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Magazine Article Archive - 2004
If you are like me, you spend a lot of time reading articles from technical magazines. Sometimes I read the entire article, but usually I just scan the text for highlights and look at the schematics, block diagrams, and charts / graphs. Often, I want to go back and find an article but cannot recall where I saw it. A Google search will usually eventually reveal a hyperlink to the article, but a lot of times it takes a lot of digging. Since my key interests are not necessarily the same as RF Cafe visitors, an attempt will be made to catalog all of them. If there is a magazine not included here that you would like me to include in the list, please send me an e-mail and I will try to incorporate its articles, too.
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High Frequency Electronics
November
Modified Coaxial Cable Makes Components and Test Circuits Scott Wartenberg
New LDMOS Model Delivers Powerful Transistor Library—Part 2: Library Applications R. Pengelly , L. Dunleavy , W. Clausen, T. Weller and L. Emmadi
Design of Broadband Ununs With Impedance Ratios Less Than 1:4
The Basics of Specifying RF and Microwave Connectors
October
New LDMOS Model Delivers Powerful Transistor Library—Part 1: The CMC Model L. Dunleavy , W. Clausen, and R. Pengelly
Practical Estimation of Losses in Tee Network Antenna Tuning Units W. Perry Wheless, Jr.
A Review of Key Equalizer Specifications and What They Mean Richard M. Kurzrok
Basic Operation of Optical Detectors
September
Design of a Dual-Band Wireless LAN SiGe Bipolar Amplifier Winfried Bakalski , Krzysztof Kitlinski, Günter Donig, Boris Kapfelsperger, Christian Kuehn, Carsten Ahrens, Wilfried Österreicher, Wolfgang Auchter, Robert Weigel, and Arpad L. Scholtz
Signal Integrity Analysis and Simulation Tools Include IBIS Models John Olah, Sanjeev Gupta, and Carlos Chavez-Dagostino
Fundamentals of Power Amplifier Linearization Using Digital Pre-Distortion
Balanced Circuits: A Review of Their Operation and Behavior
July
Load Network Design Techniques for Class E RF and Microwave Power Amplifiers Andrei Grebennikov
Exact Time-Domain Analysis of Class E Power Amplifiers with Quarterwave Transmission Line Amdrei Grebennikov
Load Network Design Technique for Switched-Mode Tuned Class E Power Amplifiers Andrei Grebennikov
Monolithic GaAs Passive Lowpass 3 dB In-Phase Splitter/Combiner Rick Campbell and Terry White
Online Resources for Understanding Noise and its Measurement
June
The RFAL Technique for Cancellation of Distortion in Power Amplifiers Romulo (Ray) Gutierrez
Jitter–Understanding it, Measuring it, Eliminating it; Part 3: Causes of Jitter Johnnie Hancock
Criteria for Selecting RF Power Detectors
Design Issues for Direct-Conversion Wireless Radios
May
Jitter—Understanding it, Measuring it,Eliminating it: Part 2: Jitter Measurements Johnnie Hancock and Steve Draving
A Review of Key Filter Specifications and What They Mean Richard M. Kurzrok
Design Suite Provides Advanced Technology for Analog and RFIC Design
Matching Networks for Power Amplifiers Operating into High VSWR Loads
Performing and Analyzing Pulsed Current-Voltage Measurements
April
Linearizing Power Amplifiers Using Digital Predistortion, EDA Tools and Test Hardware Wan-Jong Kim, Shawn P. Stapleton and Jong Heon Kim
Mismatched Load Characterization for High-Power RF Amplifiers Richard W. Brounley
Jitter—Understanding it, Measuring it, Eliminating it, Part 1: Jitter Fundamentals Johnnie Hancock
March
Design of a Microstrip Bandpass Filter Using Advanced Numerical Methods Michael A. Imparato , Ryan C. Groulx and Raphael Matarazzo
What is a "Personal Area Network" (PAN)?
February
A Balanced 24-Volt GaAs FET Amplifier for 2.11 to 2.17 GHz
Design of a Wideband Microstrip Antenna for Mobile Handset Applications
CMOS Switches Offer High Performance in Low Power, Wideband Applications Theresa Corrigan and Ray Goggin
A Simplified Analysis of the Broadband Transmission Line Transformer
January
RF Connector Selection for Higher Frequencies Kevin Moyher
RF and Microwave Power Amplifier and Transmitter Technologies — Part 5
An Integrated I-Q Mixer for Software-Defined Radio Applications Rick Campbell
Improving VCO Phase Noise Performance Through Enhanced Characterization David Vye
Microwave Journal
December
Remote Sensing Through Satellites
High Performance Wideband MSAG Gain Block/Driver Amplifier MMICs Using MLP Technology
Accurate Power Detection of a CDMA Multi-carrier Power Amplifier Using a Logarithmic Amplifier
A Wideband MMIC-based Feedback Oscillator
High Voltage, Low Cost FETs for HPA MMIC Applications
November
Cross-coupling in Microwave Bandpass Filters Alex D. Lapidus and Chris Rossiter
CAD, Test and Measurement
Theory and Practical Considerations for Measuring Phase Noise Better Than -165 dBc/Hz: Part II Pankaj Goyal
Passive Sensors Using RF Backscatter
A High Efficiency Class-F Power Amplifier Design Technique
The Versatile Butler Matrix
Early Verification of Emerging UWB and WMAN Radio Systems
Planar EM Analysis: A New Standard for High Frequency Applications
October
5.7 GHz 0.25 µm CMOS RF Front-end Circuits for an IEEE 802.11a WLAN Receiver
Theory and Practical Considerations for Measuring Phase Noise Better Than -165 dBc/Hz: Part I
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Resonant Microwave Reflection Amplifiers
Nonlinearity Test for a Fully Integrated Direct-conversion Receiver
Design of a Predistortion HPA Using a Frequency Up-conversion Mixing Operation
High Voltage HBTs for 3G W-CDMA Base Station Power Amplifiers
September
Microwaves in Europe: Current Trends and Future Prospects
Potential Applications of PBG Engineered Structures in Microwave Engineering: Part II
Automating and Optimizing High Performance LTCC Design
The Analysis and Design of a User Equipment Grade, All Digital Gain Control, Direct Conversion Radio Receiver
The Design of a Dual Polarized Vivaldi Array
Volterra Series Analysis of a Laser Diode Predistorter for Mobile Communication Systems
Design and Simulation of a PLL for Use in a W-CDMA RF Module
LUX Research Releases the Nanotech Report 2004 Key Findings
August
Military Microwaves
Averaging Correlation for Fast GPS Satellite Signal Acquisition in Multipath Rayleigh Fading Channels
Communications Satellite Antennas with On-orbit Pattern Flexibility
Making of a Robust Indoor Microwave Wireless Link: A Novel Scheme of Polarization-sense Diversity
An Algorithm that Accelerates Harmonic Balance Analysis of RFICs
Military Microwave Supplement: Zero dBContournementBugUN153; Coaxial Cable Assemblies for High Performance Aircraft
Military Microwave Supplement: SMR-4820 Compact Microwave Search Receiver
Military Microwave Supplement: Military Markets - Thoughts and Projections
Military Microwave Supplement: Joint EW Reprogramming Maintains a Combat Edge
Military Microwave Supplement: France’s Unique Horizon
July
Potential Applications of PBG Engineered Structures in Microwave Engineering: Part I
Automated Pattern Measurement for Circularly-polarized Antennas Using the Phase-amplitude Method
Design of a 3.5 W S-band Power Amplifier Based on Small-signal S-parameter Analysis
A Novel Power Combining Network for Doherty Amplifiers
A New Low Loss, Laser Ablatable Substrate for Microwave Circuitry
June
Enterprise EDA Software Connects the Microwave Design Flow
A Review of Radiation Effects on Human Operators of Hand-held Radios
Characteristics of a Wide-band, High Gain, Eight-element Slot Antenna for PCS, IMT-2000 and WLL-band
A Low Cost RF Transceiver for 2.4 GHz DSSS Short-range Communication Systems
An E-/D-mode pHEMT Process for High Performance Switch and Amplifier Components Utilizing Multi-level High Density Interconnects
A Thorough RF and Microwave Circuit Design Method to Streamline the RFIC Development Process
May
Comparison of Coaxial Dipole Antennas for Applications in the Near-field and Far-field Regions
S-band High Power Solid-state Amplifier Design and Development
High Efficiency Power Amplifier Driving Methods and Circuits: Part II
Thin Film Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) for a New Class of Tunable RF Components
Predicting the EVM Performance of WLAN Power Amplifiers with OFDM Signals
Design of a Novel Balun for a Star Configuration Double-balanced Mixer at S-band
Leading-edge SAW Filters for Short Range Devices
April
A Compact RFID Reader Platform for UHF and Microwave Applications
High Efficiency Power Amplifier Driving Methods and Circuits: Part I
Simulation and Measurement of a C-band Low Noise Dielectric Resonator Oscillator
Amplifier Design Using a Quarter-Wave High Impedance Bias Line with a Defected Ground Structure (DGS)
High Efficiency, High Power WCDMA LDMOS Transistors for Base Stations
A New Large-signal Model for a Pulse-doped GaAs MESFET
A Temperature-compensated Closed Loop Overdrive Level Controller for Microwave Solid-state Power Amplifiers
March
Frequency Extension Source Modules to Extend Signal Generator Capability from 50 to 325 GHz
Trigger-Capture-Analyze: Three Steps Toward Understanding Today's Complex RF Signals
Noise Can Be Good, Too
Automation and Real-time Verification of Passive Component S-parameter Measurements Using Loss Factor Calculations
New Behavioral Models Facilitate Fast and Accurate Simulation of Sigma-delta Fractional-N Synthesizers Using Ansoft Designer™
Pitfalls to Avoid When Using Load-pull Contours for PA Design
Increasing RF Device Test Throughput with Better Instrument Coordination
Cables & Connectors Supplement: 2004 Connector, Cable and Cable Assembly Survey
February
Low Profile, High Performance Surface Mount Couplers
The Effects of IP2 Impairment on an 802.11a OFDM Direct Conversion Radio System
Design and Fabrication Procedure for High Q RF MEMS Resonators
A Fully-integrated 2.4/5.7 GHz Concurrent Dual-band 0.18 µm CMOS LNA for an 802.11 WLAN Direct Conversion Receiver
Small-sized Quasi-elliptic Function Microstrip Low Pass Filter Based on Defected Ground Structures and Open Stubs
A 5 GHz 0.18 µm CMOS Mixer for 802.11a WLAN Receiver Applications
Printed Circuit Realization of a Capacitive-loaded Interdigital Bandpass Filter
Design of a 5.7 GHz 0.18 µm CMOS Current-reused LNA for an 802.11a WLAN Receiver
Using Noise for RF Receiver Built-in Test Applications
January
From Design to Reality
Recent Trends in Oscillator Design
A K- and Ka-band Vehicular Phased-array Antenna
Design of a 900/1800 MHz Dual-band LTCC Chip Antenna for Mobile Communications Applications
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Microwaves & RF
December
Vector Analyzers Ease Test Process To 8 GHz
Regenerate Coherent Carriers From PSK Signals
Approach Yields Low-Noise Amplifiers
November
Polar Modulator Saves Power In EDGE Sets
Devices Advance At 2004 IEDM
Designing A Low-Noise VCO
Applying The Operating Gain Design Approach
October
EDA Software’s Ease Of Use Belies Power
Size Up Acceleration Sensitivity On XOs
Method Simultaneously Matches Inputs and Outputs
HBT Devices Deliver Gain/Linearity To 2.4 GHz
September
Modulators Direct Linear Gain And Phase
Modulation Choices For Telemetry Transmitters
Approach Increases Amplifier Gain
Examine The Effects Of Random Noise On Jitter
High-Speed Logamps Precisely Detect Power
August
Liquid-Crystalline Polymers Bond Multilayer Circuits
Optically Sculpt UWB Waveforms Bahram Jalali, Jason Chou and Yan Han
Ensure Stability In Amplifier Designs
July
Software Speeds Complex IC Design Deepak Ramaswamy, Mark Reichelt, Mary Tolikas and Z.Y. Daniel Wu
ESD-Hardened Device Fuels UHF Amplifiers Jakob Huber and Gerard Wevers
Applying S-Parameters To Amplifier Design
Tracking Generators Enhance Spectrum Analysis
June
Low-Noise VCOs Conquer Wide Bands
Antenna Snares GPS/WLAN Signals
Refined I/Q Imbalance Measurements
Design Considerations For Microwave RF Repeaters
May
Smart Signal Analyzer Decodes 100 Hz To 8 GHz
Characterizing Reed Relays Past 7 GHz
Consider Antenna Options For Minimal Interference
Estimate Multiple Carrier Interference
Designing An SiGe GPS Radio
April
Integrated DDS Chip Takes Steps To 2.7 GHz
Understanding Terrestrial Multipath Fading Phenomena
Design Finite Impulse Response Digital Filters
March
Module Merges 11.5-Gb/s NRZ/RZ Converter, Driver
Steering Through RKE Requirements
Design Finite Impulse Response Digital Filters
RCS Measurements Detect Power Lines
Build An E-pHEMT Low-Noise Amplifier
February
Agile ADCs Enable Digital Cellular Receivers
Assessing Multicarrier Direct-Conversion Transmitters
Design Finite Impulse Response Digital Filters
Quad Demodulators Arm Direct-Conversion Receivers
Plastic Packages Take On High-Power Devices
Darlington Gain Blocks Hurdle Reliability Problems
January
Load-Pull Tuners Are Frequency Selective
Check Nonlinear Distortion With A Vector Signal Analyzer
Design Finite Impulse Response Digital Filters
Evaluate The Performance Of Amplifying Predistorters
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