Nanowerk

Microcomb chip achieves record-low noise for microwave and millimeter-wave signals

Researchers use microcomb-based photonic chips to generate ultralow-noise microwave and millimeter-wave signals with record ...
EDN

Taking the mixed-signal voltage reference to a higher level

You know from my last column that the voltage referencein a mixed-signal application can make or break a system(Reference 1). The greatest impact of a noisy or a ...
AZOM

The Main Principles of Lock-in Detection

Lock-in amplifiers were invented in the 1930s [1, 2, 3] and commercialized [4] in the mid 20 th century as electrical instruments that are capable of extracting signal amplitudes and phases in ...
EDN

LTC Design Note: Robust 10MHz reference clock input protection circuit and distributor for RF systems

RF instruments and wireless transceivers often feature an input for an external reference clock, such as the ubiquitous 10MHz reference input port found on RF instruments. Many of these same systems ...