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Application Notes & Technical Papers
by Product: Absorbers - Interference
Application Notes & Technical Papers
by Product: LEDs - ZigBee
Keysight Technologies (formerly Agilent Technologies)
Analog Devices
Andrei Grebennikov, M/A-COM Eurotec
RF & Microwave
Power Amplifier Design
Lecture 1: Nonlinear Active Device Modeling
Lecture 2: Impedance
Matching Lecture 3: PA Design Fundamentals
Lecture 4:
High Efficiency Power Amplifier Design
Applied Radio Labs
Group Delay Explanations &
Applications
ATC Ceramics
Selecting RF Chip
Capacitors for Wireless Applications
ESR Losses In Ceramic
Capacitors
RF Ceramic Chip Capacitors in High Power Applications
AVX Corporation
Capacitors technical information
Bell System Technical Journal bstj.bell-labs.com All editions
from 1922 through 1983. Bell Labs is the source of many significant contributions,
of course, in the area of telephony, but also in memory devices, imaging devices,
system organization, computers and software technology, as well as acoustics, optics,
switching, transmission, wireless and data communication. Generously made available
by Lucent Alcatel Lucent.
Biology Daily www.biologydaily.com/biology/Capacitor Capacitor
Basics - Definitions and configurations, with some equations and illustrations.
BroadcastPapers Huge Whitepaper Collection.
Carl
Lodström The Noble Art of De-Coupling.
Complex 2 Real This is the mother
lode of communications tutorials, compliments of Charan Langton.
- Tutorial 1 - Basic Concepts in Signal Analysis, Power,
Energy and Spectrum
- Tutorial 2 - What is Differential Phase Shift Keying
- Tutorial 3 - What is the DVB-S standard, a Simplified
Version
- Tutorial 4 - Fourier Analysis Made easy - Part 1
- Tutorial 5 - Fourier Analysis Made easy - Part 2
- Tutorial 6 - Fourier Analysis Made Easy - Part 3
- Tutorial 7 - Hilbert Transform and the Complex Envelope
- Tutorial 8 - All About Modulation - Part 1
- Tutorial 9 - Baseband, Passband and Amplitude Modulation
(AM)
- Tutorial 10 - All About Traveling Wave Tube
- Tutorial 11 - Link Budgets 101
-
Tutorial 12 - Convolutional Coding and Decoding Made
Easy
- Tutorial 13 - Coding Concepts and Block Coding
- Tutorial 14 - Inter Symbol Interference (ISI) and
Raised cosine filtering
- Tutorial 15 - How to Interpret an Eye Diagram
- Tutorial 16 - Partial Response Signaling and Quadrature
Partial Response (QPR) Modulation
- Tutorial 17 - Frequency Modulation (FM) , FSK, MSK
and More
- Tutorial 18 - Unlocking the Phase Locked Loop (PLL)
- Part 1
- Tutorial 19 - Unlocking the Phase Locked Loop (PLL)
- Part 2
-
Tutorial 20 - Modulation Performance Metrics and
Computation of BER
- Tutorial 21 - Linear Time Invariant Systems and Matched
Filtering
- Tutorial 22 - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex
(OFDM, DMT)
- Tutorial 23a - About Lattice and Cosets
- Tutorial 23b - Trellis coded Modulation (TCM)
- Tutorial 24 - Turbo Coding and MAP Decoding, Part
1
- Tutorial 24 - Part 2 - The MAP Decoding Algorithm,
step-by-step
- Tutorial 25 - CDMA
- Tutorial 26 – All My Filters – Analog, Digital and
Adaptive – Butterworth, Cheyshev, Elliptic, IIR, FIR, Adaptive
- Tutorial 27 – Finding MIMO – A little
bit more than a tutorial on MIMO!
Compliance Engineering ce-mag.com/archive/02/Spring/fogelle1.html
Antenna Pattern Measurement: Concepts and Techniques, part 1, by Dr. Michael D.
Foegelle. The first article of this two-part series explores the basic concepts
and techniques of antenna pattern measurement and evaluates the benefits and drawbacks
of various measurement methods.
Cushcraft Corporation
- Antenna Performance and Design Considerations for Optimum Coverage in Wireless
Communication Systems
cushcraft.com/comm/support/pdf/Antenna-Performance-C-14B37.pdf
- Antenna Performance and Design Considerations for Optimum Coverage in Wireless
Communication Systems
cushcraft.com/comm/support/pdf/Antenna-Performance-C-14B37.pdf
Dow-Key Microwave dowkey.com
- A Guide To RF Switching Systems
dowkey.com/_upload/AN2008-06_Guide_to_RF_Switching_Systems.pdf
- Creating Your Own RF Switching System
dowkey.com/_upload/AN2008-08_CYOM_Rev1.pdf
- Ethernet Software Configuration Application Note
dowkey.com/_upload/AN2008-08-ENET_Rev1-1.pdf
- IEEE-488.2 (GPIB) Software Configuration Application Note
dowkey.com/_upload/AN2008-08-GPIB_Rev1-1.pdf
Eagleware eagleware.com/pdf/apps/0014_GaAsFETPA.pdf GaAs
FET Power Amp Simulation.EDN Access reed-electronics.com/ednmag/archives/1996/120596/25df_04.htm
Battery Handling - Li-Ion, by Matt Schindler.
EDN
- DACs - Double Rate With Mixers - Double DAC rate by using mixers as switches,
by Randall Carver.
edn.com/article/CA376628.html
Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association (ECA)
ec-central.org/magazine/nov_dec_02/tech_paper_emifilter.pdf EMI Filter Problems?
Avoid them with proper installation and selection, by Mark Carter, Dearborn Electronics.
Electronic Design electronicdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/9660/9660.html
Clock Requirements for Data Converters - Equations for calculating jitter and phase
noise in data converters, by Don Tuite.
Electrostatic Discharge Association esda.org Publications
include standards and documents, books, EOS/ESD Symposia proceedings, selected papers
and white papers, EOS/ESD Symposia presentations, ESD tutorial and seminar notes.
Emerson & Cuming Microwave Products
- Absorber Principles - Specular, 1/4 wavelength, graded absorber, surface currents,
cavity resonance.
eccosorb.com/pages/83/Technical Notes
- Electromagnetic principles & applications that span the frequency range
from 30 MHz through 100 GHz. Describes applications and properties.
eccosorb.com/pages/115/WH
Emerson paper
Energizer Application manuals Alkaline data.energizer.com/PDFs/alkaline_appman.pdf
Carbon Zinc data.energizer.com/PDFs/carbonzinc_appman.pdf
Manganese Dioxide App Note data.energizer.com/PDFs/alkalineminiature_appman.pdf
NiCad data.energizer.com/PDFs/nickelcadmium_appman.pdf
NiMH data.energizer.com/PDFs/nickelmetalhydride_appman.pdf
Silver Oxide data.energizer.com/PDFs/silveroxide_appman.pdf
Zinc Air data.energizer.com/PDFs/zincair_appman.pdf
Evaluation Engineering evaluationengineering.com/archive/articles/1005/1005the_world.asp
The World of the Near Field, by Tom Lecklider.
FlexiPanel flexipanel.com/Docs/Bluetooth Remote Control...
From Your Mobile Phone.pdf Bluetooth Remote Control from Your Mobile Phone. FlexiPanel
makes a lot of turnkey modules for ZigBee and Bluetooth applications. Admittedly,
this concept does scare me a bit from a terrorist perspective!!!
Freescale Semiconductor
- Compact Integrated Antennas - Starts with basic antenna theory and builds through
dipole, inverted-F, helix, loops, meandering, and other types. Ends with layouts &
radiation patterns.
freescale.com/files/rf_if/doc/app_note/AN2731.pdf
Glen Dash glendash.com/glendash-overview.htm Designing Enclosures
for EMC Compliance. Even though Dr. Dash is an accomplished expositor on Maxwell's
Equations, his opening quote here is, "While science has devised new models and
computerized methods for EMC design, your best tool for enclosure design may still
be your thumb." On this website you will find an incredibly extensive collection
of papers on the subject of EMC/EMI/RFI testing and measurement, anechoic chambers,
antennas, Maxwell's Equations, regulatory law, noise control, crosstalk, product
liability, and much more.Granite Island Group tscm.com/antennas.pdf
Antenna Basics - In PDF format.
Herley herley.com/index.cfm?act=app_notes¬es=attenuators
Application Notes: Attenuators.
High Frequency Electronics highfrequencyelectronics.com/Archives/Oct04/HFE1004_Kurzrok.pdf
A Review of Key Equalizer Specifications and What They Mean, by Richard Kurzrok.
High Frequency Electronics highfrequencyelectronics.com/Archives/Oct04/HFE1004_Kurzrok.pdf
Electromagnetic Radiation and Human Health: A Review of Sources and Effects.
HP Journal Online Archive hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/hpjindex.html
This appears to be a complete collection of the HP Journal, running from September
1949 (v1. n.1) through February 1998.
Electronic Design web-ee.com/primers/Tutorials.htm WebEE
series of tutorials & primers. Many articles on Amplifiers and Filters, Batteries,
Classes in Electronics, CMOS, Communications, Digital Filters, Electrostatics, Microprocessors,
Medical, MOSFETs, Motors, Operational Amplifiers, Optoelectronics, PC Related, Phase
Locked Loops, Power Conversion, Pressure Sensors, and Printed Circuit Boards.
INGECOM numatechnologies.com/pdf/an_antenna.pdf V / UHF
Antenna Design.
Instruments For Industry ifi.com/web/html/appnotes/pdf/101.pdf
Selection and Operation of RF Power Amplifiers for EMC Testing Applications.
International Rectifier App Notes irf.com/technical-info/appnotes.htm
App notes in .pdf format including motor control, lighting, high voltage ICs, class
D audio, automotive, AC-DC, DC-DC, aerospace and defense, general, MOSFET, IGBT,
diode, package, thermal.
Intersil intersil.com/data/an/an9315.pdf RF Amplifier
Design Using HFA3046, HFA3096, HFA3127, HFA3128 Transistor Arrays.
Ivan Boshnakov, Aerial Facilities Limited
First-Time-Right Design Of RF/Microwave Class A Power Amplifiers Using Only S-ParametersA
procedure of how to design RF/Microwave Class A power amplifiers in a very efficient
and highly accurate manner when the only initial data available are the S-parameters
of the transistors.
JFW jfwindustries.com/Manuals/matrixapplicationnotes.pdf
Matrix Switches Blocking vs. Non-blocking jfwindustries.com/catalog/RF_Matrix_Switch_App_Note-111-1.html
Johanson Technology
- Capacitor Q & ESR Explained
johansontechnology.com/technicalnotes/qne
- Capacitor RF Current & Power
johansontechnology.com/technicalnotes/rfc
- Chip Balun: Definitions & Measurement
johansontechnology.com/technicalnotes/cbn
Linx Technologies
- Antennas: Design, Application, and Performance
linxtechnologies.com/Documents/AN-00500.pdf
- Modulation Techniques for Low-Cost RF Data Links
linxtechnologies.com/documents/AN-00130.pdf
- RF 101 Information for the RF Challenged
linxtechnologies.com/Documents/AN-00100.pdf
- Understanding Antenna Specifications and Operation
linxtechnologies.com/Documents/AN-00501.pdf
- List of all application notes
linxtechnologies.com/Support/Application-Notes
Lodestone Pacific lodestonepacific.com/distrib/pdfs/Magnetics/Design_Application_Notes.pdf
Magnetic Core Design Rules.M/A-COM
- Part I: A General Design Procedure for Bandpass Filters Derived From Low Pass
Prototype Elements
macom.com/Technical Articles/pdf/Bandpass_Filter_tutorial.pdf
- Part II: A General Design Procedure for Bandpass Filters Derived From Low Pass
Prototype Elements
macom.com/Technical Articles/pdf/Bandpass_Filter_tutorial2.pdf
- Design information, product information, quality information
macom.com/Application
Notes/index.htm
- RF Directional Couplers and 3dB Hybrids Overview
macom.com/Application Notes/pdf/m560.pdf
Maxim Integrated Products
- A/D and D/A conversion / sampling circuits
maxim-ic.com/appnotes10.cfm/ac_pk/2
- A Measurement Technique for Determining RF Immunity
maxim-ic.com/appnotes10.cfm/ac_pk/2
- Analog Filter Design Demystified
maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/1795
- Improving Receiver Intercept Point Using Selectivity
pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/an/AN749.pdf
- Mixer 2x2 Spurious Response and IP2 Relationship
maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/1838/ln/en
- Search application notes by category or by part number
maxim-ic.com/appnotes10.cfm
- Understanding Common-Mode Signals
maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/2045/ln/en
MaxStream (now Digi) maxstream.net/support/knowledgebase/article.php?kb=153
XBee Antennas - Practical information regarding the performance of the XBee and
XBee-PRO RF Modules.Maury Microwave maurymw.com/support/appnoteslibrary/appnoteslib.htm
Download application notes relating to Maury products and subjects of interest.
MECA Electronics
MECA Electronics e-meca.com
- Directional Coupler Basics (MAP-701)
e-meca.com/tech_papers/directional-coupler-specs.php
- Hybrid Coupler Basics
e-meca.com/tech_papers/hybrid_basic.php
- IP Ratings Explained
e-meca.com/tech_papers/ip65.php
- Isolator/Circulator Basics
e-meca.com/tech_papers/iso_cir.php
- Power Dividers as Combiners (MAP-801)
e-meca.com/tech_papers/why_dividers.php
- Reactive Splitters
e-meca.com/tech_papers/splitters.php
- RF Power Measurement Kit
e-meca.com/tech_papers/powerkit.php
Merrimac Industries merrimacind.com/rfmw/05intro_quadhybrids.pdf
Quatrature Hybrids 90°i Power Dividers/Combiners 10 kHz to 40 GHz General Information.
Micrel micrel.com/_PDF/App-Notes/an-23.pdf Antenna Design
Tutorial, by Tom Yestrebsky.
Microwave Product Digest mpdigest.com
- How To Choose the Best Test Cable, by Paul Tusini
mpdigest.com/Articles/2004/Aug2004/times/Default.htm
- The Right Antenna Makes GPS Work - by Sarantel
mpdigest.com/Articles/2004/Apr2004/sarantel/Default.htm
Milmega milmega.co.uk/downloads.php Design and Construction
of a 6kW Pulsed Amplifier for 1.2-1.4GHz Applications, Corporate Structure Amplifier,
Design of a High Power Amplifier to Replace TWTAs in Airborne Applications, CW Amplifiers,
Pulsed Amplifier, The Choice is Yours, Application for Milmega Amplifiers in the
Communications Industry.Motorola http://www.motorolasolutions.com/US-EN/Home?WT.tsrc=Georedirects
N6CA, ham-radio.com ham-radio.com/n6ca/50MHz/50appnotes/50ants.html
Antenna Application Notes.
Narda
Microwave East
- Attenuators (Step, Fixed, Variable)
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/atten_notes.pdf
- Couplers
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/couplers_notes.pdf
- Fiber Optic Products
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/fiberoptic_notes.pdf
- Free Running Oscillators
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/freerunning_notes.pdf
- Hybrids
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/hybrids_notes.pdf
- Microwave Integrated Circuits / Multifunction Assemblies (MIC and MFA)
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/MIC.pdf
- Power Dividers
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/powerdividers2.pdf
- Power Meters and Monitors
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/pm398(1).pdf
- Terminations
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/term_notes.pdf
- Waveguide
nardamicrowave.com/east/UserFiles/waveguide175.pdf
National Semiconductor national.com/nationaledge/feb05/article.html
ADC Interleaving - Interleaving ADCs for Higher Sample Rates, by Nicholas C. Gray.
National Instruments zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3237
Designing Filters Using the Digital Filter Design Toolkit, by Rahman Jamal, Mike
Cerna, John Hanks. National Taiwan University
- Amplifier Design (Microwave) - Very informative presentation
cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~thc/course_mckt/note/note9.pdf
- Filter Design - Transmission Line (in English)
cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~thc/course_mckt/note/note7.pdf
- Network Analysis (in English)
cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~thc/course_mckt/note/note3.pdf
- Directional Couplers & Power Dividers
cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~thc/course_mckt/note/note6.pdf
National Semiconductor national.com/an/OA/OA-11.pdf A Tutorial
on Applying Op Amps to RF Applications, by National Semiconductor.Naval
Education & Training Professional Development & Technology Center
cs.tcd.ie/Stephen.Farrell/ipn/background/US-Navy-NEETS/Module10-14182.pdf Navy
Electricity and Electronics Training Series Module 10 - Introduction to Wave Propagation,
Transmission Lines, and Antennas.
Navy's Electrical Engineering Training Series (NEETS) tpub.com/neets
The entire series downloadable in PDF format.
Nikonians nikonians-images.com/ebooks/Nikonians Battery Guide.pdf
Battery Selection Guide - Lots of good information on battery chemistries and charge/discharge
characteristics.
Noisecom noisecom.com
- Accurate Es/No for DOCSIS / CATV BER Measurements
noisecom.com/applicationnotes/appnote122.pdf
- BIT of Balanced Amplifiers
noisecom.com/applicationnotes/appnote106.pdf
- Calibrating Spectrum Analyzers With a Noise Source
noisecom.com/applicationnotes/appnote112.pdf
- Gain Bandwidth Product Tests To Cut Production Costs
noisecom.com/applicationnotes/appnote110.pdf
- Noise Diodes Randomize Quantization Errors in A/D Converters
noisecom.com/applicationnotes/appnote109.pdf
- Improving Noise Figure Measurement
noisecom.com/applicationnotes/appnote121.pdf
- Noise-Injection Radiometers
noisecom.com/applicationnotes/appnote119.pdf
- Testing Amplifier Linearity With Noise Power Ratio
noisecom.com/applicationnotes/appnote117.pdf
Optotek optotek.com/pdfs/note34.pdf Amplifier Load Mismatch
Design Using MMICAD - Application note, by D. Fitzpatrick.Orban Microwave
Products orbanmicrowave.com/The_Basics_Of_Patch_Antennas.pdf Antenna
application notes from Orban Microwave Products.
Paul Wade W1GHZ w1ghz.org/antbook/contents.htm The W1GHZ
Online Microwave Antenna Book - Excellent - a good reference for all microwaves.
Pletronics, Inc. pletronics.com
- Comparative Analysis of MEMs
pletronics.com/getfile.php?id=131
- FD7T Users Guide
pletronics.com/getfile.php?id=141
- TCXO vs OCXO
pletronics.com/getfile.php?id=231
Polyphase Microwave polyphasemicrowave.com
- Driving the QM Series Quadrature Modulators
polyphasemicrowave.com/datasheets/AN-101A.pdf
- Interface Circuits for the QD Series Quadrature Demodulators
polyphasemicrowave.com/datasheets/AN-102A.pdf
PowerStream powerstream.com/BatteryFAQ.html Battery Chemistry
FAQ - Here we discuss different of the battery designs currently used, some of the
chemistry involved, and advantages and disadvantages of each design.Praxsym
praxsym.com
- PAMS (Portable Attenuation Measurement System)
praxsym.com/documents/PAMSapplicationnotes2.pdf
Rayovac 73.com/specs/th693.pdf Lifex™ Lithium Coin Cells &
FB Encapsulated Lithium Coin Cells - Part 1, application notes & product data
sheet.
RF Design
- Detecting Interfering Signals and Mitigating Them, by Steve Thomas.
rfdesign.com/mag/radio_detecting_interfering_signals
- Fractals’ New Era in Military Antenna Design, by Nathan Cohen.
rfdesign.com/mag/508RFDSF1.pdf
- Power Supply and Ground Design for WiFi Transceiver, by By Roger Bremer, Tracey
Chavers, Zhongmin Yu.
rfdesign.com/mag/radio_power_supply_ground
- Predicting junction temperature and MTTF for MMIC devices, by Radha P.N. Setty.
rfdesign.com/mag/508RFD33.pdf
- Sampling & Aliasing - Mathematical basics of band-limited sampling and aliasing,
by Vladimir Vitchev.
rfdesign.com/mag/radio_mathematical_basics_bandlimited
Rohde & Schwarz rohde-schwarz.com/www/dev_center.nsf/appnotes?OpenFrameset
Downloadable list of app notes.Signal Processing Group, Inc
signalpro.com/bfailure.htm Bond wire failures ( fusing) in integrated circuits
with pulsed currents – an analytical view.
Skyworks skyworksinc.com
- A Level Detector Design for Dual-Band GSM-PCS Handsets
skyworksinc.com/products_display_item.asp?did=2064
- A Wideband General Purpose PIN Diode Attenuator
skyworksinc.com/products_display_item.asp?did=2304
- Design With PIN Diodes
skyworksinc.com/uploads/documents/200312C.pdf
- Cellular Handset Antenna Efficiency Measurement Using the Wheeler Cap
skyworksinc.com/products_display_item.asp?did=3996
- GaAs FETs as Control Devices
skyworksinc.com/uploads/documents/APN2015.pdf
- Mixer and Detector Diodes
skyworksinc.com/uploads/documents/200826A.pdf
- PIN Diode Basics
skyworksinc.com/uploads/documents/200823A.pdf
- Positive Voltage Operation of GaAs Control ICs
skyworksinc.com/uploads/documents/200363A.pdf
- Solder Reflow Information
skyworksinc.com/uploads/documents/200164B.pdf
- Theory and Application of Sampling Phase Detector
skyworksinc.com/uploads/documents/200328B.pdf
- Two-Tone vs. Single-Tone Measurement of 2nd-Order Non-linearity and IP2 Performance
of Direct Conversion Receivers
skyworksinc.com/products_display_item.asp?did=1024
- Varactor Diodes
skyworksinc.com/uploads/documents/200824A.pdf
Spectrum Microwave spectrummicrowave.com
- Amplifier Operating Temperature Definitions
spectrummicrowave.com/pdf/Amplifier_Operating_Temperature_Definitions.pdf
- Hybrid Voltage Controlled Oscillators
spectrummicrowave.com/pdf/VCO_application_notes.pdf
- LCA - Low Cost Amplifiers
spectrummicrowave.com/pdf/Amplifier_Operating_Temperature_Definitions.pdf
- Selecting and Using Miniature Microstrip and Surface-mount Mixers
spectrummicrowave.com/pdf/Mixer_Application_Notes.pdf
Tech-Etch tech-etch.com/shield/4000series.html EMI/RFI Shielding.
Telecontrolli seapraha.cz/Download/AntennaDesign.pdf Antenna
Design Considerations.
Texas Instruments focus.ti.com/analog/docs/amplifiersandlinearhome.tsp?familyId=57&contentType=4
Amplifiers & linear including audio amplifiers, op amps, comparators, current
sensing, difference amplifiers, instrumentation amplifiers, isolation analog amplifiers,
logarithmic amplifiers, sensors, sensor conditioning, 4-20mA transmitters, solenoid/valve
power drivers (PWM), TEC & pump laser bias.
Texas Instruments
- Clocks & timers including clock circuits, real-time clocks, memory interface
clocks and registers, digital media systems clocks, data communications clocks,
wireless base station clocks.
focus.ti.com/analog/docs/techdocs.tsp?familyId=346&navSection=app_notes&contentType=8
- Data converters including analog monitor & control circuitry, analog to
digital converters, CODECs, digital to analog converters, MicroSystem mixed-signal
data converters, touch screen controllers.
focus.ti.com/analog/docs/techdocs.tsp?familyId=82&navSection=app_notes&contentType=8
- Digital signal processing including DaVinci™ digital media processors, C6000™
high performance DSPs, C5000™ power-efficient DSPs, C2000™ digital signal controllers,
other TMS320™ DSPs.
focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspsupporttechdocs.tsp?sectionId=3&tabId=409&techDoc=1&familyId=44&documentCategoryId=1
- Interface including 1394, CAN, display interface, isolators, LVDS/M-LVDS/ECL/CML,
PCI, RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, SCSI termination & transceivers, serializers &
deserializers, UARTs, USB.
focus.ti.com/analog/docs/techdocs.tsp?familyId=361&navSection=app_notes&contentType=8
- Power management including AC/DC & DC/DC power supplies, battery management,
hot swap & power distribution, linear regulators, plug-in power modules, power
management special functions, supervisory circuits (voltage supervisors), non-isolated
switching, DC/DC regulators, power management multi-channel IC (PMIC) solutions,
lighting and display solutions, references, fusion digital power(TM) control solutions.
focus.ti.com/analog/docs/techdocs.tsp?familyId=64&navSection=app_notes&contentType=8
TriQuint Semiconductor triquint.com
- Designing High Efficiency Amplifiers using HFETs
triquint.com/prodserv/tech_info/docs/mmw_appnotes/hfetapp.pdf
- Package / Tape & Reel Information
triquint.com/prodserv/tech_info/tape_and_reel.cfm
- PC Board Layout Tips
triquint.com/prodserv/tech_info/pcb_tips.cfm
- Qualification Flow Chart
triquint.com/prodserv/tech_info/qual_flow_chart.cfm
- Soldering Profile
triquint.com/prodserv/tech_info/soldering.cfm
UMR EMC Laboratory Technical Report emclab.umr.edu/pdf/TR00-1-041.pdf
Measurement in FR-4 emclab.umr.edu/pdf/TR00-1-041.pdf Determining
Dielectric Constant and Loss Tangent in FR-4.
University of California xanadu.ece.ucsb.edu/~long/ece145a/PA_notes1.pdf
Power Amplifier Design Lectures - ECE 145A/218A, by Professor Steve Long.
University of California ece.ucsb.edu/rad/pubs/master/oisler_2004.pdf
RF Power Amplifier Design - Design and Implementation of a Common Collector Class
B RF Power Amplifier in InGaP HBT Technology, by Oliver Isler.
University of Guelph uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/caps/caps.html
Capacitor history - A very nice introduction to capacitors including history back
to Leyden Jar, by Tony van Roon.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece450/Notes/TransmissionLines1.pdf
Complex Numbers, Phasors & Circuits - Another great PowerPoint presentation
from, by Professor Amanogawa.
University of San Diego sandiego.edu/~ekim/e194rfs01/rfamp.pdf
Amplifier Design - Design of Microwave Transistor Amplifiers Using S Parameters
- EEE 194 RF course material.
University of San Diego, CA home.sandiego.edu/~ekim/e194rfs01/filterek.pdf
Filter Design, Distributed Element, from Ernie Kim. Periodic structures and equivalent
lumped element models.
University of San Diego, CA sandiego.edu/~ekim/e194rfs01/minl_atten/minlosatten.html
Minimum loss attenuator, from Ernie Kim, Reference - RF Design Guide: Systems, Circuits
and Equations. Peter Vizmuller.
University of San Diego, CA sandiego.edu/~ekim/otherjunk/inductor.pdf
RF inductor design, from Ernie Kim.
University of Surrey ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/D.Jefferies/antennas.html
A very extensive treatise of many antenna types, including definitions, photos,
and examples, by David Jefferies.
University of Surrey ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/D.Jefferies/yagiuda.html
Yagi-Uda Antennas - Tutorial with photographs of actual antennas, by David Jefferies.
UTE Microwave, Inc utemicrowave.com/mainpages/circulatorfacts.htm
Basic Circulator Facts.Vectron International vectron.com/products/appnotes/jitter.htm
Jitter in Clock Sources.
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zcomm.com/PDFs/appNotes/AN-111.pdf
- Mounting and Grounding of Surface Mount Z-Comm VCOs
zcomm.com/PDFs/appNotes/AN-101.pdf
- Phase Noise Measurement of Z-Comm VCOs
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- Phase Noise Measurement of Z-Comm SFS Series
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- Programming Z-Comm PLLs
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