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Contents
RF - Microwave MW
6
Comment
The future of smartphones lies
in AI, mmWave
11
Wireless Sensor Networks:
Evolution of Industrial Wireless
Sensor Networks
21
The Design of a Multi-Chip
SMT Front-End Module for the
26 GHz 5G Pioneer Band
8-10
News
Plasma silicon antenna halves
mmWave 5G basestation costs
Gesture control technology that
can turn everyday objects into
remote
controls
14
Design Software Supports
mmWave Automotive
Radar and Antenna System
Development
24
Products
RFSoCs target 5G, cable and
radar
RF Energy Toolkit provides fast
path to GaNon
Si-based
systems
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