevant RF Components

Advancements within the telecom industry and digital communication methods complicate an RF measurement system’s capability to accurately characterize system components. This resource reviews how the air interface layer has changed throughout this digital evolution and explains how measurement systems often need to be upgraded to meet the new performance criteria. 
Rohde and Schwarz

Positioning in 5G NR - A Look at the Technology and Related Test Aspects

Positioning technologies will continue to play an essential role in wireless communications. The influence of these technologies is transitioning to a “must-have” approach requiring resilient and reliable provisioning of location estimates. Register now for a concise description of 5G-relevant positioning technologies, related test challenges and how to solve them.
Teledyne e2v

New Optical Link Provides Complete Microwave Data Converter Interface Ensuring System-Wide Determinism

Imagine if it was possible to build multi-channel microwave radio systems leveraging optical rather than copper interconnects. Several benefits of this paradigm shift seem likely to follow including:

  • Streaming sample, control & configuration data, as well as reference clock and synchronization signals via fiber simplifies radio front-end design, signal distribution whilst simultaneously reducing cable mass
  • Eliminating copper signal wiring in future radio designs offers increased architectural freedom and flexibility whilst reducing crosstalk and inter-channel interference for better performance.
  • The optical concept substantiates a valuable separation of front-end analog design from back-end digital signal processing heralding the arrival of fully digital antennas with enhanced operation arising from advanced electronic beam steering.