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Components Data Converters This pair of low power, high speed 14-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADC) incorporates the JESD204A data converter serial interface standard. The JESD204A standard was developed to allow designers of high-speed communications and data acquisition systems to extend transmission lengths while improving signal integrity and simplifying printed-circuit board...

Special Design Topics in Digital Wideband Receivers James Tsui Special Design Topics in Digital Wideband Receivers offers engineers a thorough examination of special, more advanced aspects of digital wideband receiver design and builds on fundamental resources on the topic, helping the reader to gain a more comprehensive understanding of...

Government & militAry electronics Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 2 EW (2 words) 4 A wireless communication system that changes its transmission or reception parameters to communicate efficiently avoiding interference with other channels being used (2 words) 9 Electronic Counter Measures 13 Technique for estimating the location of a...

Application Notes For engineers involved in LTE product design and development who need to meet tight schedules as they bring high-performing LTE products to market, Agilent has two new application notes on LTE design and test. "TD-LTE E-UTRA Base Station Transmit ON/OFF Power Measurement" describes the LTE TDD E-UTRA...

Ceragon Networks has announced a multi-year agreement for microwave systems with TELE2, Russia. With this agreement, the company is helping TELE2 subsidiaries in Russia to build multiple high-capacity, carrier-grade networks to backhaul voice and data traffic for mobile telephony and broadband internet access. TELE2 AB Subsidiaries in Russia are...

The programme for the next ARMMS RF & Microwave Society conference to be held on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 November, 2010, in Corby, UK, has been announced. The conference will have a strong focus on both system level developments and component level advances, and speakers will provide an...

On 1 October 2010 HUBER+SUHNER AG launched an e-commerce site. The platform has been adapted to geographical and market-specific distributors and offers customers a simple online ordering option in combination with a targeted selection of suppliers and product information. This modern ordering platform has begun with a complete product...

Since the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) release of the frequency band from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz for commercial purposes, 1 the UWB radio system has been receiving great attention from both academy and industry. As an essential component, UWB bandpass filters, with good performance, compact size and easily-implemented structures,...

In the next generation wireless communication systems, it is required that the power amplifier should be able to handle multiple frequency bands and multiple operating standards. In addition, high efficiency, low cost and compact size are very important if the power amplifier is employed in active antenna array systems...

The well-known standard SMA connector is used worldwide in large quantities and in a variety of applications. For space applications, however, this type of connector is severely limited in its microwave CW power capability. This is because the SMA connectorís design is not optimized for corona, multi-paction and simple...