Recent advances in high-speed data converters now digitize or generate signals directly at radio frequencies up to several gigahertz, replacing traditional radio frequency (RF) components like mixers, ...

Fig. 1: A Spectrum M5i digitizer and frequency domain screenshots of a 702 MHz signal before and after DDC. Data is continuously streamed at 12.8 GB/s to a GPU for on-the-fly processing prior to ...

Elsewhere in this issue you’ll find a special report on 5G test—featuring instruments and software tailored to research and development of the emerging technology. In the five years or so that it will ...