The author is a broadcast contract engineer who has a unique way of measuring the carrier frequency of the AM stations in his care. Making off-air frequency measurements of AM broadcast stations can ...

The crowded RF spectrum, compounded by the explosion in application spaces joining the cloud, demands advanced development tools able to provide deeper insights into signals and their measurement. Our ...

Signal generators are a crucial element in many areas of product design, development, production, and field testing. While their longstanding applications include base stations, radar, and EMC, ...

Engineering consultant Frank Hertel outlines a method of measuring an inductor’s value using only an oscilloscope and a signal or function generator.

Signal Hound's latest 20-GHz vector signal generator (VSG), the VSG200, provides 40 MHz of real-time streaming bandwidth, ...

The characterization of semiconductor spin qubits with radiofrequency (RF) reflectometry offers the advantage of speed over low-frequency conductance measurements. This article discusses the ...

If you want to extract a signal from a huge amount of noise, a lock-in amplifier is the ideal tool. But when it comes to buying one, doing your homework first can avoid a costly mistake, advises ...