Modelithics is collaborating with RFMW to expand the resources readily available to engineering designers and suppliers. The RFMW and Modelithics collaboration offers engineering designers rapid access to obtain device components and technical information. This technical information includes device datasheets as well as highly accurate simulation models for industry-leading suppliers of RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave electronic…
Signal generator tests 5G FR1, LTE, Wi-Fi components and systems
Designed for bench and production use, the N5186A generates wireless signals to 3 GHz, 6 GHz or 8.5 GHz depending on model. Designing commercial or military wireless receivers, amplifiers, and systems means you’ll need to generate test signals. Keysight’s N5186A MXG vector-signal generator (datasheet) is available in one-channel or four-channel models with Type-N connectors. Each…
Low-loss RF balun family covers 3 GHz to 100 GHz
Fabless mmWave semiconductor startup mmTron Inc. today announced the first four products in a family of broadband, low loss, 50 Ω baluns, covering 3–18, 11–65, and 27–100 GHz. (Baluns are components that transform balanced to unbalanced signals and vice versa.) “Several of our MMIC products use baluns, and we designed our own to get the…
Bias-Tees integrate DC with RF
Fairview Microwave has just unveiled its latest innovation, ultra-wideband bias tees, enhancing the fluid application of DC and RF signals in electronic devices. The bias tees, available immediately, establish the DC bias point of electronic components without interfering with their performance. They command a sweeping frequency range from 50 kHz to a massive 110 GHz,…
Wireless module reduces footprint, falls back to 2G
u-blox has announced the u-blox LEXI-R4, its newest module customized for size-constrained application requirements. Albeit compact (16 x 16 mm), the module supports all LTE-M and NB-IoT bands with an RF output power of 23 dBm, also offering the possibility to operate on a 2G network. The most common use cases comprise small asset trackers, like…
IMS 2023 roundup: semiconductors and microwave components
Through photos and videos, EE World covers some of the active and passive components that RF and wireless engineers need to connect us all.
RF simulation software gets Macom GaN device models
Modelithics, Inc. announces version 23.2.2 of the Modelithics MACOM GaN Library is now available. With this latest version, the library now includes a total of twelve (12) models for MACOM PURE CARBIDE GaN devices. Version 23.2.2 of the Modelithics MACOM GaN Library introduces new models for three (3) MACOM GaN devices for the MACOM MAPC-A1508…
How RF measurements verify satellite links
Noise measurement, LO substitution, receiver stress testing, power measurement, CCDF and PAPR characterization, and antenna-pattern measurement play critical roles in link budget, bit-error rate, and SNR requirements. Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems are being deployed for mission-critical use cases at an accelerating rate. This brings associated critical test requirements that, if not performed accurately, could…
EE World’s 2023 communications handbook is here
Our 2023 5G, Wired, & Wireless Handbook is now available in ebook form. Download your copy today. It started on a cold January day with an editorial call. A month later, the abstracts came in. After another month, the manuscripts came in. Then came the editing and some back-and-forth with the authors. Next, it was…
5G mmWave test builds on RF best practices
The high level of integration in today’s mmWave phone means traditional test methods no longer apply.