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.
High Frequency Electronics
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Test & Measurement World
December
A High Bandwidth
Class G Current-Mode Amplifier for Envelope Modulators (p.20) G.T. Watkins
ISM Radio
Bands: Will the Concept Work in the Future? (p.26) Tom Perkins
Using Protocol
Aware Tools to Simplify Program Development for RF SOC Test (p.32) Ronald Burke
Avoiding
Pitfalls When Selecting MIMO Antennas (p.38) Jerry C. Posluszny
MIMO: An
Overview (p.46)
November
Evaluating
X-Parameter*, P2D and S2D Models for Characterizing Nonlinear Behavior in Active Devices
(p.16) Jiang Liu and Hugo Morales, Lawrence P. Dunleavy, and Loren Betts
Deciphering
Digitizer Specs for Wireless Apps (p.30) GaGe Applied Technologies
Inductors
at UHF: EM Simulation Guides Vector Network Analyzer Measurements (p.40) John
B. Call
October
Implementing
Modulation Functions in Microwave Frequency Synthesizers (p.20) Alexander Chenakin,
Phase Matrix, Inc.
Circuit Envelope
Simulation: A Powerful Resource for 4G Power Amplifier Design (p.36) Josh Moore,
AWR Corporation
Probe Testing
of Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging (p.52) John Whittaker
RF/Microwave
Connectors on Printed Circuit Boards (p.60) Gary Breed
September
Power Amplifier
and Front End Module Requirements for IEEE 802.11n Applications David Guo, RFMD
Extending
Design and Simulation with User Defined Equations and Variables Dale Henkes, ACS
Reducing
EMI and Improving Signal Integrity Using Spread Spectrum Clocking Jeffrey Batchelor
and Jimmy Ma
Notes
on the Design and Fabrication of Custom RFICs and MMICs Gary Breed
August
Design and
Optimization of Lumped Element Hybrid Couplers Ashok Srinivas Vijayaraghavan and
Lawrence Dunleavy
Factors
to Consider for High Performance Coaxial Cables Gary Breed
Design
Requirements for Integrated Microwave Avionics Receivers Leo G. Maloratsky
More
Notes from History Gary Breed
July
Understanding
Dielectric Constant for Microwave PCB Materials John Coonrod and Allen F. Horn
III
Design Study
of a High Efficiency LDMOS RF Amplifier Mouqun Dong
Key Technologies
Used in Today's High Frequency Power Devices Gary Breed
June
Linear
Power Amplifier Uses Mirror Predistortion Khalet Fayed, Amin Ezzeddine, and Ho
Huang
The Small-Signal
Frequency Response of Ferrites Nic Hamilton
Basic
Electromagnetics Made True and Clear with Concrete Mathematics W. Scott Bennett
Sensitivity
of an Optical Receiver
May
Mutliband
Monopole Antenna for Wireless Communication (p.20) H. Hassan and A-K. Hamid
An Outphasing
Transmitter Using Class-E PAs and Asymmetric Combining: Part 2 (p.34) Ramon Beltran,
RF Micro Devices; Frederick H. Raab, and Arturo Velazquez
Load Network
Design Technique for Class F and Inverse Class FPAs (p.58) Andrei Grebenikov
The Basics
of Probe Measurements on Wafers and Other Substrates (p.78) Gary Breed
April
An Outphasing Transmitter Using Class-E PAs and Asymmetric Combining: Part 1 Ramon
Beltran, RF Micro Devices, Frederick, H. Raab, and Arturo Velazquez
Using
a Microwave System Analyzer to Measure Satellite End-to-End Group Delay Graham
Stevens
Designing
at Frequencies Below 100 MHz Gary Breed
Online
Archives of Past Articles in High Frequency Electronics
March
Automating
the Screening of Microphonic Defects in Automotive Radio Receivers Chin-leong
Lim
Using
Modified Microstrip Lines to Improve Circuit Performance Leo G. Maloratsky
Design
Resources to Help Achieve EMC Compliance Gary Breed
Clarifications
on Mixer Math
February
Control
Interfaces for RF and Microwave Frequency Synthesizers Alexander Chenakin, Phase
Matrix, Inc.
High-Frequency
Algorithmic Advances in EM Tools for Signal Integrity - Part 2 John Dunn
A One-Half
Square Inch UMTS Base Station Receiver Module Douglas Stuetzle and Todd Nelson
Performance
Expectations for Reduced-Size Antennas Gary Breed
January
High-Frequency
Algorithmic Advances in EM Tools for Signal Integrity - Part 1 John Dunn
Notes
on Design and Deployment of Wireless Infrastructure Systems
The Mathematics
of Mixers: Basic Principles Gary Breed
Design of
Input Matching Networks for Class-E RF Power Amplifiers Firas Mohammed Ali Al-Raie
A Magnetic
Field Response Sensor for Measurement of Liquid Levels
December
Wideband Voltage Variable Attenuator with Fewer Components Chin Leong Lim
Compact Dual-mode, Dual-band, Microstrip Filter with Multiple Transmission Zeros
C.L. Wei, B.F. Jia, Z.J. Zhu and M.C. Tang
November
Design and Fabrication of Monolithic High Quality Factor RF-Solenoids Using Dielectric
Structure Reza Kamali-Sarvestani and John D. Williams
Improved Thermal Management of Microwave PCBs Using Advanced Circuit Materials
John Coonrod
A Compact Microstrip Diplexer Using Composite Right-/Left-Handed Transmission Line with
Enhanced Harmonic Suppression He-Xiu Xu, Guang-Ming Wang, Jian-Gang Liang and
Tian-Peng Li
October
High Efficiency L-Band GaN Power Amplifier S. Aich, J. Dhar, S.K. Garg, B.V. Bakori
and R.K. Arora
Direct Measurement-Based Modeling of Ultra-Low Resistance Passive Components M.D.
Brunsman
Design of V-Band Millimeter-Wave CMOS Low Noise Amplifier Hsin-Chih Kuo, Chu-Yun
Yang and Huey-Ru Chuang
High Tuning Sensitivity Dielectric Resonator Oscillator From Optimization of Dielectric
Resonator TE01 Mode Amir Effendy Muhammad-Afifi, Widad Ismail, and Jit Singh
Mandeep
Broadband Bandstop Filter Using Periodic Fractal Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures
J.M. Huang, H.Z. Zhu, H. Guo, and K. Han
September
Adaptive Mode-Coupled Harmonically Tuned High-Q Ultra Low Phase Noise Sources
Ulrich L. Rohde and Ajay K. Poddar
A New Generation of High Frequency SiGe HBTs Bernd Heinemann and Alexander Fox
New Bandstop Filter Using Simple Defected Microstrip Structure Jian-Kang Xiao,
Wen-Jun Zhu, and Jeffrey S. Fu
Loaded Annular Ring Slot Microstrip Antenna for Wideband and Multi-band Operation
A.T. Mobashsher, M.T. Islam and N. Misran
Determination of Transmission Zeros of Self-Equalized Cross-Coupled Resonator Bandpass
Filters Rui Wang and Jun Xu
A Repetitive Sampling Receiver for Pulsed Time Domain Load-Pull Jad Faraj, Simon
Mathias, Jean-Pierre Teyssier, Johannes Benedikt, and Michael Casbon
August
G/T for a Satellite-Terrestrial Handset with Internal and External Antennas X.
Zhao, T. Haarakangas, J. Katajisto, M. Niemi, P. Myllylä, J. Inget and J. Alasalmi
Design of a Fifth-Order Analog Predistorter for Base Station HPA of Cellular Mobile Systems
X.L. Sun, S.W. Cheung and T.I. Yuk
Compact CPW-Fed UWB Antenna with a Notched Band Characteristic Cheng-yuan Liu,
Ying-song Li, Tao Jang, and Xiao-dong Yang
July
Accounting for Dynamic Behavior in FET Device Models Graham Rile
Programming a Network Analyzer for Third-Order Intercept Point Measurement Zhaolong
Li, Xuping Zhang, Ke Wu, and Xiaoping Chen
Analysis
of 3G Noise to GPS in 3G Handsets T. AlSharabati and Y. Chen
June
Impact of Materials on Microwave Cable Performance Paul Pino
RF SOI Solutions as a Platform for Wireless Front-End Applications R. Wolf, A.
Joseph, P. Rabbeniand J. Dunn
Trends in Multi-Functional MMIC Design Anthony Sweeney
New Generation High Linearity Navigation Front-End Devices Covering GPS and GLONASS
Daniel Kehrer and Deepak Bachu
Measurement Tips and Techniques: Know the Weakest Link in Your RF Network Analysis
David Broadbent
May
Methods for Characterizing the Dielectric Constant of Microwave PCB Laminates
John Coonrod
Analytical Design of an Inverse Class F Power Amplifier for Linear Amplification
Yingjie Xu, Jingqi Wang and Xiaowei Zhu
Design of a Metamaterial Bandpass Filter Using the ZOR of a Modified Circular Mushroom
Structure Geonho Jang and Sungtek Kahng
A HEMT Large-Signal Model with Improved Transconductance and Gate Capacitance Peaking
Characteristics Lin-Sheng Liu
Design of a Wide Stopband Bandpass Filter with Source-Load Coupling Zhong Yin
Xiao, Shan Gao, De Chen Ma and Liang Liang Xiang
Fast Calculation of Transimpedance Gain and Equivalent Input Noise Current Density for
High-Speed Optical Preamplifier Design Jianjun Gao
Multipaction Discharge in Coaxial Components Rudy Fuks
April
Reconfigurable GaAs MMIC Power Amplifier Design Methodology Using a Tunable Interstage
Network Regina Gani, Grant A. Ellis, and Teoh Chin Soon
Linearity Looms Large for Next Generation RF Systems Srikanth Sridharan
An Analog Approach to Power Amplifier Predistortion Frederic Roger
Battling Phase Noise at RF and Microwave Frequencies John Hansen
March
Narrowband Vector Intermodulation Measurements Kokulathasan Thalayasingam and
Holger Heuermann
Improved UHF Nonlinear Measurements Using Active Load Pull Darren McCarthy
A Multiband Bandstop Filter Using a Single Ring Resonator for a Wireless Access Communication
System Yanwei Wang, Jianyi Zhou and Wei Hong
A Wideband Millimeter-Wave Coaxial to Rectangular Waveguide Transition Structure
Yan Zhou
Tackling the Mixed-Signal Testing Challenges of SDR Greg Jue and Brad Frieden
February
Multilayer Technology Enables Miniaturization of Integrated Multi-Function Modules
Ronen Holtzman
Vector-Receiver Load Pull Measurements Steve Dudkiewicz
Setting New Noise Performance Benchmarks Using Wideband Low-Noise, High-Linearity LNAs
Chin-Leong Lim
Cross Correlation in Phase Noise Analysis Jason Breitbarth
RF Power Detector Simultaneously Delivers rms and Envelope Outputs Analog Devices
January
New RF Metrics for the Smartphone-Centered World Ben Thomas and Jackie Johnson,
RFMD
MEMS Tuner Modules Could Solve Handset Reception Problems Patrick Hindle
Highly Integrated Ka-Band TX Front-End Module with an 8×8 Antenna Array W. Simon,
J. Kassner, O. Litschke, H. Fischer and S. Holzwarth
Hybrid Finite Element: Boundary Integral Technique for Efficient Simulation of Radiation
and Scattering John Silvestro, Kezhong Zhao and Arien Sligar
UHF RFID Printed Dipole Antenna with CPS Matching and Inductively Coupled Feed
Nenad PopoviĆ and Ivana RadnoviĆ
A Miniature Lumped-Element LTCC Bandpass Filter with Finite Transmission Zeros for Bluetooth
Applications Yong Zhang and Dafu Lu
Microwaves & RF
December
Simple Predistorter
Polishes PA Performance
Design Tunable Filters
Using Feedback Taghi Moghimi Kandelousy
Matching DFDs to
Target Applications Kevin Burns
November
Digital VGAs Boost
Base-Station Performance Christopher Stephens
Process uW Signals
with High-Speed Logic Kenneth V. Puglia
When is a Square
Wave Truly Square? Philip Arnold
CMOS LNA Supports
Many Receiver Standards
Three-Way Divider
Channels WiMAX
October
VVA Extends BW and
Dynamic Range Chin-Leong Lim
CMOS LNA Boosts
64 GHz
PIFAs Suit Mobile
Wireless Applications
Making MIMO Receivers
Smaller
September
Fabricate an 8.35-GHz
Frequency Synthesizer A. Attaran, H. Ameri, and M. Moghavvemi
Satellite Connects
Cyclone Warning System P.K. Jain, N. Neelakantan, and V.S. Hedge
DMS Structures Stop
Bandpass Filter Harmonics Huan-Huan Xie, Yong-Chang Jiao, Bing Wang, and Fu-Shun
Zhang
Mixers, Detectors
Serve mm-Wave Bands Jiri Polivka
Analyze DE-MZMs
with Multicarrier RF Inputs Muhammad Taher Abuelma'atti
August
Sidebands Are Not
Necessary Harold R. Walker
Stub-Loaded Resonators
Tune Dual-Band BPF
Optimize a Waveguide
Mode Converter
Synthesize Distributed
Element Filter Designs
July
Enhancing Analysis
of Spurious Emissions Joe Gorin
LNA Lowers Noise,
Raises OIP3 at 3.5 GHz Chin-Leong Lim
Microstrip Slotline
Yields Tiny Divider
SIW Arms Compact
Dual-Mode Filter/a>
June
How VCO Tuning BW
Affects Phase Noise Eoin Carey
Suppress Patch Antenna
Harmonics
UWB BPF Features
Dual Notched Bands
Dual-Band Antenna
Handles WLAN/WiMAX
May
Unconventional PLLs
Simplify Difficult Designs James A. Crawford
Adaptive Modulation
Boosts Link Throughput
Design an LNA for
38-GHz Radios
Thermal Design Begins
at the Circuit Board John Coonrod
April
Select a VCO or
YIG for a PLL Synthesizer? Alexander Chenakin
Designing Compact
V/W-Band Gunn Sources Saabra Deen
Fractal Microstrip
Antenna Aids Wideband Applications Abolfazl Azari
Body-Biased VCO
Tunes 12 to 16 GHz
March
Amplifier System
Powers Whole-Body MRI Scans Daniel P. Myer
DGS and Multilayer
Methods Make LPF A. Batmanov
MMR Helps Tune UWB
Bandpass Filter
DGS Lowpass Filters
Extend Wide Stopbands
Transmission Lines
Withstand Vibration Steve Huettner
February
Extend Active RFID
with a ZigBee Network
Prevent PCB Problems
in ISM-Band Designs Martin Stoehr
Coupling Quiets
Quadrature Oscillator
January
Relay Extends WiMAX
Service K. Voudouris, Dr. Nikos Athanasopolous, P. Triakas, D. Manor, and A. Mor
SP10T Switch Routes
2G/3G/4G Signals Nuttapong Srirattana
Conformal Network
Feeds Compact Helical Antenna Yuannan Mo, Zhenya Lei, Tingwei Xu, Dan Xi, and
Peige Ren
Make Quick Work
of Impedance Measurements Alberto Bagnasco
November
Choosing
the Right RF Switches for Smart Mobile Device Applications Skyworks Solutions,
Inc.
Low
Cost, Highly Flexible Scalar Network Analyzer Sook Hua Wong
Connecting
RF and Protocol Measurements for Troubleshooting and Optimizing Wireless Links
Ben Zarlingo
Analyzing
Embedded Systems with Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes Dr. Wolfgang Herbordt
October
Using the
LINC2 Visual System Architect to Determine the System Spurious-Free Dynamic Range (SFDR)
Applied Computational Sciences
Powerful
New Signal Generator Sweeps from 10 MHz to 70 GHz Wideband Coverage and Excellent Phase
Noise Serves Multiple Applications Hittite Microwave Corporation
LDMOS
Transistor Delivers Highest Performance in UHF Broadcast Transmitters Freescale
Semiconductor
Tackling
Thermal Issues in Microwave PCBs Rogers Corporation
Making
Designs More Robust Using a New Design Methodology and Powerful Tools to Resolve Yield
Problems in Designs Agilent Technologies
September
Radar
Antennas for Modern Radar Systems Cobham Antenna Systems
Wireless
Sensor Networks: The Challenges and Opportunities Raghu Das
Making
the Right Choice in High-Linearity Power Amplifiers Mark Schmeichel
Solutions
for Radar Applications Dave Cruickshank and Brian Hartnett, Skyworks Solutions,
Inc.
A New
Approach to Frequency Synthesis Vitaly Koslov and Nicholas Payne
August
Impact
of Materials on Microwave Cable Performance Paul Pino
Designing
with Your Eyes Open Rick Eads
A New
Standard in Low Noise Signal Generation, Now with Avionics David Asquith
Conducting
Millimeter-Wave Measurements with a Signal Analyzer and External Mixer
July
Understanding
and Specifying Ceramic Filters Anatech Electronics
An Efficient
PA for Multiple Wireless Standards Applications Greg Durham, RFMD
Equalizers
Adjust Amplitude Slopes at IF and L-Band Christopher M. Augustine
New Manufacturing
Processes Offer an LDS Antenna Option for Laptops and Tablets Esa Kalistaja
Maintaining
a Healthy Last Mile Connection for 3G/4G Networks Rolland Zhang
June
Passive
In–Building Networks Require Critical Component Performance Anatech Electronics
Hittite's
New Wideband PLL+VCO - The Ultimate Solution for Low Jitter and Low Spurious Requirements
Meeting the Challenge of Today's Wideband Transceivers from 25 to 3000 MHz Hittite
Microwave
Aluminum
Diamond Meets Cost and Technical Challenges for Removing Heat from GaN Devices Demonstrates
a reduction in junction temperature of 25% in GaN HEMTs Kevin Loutfy
RFSA2013
and RFSA2023 Broadband High Performance Voltage-Controlled Attenuators Darrin
Walraven, RFMD
May
Hittite
Launches Next Generation HMC-T2200 Series Synthesized Signal Generator Platform
Hittite Microwave Corporation
Nardalert
S3 Refines Role of Personal RF and Microwave Safety Monitors Narda Safety Test
Solutions
Wideband
GaN Power Amplifiers for Software-Defined Radios RFMD
RF
Power Meter Shows Greatest Signal Detail Wireless Telecom Group
April
Modular
Framework Speeds Bench Instrument Evolution Marv Rozner
Tackling
the Challenges of LTE-Advanced Jan Whitacre
High CV
Tantalum Capacitors - Challenges and Limitations I. Horacek, T. Zednicek, S. Zednicek,
T. Karnik, J. Petrzilek, P. Jacisko, and P. Gregorova
Hittite's
18 GHz Ultra Wideband Track-and-Hold Amplifier Enhances High Speed ADC Performance
Hittite Microwave
Compact
Power Amplifier for LTE Mobile Terminals Using Coupling Variation Reduction Technique
Yang Li, Dmitri Prikhodko, Yevgeniy Tkachenko and Rick Zhu, Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
March
Cavity
Filters, Duplexers Meet Demands of 700 MHz 4G Networks Anatech Electronics
A Cost-Effective
Approach to EMI, EMP and Surge Protection Dom Lecce
High
Power Filters Manny Assurian, Ray Hashemi and Jim Assurian, Reactel, Incorporated
Current Trends in RF/Microwave Switch Matrices Twinkle Shah
PIN
Diodes for High Power T/R Switches Rick Cory, Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
February
Monolithic
Semiconductor Technologies for Low Cost Phased Array Radar Timothy Boles, Douglas
Carlson, and Suja Ramnath
Digital
and Microwave Technologies Meet in Latest Integrated Microwave Assemblies Narda
Microwave
RFMD® Front
End Modules Antonio Espinoza, RFMD®, Inc.
A Low
Cost PLL Synthesizer with Fine Frequency Resolution Vitaly Koslov
January
Software
Embedded Digital RF and Microwave Attenuators Chandra Gupta and Michael J. Masterson
Tips
for Making Fast, Accurate Antenna Measurements Say Phommakesone
Modern EW
Systems Require Efficient RF Power Management Joe Hajduk
Introducing
the World's First Commercialized, Triple Mode Filter for Wireless Communication Systems
Applications Min Jeon
High
Power RF Lightning Protection George M. Kauffman
Radiated
Efficiency: A True Measure of Antenna Performance Jouni Lifländer
Test & Measurement World
December
Jitter and Timing Analysis in the Presence of Crosstalk Chris Loberg
November
Reduce the Cost of Optical Transceiver Testing Greg LeCheminant
Evaluating Inertial Measurement Units Raymond Chow
Logic Probe Uses Two Comparators Vladimir Rentyuk
October
Math Functions Reveal Circuit Parameters Martin Rowe
SMUs
Simplify LVR Measurements Jennifer Cheney and Qing D. Starks
Boost
NVM Programming Speed Rick Nelson
Minimize Noise in Power-Supply Measurements John Lo Giudice
Testing 18-bit
ADCs Jim Williams and Guy Hoover
Test Sets Mimic Cells for LTE Handover Test Rick Nelson
September
Charge-Pumping
Measurements Mary Anne Tupta
Speeding SOC
Test Tim Lyons
Measure Resistance and Temperature with a Sound Card Zoltan Gingl and Peter Kocsis
Control Test Instruments with Python Martin Rowe
Automating
Network Test Martin Rowe
August
Engineers
Know When to Automate Jack Browne
July
Log
Amp Linearizes Thermistors Martin Rowe
Build a Tester Around a Microcontroller Martin Rowe
Debugging
Low-Power Designs Gina Bonini
June
So,
You Want to Build an H-Bot? Kevin C. Craig
Integrator Boosts Inductive-Probe Bandwidth Martin Rowe
Circuit Lets You Isolate and Measure Current Anton Mayer
Prepare Signals for Microcontroller ADCs Sean Newton and Alec Bath
May
Maximize a Waveform Generator's Memory Joan Mercadé
Measure
an Optocoupler's CTR Chee Hua How
Optimizing the SOC Test-Development Effort Mick Tegethoff and Tom Jackson
April
Impedance: A Multidisciplinary Concept Kevin C. Craig
How Do You Connect Your Oscilloscope? Martin Rowe
VISA
Tunnels Down to the Kernel Martin Rowe
Ensuring
High-Quality ICs Colin Renfrew
Test Ideas: Condition Thermocouples Before Digitizing Moshe Gerstenhaber and Michael
O'Sullivan, Analog Devices
March
Testing
with Less Stress Anthony Suto
Circuit Measures Capacitance or Inductance Jim McLucas
From the Real World to the Digital World Kevin Craig
Bandwidth Can Limit ESD Measurements Martin Rowe
February
Manage
Your Measurement Errors Jordan Dimitrov
Measure Resistance with a Microcontroller Adolfo Mondragon |