Microwaves & RF 2006: Vol 45 Index & Table of Contents

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COMMERCIAL ¢ Emerging applications fuel antenna dimensions (October, p. 66)
¢ The big picture (March, p. 42) development (May, p. 134) ¢ Design directional couplers for high-
¢ Here’s how we solved it (July, p. 27) ¢ FBAR duplexers help shrink power applications (October, p. 90)
¢ Charting the course for 45 years of PCS/UMTS handsets (May, p. 140) ¢ Shrinking cables and connectors raise
Microwaves (August, p. 33) ¢ S-band power amp incorporates bare performance (November, p. 33)
¢ Special Section: Microwave Legends die (June, p. 57) ¢ RF video amplifiers enable FTTP’s
(August, p. 51) e L TCC launches miniature, wideband, last mile (November, p. 59)
¢ Top products of 2006 (December, low-cost mixers (June Cover, p. 107) ¢ Site speeds search for RF/microwave
p. 9()) ¢ Wide-range trimmers fit into chip components (November Cover,
housings (June, p. 116) p. 107)
COMMUNICATIONS ¢ Plethora of patents fuels licensing * Design a simple, low-cost UWB
¢ Making the most of millimeter waves foray (July, p. 46) source (December, p. 68)
/( i tober, p. 4()) © Topology and technology drive E-
PHEMT amplifiers (July, p. 78) COMPUTER-AIDED
COMPONENTS ¢ Surface-mount amps span 0.1 to 40.0 ENGINEERING
¢ Amplifying PA theory for efficient GHz (July Cover, p. 88) ¢ Verification tools help PHS transceiv-
ISM transmitters (January, p. 51) ¢ Understanding mismatch effects in er take silicon form (February, p. 5
¢ Darlington gain blocks eliminate bias power combining circuits (August, e Simulation spices RFID read rates
resistor (January, p. 70) p. 79) (March, p. 66)
¢ SiGe silences YIG oscillator phase ¢ Upconverter mixer makes most of ¢ Software library speeds mobile
noise (January Cover, p. 79) LTCC for ISM applications (August, WiMAX designs (March, p. 102)
* Low-noise amplifiers drop below 1- p. 104) ¢ EM software suite models IC cou-
dB noise-figure mark (January White ¢ “Invisible” wireless antenna offers in- pling (March, p. 103)
Paper) building coverage (August, p. 134) ¢ Simulation tools build on electromag-
* Modules house multitudes of func- ¢ Directional couplers aid antenna netic analysis (June, p. 112)
tions (February, p. 33) power monitoring (September, p. 78) ¢ Parametric simulation helps optimize
¢ Microwave connector choices deter- * Monopole arrays are electronically antenna performance (November,
mine system performance (March, steerable (September, p. 88) p. 78)
p. 78) * Passive components stay on path of ¢ Software shortens path to working
¢ Analyzing EM parameters for shield- re-invention (October, p. 33) RF designs (November, p. 120)
ed bandline (March, p. 86) * Practical approach yields class C PA
¢ Stabilize transistors in low-noise (October, p. 55) CONFERENCES
amplifiers (May, p. 81) ¢ Simplify the calculation of microstrip * Microwave show comes to the City
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by the Bay (May, p. 33 p. \4 ¢ Developing designs for RFID
¢ Differential amp buffers ADCs to 2 transponders (September, p. 57
CROSSTALK GHz (January, p. 8 ¢ GaN transistors reach for high
e An interview with RF Micro Devices’ Software defines cellular transceiver power and linearity (September, p.
Jerry D. Neal (February, p. 38 IC (February Cover, p. YO) 112
e An Interview with Gavin Woods, Single chip houses analog/digital T\ e Trattic management performs testing
Freescale Semiconductor’s RF Divi receiver (March Cover, p. 97) for triple-play services (October,
sion (June, p. 42 Diode quad is foundation for PIN p. 70)
¢ An interview with Digital Fountain’s diode attenuator (May, p. 61) ¢ 2006 IEDM points way for device
Charlie Oppenheimer (July, p. 42 RF antenna switches simplify telem power and speed (November, p. 40)
e An interview with Microphase atics radios (May, p. 108 ¢ Design an MMIC LNA with GaAs
Corp.’s Necdet “Ned” Ergul SiGe T/H amplifier grabs wideband PHEMTs (November, p. 68)
August, p. 6S data (May Cover, p. 127 ¢ Low-cost IC simplifies software GPS
Rugged LDMOS device drives 500 receivers (December Cover, p. 80)
DEFENSE ELECTRONICS W At 500 MHz (May, p. 142) ¢ GaN FET generates 81.3 W at 9.5
© Generate digital chirp signals with Chip supports dynamic point-to GHz (December, p. 96)
DDS (February, p. 72 point systems (May,p . 144
¢ Technology secures borders and MEMS motion sensors boost hand SYSTEMS & SUBSYSTEMS
shores up com links (June, p. 33 set reliability (Juste, p. 84 ¢ Estimating RKE system performance
RF MEMS integrates CMOS con February, p. 82
DEVICE&S IC S troller (June, p. 96 ¢ Frequency synthesizers tune commu
e Enhanced UltraCMOS yields High-power transistors surf GaN nications systems (March, p. 33)
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GSM/WCDMA switches (January, wave (July,p . 33 ¢ Filtering compromises from co-locat-
ed systems (March, p. 57
e Low power appre yach prov ides
QPSK modulation (May, p. 91)
¢ When switching speed is important
Microwaves
(May, p. 98)
presents a new webcast series sponsored by — ¢ Signal cancellation improves DDS
SFDR August Cover, p. 120
¢ Optical switches link multiple
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receivers tO remote antennas
August, p. 112
¢ Frequency synthesizers supply stable
P signals (September, p. 33)
¢ Technology cancels cellular interfer
ence (September, p. 44
Exploring Design ind Test
¢ Develop advanced designs for RFID
transponders (October, p. 82)
Challenges in the Wireless World ® Spread-spectrum modules communi
cate at 2.4 GHz (October, p. 110)
This series of six webcasts delves into the nitty gritty of designing
¢ ACM controls cost of increased spec
wireless products for WiMax, Ultrawideband, WiFi, ZigBee and tral efficiency (November, p. 92)
Bluetooth wireless systems and concludes with a special webcast that ¢ Chilean antenna array reaches deep
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looks at how to approach testing in all of these areas. Each webcast across space (December, p. 33)
will include an overview of the technology from industry experts as
TEST & MEASUREMENT
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¢ Tracking trends in test equipment
designing with these technologies. In addition, the webcast will cover
(January, p. 33)
some of the latest products in these areas, along with a discussion of ¢ Test handset PA phase and ampli
some of the pros and cons of designing with each product. tude vs. time (January, p. 51)
® Scopes pack big power into small
The first webcast - Designing for WiMax — will be on February 22, 2007.
footprints (January, p. 88)
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bandwidth (March, p. 104) 100 kHz to 7.1 GHz (August, p. 130) RF signals (October, p. 112)
¢ Extending phase-noise measurement e Spectrum analyzer doubles as phase- ¢ Improve the accuracy of amplifier
capability (May, p. 70) noise test set (August, p. 132) ACLR and ACPR measurements
¢ Measure frequency with time-stamp- ¢ Next-generation instruments speed (October White Paper)
ing counters (May, p. 115) wireless testing (September Cover, ¢ Power sensors work with USB com-
¢ Properly understanding noise in test p. 99) puters (November, p. 116)
applications (June, p. 70) ¢ Understand requirements for ¢ Vector signal generator cuts measure
¢ Vector signal generator spans 0.4 to WiMAX testing (September, p. 70) ment costs (November, p. 118)
2.5 GHz (June, p. 115) * Handheld analyzer scans 4-GHz ¢ Small-footprint oscilloscopes reach 2
¢ Establish test procedures for WiMAX spectrum (September, p. 110) GHz (November, p. 122)
transceivers (July, p. 63) ¢ Tiny instruments combine power ¢ Measure and troubleshoot digitally
¢ System monitors satellite carriers meter and sensor (September, p. 114) modulated signals (November White
(July, p. 94) e Signal generator melds speed with Paper)
¢ Building a receiver for WiMAX test- low phase noise (October Cover, ¢ Beware of spectrum analyzer power
ing (August, p. 92) p. 103) averaging techniques (December,
¢ Economy spectrum analyzer spans ¢ Real-time analyzer captures elusive p. 57)
VNA ACCURACY, PART 1
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Table 4: Summary uncertainties (95%
confidence level) for attenuation measurements
Table 3: Summary uncertainties (95%
confidence level) for reflection measurements
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Copyright 2007. Reproduced by permission of the Con
ticular, it has shown that by using char- tion measurements also varies with the troller of HMSO
acterized calibration standards very size of the measured attenuation. This
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good measurement accuracy is obtained is summarized in Table4 for selected val-
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT ANAMET Technical Note, No. 4, October 2000. Availab!«
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