Microwaves & RF

Tiny MEMS Resonators Hold Key to Smaller, Low-Power IoT/IIoT Edge Devices

Chip-scale or bare-die devices ease integration into designs while providing superior performance characteristics on a ...
Microwaves & RF

Exploring Virtual Crystal-Based 22-GHz RF Synthesizers

Integer-N PLLs are smaller, better, cheaper, and faster, but they have poor frequency resolution. Ultra-low-jitter, multi-GHz, fully programmable frequency references are now available and can be used ...
Hackaday

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: An LED As A Light Dependent Capacitor

The function of an LED is to emit light when the device is forward biased within its operating range, and it’s known by most ...
IEEE

A 24.5pJ/bit OOK/BFSK/QPSK RF Transmitter Employing Injection Locking by MEMS-Based RF Oscillator

Abstract: An OOK/BFSK/QPSK transmitter employing injection locking by microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator-based radio frequency (RF) oscillator is proposed in this paper. Direct OOK/BFSK ...
IEEE

A Compact 240 GHz Differential Fundamental Oscillator with -94.2dBc/Hz Phase Noise and 5.4% DC-to-RF Efficiency in 22nm FDSOI

Abstract: This paper presents a 240-GHz differential fundamental oscillator. With a novel differential π-type topology, the oscillator achieves a compact area, while naturally separating the gate and ...