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The 12 th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology (WAMI) Conference will be held on April 18 and 19, 2011, at the Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort in Clearwater, FL. The conference will address up-to-date multidisciplinary research needs and interdisciplinary aspects of wireless and RF technology. The program includes oral...

Valpey Fisher Corp. announced the addition of GIGACOMP to the Valpey Fisher global sales network as its authorized sales representative for all Valpey Fisher Corp. product lines in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe. The cooperation between Valpey Fisher and GIGACOMP will create greater local presence for Valpey Fisher...

L-com Inc. , a leader in the manufacture of wired and wireless connectivity products, added semi-rigid and formable style coaxial cables to its product line. Manufactured in the US, these cable assemblies are made using state-of-the-art equipment and are tested to ensure the highest quality. "Now we can offer...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced four new wideband fixed value attenuator products. These innovative SMT attenuator pads are the perfect solution for a wide range of applications including microwave radio, military subsystems, fiber optics, scientific instruments and...

TRAK Microwave Corp.'s model SYN151 offers an extremely low profile, thermally managed, quick removal line replaceable unit (LRU) that is ideal for harsh airborne environments. The selectable L-band (+/- 100 MHz) output port provides sub-hertz step size and less than 200 µs switching speed. Phase noise performance is...

Hittite has introduced two wideband voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO): The HMC732LC4B and HMC733LC4B, which operate between 6 to 12 and 10 to 20 GHz, respectively. While complementing and extending the frequency range of Hittite’s GaAs HBT wideband VCO offerings, they are ideal for military radar and EW & ECM, as...

A microwave divider/combiner is a passive reciprocal RF/microwave component responsible for the vector summation of two or more signals. As such, they play an important role in the distribution of signals through higher-level systems such as mobile base stations, distributed antenna systems, in-building wireless systems and cable distribution networks....

System Simulation Software ACS has recently released a new version of the LINC2 VSA (Visual System Architect) system simulation software. Version 1.09 adds new system component models to the VSA’s components menu. This new version of the VSA offers a new file-based multi-tone signal source for stimulation of system...

Components Crystal Notch Filter Anatech Electronics introduced the AS10CN801 crystal notch filter, which offers a notch center frequency of 10 MHz and notch bandwidth of 1 kHz. The filter’s rejection in the notch bandwidth is 80 dB, low-side passband is 9.8999 to 9.999 MHz, high-side passband is 10.001 to...

For decades, microwave radios in the 6 to 50 GHz bands have been providing wireless communications. Recently, newer technologies at the 60 to 100 GHz mmWave bands have taken advantage of new wireless regulations that are designed to enable ultra-high capacity communications. Multigigabit Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications explores...