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Scholarly vs. Trade Sources To: Professor Mitchell From: Lauren Elsey CC: Professor Mitchell Date: February 1, 2023 Re: Scholarly vs Trade Sources Scholarly Article Trade Article Comparison [1] is a scholarly article that presents a new “micromachined ridge gap waveguide power divider”. The article touches upon the benefits of using “millimeter-wave” and “submillimeter-wave” technology because there is “more available bandwidth and higher capacity” [2]. The article also touches upon issues that this recent switch is causing. For example, it is hard to acquire the components necessary for this new technology [1]. Older machines are unable to create the components with the necessary accuracy that the technology requires, limiting the further growth of this field currently [3]. [4] is a trade article that looks at the benefits of microtechnology and at the field in general. The article touches on the growth of the microtechnology field, with around “100 million MEMS components being sold annually” [4]. Furthermore, the article touches upon what the growth of the microtechnology field means for society [4]. With the increased production of microtechnology in the past few years, the uses of microtechnology have grown. Microtechnology can be found in the communication industry, the transportation industry, and many more [4]. The article concludes by mentioning that as microtechnology continues to grow, it will continue to integrate into society [4]. There are many similarities and differences between these two articles. One major similarity is that both articles are secondary sources that aimed to share knowledge about the microtechnology field. The way that the two articles provided the information differed though. The scholarly article used more professional jargon, to imply that the audience was meant to be people with experience in the field [1]. In contrast, the trade article uses significantly less industry related wording [4]. A difference between the two sources is the information provided. The scholarly article explains the growth of “micromachined ridge gap waveguide power divider”, to persuade the audience of the numerous benefits switching over could cause [1]. Meanwhile, the trade article informs the audience about MEMS (microelectricalmechanical systems) [4]. While both articles are talking about microtechnology, the trade article is more reminiscent of an introductory article, while the scholarly article is meant for people who are already deeply involved in the field [4, 1]. Another difference can be found in the formatting of the two articles. Figure 1 shows examples of how the trade article draws attention to certain points through the use eyecatching fonts, font colors, and font sizes [4]. However, Figure 2 for the scholarly article demonstrates the minimalistic approach that scholarly articles tend to take on, that allows the audience to focus on the bulk of the article rather than the headers [1]. Another difference between the two articles can be found in the images included. Figure 3 is an artistic rendering depicting microdevices to help draw attention to the growing microtechnology field [4]. Meanwhile, figure 4 depicts graphs to help demonstrate the position that the scholarly article is taking regarding the growth of “micromachined power dividers” [1].

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Figure 4 [1] S. Farjana, A. U. Zaman, P. Lundgren and P. Enoksson, "Micromachined Wideband Ridge Gap Waveguide Power Divider at 220–325 GHz," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 27432-27439, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3156095. [2] M. Alonso-del Pino, C. Jung-Kubiak, T. Reck, C. Lee, and G. Chattopadhyay, ‘‘Micromachining for advanced terahertz: Interconnects and packaging techniques at terahertz frequencies,’’ IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 18–34, Jan. 2020. [3] P. Liu, ‘‘Millimeter-wave planar antenna array based on modified bulk silicon micromachining technology,’’ IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 7676–7681, 2020. [4] D. J. Nagel and M. E. Zaghloul, "MEMS: micro technology, mega impact," in IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 14-25, March 2001, doi: 10.1109/101.920875. 3

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