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JANUARY 2010
Vol. 9 No. 1

Tutorial: Make Sub-1 dB Noise Figure Measurements Part 1: Noise Concepts—Eric Marsan

Overcoming the High Frequency Design Challenges of USB 3.0Joseph Spisak

Link Distance Enhancement and Battery Current Savings in Wireless Systems—Oleksander Gorbachev and Floyd Ashbaugh

Editorial: 2010 Plans Should Go Beyond RecoveryAim for GrowthGary Breed

Technology Report: Portable Instruments Improve Performance and Handle More Applications

Design Notes: Magnetic Materials in Transmission Line Transformers


FEBRUARY 2010
Vol. 9 No. 2

Tutorial: Make Sub-1 dB Noise Figure Measurements Part 2: The Measurements—Eric Marsan

Driving High Speed ADCs in Wideband Applications
Marjorie Plisch

Electromagnetic Radiation From a Coated Cylinder With Two Arbitrary Axial Slots—Muhammad A. Mushref

Selecting High-Linearity MMIC Amplifiers for Use With Complex Digital Waveforms—Ted Heil and Steve Crain

Editorial: Broadband Access Involves a Lot More Than SmartphonesGary Breed

Technology Report: Custom ASICs and Foundry Services Are Becoming Routine

Tutorial: An Overview of Common Techniques for Power Amplifier LinearizationGary Breed

Design Notes: Wall Penetration in Shielded Rooms


MARCH 2010
Vol. 9 No. 3

Minimizing Electromagnetic Interference When Powering Wireless SystemsAfshin Odabaee

Design of a Microstrip Broadband LDMOS Class E Power Amplifier—Yingjie Xu, Jingqi Wang, and Xiaowei Zhu

Editorial: Getting the Process Right: MIL, Space and ISO StandardsGary Breed

Technology Report: Recent Developments in Interconnection Technology

Tutorial: Resources for Military, Space, and Other High-Reliability Standards Gary Breed

Design Notes: Notes on Shop-Made Test Accessories


APRIL 2010
Vol. 9 No. 4

Electrically Tunable Switched-Line Diode Phase Shifters: Part 1: Design ProcedureLeo G. Maloratsky

LNA With a Bypass Mode Improves Overload Resistance for Mobile TV—Chin Leong Lim

RF System Design and Analysis Software Enhances RF Architectural PlanningDale D. Henkes

Editorial: A Reminder of the FCC's Dual Rold in TelecommunicationsGary Breed

Technology Report: News Update: Regulatory and Standards Activities

Design Notes: L-Network Design Procedure


MAY 2010
Vol. 9 No. 5

Power Amplifier Design Fundamentals: More Notes from the Pages of History—Andrei Grebennikov

Design of a C-Band Image Reject Mixer as a GaAs MMIC—John E. Penn

Aircraft Structures Take Advantage of Energy Harvesting ImplementationsTony Armstrong

Electrically Tunable Switched-Line Diode Phase Shifters: Part 2: Multi-Section Circuits—Leo G. Maloratsky

Editorial: So You Think That Engineers Don't (or Can't) Write...Gary Breed

Technology Report: 3G and 4G Deployment is Ongoingbut Not as Fast as Advertised


Tutorial: A Review of RF / Microwave Switching Technologies

Design Notes: Reader Feedback


JUNE 2010
Vol. 9 No. 6

An Analytic and Graphical Method for LNA Design with Feedback—Alan Victor and Jayesh Nash

Design Method for the Fastest Settling Type 2 Phase Lock Loop—Akmarul Ariffin Bin Salleh

Power Amplifier Design Fundamentals: More Notes from the Pages of History—Andrei Grebennikov

Editorial: New Ideas Grow from In-Person Interaction at ConferencesGary Breed

Technology Report: Military Business News and Technology Notes


Tutorial: Getting Started with EDA Tools for EM Simulation and Analysis

Design Notes: Parametric Amplifiers


JULY 2010
Vol. 9 No. 7

Advances in Short-Range RF Transceivers Drive Link Robustness—Sebastien Lebreton

Simulations and Measurements of a Circular Waveguide Septum Feed—Jeffrey Pawan and Rastislav Galuscak


Design Method for the Fastest Settling Type 2 Phase Lock Loop—Akmarul Ariffin Bin Salleh


Editorial: New Technologies Develop at Their Own Deliberate SpeedGary Breed

Technology Report:
An Update on New Tunable Technologies

Tutorial: Signal Integrity Basics: Digital Signals on Transmission Lines

Design Notes: Two New Books for Engineers Describe the Creation and Application of Signals


AUGUST 2010
Vol. 9 No. 8

Bluetooth Class-1 Modules With Low Power Consumption—Oleksandr Gorbachov

Simulations and Measurements of a Prime Focus Dish With a Circular Septum Feed—Jeffrey Pawan and Rastislav Galuscak


Editorial: Megatrends Report High lights Our Changing SocietyGary Breed

Technology Report: Research Update: Government Laboratory and University News


Tutorial: Design Issues for Tower-Top Electronics and Remote Base Stations

Design Notes: Transmission Line Notes From a Classic Text


SEPTEMBER 2010
Vol. 9 No. 9

A Summary of HF/VHF/UHF Technology— Frederick Raab and Robert Caverly

Experiments in Pulse Communications With Filtered Sidebands—H.R. Walker

Design and Technology Tradeoffs in Passive RF and Microwave Integrated CircuitsLeo G. Maloratsky

10 to 50 Watt GaN Amplifiers for Military and Commercial Applications—Dan Cheadle, Sr.

Editorial: High Frequency Technology is a Worldwide BusinessGary Breed

Technology Report:
Recent Developments in Signal Integrity and Theory Practice

Tutorial: Notes on the Selection Criteria for Coaxial Cable

Design Notes: Return Loss, Reflection Coefficient and |S11|


OCTOBER 2010
Vol. 9 No. 10

A Multi-Channel Depth-Sounding Radar with an Improved Power Amplifier—Kevin Player, Lei Shi, Dr. Chris Allen, Dr. Carl Leuschen, John Ledford, Fernando Rodriguez-Morales, et al.

Understanding EDGE Evolution and Its Measurements—Ying Jiao

Cover Story : "Plug 'n Play" with New Easy-to-Use Tunable Bench Top Filters

Editorial: Inter-Agency Communications Systems Save LivesGary Breed

Technology Report:
Very Large System Design: Introduction and Report

Design Notes: Comments on the Use of EM Solvers for Waveguide Feed Analysis


NOVEMBER 2010
Vol. 9 No. 11

Performing EM/Circuit Co-Simulation With Modified Standard Models—Luis M. Ledezma and Thomas M. Weller

High Frequency Circuit Materials With Increased Thermal Conductivity—John Coonrod and Allen F. Horn III

Editorial: Looking Ahead to 2011: Choosing Topics for ArticlesGary Breed

Technology Report:
The Growing Importance of Supplier Design Assistance

Tutorial: Fundamentals of Pulsed and Time-Gated MeasurementsGary Breed

Design Notes: Two New Books for Engineers


DECEMBER 2010
Vol. 9 No. 12

The Design and Test of a 600-Watt RF Laser Driver Using LDMOS Transistors—Richard Brounley

Generalized Resistive Power Divider Design—Greg Adams

Editorial: Get Ready for the 3G/4G Wireless Data ExplosionGary Breed

Technology Report: An Update on Nano-Scale Technologies for RF and Microwave Applications

Tutorial: Inside the Microwave Connector: Materials and ConstructionGary Breed

Design Notes: Notes on Shannon's Theorem

 

 
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