2026-10-20 20:00:00

Cavity and Dielectric Filters for 5G Base Stations: Application Logic, Technology Trends and Domestic Alternatives

Inside the metal and ceramic blocks that protect every 5G receiver: why massive MIMO multiplied...
2026-10-20 19:00:00

High-Frequency Copper-Clad Laminates: How Board Material Sets RF Performance, and Domestic Alternatives

Why the RF chip's datasheet assumes a board you are not using: laminate Dk and...
2026-10-20 18:00:00

RF Coaxial Connectors and Cable Assemblies: Interface Selection Logic, PIM Control and Domestic Alternatives

The mechanical components that decide whether your carefully chosen chips ever meet their datasheets: connector...
2026-10-20 17:00:00

400G PAM4 Optical Modules: TIA and Laser Driver Chip Selection Logic, Trends and Domestic Alternatives

Inside the pluggable module that carries the internet: how a linear transimpedance amplifier and a...
2026-10-20 16:00:00

Passive Wireless SAW Resonator Sensors: Interrogation Logic, New Applications and Domestic Alternatives

How a chip with no battery, no antenna electronics and no maintenance reports temperature, pressure...
2026-10-20 15:00:00

Broadband Distributed Amplifier MMICs: Decade-Bandwidth Gain for Instruments and Wideband Receivers, and Domestic Alternatives

Why travelling-wave amplifiers hold flat gain from near-DC to tens of gigahertz while conventional stages...
2026-10-20 14:00:00

IQ Modulators and Demodulators: Application Logic of Vector Up- and Down-Conversion and Domestic Alternatives

How a pair of balanced mixers turns baseband I and Q into a modulated carrier:...
2026-10-20 13:00:00

Ceramic Chip Antennas and Active Antenna Modules: Selection Logic, New Technology and Domestic Alternatives

Why the cheapest radiating part in the bill of materials decides whether your radio works:...
2026-10-18 20:00:00

UHF Wireless Microphone Front Ends: Frequency Agility, Diversity Reception and Domestic Alternatives

What keeps a live vocal clean across a crowded spectrum: wireless-microphone transmitter and receiver application...
2026-10-18 19:00:00

RF-over-Fiber Analog Links: Antenna Remoting, Link Budgets and the Chips Inside, with Domestic Alternatives

Why fibre replaced coax between antennas and equipment rooms: analog optical link application logic, gain,...
2026-10-18 18:00:00

Programmable Attenuators and Switch Matrices in RF Production Test: Design Logic and Domestic Alternatives

The unsung infrastructure of every RF production line: how step attenuators, PIN-diode pads and switch...
2026-10-18 17:00:00

RF MEMS Switches and Tunable Capacitors: When a Mechanical Contact Beats a Transistor, and Domestic Alternatives

Why a microscopic metal bridge outperforms a million-transistor switch for linearity and loss: MEMS switching...