Electronic Design

RF Measurement Basics for Non-RF Test Engineers

Wireless communications products that depend on RF principles are everywhere these days, and the growth rate is astonishing. From cell phones and wireless PDAs to Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, Bluetooth ...
EDN

Getting some basic RF experience

RF and wireless used to be the province of a relatively few specialized practitioners, and RF circuit and system design were as much art as science. Some things have changed: RF (which broadly and ...
Electronic Design

RF Detectors For Wireless Devices

What is an RF detector? An RF detector monitors or samples the output of an RF circuit and develops a dc output voltage proportional to the power at that point. What do you do with an RF detector? RF ...
Nature

CMOS Mixers and Low-Power RF Circuit Design

CMOS mixers are integral components in modern radio frequency (RF) circuit design, enabling frequency conversion in wireless systems while prioritising low power consumption. Recent progress in ...
Nature

Active Inductors in CMOS RF Circuit Design

Active inductors have emerged as a transformative component in CMOS radio frequency (RF) circuit design, effectively replacing traditional passive inductors with active semiconductor networks. By ...
Hackaday

Ancient Cable Modem Reveals Its RF Secrets

Most reverse engineering projects we see around here have some sort of practical endpoint in mind. Usually, but not always. Reverse-engineering a 40-year-old cable modem probably serves no practical ...