Nancy Friedrich

Editor-in-Chief
Microwaves & RF

Nancy Friedrich began her career in technical publishing in 1998. After a stint with sister publication Electronic Design as Chief Copy Editor, Nancy worked as Managing Editor of Embedded Systems Development. She then became a Technology Editor at Wireless Systems Design, an offshoot of Microwaves & RF. Nancy has called the microwave space “home” since 2005.

Articles by Nancy Friedrich
Reference Design Features IEEE 802.11ac and 802.11ad
By combining both IEEE 802.11ac and 802.11ad technologies, this reference board will allow users to more easily achieve increased speed, reliability, and range.
White Space Technology Makes Strides
Standards are advancing in the TV white spaces segment, leading to the first prototypes for IEEE 802.22 and an award for the M2M Weightless standard.
Aerial Platform Buoys UAV Sensor Development
With the hope of allowing any sensor/communication package to be mounted for testing, an aerial test bed has been created by modifying a Griffon Aerospace UAV.
Submarine-Cable Capacity Has Potential To Double
To lengthen the commercial life of cable in the face of aggressive increases in Internet demand, Soft Decision Forward Error Correction (SD-FEC) has been trialed in concert with a proprietary super channel technology.
SIGs Emerge To Ease NFC Market Entry
New special interest groups (SIGs) leverage the NFC Forum’s alliance partnerships to bring together experts, member companies, and NFC solutions developers.
Software Simplifies Antenna Design
Antenna software can provide a catalog of antennas with documentation, design algorithms, and export models, allowing an engineer to quickly explore various antenna options during the early design stages.
Interview: David J. Aldrich, President and Chief Executive Officer, Skyworks Solutions 1
David J. Aldrich, President and CEO of Skyworks Solutions, discusses his firm's inroads into the tablet segment.
Crystal-Less WBAN Receiver Consumes Just 0.24 nJ/b
To meet the requirements of IEEE 802.15.6 wireless body area network (WBAN) applications, this transceiver provides low energy consumption, low system cost, and high QoS scalability.
Master Testing Of IEEE 802.11ad PHY
At the MAC or data-link layer, IEEE 802.11ad is compatible with the other IEEE 802.11x standards. Yet is PHY characteristics set it apart—and complicate testing.
Integrated BiCMOS Chip Set Covers 400 GHz 8
Pushing terahertz development forward, substrate-integrated-waveguide (SIW) antennas were recently integrated with active circuits in CMOS/BiCMOS.
Inkjet-Printed Antennas Cover Beyond 10 GHz
With the complete characterization of an inkjet printing process using metallic nanoparticle inks on a paper substrate, researchers have demonstrated how inkjet printing can be applied to low cost, high gain, and wideband antenna design.
Charging Mats Wirelessly Power Military Devices 6
New reference designs should help solar cell based wireless charging mats become more widely available in the military segment, although their reach can extend to commercial, automotive, and industrial applications.
RFID Tag Antenna Can Read Beyond 9 m 4
Using a new design process and matching mechanism for a dual dipole antenna, an RFID tag antenna has been developed for toll roads and museum exhibition tags.
Back When Cars Just Drove 1
The Internet of Things will soon be a reality for the automotive industry, creating a safer and more enjoyable driving experience while improving traffic flow.
Infrastructure Adaptation Enables UAS Tracking
Using Raytheon’s ASR-11, the STARS automation system, and its surveillance data processor (repurposed for GBSAA), pilots and controllers were given alerts of intruding airborne objects near surrogate UASs and were able to keep them safely separated.

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