Microwaves & RF

Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Microwaves & RF

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.

Articles by Jack Browne

GaN Transistor Pushes 500 W

This power transistor provides 500 W output power with short radar pulses from 1200 to 1400 MHz.

Transceiver ICs Arm Backhaul Radios

This family of transceiver ICs supports high-data-rate backhaul communications at millimeter-wave frequencies from 57 through 86 GHz.

Scanning New Products At IMS 2013

This is just a sampling of the wide range of components, materials, software, and test equipment on display on the exhibition floor at the 2013 International Microwave Symposium (IMS).

Seattle Welcomes Microwave Week

The 2013 International Microwave Symposium (IMS) is annually the largest gathering of RF/microwave professionals in the world.

Amplifier Module Drives 6 To 18 GHz

This compact amplifier module provides better than 20 W output power with high gain from 6 to 18 GHz for broadband systems and measurement applications.

Spectrum Analyzer Scours 9 kHz To 3 GHz

This versatile spectrum analyzer performs a wide range of measurements from 9 kHz to 3 GHz.

Analyzer Hunts For Interference

An instrument with GPS and advanced software works with an existing line of analyzers to locate interference signal sources.

Vector Signal Generator Spans 100 kHz To 6 GHz

These vector signal generators are available with modulation bandwidths of 160 MHz for carrier frequencies to 6 GHz.

Vector Network Analyzers Support Versatile Testing

Available in both portable and bench top versions, vector network analyzers have become one of the workhorse measurement tools of the RF/microwave industry.

RF Transformer Extends To 4 GHz

for impedance matching from 10 to 4000 MHz, this surface-mount RF attenuator minimizes insertion loss with respectable return-loss performance.

Attenuator Adjusts Levels To 11 GHz

This variable attenuator boasts 0.1-dB control of a 30-dB attenuation range from 7 to 11 GHz.

Programmable LPF Screens ADC Circuits

This lowpass filter provides programmable screening of bandwidths from 5 to 72 MHz suitable for integration into microwave radios.

Wideband VCO Tunes 2700 To 5400 MHz

A low-noise oscillator delivers robust +7 dBm output power from 2700 to 5400 MHz.

Oscillator Tunes From 5685 To 5780 MHz

This tunable, low-noise oscillator supports numerous communications applications through 5780 MHz.

Radio IC Drives LTE Pico Cells

This programmable IC contains many of the radio components needed for small indoor and outdoor cellular communications base stations using LTE/3G channels.

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