Tutorials and Applets
This section lists tutorials and applets that are hosted right here on BesserNet.
- dBm/dBw Calculator - our most popular applet!
- Interactive tutorial: Learn to convert FROM dBm to milliwatts in your head.
- dB Calculator
Animated SWR Calculator
- finally understand what a standing wave looks like! - Low-pass Butterworth Filter Design applet.
- Interactive tutorials on low-pass and high-pass Butterworth filter design.
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Chart impedance matching applet.- DSP Tutorial: Time Domain Interpolation by Frequency Domain Zero Padding
- DSP Tutorial: Quadrature Signals: Complex but not Complicated
- Mixer Noise Measurements Tutorial
Free Webinars
Besser Associates in partnership with Microwave Journal presents:
RF CMOS Design
September 22, 2009 11:00 am EDT
Free 1-hour Besser Webinar
Outline:
• RF CMOS Transistor Modeling
• Noise Sources in CMOS Devices
• RF Passive Components
• RF CMOS Amplifiers
Sponsored by AWR®
Archived Webinars:
July 2009
Multiple Access Techniques: OFDM
Outline:
• Multiple access methods: TDMA and FDMA
• OFDM basics and signal construction
• OFDM challenges
• OFDM application: IEEE 802.11g Wi-Fi
• OFDM application: IEEE 802.16e-2005 WiMAX
Sponsored by Rohde & Schwarz
June 2009
High Speed Design - EMC Basics
Outline:
• EM radiation
• Shield theory and Faraday cages
• Return current path management
• Transmission line basics
• Common and differential modes
• Introduction to filters
Presented by Orin E. Laney, PE, NCE, President, Atwood Research, Inc.
Sponsored by AWR®
May 2009
Impedance Matching
Outline:
• Energy Transfer in an RF Circuit
• Conjugate Match
• Using the Smith Chart
• Match Bandwidth and Q
• Matching in Several Steps
• Transmission Line Transformers
Presented by Dr. Bob Froelich, Senior Principal Engineer at Cobham
Sponsored by AWR®
April 2009
Multiple Antenna Techniques - SISO to MIMO
Outline:
• Introduction
• SIMO antenna techniques
• MISO antenna techniques
• MIMO antenna techniques
• Adaptive Antenna Systems (Adaptive Beamforming)
• Conclusion
Sponsored by Keithley Instruments
March 2009
RF and uW Power Amplifiers
This webinar presents an introduction to RF and Microwave power amplifier design and characteristics. Included are discussions on basic power amplifier concepts, classes of operation, linearity, and efficiency enhancement techniques.
Outline:
- Introduction
- Amplifier Classes of Operation
- Pros and Cons of each Class
- Improving Efficiency
- Linearization Techniques
- Tradeoffs, Conclusions
Sponsored by AWR®
November 2008
Understanding EMC
This free webinar introduces techniques for identifying and eliminating the sources of unwanted coupling and radiation. The presentation covers areas related to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), coupling and radiation, proper shielding, grounding and bypassing.
Sponsored by CST of America Inc.