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  • Jan. 19, 2011
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    Relay Extends WiMAX Service

    This relay station packs a variety of analog, RF, and digital components into a compact subsystem designed to enhance the performance of a WiMAX base station....More
  • Nov. 9, 2010
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    Plug-And-Play Modules Span 433 To 2483 MHz

    FOR ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS who lack RF expertise but are challenged with adding lowpower wireless capability to new or existing devices, the Anaren Integrated Radio (AIR) modules vow to provide a plug-and-play solution. By leveraging Texas Instruments' ......More
  • Jun. 18, 2010
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    OpenVPX Speeds Time To Market

    The OpenVPX/VITA 65 high-speed bus standard is helping embedding computing vendors work together to integrate many different board- and card-level products and interfaces into reliable solutions....More
  • Jun. 17, 2010
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    Smart-Energy Module Puts Out +20 dBm

    A NEW TOOL CALLED iFILTER was developed specifically for the synthesis of lumped-element and distributed filters. It operates within the Microwave Office high-frequency design software, thereby allowing filter designs and their evolution to be part ......More
  • May 18, 2010
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    IMS 2010 Returns To The West Coast

    From in-depth technical presentations to the cutting-edge products displayed on the exhibit floor, IMS once again provides the pulse of the microwave industry....More
  • Feb. 19, 2010
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    Smart-Card Market Players Join Forces To Advance Applications

    LONDON, UK —Together with chip suppliers Infineon Technologies AG and INSIDE Contactless S.A., smart-card manufacturers Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (G&D) and Oberthur Technologies S.A. have launched an industry initiative to provide a security ......More
  • Oct. 22, 2009
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    Multimode Transceiver Eliminates SAW Filters

    This highly integrated wireless transceiver module offers an innovative SAW-less front end and standard programmable 3G DigRF interface to cover a wide range of 3G standards....More
  • Mar. 19, 2009
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    Alcatel-Lucent's Alternative Energy Program Is Solution For Wireless-Base Station Deployment

    BARCELONA, SPAINAlcatel-Lucent has launched an "Alternative Energy Program" to enable the high-volume deployment of wireless base stations powered by alternative energy sources. The program will help to ensure that service providers can ......More
  • Mar. 19, 2009
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    An Interview with Alexander Chenakin

    Frequency synthesizers are among the most challenging of high-frequency designs. Many approaches have been developed to generate clean output signals, although techniques that achieve low noise often suffer from limited tuning speed. Dr. Chenakin's ......More
  • Dec. 12, 2008
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    Finding New Homes For RF/Microwave Technology

    High-frequency electronics companies are hoping to weather an uncertain economy by exploring opportunities for components, software, and test equipment outside of their traditional markets....More
  • Nov. 12, 2008
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    UWB GPR Receiver Detects Waterpipe Leaks

    This novel ground-penetrating-radar-system takes advantage of ultrawideband signals to 2 GHz to probe beneath the surface of the Earth in search of leaky and damaged water-supply pipes....More
  • Nov. 12, 2008
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    RF Subsystem Supports Variety Of Cellular Femtocells

    A FULLY INTEGRATED RF SUBSYSTEM has been created for GSM, GPRS, and EDGE femtocell base stations and cellular repeaters. By combining analog and mixed-signal semiconductors on a compact assembly, the subsystem can be used in femtocell base ......More
  • Oct. 15, 2008
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    PMC Format Holds Agile ADCs And SDRs

    Modular signal-processing solutions provide a great deal of exibility in both military and industrial applications. By swapping modules or cards in a mainframe, the character of a system can be quickly changed, and performance ......More
  • Sep. 16, 2008
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    Setting Strategies for Transmission Lines

    In building a strategy for effective integrated-circuit design, it is important to understand the characteristics of different printed transmission lines....More
  • May 13, 2008
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    Modular Approach Provides Fast And Easy Prototyping

    While not quite as simple as an erector set, this new approach to RF/microwave prototyping can greatly speed and simplify the process while cutting development costs....More
  • May 13, 2008
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    7/16 Panel Receptacle Exhibits 175 dBc IMD Performance

    LOW INTERMODULATION distortion (IMD) is key to newer wireless systems like WiMAX. Such systems rely on outstanding linearity in both amplifiers and passive components to process the complex modulation schemes needed data rates. By ......More
  • Mar. 12, 2008
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    Broadband Instrumentation Amplifier Delivers 40 To 535 W

    At the heart of most applications is a high-performing amplifier. The MT4100 broadband continuous-wave (CW) amplifier, for example, targets radar, EMC, EW testing, and other wideband applications. Its typical output power ranges from 40 to 535 W. ......More
  • Feb. 13, 2008
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    China's National ID Card Drove RFID Growth In 2007

    Drove RFID Growth In 2007 In round figures, the value of the radio-frequencyidentification (RFID) market grew strongly to $5 billion in 2007. This growth was mainly powered by a peak in deliveries of the Chinese national ID card. About $2 ......More
  • Jan. 23, 2008
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    Radio-Astronomy LNA Boasts Noise Figure Under 0.2 dB

    THE SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAY (SKA) radio synthesis telescope is estimated to require millions of receivers. To keep receiver cost down, CMOS technology is being looked at as an option. With recent improvements in CMOS transistors, this technology ......More
  • Nov. 12, 2007
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    Nucomm To Provide HD Microwave Equipment For Aerial Coverage Of Beijing Olympic Games

    HACKETTSTOWN, NJ-Nucomm, a provider of digital and analog microwave systems for the broadcast industry, common carrier, cable, government, military, and international marketplace, announced that it will supply HD microwave equipment to China´s ......More
  • Oct. 11, 2007
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    Supplier Transforms Switches Into Higher-Level Assemblies

    This manufacturer has expanded its expertise in high-frequency switches and amplifiers into multifunction assemblies that meet demanding military requirements....More
  • Oct. 11, 2007
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    Checking Communications Systems Interoperability

    Attenuation matrices help evaluate the reliable operation of hardware components in communications systems under a wide range of signal conditions....More
  • Sep. 28, 2007
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    September 27, 2007 Newsletter

    Microwaves & RF UPDATE | September 27, 2007 Jack Browne, Technical Director Boonton announces the launch of the first two members of a new USB ......More
  • Sep. 27, 2007
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    AR Modular RF Adds T/R Switching To Amplifier

    AR Modular RF has created a new 50-W RF power amplifier module that includes RF sensing transmit/receive (T/R) switching. Designed for the satellite communications (Satcom) band of 200 to 400 MHz, the amplifier performs transmit switching in only 40 ......More
  • Sep. 12, 2007
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    Block Upconverter Drops Phase Noise At Ka-Band

    This block frequency L-band-to-Ka-band upconverter uses several unique design approaches and manufacturing strategies to serve dual-use commercial and military applications....More

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