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    LEO constellation systems require electronically steered arrays at both ends of the link, with the payload particularly challenging because it operates in a power-limited environment...
    Feb. 27, 2025
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    Placing antennas close to a platform can present many challenges. This article explores what to look for in an antenna to enhance the front-end physical layer of a wireless system...
    April 30, 2024
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    This video series details the issues that RF/mmWave designers face as they address the millimeter-wave spectrum. Part 3 focuses on analysis of wideband receivers.
    March 8, 2024
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    This video series details the issues that RF/mmWave designers face as they address the millimeter-wave spectrum. Part 2 covers topics such as antenna array design, testing beamforming...
    Jan. 30, 2024
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    A non-contact, non-metallic gigahertz antenna uses an enclosed vapor cell of excited rubidium atoms with laser beams for sensing their state.
    Nov. 21, 2023
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    Arriving on the market at approximately 60% the size of similar products, the 3DCC03 series is designed to meet the growing demand for miniaturization of EM motion tracking sensors...
    Aug. 1, 2023
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    A deformable patch antenna based on 3D-printed “iris” design supports continuous tuning over a wide range.
    May 25, 2023
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    The increasing complexity of mobile communications networks over the last 40 years has been astounding. This transformation has significantly changed radio-access-network antenna...
    Nov. 18, 2022
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    While electronic beamforming can be accomplished using either phase shifters or true time delays, both have pros and cons. Consider combining them in a hybrid beamforming technique...
    Oct. 7, 2022
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    Many SATCOM apps require constant communication between the satellite and ground station, which can be difficult with conventional antennas. Phased-array technologies, coupled...
    Sept. 22, 2022
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    The article shares some practical tips for dealing with issues like noise sensitivity and tight impedance margins when designing antennas for an RF PCB.
    Aug. 30, 2022
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    Though they’re poised to take off, limitations in available chipsets have held flat-panel phased arrays back. With advances in GaN-process and IC-packaging technologies, the benefits...
    Dec. 7, 2020
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    This sixth installment closes out the series on phased-array antenna patterns with a discussion of antenna sidelobes and the effect of tapering across an array.
    Oct. 1, 2020
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    In Part 4 of this series on phased-array antenna patterns, we covered grating lobes. Part 5 turns its attention to beam squint: changes in beam angle as a function of frequency...
    Sept. 21, 2020
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    This latest installment in the series examines the topic of grating lobes with a focus on element spacing.
    Sept. 10, 2020
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    Part 3 of this six-part series covers beamwidth, combining element and array factors, and antenna plots.
    Aug. 17, 2020
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    Part 2 of this six-part series takes a look at antenna gain, directivity, and aperture, in addition to array factors.
    Aug. 5, 2020
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    For 5G technology to function as expected in apps from factory automation to self-driving vehicles, multiple antennas must be properly implemented.
    June 26, 2020
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    In this first of six articles, learn some of the basics of phased-array antenna patterns, starting with the simpler example of a linear array.
    June 10, 2020
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    One of the more significant 5G innovations is the ability to operate in the millimeter-wave spectrum. Support for high-frequency bands opens underused spectrum to bolster 5G network...
    May 13, 2020
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    The latest synthesis and optimization tools offer dynamic, less complex approaches to designing RFID tag antennas.
    March 10, 2017
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    Antennas are among the most important components in any RF/microwave system, sending and receiving high-frequency signals and their messages across free space.
    Dec. 17, 2015
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    The final frontier of wireless technology is antenna design, and the future of advanced networks will depend heavily on improved antenna technology.
    June 18, 2015
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    As Internet of Things modules continue to shrink and incorporate more wireless technologies, making space for antennas is becoming an increasingly significant challenge.
    Feb. 9, 2015