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3 Tactics for Building Microwave Wideband Signal Generators

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3 Tactics for Building Microwave Wideband Signal Generators

Eric Hsu 2019.12.03

Strong demand for faster data rate applications has triggered the need for new technologies capable of wide signal bandwidth. Cellular communication is transitioning from 4G to 5G to enable extreme da

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Is Jitter Good or Bad for Your Device Testing?

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Is Jitter Good or Bad for Your Device Testing?

Choon-Hin Chang 2019.11.12

Introduction High-speed data throughput is important in digital communications, and these high-bandwidth electronics require high-frequency clock signals. For the system to function correctly, the sig

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Generate IQ Signals with Function Generator

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Generate IQ Signals with Function Generator

Choon-Hin Chang 2019.10.29

        Introduction IQ signals are a form of modulated waveform that are used with many existing communication technologies today. IQ signals are used in mobile phones, radars, lasers, Wi-Fi networks

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Confronting Measurement Uncertainty in Signal Generation - Part 4: I/Q Impairments

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Confronting Measurement Uncertainty in Signal Generation - Part 4: I/Q Impairments

Eric Hsu 2019.05.23

In previous posts, I discussed the source of errors in a baseband generator and strategies for eliminating these errors such as waveform phase discontinuity, interpolation overshoot, and sampling imag

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Confronting Measurement Uncertainty in Signal Generation - Part 3: Waveform Sampling Images

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Confronting Measurement Uncertainty in Signal Generation - Part 3: Waveform Sampling Images

Eric Hsu 2019.05.15

In the digital world, a digital electronic system that is designed to process signals does not treat the signals continuously as they are in reality. Instead, the system uses “sample” to indicate the

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Confronting Measurement Uncertainty in Signal Generation - Part 2: Interpolation Overshoot

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Confronting Measurement Uncertainty in Signal Generation - Part 2: Interpolation Overshoot

Eric Hsu 2019.05.07

It is common to find a gap between ideal conditions and reality. When you generate the desired signal, you need to understand that hardware implementation may cause a certain number of errors to the o

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