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Relaxation Oscillation in Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel
By Clark Foley
Relaxation oscillation (RO) in Fabry-Perot lasers can be hard on the eyes — eye patterns, that is. RO may not
have been a problem for low-speed optical networks, but it can be a serious issue for gigabit links.
Burst Modem Design Techniques, Part 1
By Steve Gardner
Burst modems (used in multiple-access packet data networks) face more stringent performance issues than conventional modems, such as those used in wireline modems. This article presents an introduction to burst modem design.
DSP Systems Design Goes Object-Oriented
By Scott McNutt
Object-oriented design techniques have been slow in coming to the world of embedded communication systems designers. It’s time embedded systems developers took a close look at object-oriented tools and the benefits they can offer.
RF Propagation Survey for Portable Systems
By Paul Finkel
Here’s how to design and implement an RF
propagation survey to ensure that your next portable system (such as a cellular handset) will work in the real world, not just in the lab.
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