Conducted RF Environments With Real RF Devices Vs. Channel Emulators/Simulators Engineers developing new IoT and cellular devices are staring down the barrel of a much more challenging test environment. Fortunately, there are also engineers developing new and better technology for wireless RF testing. Many of the advances in RF testing are improvements in the capabilities,...

Real or Synthetic RF Environments for Device and Network Testing? Introduction RF testing of wireless communication technologies has always been a complex and nuanced endeavor with many considerations and trade-offs, similar to making the ultimate lemon meringue pie. With the advent of more sophisticated communication protocols (5G and Wi-Fi 6e) and hardware techniques, such as...

TV650-1W Termination by APITech The TV650 from APITech is a 1.85mm RF Termination that operates from DC to 65 GHz. It can handle an input power of up to 1 W and has a VSWR of less than 1.55:1. This termination has a 1.85 mm interface but can also mate with 2.4 mm connector interfaces. It is...