RF Design News

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  Rohde & Schwarz is ready for Bluetooth® 5

  1 week ago

  To coincide with Bluetooth® Release 5, Rohde & Schwarz has expanded the functional range of its line of R&S CMW wideband radio communication testers to cover the new specification. The R&S CMW...

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  Low-Power, Long-Range Radio Chip

  4 weeks ago

  The latest radio chip for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) from STMicroelectronics delivers extremely high energy efficiency for smart connected objects to operate for up to 10 years without replacing...

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  16-pin Isolated RS-485/RS-422 Transceiver

  1 month ago

  The MAX3535ECWI+ from Maxim Integrated™ is an isolated RS-485/RS-422 transceiver with 2500Vrms galvanic isolation using on-chip high voltage capacitors. It has dual power supply ranging from +3V to...

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  50-mm Low Frequency RFID Transponder

  1 month ago

  The NCD1025_50ROG is a passive 50 mm cylindrical low frequency radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder featuring reliable half-duplex (HDX) low frequency (LF) communications format. It has...

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  LED Driving RFID

  1 month ago

  The NCD1110 is a CMOS integrated circuit featuring high read sensitivity with dedicated antenna. It is intended for use in FDX LF transponder, and delivers unmatched read reliability for effective...

RF Design Articles

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  Using Wi-Fi to Count the Number of People in a Room

  2 months ago

  A team of researchers in UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mosto ’s lab have proven that Wi-Fi signals can be used for more than just providing Internet access, they can actually be used to count...

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  Too Fast to See—Exploring Propagation Delay

  2 months ago

  Like a persistent cough, you can usually ignore it. Sometimes, though, you shouldn't.

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  Will TV Efficiency Specification Expand to Include HTDs?

  4 months ago

  This article presents the advancement proposed by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in extending the scope of TV program by including Home Theater Displays (HTDs) for ENERGY STAR TV...

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  ENERGY STAR Finalizes Version 5 of Set-Top Box Spec

  5 months ago

  The ENERGY STAR Version 5.0 for set-top box specification was revealed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The requirements will take effect on January 1, 2017. Set-top boxes (STBs)...

RF Design App Notes

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  Understanding the Operation of the Frequency Synthesizer in Maxim’s RF Transceivers

  The application note shows how to calculate the appropriate integer and fractional divider values for any desirable LO frequency that uses different reference frequencies. It tells the relationship between...

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  RF Sampling ADC With 800 MHz of IBW LTE

  This document describes a candidate device, ADC32RFx5, for the next generation (5G) cellular system that shows a total of 800 MHz of Instantaneous Bandwidth (IBW) using Long Term Evolution (LTE) patterns (40...

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  82571EB/82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller Design Guide

  This application note contains Ethernet design guidelines applicable to LOM designs based on PCI Express-supported chipsets.

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