In the late 1930s, Claude Shannon showed that by using switches that close for "true" and open for "false," it was possible to carry out logical operations by assigning the number 1 to "true" and 0 ...

This week, I’m debuting a new feature on Wired Decode called “Decoder Ring.” It’s a roundup of topical things sharp-eyed readers and I noticed that have unintended meanings, hidden puzzles and other ...

The HMC641 non-reflective GaAs pHEMT SP4T MMIC switch operates from dc to 18 GHz, exhibits 2-dB insertion loss and 42-dB isolation at midband, and features an on-chip binary decoder that requires only ...