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RF article index index of Articles: 1991-1992 Two years of RF Design Articles, Organized by Subject Cover Story The Rental Market - Its Success Reflects A Stable Future for the Oscillator Market, New CAE Software Brings Design Automa- Hard Times, Liane Pomfret, February 1991, Liane G. Pomfret, April 1991, p. 79. tion to the RF Engineer, Dr. Thomas A. p. 27. A Clear Signal for RF Filters, Liane G. Pom- Reeder, February 1991, p. 77. SMT — The Footprint of the Future, Liane fret, May 1991, p. 77. Noise Sources Provide Variable Bandwidth Pomfret, March 1991, p. 24. Capacitors and Resistors — Niche Markets and Center Frequency, Bent Hessen- RF Technology in Broadcasting and CATV, Carry the Load, Liane G. Pomfret, June Schmidt, March 1991, p. 42. Gary A. Breed, April 1991, p. 24. 1991, p. 77. Tunable Active Filter Reaches 25 MHz, Bill HDTV: The World is Waiting, Gary A. Breed, RF Transistors — Staying on Top of Technol- Kulas, June 1991, p. 41. May 1991, p. 24. ogy, Gary A. Breed, July 1991, p. 61. The Winners! Results of the 1991 RF Design Imbedded Intelligence Adds Power to RF Reliable Markets for Switches and Relays, and Software Contests, July 1991, p. 26. Products, Gary A. Breed, June 1991, p. 25. Liane G. Pomfret, August 1991, p. 69. New RF Network Analyzer Offers Speed, Contract Services in the RF Industry, Liane The Maturing of High Performance Software, Accuracy, and Low Price, Jim Curran, G. Pomfret, July 1991, p. 23. Liane G. Pomfret, September 1991, p. 80. August 1991, p. 41. Engineering Education: Where Do They Diversity Drives Signal Processing and Con- Low-Noise Amplifier with “Linear-dB” Gain- Learn About RF?, Gary A. Breed, August trol Components, Liane G. Pomfret, Octo- Control Simplifies AGC Systems, Barrie 1991, p. 28. ber 1991, p. 75. Gilbert, Eberhard Brunner and Bob Clark, Science and Medicine Rely on RF Technolo- Spectrum Analyzers Have Cautious Cus- September 1991, p. 43. gy, Gary A. Breed, September 1991, p. 26. tomers, Liane G. Pomfret, November 1991, Miniature Precision Bandpass Filters Solve IF EMI/RFI Control Grows in Importance, Gary p. 124. Design Problems, William J. Domino and A. Breed, October 1991, p. 24. Cables and Connectors — An Industry Robert A. Johnson, October 1991, p. 49. Courting the Consumer Market, Gary A. Barometer, Liane G. Pomfret, December Finding New Homes for RF Technology, Gary Breed, November 1991, p. 28. 1991, p. 47. Simonyan, November 1991, p. 57. Cellular Radio Drives the RF Market, Gary A. RF Distributors — Filling the Gap, Liane G. Software Family Integrates Synthesis and Breed, December 1991, p. 25. Pomfret, January 1992, p. 78. Simulation, Randall W. Rhea, December RF Designers Discover ASICs, Gary A. GaAs MMICs Buck the Trend, Liane G. Pom- 1991, p. 37. Breed, January 1992, p. 26. fret, February 1992, p. 78. Designing an Amplifier for 500 Watts, 20 to Space Applications — Grand Ideas and Tight RF Short Courses — Something For Every- 500 MHz: The Inside Story, Richard Budgets, Gary A. Breed, February 1992, p. one, Liane G. Pomfret, March 1992, p. 120. Sheloff, January 1992, p. 49. 24. RF Signal Generators Go Digital, Liane G. Locating Power Line RF Interference, James Test Equipment Makers Deliver Cost, Preci- Pomfret, April 1992, p. 96. Harris, February 1992, p. 42. sion and Power, Gary A. Breed, March Growing Demand for EMC Control, Liane G. New DDS Keeps Things Simple, James Mad- 1992, p. 27. Pomfret, May 1992, p. 88. sen, March 1992, p. 77. Broadcast Applications Drive RF and Video High Power Components — An Eye Towards Versatile UHF Data Telemetry Transmitter, Technology, Gary A. Breed, April 1992, p. the Future, Liane G. Pomfret, June 1992, p. Harry Swanson, April 1992, p. 66. 22. 86. New Portable Spectrum Analyzers Are Keys The RF Job Market: How to Compete, Gary Packaging Technology — Visions of Things to Innovative Testing, Mary Jane Pahis, A. Breed, May 1992, p. 24. to Come, Liane G. Pomfret, July 1992, p. May 1992, p. 59. Digital Techniques Help Achieve RF Design 72. Micro Miniature RF Switch Cuts Size, Weight Goals, Gary A. Breed, June 1992, p. 24. More Choices for Boards and Substrates, and Power, James A. Lapke, June 1992, p. Larger Market Shapes RF Manufacturing Liane G. Pomfret, August 1992, p. 63. 52. Methods, Andy Kellett, July 1992, p. 22. Resistive Products — Custom is Where It's RF Design Awards Winners Set Standards Wireless Data Communications Try To Fit In, At, Liane G. Pomfret, September 1992, p. for Creativity, Gary A. Breed, July, 1992, p. Andy Kellett, August 1992, p. 24. 130. 25. RF Oscillators and Synthesizers Perform on Customers Define Power Amplifier Perfor- New EMI/EMC Test Capabilities Lead the Demand, Andy Kellett, September 1992, p. mance, Liane G. Pomfret, October 1992, p. Way to Compliance, August 1992, p. 34. 30 85. New CAE Software for Designs That Work A Look at Exotic RF Technologies, Andy Kel- Ferrites and Iron Powders, Andy Kellett, the First Time, Daren B. McClearnon, Sep- lett, October 1992, p. 28. November 1992, p. 70. tember 1992, p. 43. The Mobiie Communications Market is in The Status of Military and Space Products, Vehicle Locator Uses Spread-Spectrum High Gear, Gary A. Breed, November 1992, Gary A. Breed, December 1992, p. 70. Technology, Bill Xenakis and Allan Evans, p. 24. October 1992, p. 58. RF Still Relies on Passive Components, Andy EMC Corner Single Chip Digital Down Converter Simplifies Kellett, December 1992, p. 20. RFI Measurements Using a Harmonic Comb RF DSP Applications, David B. Chester and Generator, Ken Wyatt, January 1991, p. 53. Geoff Phillips, November 1992, p. 39. Product Report Reduced Bandwidth FM Communications, New CAE Software Brings Advanced Circuit EMC Test Laboratories: Gearing Up for a Mark A. Kolber, February 1991, p. 90. Simulation to PCs Under Microsoft Win- Busy Future, Charles Howshar and Liane EMI Signal Analysis, Roger Southwick, dows, K. Cobler, S. Hamilton, R. Litzibeck G. Pomfret, January 1991, p. 71. March 1991, p. 57. and T. Reeder, December 1992, p. 39. Antenna Products Follow The Action in Com- Communications Range and Reliability of munications, Gary A. Breed, February Part 15 Devices, Bernard Kasmir, April Industry Insight 1991, p. 75. 1991, p. 65. Mobile Radio: On a Fast Track, Liane Pom- Mixers Remain a Central Product for RF Surge and Transient Considerations, Gary A. fret and Charles Howshar, January 1991, p. Applications, Gary A. Breed, March 1991, Breed, May 1991, p. 56. 27. p. 56. EMC Design Techniques for Printed Circuit RF Design 67 Boards, Bernard Cooperstein, June 1991, Transmission Line Transformers, 2nd Edition, Program Designs Active Elliptic Filters, Jack p. 53. Jerry Sevick, American Radio Relay Porter, September 1992, p. 96. 1992 European EMC Requirements for Sus- League, September 1992, p. 69. A Program for the Design of Coupled Res- ceptibility, Gary A. Breed, July 1991, p. 51. Spectrum and Network Measurements, onator Bandpass Filters, John G. Freed, A Technique to Determine the Effect of a Robert A. Witte, Prentice-Hall, September September 1992, p. 120. Lightning Strike to a Shielded Cable, Mike 1992, p. 70. Double-Tuned Circuits, Andrzej B. Przedpels- Frisoni, August 1991, p. 54. ki, November 1992, p. 52. Near Field Coupling Between Signal Lines, Circuit Analysis Narrow Bandwidth Elliptic Filters With Low Vincent W. Greb, September 1991, p. 65. Nonlinear Model Verification for a Medium Parts Spread, Albert J. Klappenberger, Using Diversity to Improve Performance of Power Bipolar Transistor, Lynne Olsen and December 1992, p. 25. Part 15 Devices, Bernard Kasmir, October Brian M. Kirk, March 1992, p. 41. An Adjustable Q Bandpass Filter, J. Alvin 1991, p. 64. QSPLOT Displays S-Parameter Data, David Connelly and Jeff Hall, December 1992, p. A Guide to Coaxial Cable Shield Perfor- Lovelace, March 1992, p. 69. 31. mance, Robert D. Perelman and Leonard J. Statistical Design Improves Reliability and Visser, November 1991, p. 81. Manufacturing Yields of RF Circuits, Keith Frequency Synthesis Cobler, April 1992, p. 24. Sampling Delay — Is It Real?, William Egan, Amplifie: Design Avoid Killer Avalanches (and hee degrada- February 1991, p. 114. VSWR Protection of Solid State RF Power tion), Don C. Schultz, June 1992, p. 35. Parasitic Positive Frequency Acquisition in a Amplifiers, H.O. Granberg, February 1991, RF Design — A Suite of RF Problem Solvers, PLL, Jonathon Y.C. Cheah, April 1991, p. p. 106. Herman A. Kruse, August 1992, p. 40. 69. SWOP Amps Simplify RF Signal Processing, Frequency Modulation in a Phase Lock Loop Tom Anderson, March 1991, p. 26. Components by Control of the Phase Inside the Loop, Multi-Stage Amplifier Bandwidths, Marlin The Effects of Package Capacitance on the Scott Grimmett, June 1991, p. 31. Greer, March 1991, p. 34. Capacitance vs. Voltage Characteristic of a Design and Optimization of Frequency Modu- Biasing Solid State Amplifiers to Linear Oper- Tuning Varactor, Richard A. Cory, lated Phase Locked Loops, Farron L. ation, H.O. Granberg, April 1991, p. 72. 1991/1992 Directory, p. 107. Dacus, March 1992, p. 114. UHF Power Transistors for Use in Military Improved Mica RF Capacitors, Laird The PLL Dead Zone and How to Avoid It, Electronics Systems, David Hughes, June Macomber, 1991/1992 Directory, p. 110. Alien Hill and Jim Surber, March 1992, p. 1991, p. 68. RF Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 131 A Vertical Mounting Construction Technique, Mehrdad Medizadeh, October 1991, p. 29. HF and VHF Basics Using Frequency Syn- Fulvio Perri, November 1991, p. 109. Add Negative Capacitors to Your Component thesis, David Babin and Mark Clark, May Platinum Clad Wire Improves Power Tube Repertoire, Gary Thomas, 1992/1993 1992, p. 46. Performance, Edward F. Kelly, December Directory, p. 96. Infinite Resolution, Single Loop Frequency 1991, p. 27. A Program for Winding RF Coils, David M. Synthesizer, N.W. Heckt, August 1992, p. 58. Design of Low Noise, Wide Dynamic Range, Raley, January 1992, p. 79. GaAs Optical Preamps, Robert Bayruns, Attenuator Basics, Gary A. Breed, February High Speed Analog and Timothy Laverick, Norman Scheinberg and 1992, p. 77. Digital Circuits Daniel Stofman, February 1992, p. 32. An Introduction to Iron Powder and Ferrite Practical Performance Prediction Techniques A Program for RF Amplifier Design, Thomas Cores, Gary A. Breed, March 1992, p. 121. for Spectrally Efficient Digital Systems, Dr. H. Stanford, March 1992, p. 110. Detector Diode Types and Specifications, Andy Kucar and Dr. Kamilio Feher, Febru- DEVCALC — An RF Amplifier Design Aid, Gary A. Breed, May 1992, p. 76. ary 1991, p. 58. Don Miller, July 1992, p. 39. RF Transistor Specifications, Gary A. Breed, High Speed IC Applications Circuits, Gary A. A Quasi-Complimentary Class-D HF Power June 1992, p. 63. Breed, February 1992, p. 27. Amplifier, Frederick H. Raab and Daniel J. A 1 GHz Prescalar Circuit, Ray Robertson, Rupp, September 1992, p. 103. Filter Design March 1992, p. 109. A Distributed Resonant Circuit with Improved Engineering Considerations for Selection of Antennas and Propagation Filtering Properties, Stanislaw Rosloniec, Analog ASICs, Carlos Garcia, March 1992, A Channel Sounder for Indoor Communica- January 1991, p. 32 p. 139. tion Systems, Fernando Casadevall and Electronically Tunable Active Filters, Yue Xu, Key Issues in High Frequency ASIC Design, Xavier Barba, May 1991, p. 26. January 1991, p. 40. Carlos Garcia and Bob Webb, July 1992, p. Radial Ground Screen Design for a Vertical Swept Spectrum Bandpass Filter, Roy H. 60. Monopole, Michael A. Rupar, January Propst, March 1991, p. 65. Understanding Timing Recovery and Jitter, 1992, p. 29. Using SAW Double-Mode Resonators for Kenneth J. Bures, October 1992, p. 42. HF Miniloop Antennas, Pradeep Wahi, Janu- First IF in Cellular Radios, Sean Broderick, Understanding Timing Recovery and Jitter in ary 1992, p. 73. March 1991, p. 71. Digital Transmission Systems (Part 2), Ken- A Field Expedient Broad Band HF Antenna, Crystal/Transformer Networks for Filtering, neth J. Bures, November 1992, p. 27. Bernard Feigenbaum, March 1992, p. 135. Gerald Maliszewski, June 1991, p. 59. A Comprehensive Filter Design Program, Miscellaneous Articles Book Reviews Michael Ellis, July 1991, p. 31. A Plotter Subroutine for BASIC Programs, Phase-Locked Loop Circuit Design, Dan H. VHF Active Filters, Eugene Mayle, August Bert K. Erickson, January 1991, p. 70. Wolaver, Prentice Hall; November 1991, p. 1991, p. 58. New Products RF Expo West, February 78. Very Wide Band Crystal Bandpass Filters, 1991, p. 117. Analog Electronic Circuits, Robert B. William B. Lurie, September 1991, p. 29. A Handy Basic Program for High Resolution Northrop, Addison-Wesley; November A Circuit Analysis Program for Filters, Jack Plots, Piotr Lochowicz, June 1991, p. 75. 1991, p. 78. Porter, September 1991, p. 70. High Resolution Plotting Routines for BASIC The ARRL Antenna Book, 16th Edition, Crystal Filters Without Inductors, William and APL, Douglas B. Miron, September American Radio Relay League; November Lurie, May 1992, p. 41. 1991, p. 77. 1991, p. 78. FilDes: A Filter Design System for the RF RF Calculation Programs for DOS, Jouni Ver- Microwave Handbook, Volume 2, Construc- Engineer, Robert Lombardi, June 1992, p. ronen, October 1991, p. 68. tion and Testing, Edited by M.W. Dixon, 71. Errata, August 1992, p. 10. RF Expo East Technical Program Covers Radio Society of Great Britain, November The Elliptic Bandpass LC Filter, William Current RF Applications, October 1991, p. 1991, p. 78. Sabin, June 1992, p. 82. 70. ; 68 December 1992 Finding New Homes for RF Technology, Gary Jonathon Y.C. Cheah, November 1991, p. er, May 1992, p. 27. Simonyan, November 1991, p. 57. 99. Measuring Electrically Long Devices With a New Products at RF Expo East, November A Tutorial on Crystal Specifications and Pul- Network Analyzer, Barry Brown, May 1992, 1991, p. 91. lability, C.W. Richards, 1991/1992 Directo- p. 82. RF Expo West Features a Comprehensive ry, p. 104. Distortion Measurements Using a Spectrum Technical Program, February 1992, p. 70. Taking the Mystery Out of Crystal Oscillator Analyzer, Robert A. Witte, September 1992, New Products at RF Expo West, March 1992, Design, Andrze; 2. Przedpelski, 1992/1993 p. 75. p. 125. Directory, p. 103. Construction of a Low-Cost Shielded Room, A VCO Tuning Range Caiculation Program, Transmission Lines/Couplers July 1992, p. 55. Marshall H. Holliman, January 1992, p. 67. Cable Equalizer Design, Frederick J. Radier, Radio Frequency Interference from Non- A Wide Range Oscillator, Wayne Ryder, Feb- February 1991, p. 128. Licensed Devices, Robert D. Weller, P.E., ruary 1992, p. 69. High Power Bi-Directional Coupler for Space August 1992, p. 27. A Low Frequency Crystal Controlled Oscilla- Applications, Pascal R. Goux, May 1991, p. RF Expo East Features Timely Technical tor, Ramon Patron, May 1992, p. 80. 40 Papers and Courses, September 1992, p. introduction to Phase Noise, Constantine CAD of Single and Tandem Lange Couplers, 113. Fantanas, August 1992, p. 50. Timothy O’Connel! and Patrick Murphy, New Products at RF Expo East, September Basic Crystal Oscillator Design Considera- May 1991, p. 73. 1992, p. 127. tions, Craig Taylor and David Kenny, Octo- Broadband RF Transformer Directional Cou- ber 1992, p. 75. plers, Mark McWhorter, July 1991, p. 53. Mixers, Multipliers and Dividers Errata, August 1991, p. 12. High Performance Active Double Balanced Phase Shifters/Matching Networks A Transmission Line Calculation Program, Mixer, Bruce Hubbard, January 1992, p. 63. A Quick Microstrip Matching Program, Toshi- Dan Swanson, August 1991, p. 66. An Active Frequency Multiplier, Jonathan hiko Takamizawa, February 1992, p. 59. Simple SMT Bridge Circuit Mimics Ultra- Bird, March 1992, p. 128. An Exact Method for Impedance Matching Broadband Coupler, Joel Dunsmore, QMIX — Mixer Analysis Program, Kevin With Short Transmission Lines, Douglas B. November 1991, p. 105. McClaning, May 1992, p. 78. Miron, March 1992, p. 28. Analysis Program for Coaxial Cable, Eric An Ultra-Low Distortion HF Switched FET The Smith Chart and its Usage in RF Design, Stasik, December 1991, p. 58. Mixer, Eric Kushnick, September 1992, p. Neal Silence, April 1992, p. 85. A Modular Two-Band Diplexer, J. Robert Wit- 87. mer, December 1991, p. 30. SPURS Calculates Mixer Direct and Inter- RF Systems Simple Compensation of the Single-Section, modulation Products, Kirt Blattenberger, User Friendly Error Curves for Digital Radios, Quarter Wave Matching Section, Ernie November 1992, p. 58. Glen A. Myers, April 1992, p. 39. Franke, January 1992, p. 38. Noise Parameter Calculations on the Person- A Smith Chart Based Impedance Matching al Computer, Malcolm Mayercik, June Program, Neal Silence, February 1992, p. Modulation/Demodulation 1992, p. 29. Errata, October 1992, p. 14. 61. Errata, June 1992, p. 10. Designing a Direct Sequence Spread Spec- NAVSTAR Global Positioning System, CAD Program for Analysis and Synthesis of trum Secure Communication System, Soo Edward Troy, June 1992, p. 77. Stripline, Microwave Circuits, Dariusz Kwan Eo, Chingwo Ma, Incheol Jang, April ECM Effectiveness Analysis Using a Graphi- Lubecki and Przemysiaw Miazga, April 1991, p. 31. cal Threat Footprint, Marvin Kefer, August 1992, p. 89. 1Q Sampling Yields Flexible Demodulators, 1991, p. 31. Shrink Branch-Line Hybrids Using Inverters, Thomas P. Hack, April 1991, p. 40. A Program for Calculating the Noise Figure Dr. H. Ashoka, December 1992, p. 56. A Simple Clock and PSK Carrier Recovery and Noise Contribution of Electronic Cir- Circuit, Francois Methot, May 1991, p. 58. cuits, Jonathan Bird, October 1992, p. 80. Transmitters/Receivers Design of Quadrature Detectors, Edward A. Mixer Spurious Calculation for Broadband A Simple Two-Channel Receiver for 8-PSK, Richiey, May 1991, p. 68. EW Systems, Ronald Day, December 1992, Glen A. Myers and Daniel C. Bukofzer, A Single IF, Antilogarithmic, AM/FM Detec- p. 52. February 1991, p. 29. Errata, April 1991, p. tor/IF Strip, John C. Roberts, September RF Path Simulation Using BAW Delay Lines, 13. 1991, p. 74. Fred Klepper and Howard Ryder, Decem- Susceptibility of a Pi/44 DOPSK TDMA Chan- An Improved Tau-Dither Technique for ber 1992, p. 62. nel to Receiver Impairments, K. Anvari and Spread Spectrum Code Tracking, Harry D. Woo, February 1991, p. 49. Brown, December 1991, p. 49. Test and Measurement A Novel, Wide Band, Crystal Controlled FM A Simple Algebraic and Analogical Approach New Trends in Analyzer Technology Provide Transmitter, Thomas G. Xydis, February to a Scrambler/Descrambler, Jaouhar Faster Measurements for Narrowband 1991, p. 98. Mouine, April 1992, p. 45. Applications, Manfred Bartz, March 1991, p. A Low Cost UHF AM Receiver, Robert Friday A Small, Low Cost BPSK Demodulator, David 68 and John Neder, November 1991, p. 31 M. Benzel, April 1992, p. 91. A Lab Frequency Standard Distribution Sys- A Simple, Low-Cost Microwave LAN Link, Noise Cancellation in RF Detectors, George tem, Mitchell Lee, June 1991, p. 27. Peter Minett, November 1991, p. 46. Kassabian, June 1992, p. 67. Low Frequency Circulator/Isolator Uses No A Two-Chip Solution for Audio Processing, High Dynamic Range AM Detector, James Ferrite or Magnet, Charles Wenzel, July Alvin K. Wong, November 1991, p. 48. Raiser, June 1992, p. 69. 1991, p. 39. Errata, October 1991, p.13. An Improved FM Exciter Using Direct Digital A Simple, Balanced, Broadband Frequency Measuring Attack and Release Times for Synthesis, Thomas Hack, March 1992, p. Discriminator, Karl Thorup, July 1992, p. Compandors, Michael J. Delurio and Alvin 95. 63. K. Wong, October 1991, p. 41. A Simple Road Information Transmitter, Automated Noise Measurements Eliminate Thomas Hack, July 1992, p. 31. Oscillator Design Drudgery, Robert N. Cash, November Fundamentals of Receiver Design for Part 15 A Linear Driftiess VCO, Luis Cupido, January 1991, p. 113. Applications, Bernard Kasmir, September 1991, p. 61. intermodulation Distortion, Gary A. Breed, 1992, p. 35. VHF and UHF Crystal Oscillators, Andrzej B. January 1992, p. 61. Algorithms for Computing Phase and AGC in Przedpelski, May 1991, p. 61. A Simple EMI/RFI Detector, J. Ayer, March Digital PLL Receivers, Guglielmo A. Ferrari Overtone Crystal Oscillators, Andrzej B. 1992, p. 107. and Roberto Cali, October 1992, p. 33. Przedpelski, September 1991, p. 34. Fast Frequency Measurement Analyzes The Design of a Sampling Gate Receiver, Analysis of Phase Noise in Oscillators, Modulation and Oscillators, Douglas Bark- Jonathan Y.C. Cheah, November 1992, p. 66. RF Design 69