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What is MulteFire Technology?

NEX10 vs. 4.3-10 Connector Interfaces

What is Massive MIMO?

What are some Applications of Flexible Waveguides?

What is IEEE 802.11aq?

What is SBAS?

How is Massive MIMO technology being considered as one of technologies for inclusion in the 5G specifications?

What are the challenges that test instrument companies face while delivering solutions to the 5G ecosystem?

Why do mmWave channel measurement campaigns continue to be a focus for the entire industry?

What is ERA-GLONASS?

What is Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Technology?

What is an Antenna Radome?

What is a VCTCXO?

What is LTE-V?

What is a Conformal Antenna?

What is RPMA Technology?

What is your view on the 3GPP standardization body moving toward finalizing the first 5G specifications?

What is Frequency Stability?

What is Wirepas Technology?

What is 802.11ax?

Sigfox Frequency Bands

What is Orthogonal Time Frequency and Space (OTFS) Modulation?

What is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)?

What is TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio)?

What is Skin Effect?

What is OpenRFM?

What is the difference between dBi and dBd?

What is dBi?

What is dBd?

V-Band vs E-Band for Backhaul Applications

What are the main parameters when selecting a solid state RF Switch?

What is the difference between Data Rate and Throughput?

What is the difference between a Diplexer and Duplexer?

What is the Propagation Constant?

Dipole Antenna Length

What is a VCSO?

What is a Folded Dipole Antenna?

What is LTE License Assisted Access (LAA)?

What is a Helical Antenna?

What is an Isotropic Antenna?

What is a Horn Antenna?

What is a Yagi Antenna?

What is a Log-Periodic Antenna?

What is a Fractal Antenna?

What are the different Wireless Charging Standards?

What is IFF (Identification Friend or Foe)?

LoRa Frequency Bands

What is EnOcean Wireless Technology?

What is WiFi3?

LTE Frequency Bands

What is LTE FDD?

What is a Doppler Radar?

What is a Mitered Bend?

What is Suspended Stripline?

What is Radar Range Resolution?

What is a Gooseneck Antenna?

What is Distributed Wi-Fi?

What is LTE TDD?

What is the difference between IP2 and IP3?

What is Pulse Shaping?

What is the Qi Extended Power Profile?

What is an H-Plane Waveguide Tee?

What are Cryogenic Amplifiers?

Difference between EMI and EMC?

What is an E-Plane Waveguide Tee?

What is Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Testing?

What is EMI Testing?

What is a light license frequency band?

What is Radar Blind Speed?

What is the Fresnel Zone?

What is the difference between Noise Factor and Noise Figure?

What is MiFi?

What is NOMA - Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access?

What is Multi-User Interference Cancellation?

What is a RF Limiter?

What is GPS III?

What is Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) technology?

What is a Magic Tee?

What is a Triple Balanced Mixer?

What is Conversion Loss?

What is the difference between a Balun and a RF Transformer?

What is Common Mode Suppression in a Balun?

What is the 3D Smith Chart?

What is a TCXO?

What is an OCXO?

What is the Impedance Ratio/Turns Ratio in a Balun?

What is a VCXO?

What is Phase Balance and Amplitude Balance in a Balun?

What is the difference between a VCXO and a VCO?

TCXO vs OCXO

What is ERP?

What is the difference between EIRP and ERP?

What are Near Field and Far Field Regions of an Antenna?

What is the difference between read only and read-write RFID Tags?

Circular Polarization vs Linear Polarization for RFID Applications

What is a Chipless RFID Tag?

What is NFC?

What is a Shark Fin Antenna?

What is Multi-Paction?

What is the Unambiguous Range of a Radar?

How reliable is GaN on Silicon compared to competing technologies?

What are the advantages of GaN on Silicon for MMICs?

What are Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) RFID Tags?

BAP RFID Tags vs Active RFID Tags

High Frequency (HF) RFID Tags & Systems

Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID Tags & Systems

Microwave Frequency (SHF) RFID Tags & Systems

Low Frequency (LF) RFID Tags & Systems

What are NMD Connectors?

What is a Plasma Antenna?

What is Amplitude and Phase Balance in a Power Divider?

Galileo Frequency Bands

BeiDou Frequency Bands

What is the Difference Between GNSS and GPS?

GPS Frequency Bands

What is Dead Reckoning?

GLONASS Frequency Bands

What is a Branchline Coupler?

What is a Detector Log Video Amplifier (DLVA)?

What is a Lange Coupler?

What is a Virtual Antenna?

What is a Bias Tee?

What is a Bi-Directional Coupler?

What is RAIN RFID?

What is a DC Block?

What is an Inner DC Block?

What is an Outer DC Block?

What is an Inner/Outer DC Block?

What is RoHS?

NB-IoT Frequency Bands

LTE CAT M1 Frequency Bands

What is a Heat Sink?

What are QMA Connectors?

What are SMB Connectors?

What are MCX Connectors?

What is Terragraph?

What is Better - Wi-Fi 6 or 5G?

What are 2.92mm (K) Connectors?

What is a Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)?

What frequency band does Wi-Fi 6E use?

What is Wi-Fi 6E?

What is Automatic Gain Control?

What is a SDLVA - Successive Detection Log Video Amplifier?

What is TSS - Tangential Signal Sensitivity?

What is a PLDRO - Phase Locked Dielectric Resonator Oscillator?

What is an Anechoic Chamber?

How do you measure Antenna Gain?

Who is X-Microwave?

What is the difference between a loop antenna and a folded dipole antenna?

What is PIM | Passive Inter-modulation?

What are the different types of antenna polarization?

What Causes PIM (Passive Inter-modulation)?

What is the difference between Directivity and Antenna Gain?

What is the impedance of a dipole antenna?

What are the Advantages of the 4.3/10 Connector Interface?

What is the NEX10 Connector Interface?

What RF Connectors are compatible with each other?

What is LTE Sidelink?

What is a RF Phase Trimmer?

What is EIRP?

What is Antenna Directivity?

What is Antenna Efficiency?

What is Antenna Gain?

What is Antenna Temperature?

What is Skin Depth?

What are Log Periodic Antennas?

Log-Periodic Antennas vs Yagi Antennas

What is a Grid Antenna?

What are Sector Antennas?

What is LTE Cat M1?

What is LTE-U?

What is NB-IoT?

What is LPWAN?

What is LoRa?

What is the difference between LTE Cat M1 and NB-IoT?

What is SIGFOX?

What is Untethered Dead Reckoning?

What is a DRO - Dielectric Resonator Oscillator?

What is a Triplexer?

What is Saturated Output Power in an Amplifier?

What are the advantages of GaN on Silicon?

What is Beamforming?

What are the advantages of GaN on SiC?

What is Directivity in a Coupler?

What are Bidirectional Amplifiers?

What are Doherty Amplifiers?

What is a Harmonic Filter?

What is the difference between P1dB and Saturated Power in an RF Amplifier?

What is a Log Amplifier?

What are Load Pull Measurements?

What are S-Parameters?

What are Cavity Filters?

What are RF Pick-Off Tees?

What technology developments are needed for millimetre-wave 5G?

Which Companies Provide GaN Foundry Services?

GaN on Si Vs GaN on SiC

What are the Advantages of GaN on Silicon over LDMOS?

What are the Advantages of GaN Base Stations?

3.5 mm, 2.92 mm and SMA Connector Compatibility

Is it always best to use a cable with the highest cut-off frequency?

What causes PIM in connectors?

What are Gunn Diode Oscillators?

What is a Limiting Amplifier?

What are Zero Bias Schottky Diode Detectors?

What is WiGig?

What is the Difference Between Thread and ZigBee?

What is the difference between Patch Antennas and Panel Antennas?

What is the difference between a monopole and dipole antenna?

What is the difference between GPS and A-GPS (Assisted GPS)?

What are the Applications of Solid-State RF Energy Technology?

What is Solid-State RF Energy Technology?

LDMOS vs GaN for RF Energy?

What are Microlithic Mixers?

What is a Wilkinson Power Divider?

Quartz Crystal vs LC Tank Circuit as a Resonant Element

What is Solid-State RF Energy?

What are Switched Filter Banks?

What is the Difference between a 3-Port Coupler and 4-Port Coupler?

What is a Digital Channel Stacking Switch?

What is the L1C GPS Signal?

What is Noise Factor?

What is DOCSIS 3.1?

How much power can be wirelessly transferred using the AirFuel Alliance Standard?

At what frequency does Qi Wireless Charging work?

At what frequency does PMA (Power Matters Alliance) Wireless Charging work?

At what frequency does A4WP (Alliance for Wireless Power) Wireless Charging work?

At what frequency does Wireless Charging for the AirFuel Alliance Standard work?

What is an End Launch Connector?

What is Noise Temperature?

What are Reverse Polarity Connectors?

What are RF Rotary Joints?

What is LoRaWAN?

What is Antenna Temperature?

What is RF Over Fiber?

What is a Software Defined Radio?

What are Iso-Adapters?

Which is Better: Simulated or Measured Performance for Simple Antennas?

What is the difference between Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth 4.2 and Bluetooth 2.0?

5G NR (New Radio) Frequency Bands

What is SAR?

What is OTA Testing?

VSWR vs Return Loss

What are Quadrature Hybrids?

What are the Key Parameters for Selecting RF Inductors?

What is a Dual Directional Coupler?

What is Insertion Loss?

What is DANL?

What is the PTFE Knee?

What is a Receiver Multicoupler?

What is IP2?

What are 1.35 mm Connectors?

What are 7/16 DIN Connectors?

What are SMP Connectors?

What is WISP?

What is Dual-band GNSS?

What is P3dB?

What is LTE Cat 18?

What are Triple-Junction Isolators?

5G Frequency Spectrum in Ireland

5G Spectrum Allocation in United States

What is Channel Sounding?

5G Frequency Spectrum in China

5G Frequency Spectrum in Australia

5G Frequency Spectrum in India

5G Frequency Spectrum in Japan

5G Frequency Spectrum in Russia

5G Frequency Spectrum in Germany

5G Spectrum Allocations in Canada

5G Frequency Spectrum in France

5G Frequency Spectrum in Spain

5G Frequency Spectrum in Finland

5G Frequency Bands in Europe

5G Frequency Bands in the United Kingdom

5G Frequency Bands in Italy

5G Frequency Bands

Why can't Countries in Europe use the 28 GHz Band for 5G?

What are 2.2-5 Connectors?

What is a Proximity Coupler?

What is a Waveguide Bend?

What is Absolute Pulling Range?

What is GaN-on-Diamond technology?

What are the advantages of using GaN-on-Diamond technology for RF Power Amplifiers?

What are the important parameters the engineers should consider when selecting a mixer?

What are Image Reject Mixers?

What is 5G New Radio?

What is BF-OFDM?

What is the difference between E and H Waveguide Bends?

What is a Corner Reflector?

What is Qi Wireless Charging?

What is Foreign Object Detection?

What is Carrier Aggregation?

What is a Test Socket?

How Does Wireless Charging Work?

What is a Compact Range System?

What is Citizens Broadband Radio System (CBRS)?

What is a Bilogical Antenna?

What is a Gain Equalizer?

What is Noise Figure?

What are the important parameters of an antenna?

What is cross talk?

What is Phase Noise?

Why are S-parameters are used at high frequencies?

What is Polarization in Electromagnetic Waves?

What is IP3?

What is P1dB?

What is RBW and VBW in a Spectrum Analyzer?

What is a Bridge Coupler?

What is the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)?

What is the difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN?

What is Flicker Noise?

What is Quality Factor in RF Inductors?

How do you Apply a DC bias onto an RF line

What is Self Resonant Frequency?

How high should Self-Resonant Frequency be for an inductor to work?

How does the Inductance and Impedance of an Inductor vary with Frequency?

What are RFID Dry Inlays?

Understanding Antenna Polarization

What is a Notch Filter?

What are RFID Wet Inlays?

What is Coupling Factor or Coupling Ratio?

What is Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Technology?

What is the Impact of the Atmosphere on RF Signal Propagation?

Why is the 60 GHz Band not good for long-range communications?

BAW vs SAW Filters

What is the Impact of Rain on RF Signal Propagation?

What is an Electronically Scanned Antenna?

What are Metamaterials and what are they used for?

What is GAGAN?

What is Differential GPS (DGPS)?

What is the Problem with Current Satellite Antenna Technology?

What is a Directional Coupler?

What is eCall?

What is a Collinear Antenna?

What are Dual-Junction Isolators?

What is Cognitive Radio Technology?

What are the Advantages of Solid State RF Energy Cooking?

What is Thread?

What is EC-GSM-IoT?

What is a Scalar Network Analyzer?

What is ANT Technology?

What is difference between LTE and LTE-M?

Understanding RF Mixer Isolation

When is Power Amplifier Linearity Important?

What is a TCVCXO?

ISM Frequency Bands

What is dB?

What is dBc?

IRNSS Frequency Bands

What is QZSS (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System)?

QZSS Frequency Bands

What is IRNSS?

What is an RF Tapper?

Coaxial Cable Construction

Questions Answered

What is MulteFire Technology?

NEX10 vs. 4.3-10 Connector Interfaces

What is IEEE 802.11aq?

What is SBAS?

What is ERA-GLONASS?

What is Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Technology?

What is an Antenna Radome?

What is a VCTCXO?

What is RPMA Technology?

What is Frequency Stability?

What is 802.11ax?

Sigfox Frequency Bands

What is Orthogonal Time Frequency and Space (OTFS) Modulation?

What is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)?

What is Skin Effect?

What is the difference between dBi and dBd?

What is dBi?

V-Band vs E-Band for Backhaul Applications

What are the main parameters when selecting a solid state RF Switch?

What is the difference between Data Rate and Throughput?

What is the difference between a Diplexer and Duplexer?

What is the Propagation Constant?

What is a VCSO?

What is LTE License Assisted Access (LAA)?

What is a Helical Antenna?

What is an Isotropic Antenna?

What is a Yagi Antenna?

What is IFF (Identification Friend or Foe)?

LoRa Frequency Bands

What is WiFi3?

LTE Frequency Bands

What is a Gooseneck Antenna?

What is a Waveguide Tee?

What is a Waveguide Flange?

What is the Qi Extended Power Profile?

What is an H-Plane Waveguide Tee?

What are Cryogenic Amplifiers?

Difference between EMI and EMC?

What is an E-Plane Waveguide Tee?

What is Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Testing?

What is EMI Testing?

What is a light license frequency band?

What is the Fresnel Zone?

What is MiFi?

What is NOMA - Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access?

What is Multi-User Interference Cancellation?

What is a RF Limiter?

What is GPS III?

What is a Magic Tee?

What is a Triple Balanced Mixer?

What is Conversion Loss?

What is a TCXO?

What is a VCXO?

What is the difference between a VCXO and a VCO?

TCXO vs OCXO

What is ERP?

What is the difference between EIRP and ERP?

What are Near Field and Far Field Regions of an Antenna?

What is the difference between read only and read-write RFID Tags?

Circular Polarization vs Linear Polarization for RFID Applications

What is a Chipless RFID Tag?

What is NFC?

What is Multi-Paction?

What is the Unambiguous Range of a Radar?

What are Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) RFID Tags?

BAP RFID Tags vs Active RFID Tags

High Frequency (HF) RFID Tags & Systems

Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID Tags & Systems

Microwave Frequency (SHF) RFID Tags & Systems

Low Frequency (LF) RFID Tags & Systems

What are NMD Connectors?

What is a Plasma Antenna?

What is Amplitude and Phase Balance in a Power Divider?

Galileo Frequency Bands

BeiDou Frequency Bands

GPS Frequency Bands

What is Dead Reckoning?

GLONASS Frequency Bands

What is a Branchline Coupler?

What is a Virtual Antenna?

What is a Bias Tee?

What is a Bi-Directional Coupler?

What is RAIN RFID?

What is a DC Block?

What is RoHS?

NB-IoT Frequency Bands

LTE CAT M1 Frequency Bands

What is a Heat Sink?

What are QMA Connectors?

What are SMB Connectors?

What are MCX Connectors?

What is Terragraph?

What are 2.92mm (K) Connectors?

What is a Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)?

What frequency band does Wi-Fi 6E use?

What is Wi-Fi 6E?

What is Automatic Gain Control?

What is TSS - Tangential Signal Sensitivity?

Who is X-Microwave?

What is the NEX10 Connector Interface?

What is LTE Sidelink?

What is a RF Choke?

What is EIRP?

What is Antenna Directivity?

What is Antenna Efficiency?

What is Skin Depth?

What are Log Periodic Antennas?

Log-Periodic Antennas vs Yagi Antennas

What is a Grid Antenna?

What are Sector Antennas?

What is LTE Cat M1?

What is LTE-U?

What is NB-IoT?

What is LoRa?

What is the difference between LTE Cat M1 and NB-IoT?

What is SIGFOX?

What is Untethered Dead Reckoning?

What is a DRO - Dielectric Resonator Oscillator?

What is a Triplexer?

What is Saturated Output Power in an Amplifier?

What is Directivity in a Coupler?

What are Biconical Antennas?

What technology developments are needed for millimetre-wave 5G?

Which Companies Provide GaN Foundry Services?

What are the Advantages of GaN Base Stations?

3.5 mm, 2.92 mm and SMA Connector Compatibility

Is it always best to use a cable with the highest cut-off frequency?

What is WiGig?

What is the difference between GPS and A-GPS (Assisted GPS)?

What is Solid-State RF Energy?

What is a Lens Antenna?

What are Switched Filter Banks?

What is the Difference between a 3-Port Coupler and 4-Port Coupler?

What is the L1C GPS Signal?

What is Noise Factor?

What is DOCSIS 3.1?

How much power can be wirelessly transferred using the AirFuel Alliance Standard?

At what frequency does Qi Wireless Charging work?

At what frequency does PMA (Power Matters Alliance) Wireless Charging work?

At what frequency does A4WP (Alliance for Wireless Power) Wireless Charging work?

At what frequency does Wireless Charging for the AirFuel Alliance Standard work?

What is Noise Temperature?

What are Reverse Polarity Connectors?

What are RF Rotary Joints?

What is LoRaWAN?

What is RF Over Fiber?

What is a Software Defined Radio?

What are Iso-Adapters?

What is the difference between Bluetooth 5, Bluetooth 4.2 and Bluetooth 2.0?

What are FAKRA Connectors?

5G NR (New Radio) Frequency Bands

What is SAR?

What is OTA Testing?

VSWR vs Return Loss

What are Quadrature Hybrids?

What is a Dual Directional Coupler?

What is Insertion Loss?

What is DANL?

What is the PTFE Knee?

What is a Receiver Multicoupler?

What is IP2?

What are 1.35 mm Connectors?

What are 7/16 DIN Connectors?

What are SMP Connectors?

What is Dual-band GNSS?

What is P3dB?

What is LTE Cat 18?

What are Triple-Junction Isolators?

5G Frequency Spectrum in Ireland

5G Spectrum Allocation in United States

5G Frequency Spectrum in China

5G Frequency Spectrum in Australia

5G Frequency Spectrum in Japan

5G Frequency Spectrum in Germany

5G Spectrum Allocations in Canada

5G Frequency Spectrum in France

5G Frequency Spectrum in Spain

5G Frequency Spectrum in Finland

5G Frequency Bands in Europe

5G Frequency Bands in the United Kingdom

5G Frequency Bands in Italy

5G Frequency Bands

Why can't Countries in Europe use the 28 GHz Band for 5G?

What are 2.2-5 Connectors?

What is a Proximity Coupler?

What is a Waveguide Bend?

What is Absolute Pulling Range?

What is 5G New Radio?

What is the difference between E and H Waveguide Bends?

What is Qi Wireless Charging?

What is Foreign Object Detection?

What is Carrier Aggregation?

What is a Test Socket?

How Does Wireless Charging Work?

What is a Compact Range System?

What is Citizens Broadband Radio System (CBRS)?

What is a Gain Equalizer?

What is IP3?

What is P1dB?

What is the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)?

What is Self Resonant Frequency?

How does the Inductance and Impedance of an Inductor vary with Frequency?

What are RFID Dry Inlays?

Understanding Antenna Polarization

What is a Notch Filter?

What are RFID Wet Inlays?

What is Coupling Factor or Coupling Ratio?

What is the Impact of the Atmosphere on RF Signal Propagation?

Why is the 60 GHz Band not good for long-range communications?

What is the Impact of Rain on RF Signal Propagation?

What is GAGAN?

What is Differential GPS (DGPS)?

What is a Directional Coupler?

What is eCall?

What is a Collinear Antenna?

What are Dual-Junction Isolators?

What is Cognitive Radio Technology?

What are the Advantages of Solid State RF Energy Cooking?

What is EC-GSM-IoT?

What is a Scalar Network Analyzer?

What is ANT Technology?

Understanding RF Mixer Isolation

What is a TCVCXO?

ISM Frequency Bands

What is dB?

What is dBc?

IRNSS Frequency Bands

What is QZSS (Quasi-Zenith Satellite System)?

QZSS Frequency Bands

What is IRNSS?

What is an RF Tapper?

Coaxial Cable Construction

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