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The 2011 Fall season is upon us and I've got my trade show cap on quite often lately. Microwave Journal is participating in eight shows between now and December. Here is my To-Do list for the coming weeks, which may be useful to some of you who are participating...

Microwave Journal Waveguide Newsletter View in Browser | View on Mobile September 13, 2011 Letter From the Publisher   MWJ Around the Globe Carl Sheffres, Publisher, Microwave Journal Well, I am off to China this week to work out final details of the MWJ China edition of the magazine,...

Plessey Semiconductors announced the opening of a new office in Futian, the heart of the Shenzhen Central Business District, Shenzhen, China, which is the first stage in an aggressive expansion plan for the company. “A third of our sales are already into the Asia Pacific region,” explained Derek Rye,...

Ceragon Networks Ltd. has received two large follow-on orders, valued at several million dollars, from a major operator in Brazil. The new orders follow the company’s selection for the next phase of a wide deployment project that consists of handling all microwave transmission for the Rio de Janeiro, Espírito...

Four out of the nine radar stations which Indra will deliver in India to enhance air traffic management have gone into service. The Chennai, Bellary, Bhopal and Porbandar radar stations are now equipped with mode S secondary radars. The systems passed the different tests established by the Airports Authority...

Aviat Networks, Inc. has sold its WiMAX business to EION Networks, Inc., a privately owned Canadian Company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. As a result of the sale, the WiMAX business will be consolidated into a division of the company, EION Wireless , which plans to extend its broadband wireless...

Well, I am off to China this week to work out final details of the MWJ China edition of the magazine, which will debut in January. We expect to publish quarterly in 2012, with each issue delivered to 10,000 design engineers throughout China. The magazine will feature an assortment...

The capability of a Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer (NVNA) repetitive sampling receiver, which is designed to perform pulsed RF S-parameter and load-pull measurements, is presented. Due to its unique sampler-based architecture, unlike a mixer based VNA, the dynamic range of the NVNA is independent of the duty cycle. This...

For test applications that require precise, repeatable measurements, GORE® PHASEFLEX® Microwave/RF Test Assemblies have been designed to provide optimal phase and amplitude stability with flexure. The expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) material used in their construction enables them to be rugged yet lightweight and deliver reliable performance with longer service life...

When prototyping RF circuits, it is essential to work in micrometer precision. Even small deviations can lead to undesirable results. Basically, PCBs are manufactured in a negative process: non-conductive regions are removed from a full surface-coated substrate and the conductor structures remain intact. This conductive layer can be removed...