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The global base transmitting station (BTS) transceiver (TRx) market grew by 32.3 percent in units in 2010, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research titled “Global BTS Transceiver Market Analysis and Forecast, 7th Edition, 2010-2015.” “Despite the continued economic uncertainty in the global financial market and the...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. is ramping production of various precision analog ICs in support of several customers launching fiber to the curb (FTTC), fiber to the home (FTTH), cable set-top boxes and wireless video systems. Cisco and Motorola, among others, are leveraging Skyworks’ industry-leading power amplifiers, LNAs, gain blocks, attenuators,...

With the move to digital television and the subsequent reallocation of UHF band frequencies in the US and other countries, some very attractive spectrum is being opened up that creates opportunities for commercial and military wireless technologies and applications in the 200 to 800 MHz frequency band. This, in...

Wireless communication systems, such as cellular mobile communication systems, wireless local area networks (WLAN) and short-range communication systems (Bluetooth), provide convenient communication services in modern society. In an airplane, when the onboard wireless communication services are provided, many other systems may be used simultaneously. Compact equipment that supports multimode/multiband...

MFG Galileo Composites announced that Tony Drake has been assigned general management responsibility for the company’s manufacturing operations in Opp, AL and Adelanto, CA. Drake was promoted to General Manager of sister company MFG West in February 2010, where he had served as research and development engineer since 2008....

Aeroflex Inc. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., and RELM Wireless announced the release of automated test and alignment capabilities for the DPHX5102X Series radios on the Aeroflex 3920 Digital Radio Test Set. The Aeroflex Automated Test and Alignment procedure provides fully automated test and alignment...

The industry’s first precision instrumentation amplifier designed and manufactured specifically for high temperature applications was unveiled by Analog Devices Inc. (ADI). The AD8229, 1.0-nV/√Hz high-temperature instrumentation amplifier is the only low noise instrumentation amplifier guaranteed to perform at up to 210°C in the most extreme environments, such as down-hole...

Almost all electrical elements and components have more or less nonlinear characteristics: they generate harmonics, mixture and intermodulation (IM) products. In order to prevent these effects from affecting the performance or even damaging the system functionality, a nonlinear characterization is necessary to obtain high end results. In this context,...

Driven by ever-increasing communications needs from cockpit and cabin applications, revenue in the global aeronautical satellite communications market grew by almost 25 percent in 2010 and will continue to grow at a steady though slower pace over the next decade, according to a new report from Euroconsult, an international...

On "Conferences and Exhibitions" Usually we reserve the technical sessions at [various conferences] for assessing what the new ideas are and where the technology is going. I believe it is equally important to find out at least two more things, the first is whether the new ideas can be...