Microwaves & RF Monthly: May, 2026

Check out the latest stories, videos, and podcasts from the week of May, 2026

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'sTop Stories of the Month.

Signal Reflections: What to Look For at IMS 2026

If there’s a sure sign of spring (other than bad New York Mets baseball), it’s the arrival of the wireless industry’s premier gathering: the IEEE International MTT Symposia (IMS). 2026’s Microwave Week takes place at Boston’s Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center (MCEC) from June 7 to 12. Let me give you a brief rundown of some of the goings-on at the event.

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Featured Content

Analog Devices
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This article describes and comparatively evaluates two approaches to phase calibration of a 16-channel (transmit and receive) X-band phased-array subsystem.
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The International MTT Symposia descends on Boston in just a few short days. Here are some of the highlights you can plan for at the show.
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Transparent antennas are quickly moving from aesthetic novelty to engineering necessity. Learn how additive manufacturing is enabling thinner, cleaner, high-performance antenna...
ROHM
ROHM launches an Ultra-Compact Wireless Power Chipset for Wearables.
ROHM's power-supply IC chipset is compatible with NFC technology for small wearables.
Rohde & Schwarz
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New additions to the R&S BBA300 family deliver 500 W and 1,000 W from 1 to 6 GHz.
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New Monolithic GaN converters from STMicroelectronics help boost energy savings in a wide range of applications.
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Multichannel I/Q analysis provides a powerful, integrated way to see and measure complex RF behaviors across multiple inputs.
Ovzon
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The Ovzon T8 miniature mobile satcom terminal brings communications links to previously tight places.
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For Wi-Fi, the enterprise market is full steam ahead—provided that 6-GHz access is protected and more unlicensed spectrum opens up.
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MIKROE's ETH WIZ 3 Click provides Ethernet connectivity with integrated dual-core processing and hardware TCP/IP networking.
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This 1.5- to 2.7-GHz, 40-dB amplifier allows the user to easily optimize performance versus power level.
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Ritu Favre talks about NI’s Nigel AI test and measurement platform.
Anritsu
Anritsu Introduces ML2439A Power Meter with up to 4 Channels.
The ML2439A power meter from Anritsu delivers enhanced versatility and speed for power measurement applications.
Integra Technologies
Integra Technologies Introduces Industry-First Single-Device 10 kW High Voltage GaN/SiC Transistor for L-Band.
The first single high-voltage GaN/SiC 150-V transistor produces 10 kW of pulsed saturated output power in the L-band.

New Products

Here are summaries of our new product coverage throughout the month.

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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.
ROHM
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.
Ovzon
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.
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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.

Multimedia

Here are our latest videos and podcasts.

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Chiplets can create custom system-on-chips for designs with better performance and lower power consumption compared to monolithic chips.
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Tampering has been an issue ever since people relied on poison tasters, and electronic systems are no stranger to the problem.
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Hear about how TDK’s SensorGPT shifts edge AI development from manual data collection to synthetic synthesis, aiming to reduce design cycles from months to weeks.
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Hailo’s Yaniv Sulkes talks about physical AI and how hardware acceleration helps address challenges.

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're included in our regular newsletters.

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Designers of 5G/6G systems must take into account the seven major “pillars” critical to their successful creation, which center around antennas, receivers, and RF power, among...
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How does power consumption create a set of complex, interrelated conundrums for 5G system design engineers?
Pulsed vs. CW Signals: Both Loom on a Designer’s Radar
The power consumption and ultimate output power of an RF/microwave system can vary significantly, depending on whether it’s designed for pulsed or CW signals.
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Root mean square (RMS) and peak power ratings are basic power-handling terms. If you’re looking to build a high-performance entertainment system, you should understand exactly...
What’s the Difference Between the Four Stratum Levels?
In this post, we’ll discuss stratum clock systems and then explain what’s behind each of these stratum levels.
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This article provides a brief tutorial on the vector network analyzer, how it works, and its application.

Editor's Weekly Picks

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

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Taiwan Semiconductor released 1,200-V-rated SiC Schottky diodes in the smaller SOD-128 package.
Ranatec
Ranatec's high-performance RF2037 and RF2038 6- and 26.5-GHz switch boxes for RF applications.
Ranatec's high-performance switch boxes are aimed at RF applications in high-activity wireless infrastructure.
ThinKom Solutions
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Alecto is a mobile directed-energy system being designed to defeat swarms of UAS weapons.
Saelig
Saelig's Micsig AHO01 High-Resolution 200MHz Automotive Oscilloscope.
Saelig's Micsig AHO01 high-resolution 200-MHz automotive oscilloscopes handle both ICE and new energy vehicle diagnostics.
Variscite
Variscite's VAR-SMARC-MX95 system-on-module is built on the NXP i.MX 95 applications processor.
Variscite's latest VAR-SMARC-MX95 SOM leverages the NXP i.MX 95 applications processor.
Samtec
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These small-form-factor, threaded interconnects are suited for military, aerospace, and communications applications.
ROHM Semiconductor
ROHM launches ESD protection diodes.
ROHM launches ESD protection diodes for high-speed interfaces exceeding 10 Gb/s, with low dynamic resistance and capacitance.

About the Author

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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