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Free time is hard to account for during Microwave Week. The IMS, RFIC, ARFTG conferences, the microwave exhibition and the various social events keep most attendees quite busy. This year’s show in Anaheim probably won’t be any different. In order to be more efficient with your time, the staff...

It has been a tumultuous couple of years for M/A-COM. The company has been split up and sold off to several different companies by Tyco Electronics and Cobham plc. This iconic company, dubbed "The First Name in Microwave," has been reborn as M/A-COM Technology Solutions (M/A-COM Tech) under its...

Phased-array radars, wireless communication transmitters, including public safety radio networks, medical instrumentation and other various traditional civil and military applications, require demanding performance of microwave power transistors. The broadband operating capability is always demanding in various RF circuits and subsystems. Wireless systems deliver high data rate signals to provide...

Two-arm spiral antennas usually have wideband characteristics (these antennas usually have constant beam width and circular polarization over a broad range of frequencies), 1,2 and thus are suitable for communicating (transmitting and receiving) over bands of frequencies (multiple channels). At lower frequencies, for a given size, these antennas tend...

Frequency synthesis is the cornerstone of all RF and microwave systems. Often dictated by specifications that push technological, spatial and economic envelopes, the design and implementation of frequency sources can often run into hurdles that force performance, schedule, or cost compromises. Hittite Microwave has one of the most comprehensive...

Base station (BTS) RF front-end design has in the past put more emphasis on performance compared to cost and size. However, to meet the evolving needs of the wireless infrastructure industry, BTS designers today are facing more challenges. Achieving the desired RF performance is only part of the equation...

The following booth numbers are complete as of March 18, 2010. Waveguide Bends A-Alpha Waveguide Co., a manufacturer of cold drawn waveguide tube, has expanded its manufacturing capabilities. The company has purchased state-of-the-art equipment to manufacture formed waveguide bends with consistent repeatability. A-Alpha will be soliciting requisitions for formed...

The following booth numbers are complete as of March 18, 2010. EM Field Simulation Software ANSYS Inc. will demonstrate new advancements in Ansoft HFSS 12.1, the industry leading 3D full-wave electromagnetic field simulation software. These features include: Domain Decomposition, a breakthrough technology in HFSS enabling inter and intra machine...

The following booth numbers are complete as of March 18, 2010. Fast-switching Frequency Synthesizer The SLX-4000 is a broadband, fast switching frequency synthesizer for battery powered military systems and devices. The unit operates from 3000 to 4000 MHz (30 percent bandwidth) locked to a 10 MHz external reference and...

The following booth numbers are complete as of March 18, 2010. S-band Radar Transistor The ILD3135M180 is designed for S-band radar applications operating over the 3.1 to 3.5 GHz instantaneous frequency band. Under 300 µs pulse width and 10 percent duty cycle pulsing conditions, it typically supplies a minimum...