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May 9, 2013

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RF MEMS Switches Are Primed For Mass-Market Applications

While MEMS switches offer obvious countermeasures for performance issues in smartphones, the defense and test segments also are recognizing their benefits in an array of applications....More
May 9, 2013

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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)....More
May 9, 2013

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Oscillators Cover Multiple Bands

This new class of oscillator synchronously generates the signals needed for multiple-band, multimode communications with and without switching resonators or using multipliers....More
May 9, 2013

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Current-Mode Amp Powers 2.4 GHz

Switch-mode techniques can be used to bias a 2.4-GHz CMOS PA to achieve high efficiency....More
May 9, 2013

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Understand HSPA+ Concepts And Measurements

Given the budget advantages, many operators have chosen HSPA+ over Long Term Evolution (LTE) as their short-term upgrade strategy....More
May 9, 2013

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Experiments Begin For Communications Testbed

In addition to raising its understanding of software-defined-radio (SDR) technologies and how they may aid NASA’s communications, this technology is expected to provide both cost savings and efficiency....More
May 9, 2013

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Manpack Radio Calls On-Orbit MUOS Satellite

Using the same cell-phone technology that powers commercial smartphones, the PRC-155 Manpack has demonstrated the capability to communicate with the MUOS space-ground network....More
May 9, 2013

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Smartphones Prove Their Worth As Satellites

Three smartphones, which are destined to become low-cost satellites, rode to space last month on the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket. It was launched from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia....More
May 9, 2013

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GaN-On-Diamond Breakthrough Promises To Shrink Transistors

The feasibility of GaN-on-diamond HEMT devices has been proven with the successful transfer of a semiconductor epitaxial overlay onto a synthetic diamond substrate....More
May 8, 2013

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Seattle Welcomes Microwave Week

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