RF & Microwave Electronics

Access our comprehensive library of technical briefs on RF & microwave electronics, from engineering experts at NASA and major government, university, and commercial laboratories.

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Briefs: Data Acquisition
This method of machine learning could make communications in the unlicensed bands much more efficient.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
University of Colorado researchers have described a new silicon chip that improves the resolution and scanning speed needed for a lidar system.
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Briefs: Imaging
Smart adaptive clothing can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Imaging technology used to map the universe shows promise for more accurately and quickly identifying cancer cells in the operating room.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Using integrated photonic chips fabricated at EPFL, scientists have demonstrated laser-based microwave generators.
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Briefs: Lighting
Researchers at Linköping University, together with colleagues in China, have developed a tiny unit that is both an optical transmitter and a receiver.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Linking multiple copies of these devices may lay the foundation for quantum computing.
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Briefs: Defense
The process provides a cost-effective solution for applications in space-based imaging systems, military reconnaissance, and satellite and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This instrument has applications in medical equipment, robotics, and satellites.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The material could enable applications such as antennas that change frequencies on the fly or gripper arms for delicate or heavy objects.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The nonlinear camera captures high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects using terahertz (THz) radiation.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications include imaging, sensing, wireless communications, and medical treatments.
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Briefs: AR/AI
This device could give doctors a new therapeutic option for treating patients with conditions such as heart failure.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This lightweight and efficient mechanism enables retention, release, and deployment of solar arrays and antennas.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology could help in elder care with sensors throughout a home.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Housed in a chip, it lets IoT devices communicate with existing WiFi networks.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Hardware and software tweak microwave patterns to discover the most efficient way to identify objects.
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Briefs: Imaging
The lasers are small and efficient enough to fit on a microchip.
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Briefs: Aerospace
In the middle ground between microwaves and visible light lies terahertz radiation, and the promise of “Tray vision.”
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Briefs: Aerospace
The sensor makes it easier to detect and manage ice accumulation on aircraft wings.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This atom-based receiver has the potential to be smaller and work better in noisy environments than conventional radio receivers.
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Briefs: Communications
Fiber-optic cables could help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
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Briefs: Communications
In some cases, radio frequency signals may be more useful for caregivers than cameras or other methods to collect health and behavioral data.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Wraparound Self-Structuring Leaky-Wave Antenna (WSS-LWA)
This system has applications in the smart grid and military.
Briefs: Materials
The flat structure morphs into another shape when temperature changes, enabling self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This technique lowers airstream noise generated at the side edges of deployed flaps, elevons, or slats.
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Briefs: Imaging
An upgraded mini robot can leap over obstacles with ease.
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Briefs: Wearables
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
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