Low-Power RF
ZigBee RF4CE coexistence with common 2.4-GHz ISM-band consumer electronics
Understand the challenges and tradeoffs when using this slice of spectrum, crowded with devices supporting different standards
Over-the-air Testing of MIMO Mobile Terminals (Part 3 of 3)
This white paper discusses the issues related to testing of multiantenna multiple-input, multiple-output mobile terminals
The differential-signal advantage for communications system design
Understand how differential signal chains and architectures can improve system performance in challenging applications
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Commercial Wireless
ZigBee RF4CE coexistence with common 2.4-GHz ISM-band consumer electronics
Understand the challenges and tradeoffs when using this slice of spectrum, crowded with devices supporting different standards
Over-the-air Testing of MIMO Mobile Terminals (Part 3 of 3)
This white paper discusses the issues related to testing of multiantenna multiple-input, multiple-output mobile terminals
The differential-signal advantage for communications system design
Understand how differential signal chains and architectures can improve system performance in challenging applications
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Test and Measurement
Over-the-air Testing of MIMO Mobile Terminals (Part 3 of 3)
This white paper discusses the issues related to testing of multiantenna multiple-input, multiple-output mobile terminals
The differential-signal advantage for communications system design
Understand how differential signal chains and architectures can improve system performance in challenging applications
Over-the-air Testing of MIMO Mobile Terminals (Part 2 of 3)
This white paper discusses the issues related to testing of multiantenna multiple-input, multiple-output mobile terminals
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Military/Government Electronics
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3-D radar data-capture innovation makes IEDs easier to spot
The use of improvised explosive devices in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts has made clear that the ability to survey objects underground rapidly and effectively.
Multimode wireless devices: It's the software, stupid!
The advent of parallel processing architectures is a big step toward realizing seamless, intelligent connectivity among 3G and 4G wireless standards, but the potential show stopper is the software. Thankfully, some companies are making progress when it comes to enabling hardware and software to work together in harmony.
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Microwave/Millimeter Wave
ZigBee RF4CE coexistence with common 2.4-GHz ISM-band consumer electronics
Understand the challenges and tradeoffs when using this slice of spectrum, crowded with devices supporting different standards
Using SerDes in Fourth Generation Wireless Infrastructure
As the network equipment infrastructure is built up for 4G there will be an demand for high serial data rates between the main control radio equipment and that in distributed base stations. Here is how to meet the high serial data rate by only ugrading the Serdes through the use of a discrete solution
S-parameters Without Tears
Understand this increasingly critical measurement and its interpretations
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About the RF DesignLine How-To Section
RF DesignLine's How-To Section delivers detailed engineering articles focused on the design and development of RF and millimeter-wave and microwave front ends for low-power RF, commercial and military wireless, test and measurement. Topics covered include low-power RF, Wi-Fi, 2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G, ZigBee, Wibree, Bluetooth, Ultrawideband and WiMAX. Specific topics within those areas include antennas, filters, A-D and D-A converters, mixed-signal design, isolation, noise immunity, amplifiers, detectors, modulators and demodulators.
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