Bringing ZigBee designs to high volume
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2007-07-23 |
| The ZigBee wireless networking standard is fostering a wide range of products for applications such as home and building automation, utility metering and building security. However, "going wireless" brings new test challenges for designers unfamiliar with radio technology |
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RF Basics: Multipath
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2007-12-17 |
| Discusses the consequences of the multipath phenomena, particularly in short-range radio links |
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Learn about scalable MIMO near-ML detector
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2009-04-06 |
| Read about a software defined radio implementation of a scalable near- maximum likelihood detector |
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Advanced simulation eases UWB RFIC design flow (1)
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2005-12-21 |
| Designing an MB-OFDM UWB radio is easier for SoC designers when high-performance circuit simulation is combined with reliable electromagnetic extraction in a single RF design |
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Simulating UWB RFICs
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2006-08-04 |
| Ansoft and UMC describe new technologies for RF and analogue design, and verification within established design flows. Circuits from an ongoing project to develop an ultrawideband MB-OFDM radio are used to demonstrate new technological capabilities |
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Bluetooth Architecture, Protocol And Applications
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2001-04-02 |
| This paper examines the hardware architecture, software protocol and applications of a single-chip device that integrates Bluetooth radio and baseband, memory, a Harvard architecture RISC microcontroller and audio codec |
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Antenna diversity: Effective solutions for the ongoing cost and design challenges for wireless devices
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2003-12-16 |
| Portable wireless devices that utilize a single antenna are notoriously inefficient about how they maintain a comms link to the surrounding radio power. However, engineers are now discovering ways to extract both performance and cost savings from receivers with closely-spaced antennas |
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| Bluetooth chipmaker will ride 802.11a wave
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2001-04-15 |
| This technical article describes Cambridge Silicon Radio's move to develop an all-CMOS 802.11a chip for 54MHz wireless networking in the 5GHz band |
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Testing raises issues on high-speed Bluetooth
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2008-03-18 |
| Read about the interference issues that will result between the 802.11 radio in the Bluetooth device and other IMT-2000 services operating in adjacent frequencies |
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The ISM revolution
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2009-02-26 |
| Understand the differences between the 2.4GHz and the sub-1GHz band to effectively develop products in the ISM band. |
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Fine-tuning RF platform shrinks design time
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2008-10-01 |
| An RF development platform capable of carrying out most of the pre-regulatory tests enables OEMs to put together a solid, well-planned compliance testing plan. |
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Boost interoperability in SDR components
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2009-06-01 |
| Read about VRT that defines a transport protocol to convey digitised signal data and receiver settings. |
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Preventing interference
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2009-02-03 |
| Read about the important parameters for understanding link performance and reliability. |
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Understanding SDRs and their RF test requirements (1)
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2006-12-11 |
| The SDR was originally developed by the military; thus this analysis will focus on tactical SDRs for military use. |
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Short-range wireless design
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2002-10-02 |
| Wireless systems differ from wired systems in some crucial ways. Error handling and bandwidth sharing are two major issues for engineers working on wireless projects. Here's a guide to designing short-range wireless devices that covers these and other concerns. |
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