Microwaves and RF October 2011 Magazine: Issue Contents

May 18, 2011

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Fresh Starts

Raytheon Co.Completed all system requirements and testing of the Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Thule Air Base, Greenland. With this upgrade, the UEWR is ready to conduct the missile defense mission as a critical component of the Ballistic ......More
Apr. 11, 2011

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Interview: David Kirk, CEO of Murata Electronics North America

Upon taking the reins as CEO of Murata Electronics North America, David Kirk discusses topics ranging from how opportunities for his division are different than the parent company's to the firm's evolution from a provider of capacitors and miniaturized components to more modular approaches....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Efforts Are Underway To Unplug Electronic-Vehicle Charging Systems

Consumer adoption of electronic products largely relies on ease of use. To make electronic vehicles (EVs) more convenient to own, WiTricity Corp., IHI Corp., and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) have joined forces to research and develop easily ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Wireless Bridge Sends High-Definition Video 1

The WV-A900APN video-over-wireless bridge may bring the concept of the "connected home" closer to reality. HIGH-DEFINITION (HD) broadcasting and wireless home networking are both expanding, thanks to their popularity ......More
Feb. 18, 2011

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Quote of the Month

"Market growth in consumer and machine-to-machine (M2M) devices represents completely new market opportunities for cellular RF providers. In 2009, approximately 90 million consumer and M2M devices shipped with integrated cellular RF content. In 2012, ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Cell Phones Will Bridge GPS Gaps

Pictured is Anastasios Mourikis, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers fail to function in many areas, whether they happen to be ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Low-Power Wireless Adoption Set To Spike

This graph displays the predicted uptake of Bluetooth, WiFi, NFC, and proprietary low-power wireless solutions in consumer electronics. These days, referring to consumer electronics as a major market for wireless technology would ......More
Sep. 16, 2008

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Kudos

WOBURN, MASkyworks Solutions, Inc. (www.skyworksinc.com) has shipped more than two billion power amplifier (PA) modules since product inception near the turn of the decade. In addition to the PAs, the firm also incorporates PA circuitry in its ......More

Oct. 20, 2011

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VVA Extends BW And Dynamic Range

A PIN-diode attenuator module was designed and fabricated for wide dynamic range over a broad frequency range and in a small package size, nominally for cable and satellite television applications....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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CMOS LNA Boosts 64 GHz

By employing a unique technique that increases device transconductance, this differential, integrated CMOS LNA offers improved gain and noise-figure performance at millimeter-wave frequencies....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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PIFAs Suit Mobile Wireless Applications

This versatile antenna configuration is capable of handling multiple operating bands within a small area, making it suitable for internal installation in many portable and mobile wireless communications products....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Making MIMO Receivers Smaller

Smaller MIMO base-station hardware is only attractive if it can also deliver improved performance across multiple communications channels, while also keeping power consumption in check....More

Oct. 20, 2011

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Defense-Minded Designers Convene at 48th AOC 1

DEFENSE ELECTRONICS REQUIRES special components and techniques that can survive some of the harshest environmental conditions. Each year, thousands of engineers working in this particular branch of electronics convene at the annual Association of ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Satellite Communications Were Expected To Fill Broad Cellular Gaps

In 1987, this graphic from the CTIA showed how cellular telephone systems would eventually provide mobile communications in 305 metropolitan areas and 423 less densely populated regions. Mobile satellite services were expected to provide voice ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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New Tacks Are Taken To Roll Out 4G Infrastructure

As next-generation mobile networks launch in large markets around the globe, the vendors supplying key infrastructure components must innovate new design approaches and techniques....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Designing For Outer Space 1

Qualifying microwave components for use in space-based systems requires an extensive set of mechanical, electrical, and environmental tests to ensure that the component can survive the harshest conditions....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Cellular Expansion Fueled RF Industry

The evolution of the cellular industry through its various generations has played a strong hand in generating commercial business, offsetting fluctuations in military and industry spending for microwave equipment....More

Oct. 20, 2011

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What If Analog Goes Away? 1

"No analog! No analog!" Those words echoed throughout a fair-sized electronics repair shop in Upstate New York. They were triggered by the front cover of a service manual I had presented to the shop's proprietor, which displayed a high-mileage ......More

Oct. 20, 2011

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Don't Forget The Little Guy

I have been a reader of Microwaves & RF magazine for many years and have enjoyed your technical articles and Product Features, although I would prefer that the stories about products would include more opinion and insight on these products, ......More

Oct. 20, 2011

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Patch Array And LNA Form 60-GHz Receiving Antenna

ANTENNAS ARE EVOLVING from conventional discrete structures to antenna-in-package (AiP) solutions. In a novel approach, a circularly polarized antenna was recently integrated with active circuits at 60 GHz in the package by Mei Sun, Muhammad Faeyz ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Reconfigurable Reflectarray Antenna Boasts 25,600 Elements

GENERALLY, RADAR and imaging systems call for antennas with large apertures and fast beam-scanning capabilities. Although phased-array antennas have been accepted as a rather natural "fit" for such applications, electronically ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Polar Transmitter Incorporates 2.4-GHz PA

SWITCHING POWER amplifiers (PAs) boast higher efficiency compared to linear PAs. Yet they cannot be directly applied in systems employing spectrally efficient modulation. One solution proposed to "break" this tradeoff is polar modulation. ......More

Oct. 20, 2011

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Antenna-Based Approach Is Best For Self-Organizing Networks

For next-generation cellular networks, operators are hoping to limit their financial payout by relying on self-organizing networks (SONs). In addition to increasing revenue, such networks will offer improved performance and efficiency. The ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Get A Handle On Oscillator Phase Noise

As electronic applications proliferate and their frequencies rise, designers are increasingly calling for time bases that are more stable with lower noise. For oscillator designers, the challenge is lowering phase noise. Every oscillator is ......More

Oct. 20, 2011

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Custom BPFs Overcome Size Barriers To 20 GHz

These bandpass filters feature small size and minimal passband ripple, and can be designed to a customers requirements for passband and center frequency over a range from 8 to 20 GHz....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Designing For Minimal Noise

Keeping noise levels low in an active RF/microwave circuit requires a great deal of diligence, not to mention careful choices in transistors, circuit-board materials, and even in the placement of the circuit within the system....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Synthesizer Speeds Across 1.25 To 18.0 GHz

This direct-analog frequency synthesizer provides 400-ns tuning speed across its wide bandwidth, with fine frequency resolution and low spurious and phase-noise levels in a compact module package....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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USB Switch Matrices Control DC To 18 GHz 1

These reliable switch matrices provide low loss and high isolation through 18 GHz and are supplied with software for simple setup and control with a USB-equipped personal computer....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Fast Scopes Benefit From Custom ASIC

This line of digital storage oscilloscopes features advanced processing power inside and unique triggering capabilities, capturing more signals than most instruments across capture bandwidths to 2 GHz....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Power Amplifiers Boost 0.8 To 18.0 GHz

This series of rugged power amplifiers is designed for test applications requiring broad instantaneous bandwidths and robust power levels from 0.7 to 18.0 GHz....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Low-Power ADCs Capture 250 MSamples/s

These dual-channel data converters feature low power consumption with resolution of 12 and 14 b at high sampling rates, and over-capture bandwidths as wide as 600 MHz....More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Instruments Meld Scope And Spectrum Analyzer

This series of mixed-domain test instruments combines the features of a digital oscilloscope and a spectrum analyzer in a single platform ideal for viewing analog, digital, and RF/microwave signals....More

Oct. 20, 2011

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VCO Teams With Integrated PLL

Model HMC829LP6GE is a wideband fractional-N phase-lock loop (PLL) with integrated voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). It has a fundamental-frequency range of 2800 to 4200 MHz and, with its integrated VCO output divider, can generate frequencies ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Inductors Rate Highest Reliability

Several lines of MIL-PRF-39010 RF inductors, the ER10M and ER17S Series, recently received failure-rate Level P. These thru-hole inductors meet stringent military requirements for the Qualified Product List (QPL) for Established Reliability ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Coax Terminations Span DC To 18 GHz

A line of precision terminations includes models capable of coverage as broad as DC to 18 GHz. For example, model T-180 is rated for 10 W average power and 1 kW peak power from DC to 18 GHz, with 1.10:1 VSWR to 1 GHz, 1.20:1 VSWR to ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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Synthesizer Fixed On 1900 MHz

Model SFS1900A-LF is a single-frequency synthesizer designed for use at 1900 MHz. The L-band source delivers 0 dBm output power with a voltage-controlled-oscillator (VCO) voltage supply of +5 VDC and 25 mA typical current with a ......More
Oct. 20, 2011

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CRO Yields 5800 MHz

Model CVCO55CXT-5800-5800 is a coaxial resonator oscillator (CRO) with internal frequency doubler. The combination results in output power of 0 dBm at an output frequency of 5800 MHz. The source has a tuning voltage range of 0.5 to 4.5 ......More

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