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    Feb 19, 2010

    USB Devices Simplify RF/Microwave Testing

    Computer-controlled test equipment once evoked images of racks of instruments connected to a “technical” computer via the general-purpose interface bus (GPIB). While GPIB-controlled gear is still a staple of many automatic-test-e ...

    Feb 19, 2010

    Wireless Demands Focus Designers On Integration

    Integration has been a key to the advancement of wireless communications, leading to smaller devices with more functionality. Although the mobile handset is at the forefront of these trends, cost savings and time to market are among ...

    Feb 19, 2010

    Low-Power LNA Drops Noise At 2.4 GHz

    Low-noise-amplifier (LNA) design requires tradeoffs, often among such goals as noise figure, gain, linearity, and stability. In addition, portable applications call for low power consumption. But through the use of a common- ...

    Feb 19, 2010

    Properly Packaging RF Semiconductors

    Electronic packaging usually serves to protect what lies within. For RF and microwave devices, however, an ideal package must provide a physical barrier while appearing electrically invisible. And with the trend for increasing le ...



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    Technical highlights of Version 12 of HFSS

    Technical highlights of Version 12 of HFSS



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    Microwave Meetings

    WAMICON 2010 11th Annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference April 12-13, 2010 Crowne Plaza Melbourne Melbourne Beach, FL Australian EW and IO Convention 2010 April 12-13, 2010 Hilton Hotel Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia ARMMS R ...

    Before 4G, There’s Still 2G

    Excitement builds easily for the technical elegance and performance capabilities of fourth-generation (4G) cellular networks such as Long-Term-Evolution (LTE) systems. Networks are being constructed and trials conducted to accommodate what is expecte ...

    Transistor Powers 1.5-kW UHF Pulses

    The model 0405SC-1500M silicon-carbide (SiC) transistor from Microsemi is a truly high-power solid-state device capable of delivering 1500-W UHF output power for pulsed radar systems. Suitable for use in weather-radar and over-the-horizon-radar syste ...

    20-dB Attenuator Extends To 4 GHz

    Model 766-20 is a bidirectional 20-dB coaxial attenuator from Narda Microwave-East, an L-3 Communications company. It operates from DC to 4 GHz and can handle 20 W average power and 1 kW peak power without damage to either of its Type N connectors, t ...

    Amplifier Drives 34.0 To 34.5 GHz

    Model L3434-40 is solid-state amplifier from AML Communications that generates 10 W output power from 34.0 to 34.5 GHz with better than 45 dB gain. It is available over narrow bandwidths from 31 to 39 GHz in a package measuring 3.80 x 4.81 x 0.65 in. ...

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