Once relegated to the skilled thumbs of a hobbyist or teenager with a Styrofoam toy airplane in the backyard, small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) have become accessible to a much broader audience. With the advent of brushless electric motors and high energy density lithium batteries, the consumer sUAS market has experienced unprecedented growth. Advances in [...]
At some point in time, every company that manufactures a product or provides a service will likely consider whether or not it’s in their best interests to exhibit at industry trade shows. If you look hard enough, you can probably find an exhibition for just about anything imaginable … from toys to tools to vehicles [...]
Recently, we had a customer reach out to us inquiring about a 200 W L-band power amplifier (PA). While we did not have such an amplifier to offer (not yet, anyway), we did have a solution. That solution was four of our new L60T01 amplifiers in a hybrid configuration. The concept of hybrid or [...]
Noise Figure (NF) describes the amount of noise a component, amplifier, or an entire radio receive chain contributes to the RF signal being received. Electrical noise is combined with the RF signal as it is generated by the RF transmitter and propagated through space. This signal is then captured by the receiving antenna and guided [...]
A common concern for radio frequency design engineers is providing sufficient margin in a module or system to survive the real-world application in which their work will eventually operate. Our engineering team is constantly dealing with the trade-offs of meeting the myriad of customer specifications while ensuring that our designs are robust enough to survive [...]
In today’s industry, finding a COTS product to integrate seamlessly into a system while meeting your exact performance specifications can be hard when considering the various system design variables that have to be accounted for. Design variables such as operating voltage, size and weight restrictions, and power consumption can make an otherwise ideal product incompatible [...]
When choosing an RF filter for your communications system, test and measurement setup, or RF module design, there are numerous options available. The best option depends on your specific application. Below are some key parameters that will guide your decision: The frequency range(s) that shall pass through the filter (i.e., the passband) The frequency [...]
An RF Power Amplifier (PA) or Bi-Directional Amplifier (BDA) is able to detect a low-powered RF signal and amplify it to a higher amplitude, providing a variety of useful applications, such as extending the range of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) datalinks. Any device generating high power will also result in the generation of heat. For [...]
One of the most important factors to consider when developing a communication datalink range is the ability to provide sufficient signal strength out to the intended operational range of the platform. Modern radios provide a starting point for this effort as they provide options such as programmable bandwidths, RF power settings and modulation based on [...]
Significant advances continue with respect to unmanned aerial systems in both defense and domestic applications. In fact, their acceptance into the national airspace system is fast becoming a near-term reality. The pace of development has led to an ever-expanding list of missions which increase the demands on systems, both new and old, in terms of [...]
