Category
page 2Radio electronics
variable-frequency oscillator
oscillator whose frequency can be tuned over some range
amateur radio repeater
a combined receiver and transmitter that retransmits signals, extending their range
Q meter
equipment used in testing of radio frequency circuits
antenna analyzer
device used for measuring the input impedance of antenna systems in radio electronics applications
Direct-conversion receiver
Type of radio design
satellite transponder
device that gathers signals over a range of uplink frequencies and re-transmits them on a different set of downlink frequencies to receivers on Earth
Orthomode transducer
Component for guiding radio waves
error vector magnitude
measure used to quantify the performance of a digital radio transmitter or receiver
Lecher lines
device used to measure the wavelength of radio waves
Arc converter
variety of spark transmitter
Reflectional receiver
radio receiver design in which the same amplifier is used to amplify radio frequencies and audio signal
Impedance analyzer
Type of electronic test equipment
absorption wavemeter
electronic instrument used to measure the frequency of radio waves
magnetic detector
magnetic radio wave detector
Wilkinson
RF signal splitter with special properties
electrolytic detector
early radio receiver component
mobile phone signal
signal strength received by a mobile phone from a cellular network
Time to digital converter
device in signal processing
Cellular repeater
type of bi-directional amplifier
KeeLoq
KeeLoq is a proprietary hardware-dedicated block cipher that uses a non-linear feedback shift register (NLFSR). The uni-directional command transfer protocol was designed by Frederick Bruwer of Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd., the cryptographic algorithm was created by Gideon Kuhn at the University of Pretoria, and the silicon implementation was by Willem Smit at Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) in the mid-1980s. KeeLoq was sold to Microchip Technology Inc in 1995 for $10 million. It is used in 'hopping code' encoders and decoders such as NTQ105/106/115/125D/129D, HCS101/2XX/3XX/4XX/5XX and MCS31X2. KeeLoq
spiral antenna
type of RF antenna; shaped as a two-arm spiral; first described in 1956

Plasma antenna
type of radio antenna
Rolling code
changing keyless entry code for extra security
counterpoise
device used as a substitute for a ground connection in a radio antenna system
Wadley Loop
circuit for shortwave receivers to improve reception
Signal reflection
in signal transmission
signal strength
the transmitter power output as received by a reference antenna at a distance from the transmitting antenna
Short Range Device
ECE Rec. 70-03 for license-free low-power radio devices
modulation error ratio
measure to quantify the performance of a digital radio transmitter or receiver in a communications system using digital modulation