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No Bulk Capacitor, No Problem: Inside TI's Single-Stage Micro Inverter Demo at PCIM

No Bulk Capacitor, No Problem: Inside TI's Single-Stage Micro Inverter Demo at PCIM

A single-stage AC/DC micro inverter eliminates the intermediate 400V bus capacitors that limit the service life of conventional two-stage designs. The TI TIDM-01035ME2 at PCIM showed what that looks like...

Apr 29, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Same Screen, Different Offsets: Reading a Phase Noise and AM Noise Demo at EuMW 2026

Same Screen, Different Offsets: Reading a Phase Noise and AM Noise Demo at EuMW 2026

Keysight’s signal purity demo showed phase noise and AM noiseof three 10 GHz carriers from a two-channel hybrid YIG/DDS source.Markers at 312.830 kHz and 278.346 kHz looked comparable but werenot....

Oct 23, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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A Demo-Board S21 Is Not a Connector S21: Board-to-Board Coax Interconnects at 40 GHz

A Demo-Board S21 Is Not a Connector S21: Board-to-Board Coax Interconnects at 40 GHz

At EuMW 2026, Smiths Interconnect demonstrated EZiCoax spring-loaded board-to-board coax contacts on an Anritsu ShockLine USB VNA. The card quoted about −1 dB at 40 GHz, and the screen showed...

Oct 14, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Know the Limits of Your Own View: Spectrum Monitoring and GNSS PNT Verification at EuMW 2026

Know the Limits of Your Own View: Spectrum Monitoring and GNSS PNT Verification at EuMW 2026

Two Keysight stations at EuMW 2026 dealt with the RF world outside the lab: networked spectrummonitoring at 750 MHz with 100 MHz bandwidth, and GNSS receiver verification against a simulated...

Nov 2, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Introducing the UNI-T UDP4303S: Redefining Programmable Power Supply Innovation

Introducing the UNI-T UDP4303S: Redefining Programmable Power Supply Innovation

When performance meets precision, the result is something truly extraordinary—UNI-T’s latest programmable linear DC power supply: the UDP4303S. Built for engineers, labs, R&D departments, and serious electronics professionals, this 4-channel...

May 28, 2025vinal patel
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High-Frequency Test Setup: R&S ZNL6 VNA + FSV3000 Spectrum Analyzer in Action

    High-Frequency Test Setup: R&S ZNL6 VNA + FSV3000 Spectrum Analyzer in Action

    A look at Rohde & Schwarz’s high-frequency test demo featuring the ZNL6 vector network analyzer and the FSV3000 signal and spectrum analyzer — a classic RF combo for S-parameter and...

    Jul 9, 2025Brown keys
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    Delay and Doppler in Motion: What End-to-End NTN Emulation Has to Reproduce

    Delay and Doppler in Motion: What End-to-End NTN Emulation Has to Reproduce

    Keysight’s end-to-end NTN demo used a PROPSIM FS16 channelemulator to reproduce a LEO satellite pass: Doppler swinging from about+40 kHz through zero, and delay changing by milliseconds. These time-varying effects,...

    Oct 28, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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    MACOM and NI at the Microwave Show: From 250W GaN to 140 GHz SDR — What a "Complete System" Actually Looks Like

    MACOM and NI at the Microwave Show: From 250W GaN to 140 GHz SDR — What a "Complete System" Actually Looks Like

    Two booths, 40 meters apart. MACOM with 250W GaN and 60 dBm limiters. NI with a live 140 GHz SDR link across 40 cm of free space. Neither was showing...

    May 6, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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    Affordable RF Testing for Labs and Students: R&S FPC1500 + NGE103B Powering a Multi-Channel Demo

    Affordable RF Testing for Labs and Students: R&S FPC1500 + NGE103B Powering a Multi-Channel Demo

    This hands-on RF test bench demo combines the compact R&S FPC1500 spectrum analyzer and NGE103B power supply to measure, power, and monitor a multi-channel RF module — all in one...

    Jul 22, 2025Brown keys
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