Microwaves & RF Monthly: April, 2026

Here's a collection of the latest stories, videos, and podcasts from the month of April, 2026.
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Welcome to Microwaves & RF's monthly publication where you can find the latest articles, videos, and podcasts. You can sign up for our newsletters to see the latest articles as they're posted. You can also catch up on archived versions of MWRF's Top Stories of the Month.

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David Maliniak, Executive Editor of Microwaves & RF

Signal Reflections: The State of Wi-Fi in 2026

If it wasn't already clear to everyone, it is now: The world runs on Wi-Fi. It's relied on by virtually every business on the planet to collect and redistribute data, whether it's within an office, a campus, or industrial facilities. At home, it connects us to our servers and smart-home gear. Without it, I'd burn through my whole family's allotment of cellular data within the first week of the billing cycle.

A new white paper from ABI Research shines a spotlight on the current state of Wi-Fi and the outlook for its future in the enterprise. Let's take a quick look at some of it.

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Featured Content

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This article offers a straightforward procedure to define simultaneously the fundamental and second- and third-harmonic load impedances of an RF/microwave transistor in nonlinear...
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6G is reaching a halfway point in its life. That implies we will have 6G by 2030, which seems to be a common thread, lately, in many of today’s 6G discussions.
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Matter 1.5 moves beyond basic control to support high-bandwidth TCP transport, standardized camera clusters, and grid-interactive energy models.
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The smart home is an application space that’s slowly maturing, with interesting devices and solutions addressing the needs of today’s consumers.
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The fixed 7,000-MHz oscillator keeps noise down to -106 dBc/Hz at 10-kHz offset to provide a clean signal in high-sensitivity designs.
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Anritsu and LG validate in-vehicle system for Hybrid eCall certification.
Anritsu and LG Electronics validated LG’s in-vehicle system for Hybrid eCall operation.
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LYNRED's ARGO SL compact Infrared detector for drones.
A turnkey mid-wave infrared module enables high-performance thermal imaging for tactical drones and other applications.
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A range of congatec modules supports computationally powerful, energy-efficient embedded AI applications.
New COMs from congatec fast-track Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors for embedded AI without discrete accelerator cards.
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SIMCom new compact, smart AI modules
SIMCom launched new compact, smart AI modules that give engineers a head start in designing imaging AI applications.
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NeoCortec's NeoGW software and centralized Network Management web application ushers in seamless cloud integration and wireless mesh-network management.

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New Products  

Here are summaries of our new product coverage.

Direct Insight
Check out the latest Microwaves & RF Products of the Week!
Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.
Saelig
Check out the latest Microwaves & RF Products of the Week!
Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.
Vector Photonics
Check out the latest new products from Microwaves & RF!
Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.
Lynred
Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.
Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.

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Multimedia   

Here are our latest videos and podcasts.

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Changes in power, performance, and chips have forced new flash memory form factors.
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Although many may think that silicon is nearing obsolescence in power electronics applications, there’s still a lot of life in the beast.
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Sometimes it seems that we’re on the verge of adequately commercializing autonomous driving, and then it feels like it'll never happen. We talk about the application space and...
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When people talk about advanced computing nowadays, the first thing that springs to mind is AI. However, without the right infrastructure, nothing can happen.

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Editor's Choice: From the Microwaves & RF Archives  

These articles were chosen by the editors at Microwaves & RF to complement the new articles above. They are included in our regular newsletters.

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These essential devices help direct the flow of microwave signals in RF equipment and systems. Here’s what you need to know about them.
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This article offers an introduction to the Smith chart and how it’s used to make transmission-line calculations and fundamental impedance-matching circuits.
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Narrowband and wideband communications channels make use of available bandwidth in different ways—so employ them according to the requirements of a particular application.
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In the world of RF for military and defense, SDRs bring much to the table for applications like radar transceivers, spectrum monitoring, and electronic warfare.
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Download this eHandbook on passive RF components, which make up a large part of the signal chain in any wireless system.
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In this first of a two-part series, we’ll delve into the basics of the often overlooked—but vitally important—coaxial connector.

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Editor's Weekly Picks  

In this section, our editors highlight articles they found this month that you might be interested in as well.

Bosch
Bosch presents ultrasonic chipsets for AI-based applications in the automotive industry.
Improved signal quality enables Bosch's new ultrasonic chips to make more accurate AI-based decisions in parking and driving situations.
Odys Aviation
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Laila is a long-range C-UAS aircraft from Odys Aviation being equipped with Honeywell Aerospace’s SAMURAI C-UAS.
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The U.S. Army’s new Army Data Operations Center will help organize and route the massive amounts of data to the points of greatest need in the battlefield.
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The F-35A Lightning II is now the most advanced aircraft in northern Japan, with its installation at the Misawa Air Base.
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The U.S. DOW and FAA teamed on evaluating a laser-powered counter-drone system for its safe use around commercial aircraft.
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Completing Task 4 of the U.S. Navy’s 10-MW Advanced Circuit Breaker Development Program, Menlo Micro has demonstrated the capability and reliability of its high-power switching...
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Through its ALIAS program, DARPA developed an autonomous flight control system for the U. S. Army’s H-60Mx Black Hawk helicopter.
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Red Pitaya's expanded multichannel synchronization and high-speed streaming let engineers build scalable, synchronized multiboard test systems with faster data throughput.

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About the Author

David Maliniak
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David Maliniak

Executive Editor, Microwaves & RF

I am Executive Editor of Microwaves & RF, an all-digital publication that broadly covers all aspects of wireless communications. More particularly, we're keeping a close eye on technologies in the consumer-oriented 5G, 6G, IoT, M2M, and V2X markets, in which much of the wireless market's growth will occur in this decade and beyond. I work with a great team of editors to provide engineers, developers, and technical managers with interesting and useful articles and videos on a regular basis. Check out our free newsletters to see the latest content.

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In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy, leaving to rejoin the EOEM B2B publishing world in January 2020. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.

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