Industry News
May 1, 2003
Philadelphia, nestled between New York City and Washington, DC, has at times been overlooked or forgotten when noting major US cities. But since it is one of America's oldest cities (1682), Philly has had, I guess you could say, a little head start over other towns. No wonder she...
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May 1, 2003
The following list is complete as of April 9, 2003. 7 Layers.......... 2619 A-Alpha Waveguide Co........... 2410 AC Microwave.......... 1048 Accent Optical Technologies.......... 2010 Accumet Engineering Corp........... 2406 ACE Technology.......... 1949 Actipass Co. Ltd........... 2251 Advance Reproductions Corp........... 2404 Advanced Control Components.......... 2519 Advanced Power Technology RF.......... 1148 Advanced...
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May 1, 2003
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This article is intended to provide insight into the effective operation of variable gain amplifiers (VGA) in automatic gain control (AGC) applications.
May 1, 2003
This article is intended to provide insight into the effective operation of variable gain amplifiers (VGA) in automatic gain control (AGC) applications. Figure 1 is a general block diagram for an AGC loop. The input signal passes through the VGA to produce the output level to be stabilized. The...
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A complete day-by-day schedule of the technical presentations that compose the MTT-S, RFIC, ARFTG and µAPS conferences
May 1, 2003
2003 IEEE MTT-S IMS Technical Program The detailed program of events is available at www.ims2003.org ....
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May 1, 2003
In-Stat/MDR estimates that US enterprise businesses (firms with 1000 or more employees) spent more than $225 B on information technology (IT) in 2002, up three percent from 2001 estimates. By 2006, In-Stat/MDR estimates that enterprise firms will spend nearly $256 B on information technology products, services and personnel. Enterprises...
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May 1, 2003
Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications, announced that it has resumed construction of Wildblue-1, the world's first commercially dedicated, all-Ka-band, multiple spot beam, broadband satellite for Wildblue Communications Inc., Denver, CO. Wildblue recently announced that INTELSAT, Liberty Satellite and Technology Inc., the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative...
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May 1, 2003
The IEEE P802.11g™ standard for wireless local area networks (LAN), which will extend the data rate of the IEEE 802.11b™-1999 to 54 Mbps from its current level of 11 Mbps, has been approved by the IEEE 802.11 Working Group. Two approval steps remain within the consensus process followed by...
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May 1, 2003
Micronova, the new microelectronics and nanotechnology centre for Finland, has been inaugurated in Espoo. A joint project of the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) and the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) the centre houses three research areas of VTT Information Technology, units of various HUT departments and five...
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May 1, 2003
During the Global Certification Forum (GCF) meeting held in London in March, Anritsu Corp. set the pace by becoming the first company to obtain approval for 3GPP RF Test Cases as defined in the 3GPP Terminal Conformance Specification. In addition, the company received GCF approval for an industry leading...
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