RF & Microwave Electronics

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Technology Leaders: Connectivity
Low-power radio design is enabling new connected IoT products for consumer, commercial, industrial, and medical markets.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
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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Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
A cryptographic ID tag, a high-reliability NASA switch, and a stretchable thermoelectric generator...
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The nonlinear camera captures high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects using terahertz (THz) radiation.
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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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Articles: Automotive
Even though ultrasound has been studied by scientists for many years, its capabilities in practical applications are yet to be fully harnessed.
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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: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The lasers are small and efficient enough to fit on a microchip.
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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RF & Microwave Electronics - April 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in space and ground...

Briefs: Defense
In the middle ground between microwaves and visible light lies terahertz radiation, and the promise of “Tray vision.”
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An interview with Mike Horton, CTO of ACEINNA, Inc. (Boston, MA).
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Articles: Internet of Things
To clear up some of the confusion about what the industry means when it says 5G, here’s a guide to what it’s all about.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The sensor makes it easier to detect and manage ice accumulation on aircraft wings.
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Blog: RF & Microwave Electronics
Editor Bruce A. Bennett shares his observations from SPIE Photonics West, including the emergence of LiDAR.
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Products: Materials
Low-viscosity plastic; coin cell holders; oxidation-resistant coatings; and more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This atom-based receiver has the potential to be smaller and work better in noisy environments than conventional radio receivers.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Life-saving sensors, soft hearing implants, and a new water-decontamination method
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Fiber-optic cables could help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
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Briefs: Software
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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Q&A: Materials
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This technique lowers airstream noise generated at the side edges of deployed flaps, elevons, or slats.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
An upgraded mini robot can leap over obstacles with ease.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire backward diode can convert low-power 100 nanowatt microwaves into usable electricity. The newly developed...
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Briefs: Communications
A technology uses a combination of WiFi signals and accelerometer technology to track devices in near-real-time.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Low-Bandwidth Radar Technology Provides Improved Detection of Objects
Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today, they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather formations, and geological terrain. Until now, scientists believed that radar accuracy and resolution are related to the...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The reader uses a frequency multiplexer to boost its ability to accurately locate a greater number of RFID tags.
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