Minimum Order Quantities (MOQs) and lead times bother procurement managers more than any other problem, when it comes to sourcing of custom RF cable assemblies. Custom assemblies require special tooling, special materials and controlled operations. I...
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Capacity is king in the emerging 5G and the 6G networks. In high-order modulation, massive MIMO and dense frequency reuse, very clean signal environments are necessary. Passive Intermodulation (PIM) is, however, one of the most insidious opponents of...
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Ground stations play the most important role in connecting space assets to the terrestrial networks. In deep space missions as well as the satellite communications signal integrity is what defines the success of the mission. Any decibel of loss withi...
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Passive components like microwave filters, couplers, dividers and attenuators are instructed to silently operate in the background in telecommunications infrastructure and are fundamental determinants of network performance, capacity and reliability....
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When it comes to buying RF coaxial connectors, as is done by B2B procurement professionals and engineering managers, it is much more than part matching. The performance of these small components has a direct influence on the system reliability, costs...
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Cable assembly proliferation may be a nightmare for many organizations that operate several RF projects, be it in telecommunications, defense, or industrial IoT. The various projects tend to come up with their own bills of materials and unique specif...
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RF leakage (synonymous with signal leakage) is an expensive issue in RF and microwave designs and is not obtrusive. Signal leakages in the most important applications such as telecommunications, broadcast and defense, should be minimized in order to ...
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Signal integrity is all in the high-frequency RF and microwave systems. The error margin reduces significantly as frequencies move to millimeter-wave application, such as 5G, radar, and modern telecommunications. The connector of a bad choice or a si...
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The connected world relies on telecommunications infrastructure and the functionality of RF components in these systems depends on their reliability. From the macro cell towers to dense small cell networks, all the signal paths rely on coaxial connec...
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This has been identified as a crucial design problem in the contemporary world since it is the electromagnetic interference (EMI) of the sensitive RF systems into the congested electromagnetic spectrum. Accidental electromagnetic radiations can damag...
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The conductor is the core of any cable assembly in RF and microwave transmission. Although the dielectrics and connectors are given attention, the electrical performance is essentially dependent on the purity and composition of the copper conductor. ...
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RF and Microwave systems need to be frequency stable. Passive components can be used in satellite communications and radar, in test instrumentation and 5G infrastructure, to provide the reliability of a system directly because of the capability to op...
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