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News Release from: Keithley Instruments
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 October 2005
Wireless communication terminology
explained
Keithley Instruments has published a guide to understanding the vocabulary of the wireless industry.
Keithley Instruments has published a guide to understanding the vocabulary of the wireless industry "Speaking RF: wireless communication terminology" is a 32-page guide that defines a variety of technical terms and decodes the many acronyms in the RF and wireless industry
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The guide is available for no charge via the Keithley website.
Several useful tables are featured in the guide, including a quick watts to dBm conversion table and a return loss versus VSWR table, as well as a table that summarises the technical features of the most common wireless communications standards for digital cellular phones, wireless LANs, and cordless phones.
A number of product selector guides and a brief discussion of typical RF switching applications are also included.
"The rapid pace of change in the semiconductor and wireless communications industries means that the vocabulary used in these industries is always changing", explains Walt Strickler, Sr Business Team Leader, Telecommunications, at Keithley.
"This guide represents Keithley's efforts to help customers stay current with the newest terminology and acronyms". Request free introductory details about products from Keithley Instruments ...
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