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AR Worldwide RF/Microwave Instrumentation (formerly Amplifier Research)

  • Immunity Testing To IEC Specifications
  • AP Note 13 Reducing Noise In Pulsed MRI Experiments Using A Gated Preamplifier
  • AP Note 18     5 V/m CW or PM at a distance of 1 meter
  • AP Note 19   10 V/m CW or PM at a distance of 1 meter
  • AP Note 20   20 V/m CW or PM at a distance of 1 meter
  • AP Note 21   50 V/m CW or PM at a distance of 1 meter
  • AP Note 22 100 V/m CW or PM at a distance of 1 meter
  • AP Note 23 200 V/m CW or PM at a distance of 1 meter
  • AP Note 24 Driving RF Power Amplifiers with an XX-XX Signal Generator (Transients)
  • AP Note 25 Why Class A Amplifiers Anyway??   Differences of Class A, AB
  • AP Note 26 Amplifier Selection Criteria Required to Achieve IEC-1000-4-3 Testing
  • AP Note 27 The Importance of Load Tolerance In Specifying RF Power Amplifiers
  • AP Note 28 Conducted  Susceptibility Testing Overview
  • AP Note 29 E-Field Leveling Procedures
  • AP Note 30 Emscan Users Bandwidth Selection
  • AP Note 32 Satisfying The EMC Immunity Requirements Of The Medical Devices Directive MDD 93/42EC
  • AP Note 33 Packages That Address Radiated Immunity Testing Per The EMC Directive 89/336/EEC
  • AP Note 34 The AR Cell, For Immunity and Emissions Testing
  • AP Note 35 Pulse TWTA's
  • AP Note 36 EMC Pre-Compliance Testing
  • Belcore GR-1089-Core Issue 2 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electrical Safety-Generic
  • Criteria for Network Telecommunications Equipment
  • TEM Cell Testing and New Developments - The MAC Cell
  • EMC Directive is Driving Force for Today's Products
  • The Development of a New Type of E-Field Generator
  • 200+ Volt/Meter Susceptibility Testing From 10Khz to 18Ghz!
  • Plazma & RF Heating Selection of Power Amplifiers
  • Confessions Of A 10-Octave Amp Architect ( dated )
  • Guidelines For The Design Of An EMI Susceptibility Test  System ( dated )

COMPLIANCE WEST

  • Using of the Motor Home Cableset for HiPot Testing
  • PiPot testing Regarding GFI's
  • AC verses DC Dielectric Withstand (HiPot) Testing
  • Dielectric Withstand Tests Conducted with DC Voltages

ETS-Lindgren

  • Using the Model 4630 Reference Radiator (RefRad) System for EMC Measurements
  • Computing Required Input Power For A Given E-Field Level At A Given Distance
  • Monitoring, Measuring, Repeatibility At Radiated Emissions Testing Facilities
  • GTEM! to OATS Correlation Testing to allow use of GTEM! for FCC Cert Measurements
  • A User's Perspective On GTEM Testing, by Steve Berger, ROLM Systems
  • GTEM! Input Power For Required Level of E-field, CW, AM, etc.
  • New Test Set-Up Challenges Indoor, Outdoor Options, by John Osburn/Glen Watkins
  • Antenna Terms & Calculations, EMCO Reference
  • Broadband EMC MEasurements In A Compact, Fully Anechoic Chamber
  • Using An Oscilloscope And Sniffer Probes To Solve EMI Problems, Steve Berg
  • Antenna Related Factors Affecting The Correlation Of Screen Room Measurements
  • Comparing Ground Plane Coupling Effects for Bicon/Log Hybrid Antennas with or without Capacitively Loaded Bowtie Elements

EMSCAN Emissions Scanner

  • Using EmSCAN to Minimize Common Mode Radiation (new 10.20.04)
  • EmScan Nexus + Controller Datasheet (Discusses high speed scanning for spectral / spatial scan) (new 10.20.04)
  • Using EmSCAN to Evaluate Shielding (new 10.20.04)
  • Using EmSCAN to Evaluate Susceptibility in Conducted Immunity Tests (new 10.20.04)
  • EmSCAN Nexus Controller Datasheet (new 10.20.04)
  • EmSCAN Scanners Datasheet (new 10.20.04)
  • AP Note 16 Some Advantages of Using EMSCAN Emissions Scanner
  • AP Note 17 Increasing EMSCAN Sensitivity By Using LN1000 Low Noise Preamp
  • AP Note 31 Emscan Users Bandwidth Selection
  • Emscan, Cost Justification
  • Predicting EMI Emission Levels Using EMSCAN
  • EMSCAN, A Cost Effective Path To EMC Compliance
  • EMSCAN, Noise Ellimination From Switching Power Supplies
  • EMSCAN, A Tool For Evaluating The EMC Performance of P.C. Boards
  • EMSCAN And Economics

Inter-Continental Microwave

MAURY MICROWAVE

  • Importance of 2ND Harmonic Tuning for Power Amplifier Design
  • Source - pull analysis ( from 1997 MTTS, Denver, CO )
  • Data-Based Load-Pull Simulation For Large-Signal Transistor Model Validation (From Microwave Journal)
  • Microwave Coaxial Connector Technology ( Mario Maury, Jr. )
  • Improving SMA Tests with APC 3.5 Hardware
  • Automated Large-Signal Load-Pull Characterization Of Adjacent-Channel Power Ratio For Digital Wireless Communications Systems
  • ATS For Power And Noise Characterization Using PC-AT Based Software  (Still applies to Windows based software)
  • Automated Tuner System Aids IMD Testing

OHIO SEMITRONICS

  • Application Chart
  • Selecting And Using Transducers For Measurement of Voltage, Power, Current
  • Hall Effect Current Transducers
  • Catalog 796 Application Sheet ( Cross Reference to 796 Production Selection Guide )

AEROFLEX

  • Phase - Aligned Carriers Improve IMD Measurements
  • Analyzer Accelerates Phase Noise Testing
  • Multi-Tone Source Tests Emerging CATV Systems
  • Signal Generator Test Next Generation CATV Systems
  • LDMOS Transistor Powers PCS Base-Station Amplifiers

SPECTRACOM

  • Frequency Distribution Interconnection Diagram
  • Time and Frequency Calibration Using WWVB
  • How to Justify Calibration Equipment Purchases
  • Using the Model 8165 As A Simulcast Paging Transmitter Frequency Standard
  • Netclock Master Clocks Synchronize Dispatch Center Time
  • Do You Need Coordinated LegallyTraceable Time For Your PSAP And Emergency Services?
  • NovellTM Network & PC Time Synchronization
  • Frequency Standard Holds Precise TV-Channel Offset
  • Netclock ASCII Time Code Data Formats
  • TimeBurstTM & TimeBridgeTM
  • Feeding Good Timing To Customers via SONET
  • Spectracom AgelessTM Oscillator Eliminates Simulcast Transmitter Frequency Drift

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