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Ferrites are high electrical resistance, magnetic, and ceramic materials constructed from a mix of metallic oxides, often including Iron (Fe), Zinc (Zn), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), Cobalt (Co), Barium (Ba), and Strontium (Sr). These metallic oxides exhibit magnetic behavior that allows for their use in RF circuits as inductors, transformers/baluns, isolators, circulators, phase shifters, chokes, ..

The proliferation of sensors, storage, display, communications, and processing is only accelerating. The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to an explosion of connectivity of systems in nearly every application, including homes, automobiles, shopping centers, industrial installations, manufacturing facilities, and even the battlefield. In order for the plethora of wirelessly connected systems ..

Gallium nitride (GaN) based semiconductors have been commercially available for several years at this point. GaN technology has made extensive inroads into many power electronics applications, and increasingly in RF/microwave/millimeter-wave applications. GaN, as a semiconductor, has high electron mobility, high band-gap voltage, is very rugged, and can be realized in a variety of technologies using ..

In a similar way to how wireless technology is enabling new functionality and opportunities in civilian life, there are a wealth of military applications embracing, and being enhanced, by wireless technology. Unlike civilians, military operators require a much higher level of reliability and redundancy, as a few second gap in coverage for a military operator ..