History of Wireless Communication

History of Wireless

These articles cover various aspects of the history of the wireless technology and related science that was the basis of our industry.

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Noise Analysis, Then and Today

October 12, 2017

Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany

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History of Wireless Communications

A historical listing of important events that shaped wireless communications

July 22, 2015

Pat Hindle, Editor, Microwave Journal

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The history of Wireless Communications started with the understanding or magnetic and electric properties observed during the early days by the Chinese, Greek and Roman cultures and experiments carried out in the 17^th and 18^th centuries. Here are some selected events in the development of Wireless Communications (material taken from the book History of Wireless, Tapan Sarkar, et al., Wiley, 2006).

How Design Software Changed the World, Part II

July 7, 2010

David Vye, Editor, Microwave Journal

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Before design software, microwave engineers spent their days with copper tape and soldering iron applying cut and try methods. Without software, the MMIC, the RFIC, the LTCC, the SoP and SiP would almost certainly not exist and we would not have today's smart phones or smart weapons. "How Design...

How Design Software Changed the World, Part I

July 1, 2009

David Vye, Editor, Microwave Journal

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In the beginning... (Around World War II), microwave circuits were heavy and bulky and consisted of voluminous, hollow metallic pipes and tubes known as waveguide. Microwave engineers working in waveguide were referred to as plumbers and their tools included files, ball-peen hammers, epoxy and paint. In the 1960s, planar...

Historical Highlights of Microwaves

A quick review of important points in history related to microwave science

July 15, 2008

Randy Rhea, Susina LLC

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The history of our industry is a productive mix of theory and pragmatism. James Clerk Maxwell, a brilliant theoretician, predicted the existence of electromagnetic (EM) waves in a paper presented in 1864, although their form was not the four-equation set used today. James Rautio has penned a more complete...

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