Bessernet Suggested Resources

Alphabetical listing of all recommended Applets/Calculators:

Applet-Amanogawa Web Site
Amanogawa
Interactive applets on high speed signal integrity.

Applet-AppCAD
Agilent Technologies
Free software for various RF related calculations, such as DC biasing, cascaded noise, stripline parameters, etc.

Applet-Reflectometer Calculator
BesserNet
Animated demonstration of waves reflecting at an impedance mismatch on a transmission line. New feature shows waves reflecting from two mismatches. Also translates between four common representations of mismatch: reflection coefficient, SWR, return loss, and mismatch loss.

Applet-jSmith Impedance Matching
Bessernet
A fully functional impedance matching applet that allows you to create matching networks simply by dragging them directly on the Smith Chart. Works with multiple frequencies as well.

Applet-PLL Phase Noise Calculator
Hittite Microwave
PLL phase noise calculator applet from Hittite microwave. The tool is limited to using parts from the Hittite catalog, but it is a very detailed applet and demonstrates phase noise calculations for designers.

Applet-Mixer Spur Calculator
Hittite Microwave
From the website description: This "Mixer Spur Chart Calculator" Java applet allows you to rapidly calculate the frequencies and power levels of single-tone mixer spurious signals when provided with a set of input frequencies and power level parameters for your frequency plan.

Applet-OFDM Tutorial Applet
Andrew McCormick University of Edinburgh
The purpose of this tutorial is to give a simple introduction to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing. This is a very thorough OFDM demo.

Applet-Spell Check Dictionary with RF Terms
Allen Podell
Are you tired of constantly having to ignore your spell checker highlighting RF terms as misspelled? Instructor Allen Podell has shared his custom dictionary file, which you can use as a starter for creating your own list of terms that are "OK" in the RF world.

Applet-CDMA Coding Demo Applet
Jörg Roth
German applet that demonstrates CDMA multiple access coding. Allows user to see the process of coding/decoding in real time. Excellent demo, site is in German language.

Applet-Bluetooth Scatternet Demo
Jörg Roth
German applet demonstrates Bluetooth scatternet operation. Site is in German.

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