Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a method to capture and harness the electromagnetic energy emitted by radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite communications that could someday lead to self-powering electronic devices. “There is a large amount of electromagnetic energy all around us, but nobody has been able to tap … [Read more...]
Completion of Government Project to Yield Solutions for Wind Turbine-Radar Interference
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and federal agency partners have completed the final operational field test of a two-year, $8 million program to evaluate the physical and electromagnetic interference between air surveillance radar systems and wind turbine farms, and identify possible mitigation techniques. The project was co-funded by the DOE, the U.S. Department of Defense … [Read more...]
New Filter Manufacturing Method Could Improve Performance and Range of Cognitive Radio
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Microsystems Technology Laboratory have developed a new method for manufacturing filters for hardware-based cognitive radio applications that could improve performance and enable 14 times as many filters as currently possible to be placed on a single chip. While different proposals for cognitive radio place varying … [Read more...]
Samsung Announces Breakthrough in 5G Mobile Communications
Samsung has announced a significant breakthrough in the development of high-speed 5G mobile communications with the creation of an adaptive array transceiver capable of transmitting data in the millimeter-wave bands at a rate of up to 1.056 Gbit/s and a range of up to 2 km (1.2 miles). Researchers have long believed that millimeter-wave bands offer the broad range of … [Read more...]
MIT Graduate Honored for Work Discussing Benefits of Interference in Wireless Systems
An MIT graduate has won the 2012 Doctoral Dissertation Award presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his work designing wireless systems that can successfully reconstruct transmitted information after being affected by interference. Currently an assistant professor at the University of Washington, Shyamnath Gollakota completed his dissertation, “Embracing … [Read more...]
Researchers Develop Method to Turn LCD Display into Touchscreen Using EMI
Researchers from the University of Washington’s Ubiquitous Computing Lab have developed a method to turn an LCD display into a touch screen by utilizing the low levels of electromagnetic interference produced by many consumer electronics. “All these devices around you have all these signals coming out of them, and we ignore them because we think they’re noise,” Sidhant Gupta, … [Read more...]
Global Test and Measurement Equipment Market Report Released
A report published by market research analyst TechNavio expects the global test and measurement equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 24.5 percent from 2011-2015, due in part to the increasing demand for electronic products. The report, titled “Global Test and Measurement Equipment Market 2011-2015,” covers the current global test and measurement equipment market and its … [Read more...]
Study May Update Standards for RF Communication Equipment Used in Complex Urban Environments
A study funded by the Homeland Security Department could help set new technical standards for radio frequency communication equipment used by emergency responders in complex urban environments. The study is part of an ongoing National Institute of Standards and Technology project, launched in 2008, focusing on the development of “performance metrics and laboratory tests for … [Read more...]
802.11ac Standards and MIMO Technology Expected to Drive Growth of Global RF Test Equipment Market
The deployment of progressively more complex telecommunication techniques, in conjunction with the adoption of more advanced multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) technologies, will help to push the growth of the global radio frequency testing market, a new report from business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has announced. The report, “Global RF Testing Market … [Read more...]
Researchers Control Direction of Movement of Electromagnetic Waves with Circular Polarization for First Time
Researchers at King’s College London in the U.K. have successfully demonstrated control over the direction of movement of electromagnetic waves in waveguides through the use of circular polarization to send waves in a single direction along a metal surface. Their achievement marks the first time unidirectional waves were controlled with these methods and could have strong … [Read more...]
