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Designing UWB Antennas for Angle of Arrival Applications

Designing UWB Antennas for Angle of Arrival Applications

Learn what makes Ultra-Wideband (UWB) unique, what makes it useful, and how to address the design challenges it presents.


The Impact of Non-Terrestrial Networks on Current and Future Global Connectivity

The Impact of Non-Terrestrial Networks on Current and Future Global Connectivity

This article looks at the current status and likely direction of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), with a focus on practical considerations for early adopters of this new technology.


Understanding Wi-Fi Design Choices: Wi-Fi 6/6E vs. Wi-Fi 7 and MLO

Understanding Wi-Fi Design Choices: Wi-Fi 6/6E vs. Wi-Fi 7 and MLO

Learn the optimal Wi-Fi version, flavor and configuration to select for your application—considering feature sets, costs, and power consumption. Get up to speed on MIMO, MU-MIMO, MU-OFDMA, and more.


How Matter Addresses Interoperability Issues in Smart Home Devices

How Matter Addresses Interoperability Issues in Smart Home Devices

Incompatible smart home products can be problematic for both customers and device manufacturers. Matter is a vendor-independent unifying standard that closes the gap between smart home ecosystems.


Designing to Protect 5G Macro Base Stations for High Reliability

Designing to Protect 5G Macro Base Stations for High Reliability

In this article, learn about protecting three major base station systems, the baseband unit, the power supply, and the backup battery system.


Protecting 5G Macro Base Station Amplifiers and Antennas From Electrical Hazards

Protecting 5G Macro Base Station Amplifiers and Antennas From Electrical Hazards

This article dives into protecting tower-mounted amplifiers and advanced antenna systems of 5G macro base stations from electrical hazards.


Understanding ADAS Limitations and V2X Communication Technology

Understanding ADAS Limitations and V2X Communication Technology

In today's data-driven world, devices are constantly striving to connect with one another, especially in the automotive industry. How can vehicle-to-everything (V2V) communication change the world of vehicle communication?


Design and Development of 5G Devices: 5G Performance Ranges

Design and Development of 5G Devices: 5G Performance Ranges

How can engineers choose the correct performance range for their 5G application?


Why There’s Room for a Variety of Solutions in IoT Technology

Why There’s Room for a Variety of Solutions in IoT Technology

This article looks at the different connectivity options for deploying IoT networks, exploring the pros and cons of each.


How Will 5G Networks Improve Location Awareness?

How Will 5G Networks Improve Location Awareness?

3GPP Release 16 holds the promise to make high precision location services cheaper and more reliable. Exploiting new signal properties in combination with a variety of non-cellular technologies could enable forms of hybrid positioning.


Utilizing the Different Types of Common IoT Connection Methods

Utilizing the Different Types of Common IoT Connection Methods

This article explores the pros and cons of connectivity options for IoT edge device design.


Extending Bandwidth to Crush X-Band Frequencies Using a Track-and-Hold Sampling Amplifier and RF ADC

Extending Bandwidth to Crush X-Band Frequencies Using a Track-and-Hold Sampling Amplifier and RF ADC

In this article, I show that designers can achieve 10 GHz bandwidth when using a THA in front of one of Analog Dialogue's RF market converters.


Ultrawideband DPD: The Rewards and Challenges of Implementation in Cable Distribution Systems

Ultrawideband DPD: The Rewards and Challenges of Implementation in Cable Distribution Systems

This article looks at new technologies regarding the existing cable network, in particular, power amplifier digital predistortion.


Wide-Area Wireless Platform Enables a New Wave of IoT systems

Wide-Area Wireless Platform Enables a New Wave of IoT systems

The next step of wide-area wireless connection is to bring the power of wireless to machine type communications (MTC). This will drive a revolution in services that will span sectors as diverse as manufacturing, city management, transportation, and energy.


Massive MIMO and Beamforming: The Signal Processing Behind the 5G Buzzwords

Massive MIMO and Beamforming: The Signal Processing Behind the 5G Buzzwords

With the need for high-speed mobile data increasing, there's a need to increase efficiency in how we transmit and receive data from wireless base stations.


Communication Processors March on But 5G Demands Much More

Communication Processors March on But 5G Demands Much More

Development is well underway on Gigabit LTE cellular communications systems that promise an order of magnitude increase in data transfer rates and 5G is close behind. Small cell access nodes will form an essential part of both systems but new communications processors are needed to make these a reality.


Passive Intermodulation (PIM) Effects in Base Stations: Understanding the Challenges and Solutions

Passive Intermodulation (PIM) Effects in Base Stations: Understanding the Challenges and Solutions

Passive intermodulation represents the intermodulation products generated when two or more signals transit through a passive device with nonlinear properties. The interaction of mechanical components generally causes nonlinear elements.


Implementing LTE Cat 1 Communications for IoT and M2M Applications

Implementing LTE Cat 1 Communications for IoT and M2M Applications

Learn about LTE Cat 1's specifications and how you can use it in designs.