May 2008 Mobile-Device Market Exceeds Expectations In First Quarter LONDON, ENGLAND—According to ABI Research, operators and distributors continued to top up their inventories in the first quarter of this year after a strong fourth quarter of 2007. “Year on year, 1Q 2008 was up 13.7 percent. But 2Q 2008 is likely to be softer than in previous years,” said ABI Research vice president Jake Saunders. Shipment volumes in the developed markets have softened slightly due to the credit crisis. Yet emerging markets like Asia-Pacific,... — Dawn Hightower May 2008 Reviewing GNSS Basics For Software Engineers Position tracking, using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), including Global Positioning System (GPS) and/or Galileo, is driving many consumer electronics applications. GNSS is no longer limited to automotive applications, surveying equipment, marine guidance, or expensive handheld tracking systems, but is now finding its way into many new cost-sensitive applications, including cellular handsets and Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs).... — Malcolm Lomer May 2008 Discrete LNAs Improve Performance Of GPS-Enabled Cell Phones GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) functionality is being widely added to cellular phones and other handheld devices. Yet cell-phone manufacturers are still placing restrictive requirements on device size and power consumption. To meet these conflicting demands, GPS receiver/processor integrated circuits (ICs) have been developed that incorporate onboard, low-noise-amplifier (LNA) front ends. The problem is that the noise performance and resultant system sensitivity... — Nancy Friedrich February Assemble High-Power Attenuator Systems High-power signal processing and testing requires the use of highfrequency attenuators designed to handle large signals without damage or performance degradation. Especially when working with signals exceeding 1 kW, as common in commercial broadcast and military radar systems, reliable attenuators are critical to any test system. Most attenuators on the market rely on thick or thin film resistive designs screen printed or deposited on a flat... — Dave Distler December 20, 2007 December 20, 2007 Newsletter — Jack Browne December 2007 Top Products Of 2007 Nancy Friedrich / Editor Every holiday season, it seems that "top product" lists are everywhere. They cover everything from the most popular toys to the most in-demand gadgets. Here at Microwaves & RF, we come out with our own list of "Top Products" every December. It is unlikely that the average consumer has heard of or will hear of any of these products. Yet they have impacted the microwave industry - be it through new performance heights, an... — Nancy Friedrich December 7, 2007 December 7, 2007 Newsletter Remembering A Master Of Time-Domain Measurements, Ethertronics' Antennas Cut Driving Risks, Readying For Wi-Fi Growth In Handsets, Agilent Unveils LTE Test Solution, Picosecond Pulse Labs Launches Pickoff Tee, Ansoft's CFO Miller Announces Retirement, Idaho Turns To Iridium For Communications — Jack Browne December 6, 2007 Readying For Wi-Fi Growth In Handsets — Jack Browne November 21, 2007 November 21, 2007 Newsletter Increased Browsing Will Fuel Mobile WiMAX, Lockheed Martin Picks Phase Matrix For DTO, Tyco Adds RoHS Coaxial Connectors, TEGAM Joins LXI Consortium, Elcom Technologies Earns $3.5 Million In New Orders, Yokogawa Unleashes Wide-Range Optical Analyzer, NEE Establishes International Arm — Jack Browne November 20, 2007 NEE Establishes International Arm — Jack Browne October 2007 Tri-Company Teamwork Turns Out High-Frequency Oscillator Companies within Dover Corp.'s Electronic Technologies have for years designed and manufactured RF/microwave products. But, as last month's first installment in this three-part article series pointed out, the RF/microwave companies are only now learning what is possible through teamwork. For three companies in particular, Dielectric Laboratories (www.dilabs.com), K&L Microwave (... — Jack Browne September 14, 2007 September 14, 2007 Newsletter Adding Talent Through Acquisition, Antenova Shrinks GPS Antenna Module, Agilent Adds Source-Corrected NF Measurements, VME Tuner Performs SIGINT Operations, LXI Consortium Gathers For Munich PlugFest, Rockwell Collins Aims GPS Receiver At Commercial Market, MITEQ Releases Control Products Catalog. — Jack Browne September 13, 2007 Adding Talent Through Acquisition — Jack Browne September 13, 2007 Rockwell Collins Aims GPS Receiver At Commercial Market — Jack Browne September 2007 Tri-Company Teamwork Leads To High-Performance Assemblies Dover Technologies carries a great deal of "microwave firepower." By acquiring Voltronics Corp. (www.voltronicscorp. com), for example, Dielectric Laboratories (www.dilabs.com) (DLI) added major market share in precision trimmer capacitors to its already formidable capabilities in ceramic capacitors, filters, and application-specific ... — Jack Browne August 2007 Perfecting Pulsed RF Radar Measurements Pulsed RF radar signals must be accurately characterized to evaluate a radar system's performance,therefore using the right test tools is vital. Modern radar test instruments,with advances in DSP measurement technology, are able to provide even greater insight than their analog counterparts.The increased performance, flexibility, and functionality of modern instruments are especially useful when evaluating radars that use advanced pulse compression techniques and pulse... — John Barfuss July 27, 2007 July 26, 2007 Newsletter — Jack Browne July 26, 2007 QUALCOMM Reports Record Third Quarter — Jack Browne June 14, 2007 June 14, 2007 Newsletter — Jack Browne June 13, 2007 Tower Semiconductor Solidified By $40 Million In Bonds — Jack Browne |
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