Hearing Despite The Din: The Proliferation Of Low Noise Amplifiers

This article is part of a series of quarterly guest columns by Rick Cory, Applications Engineering Manager, Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Today, radio communications are interwoven into almost every facet of modern life: increasingly our telephonic communications are wireless, whether by cellular telephone networks, by ISM-band portable phones or by systems such as the Digital European Cordless Telephone (DECT); we lock and unlock our cars and our garages using wireless remote controls; automatic door openers in commercial buildings utilize Doppler sensors to detect our approach; television and radio programs are delivered via satellite links. The advent and adoption of smart energy systems — which utilize radio links to enable two-way communications between customers and suppliers and also to give consumers real-time information on their energy consumption — will increase our use of radio technology.

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