Guest columnist Jamie Lunn, vector network analyser product manager at Rohde & Schwarz UK, looks at some of the measurement challenges designers face at RF frequencies above 30GHz Extremely high ...

Anechoic chambers are used for making radio frequency measurements because of the environment that they create inside. The ideal environment for making an RF measurement would be a flat open space ...

This article is part of EDN and EE Times’ Hot Technologies: Looking ahead to 2017 feature, where our editors examine some of the hot trends and technologies in 2016 that promise to shape technology ...

Intermodulation distortion is one of the most interesting signal analyzer measurements. Often abbreviated IMD, it is an important metric of linearity for a wide range of RF and microwave components.

The output power of an RF or microwave system is a key determinant of its performance. For this reason, signal power is measured at every stage – from design and prototyping to maintenance in the ...

RIGA, Latvia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SAF Tehnika’s Spectrum Compact has added the 10-3000 MHz to its lineup of spectrum analyzers, designed to meet evolving customer demands across multiple verticals. The ...

RF-to-baseband front ends consisting of a low-noise amplifier (LNA) cascaded with a mixer downconverting RF signals to baseband have become the epitome of RF devices tested in high-volume ...

Keysight Technologies has announced what is being described as a groundbreaking achievement in RF power measurement, with the successful demonstration of a commercial RF power sensor operating at ...

Rohde & Schwarz recently announced their MXO3 1 GHz bandwidth 12-bit oscilloscope [1], and I managed to get one to review.

A very low-tech way to make field recordings. The process I was intending to follow was simple enough. Set up the antenna in the middle of the field, have it transmit some RF, and measure the signal ...