What is Noise Figure?
The Noise figure of an RF component such as a low noise amplifier or a mixer is a measure of how much it increases the noise in a system that …
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Getting started with FPGAs
Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are a special type of integrated circuit that consists of logic gates and memory blocks that can be configured with code to implement digital computations. …
RF Explorer and Software-defined Radio
Most software-defined radios on the market today are designed for communication applications. When receiving signals, they are used primarily for signal processing including demodulation and decoding. SDRs are not designed …
What is IP3?
When two RF signals are input to an RF component such as an LNA or a Mixer, it results in the creation of other mathematically-related, spurious signals. This is a …
Oil Tankers Going Nowhere?
We’ve been reading news of oil tankers stranded in various places around the world on account of the Coronavirus pandemic which has been affecting the price of oil. The most …