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ADI’s RF Platform Hunkers Down on Phase Determinism for Defense Communication

A new reference design from ADI appeals to electronic warfare applications, aerospace radar, and advanced commercial radio.

2 hours ago by Adrian Gibbons

Chip vs. PIFA: Selecting the Right Antenna for a Booming IoT Medical Industry

Amidst a burgeoning medical device market, choosing the correct IoT antenna means balancing competing requirements, including frequency of operation, PCB space, and cost.

April 05, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

Ultra-wideband (UWB) RF Technologies Are Undergoing a Commercial Renaissance

Step aside near-field communication—ultra-wideband RF technologies may take access control to a new level of convenience and security.

March 25, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

The Rise of Wireless Highlights the Importance of Dual-band Radio Design

Wireless integration is a now-common reality of most IoT designs. How can designers monolithically integrate 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz more seamlessly?

March 19, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

New UWB Antennas Prove High Precision and Low Power Doesn’t Have to Be a Trade-off

With real-time location services becoming a staple in IIoT and consumer devices alike, the Antenna Company has set out to prove that UWB antennas can have the best of both worlds: high precision and low power.

March 08, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Apple Files Three Patents for Biometric Sensor-based Tech Coming Down the Pike

Apple appears to be moving farther into the health market with new patents targeting various metrics of health including AR/VR, glucose monitoring, and clinical sleep analysis.

February 15, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

Xiaomi Says “Revolutionary” Long-Range Wireless Charging is Here—Critics Say Otherwise

Xiaomi claims its new smartphone-compatible technology offers wireless charging at a distance—with no stands or charging pads necessary.

February 02, 2021 by Jake Hertz

The Rollout of Wi-Fi 6E-Compatible Devices Has (Slowly) Begun

The CES 2021 stage has debuted the hardware of some of the first Wi-Fi 6E devices. What are the benefits and challenges of this new connectivity protocol?

January 15, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau

ST Packs the Power and Connectivity Strengths of STM32 Into a Wireless MCU Module

Designing a transceiver and antenna is no small feat. A new module from ST is designed to help small companies to spend less time on the hardware and more time on the Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, or Thread application itself.

January 07, 2021 by Steve Arar

Meet the MXene-Coated “Faraday” Fabric Capable of Blocking EMI in Wearable Devices

Researchers at Drexel University have reported an MXene-coated "Faraday fabric" that can block almost all electromagnetic waves, providing a lightweight option for blocking EMI in wearable devices.

December 24, 2020 by Luke James

“vRAN” Is Becoming a Key Focus for Developers of 5G Radio Units

With an influx of 5G devices, telecom companies, specifically those aligned with the O-RAN Alliance, are further developing virtualized radio access networks.

December 14, 2020 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

What Makes 5G So Fast? mmWaves, MIMO, and Beamforming, and More

With 5G rolling out more quickly as we approach 2021, it may be helpful to touch on the key technologies that make 5G such a speedy success.

December 02, 2020 by John Koon

MIT Sends a Battery-Free GPS Underwater

Researchers at MIT have developed a new underwater communication technique, called underwater backscattering localization, which they hope will need for batteries in underwater GPS.

November 03, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Altimeter Technology—Pressure, Radar, and Optical—Rises to Great Heights

Altimeters have taken off since the 1920s. Now, with piezoresistive ICs and LiDAR-like technology, they're more advanced than ever.

October 30, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau

Why Thermal Management is a Hot Topic in 5G Design

As 5G barrels forward, engineers are increasingly talking about one of the major design challenges of this technology: thermal management.

October 21, 2020 by Steve Arar

A Closer Look at MARSIS, the Radar that Discovered Lakes on Mars

This week, the European Space Agency discovered underground lakes of liquid water on Mars. What circuit-level hardware made this discovery possible?

September 30, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Molded Interconnect Devices May Be a PCB’s Partner in Design

Molded interconnect devices, when conditioned with laser direct imaging, could be a helpful 3D supplement to PCB design.

September 16, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

Ultrasound Receiver Architecture Undergoes a Seismic Shift

Ultrasound, with nearly a century of technological history, has seen its third major technological breakthrough coming out of North Carolina State.

August 20, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

Researchers Create a Wireless Chip With Data Rates Faster than 5G

The new chip leverages photonic topological insulators to operate in the terahertz band—not in the 5G range, but in the 6G range.

August 10, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Combining Photonic Integrated Chips and Metasurfaces Brightens the Future of Light Control

Some duos just work: peanut butter and jam, iron and carbon—and now, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and metasurfaces.

July 27, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons