07.07.22 -- Filter Basics Part 6: Waveguides And Transmission Lines

Antenna tuners in smartphones, like other electronic components, must be able to withstand electrostatic discharge (ESD) at every stage from device manufacturing and smartphone assembly to consumer use. However, confusion exists about the level of ESD protection required at each stage. 

This article identifies several areas of concern in the design process, manufacturing process, and application environment that can cause clock skews of 1 ps or more. With regards to these areas of concern, several recommendations, examples, and rules of thumb will be provided to help the reader gain an intuitive feel for the root cause and magnitude of clock skew errors.

The evolution of radar has grown steadily over the decades to its present level that employs sophisticated computerized techniques which has stimulated the development of increasingly complex components. This white paper provides a basic introduction to radar technologies and to the application of radar equipment.

See the attenuation curve of a typical band pass filter measured using this test setup. This test setup may be used to measure other passive devices such a band reject, high pass, low pass, and stop band filters as well as fixed attenuators, pads, step attenuators, insertion loss of cable assemblies, etc.

The R&S RTP high-performance oscilloscope combines high-class signal integrity with a fast acquisition rate. Customized frontend ASIC and real-time processing hardware enable highly accurate measurements with unprecedented speed in a compact form factor.

Data centers are increasingly important in many aspects of our lives, enabling information storage on a vast service as well as cloud services and emerging artificial intelligence systems. To continue supporting the rapid pace of new innovations and applications being run in the cloud, architects and hardware designers must continue to expand bandwidth within the servers, storage equipment and switching networks within data centers.