ABSTRACT: This article presents a set of measured benchmarks for the noise and gain performance of six different millimeter-wave (mm-wave) gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) technologies fabricated…
ABSTRACT: A new wideband open-loop active harmonic load–pull measurement approach is presented. The proposed method is based on wideband data-acquisition and wideband signal-injection of the incident and device generated power…
ABSTRACT: This paper introduces a direct and accurate method for controlling and measuring the on-wafer device terminations at the base-band / envelope frequency, using an extension of a conventional network…
Real Time Power Sensors perform many steps in parallel, and at the full acquisition rate. As a result, it is not necessary to halt acquisition following a trigger event to…
Abstract: Boonton (a Wireless Telecom Group company) has introduced its new 55 Series line of wideband USB power sensors that brings ultra-fast pulse and modulation power measurement capabilities typically associated…
ABSTRACT: — A revealing case study is presented to explore the impact of excess noise ratio (ENR) and vector network analyzer (VNA) mechanical coaxial calibration on accurate on-wafer noise parameter…
ABSTRACT: Noise creates unwanted interference, which degrades communication signals and can even lead to signal loss. This doesn’t bode well for many electronic devices, such as sensitive receivers. Oftentimes, noise…
ABSTRACT: Due to its flexibility and improvements to spectrum utilization, time division duplex (TDD) is vital to the successful operation of 5G cellular communications networks. TDD implementation requires superior synchronization…
ABSTRACT: Secondary surveillance radar (SSR) has been around since World War II, based on the military’s “identification friend or foe” radar system. While the radar systems have evolved, many of…
ABSTRACT: This Holzworth authored article for Microwave Journal helps removes the mystery from additive phase noise measurements. The article can be downloaded here or can be viewed directly at Microwave Journal.…
ABSTRACT: The revised HA7000B series of phase noise analyzers from Holzworth is a featured product in the April 2013 issue of Microwave Journal. This article highlights some of the functions…
ABSTRACT: The latest wireless standard referred to as Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) introduces new technologies to mitigate the shortcomings of previous generations. Consequently, these technical improvements challenge the capabilities of Wi-Fi testing,…