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SUSS MicroTec Test Systems has received purchase orders for test equipment that will enable the development of next-generation integrated circuits, including CMOS transistor scaling to the 16 nm node and beyond and the investigation of the reliability characteristics of high-k dielectrics. The partnership with SEMATECH , a global consortium...

Microwave Journal has added a new feature for 2009 with a technical crossword puzzle each month based on the editorial theme for that month's issue. Test your knowledge of RF and microwave terms with this month's Amplifiers and Oscillators theme related crossword puzzle. Download The Puzzler PDF with Answers...

This month’s International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased the mobile handset’s industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli Corp. “With overall mobile handset shipments expected to decline in 2009, smart phones represent a precious...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a new option -- arbitrary load impedance X-parameters -- for its PNA-X Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer. The option, when used in conjunction with Maury Microwave tuners and software, enables the industry's first capability to accurately measure and simulate nonlinear component behavior at all load impedances....

Molex Inc. announced that it has purchased the equipment assets of the Motorola Antenna/EMC Measurement Lab in Aalborg, Denmark. The lab has state-of-the-art antenna and EMC measurement equipment, including anechoic chambers, an EMC chamber and a SAR system. Molex will utilize the lab for RF research projects to further...

Narda , an L-3 Communications company, introduced the Model 4456-2 and Model 4326B-2 broadband, two-way microwave power dividers that cover 2 to 18 GHz and 5 to 18 GHz, respectively, and combine high port-to-port isolation with low VSWR, and excellent phase and amplitude tracking. Both the Model 4456-2 and...

As consumers, we are used to the continual productivity enhancements derived from having ever-increasing, computer-like handsets at our disposal. For those of us lucky enough to have in-depth RF industry knowledge, we know full well the complexity of a system that can deliver this near desk-like performance in the...

With the current deployment of high-bandwidth access networks happening at an ever-increasing pace, the need for efficient, high-bandwidth backhaul infrastructure becomes more and more relevant. In fact, the construction of these new access networks depends upon the backhaul network for both technical and financial performance. Today’s cellular networks typically...

The top 22 operators worldwide will contribute nearly 2.5 million subscribers by the end of 2009 – up from 1.24 million today – and close to 4 million by the end of 2010 according to the latest research report from Maravedis entitled “The Top 22: Operators Who Will Make...

Amid ongoing speculation of an early market crash for mobile broadband wunderkind WiMAX technology, a new study from telecom consultancy ABI Research finds that WiMAX has legs after all. Despite early reversals on the vendor front, such as Nortel’s exit from mobile WiMAX and Alcatel-Lucent “backing off” on its...