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Around this time of year, i.e. MTT-S IMS season, I often find myself on one side or the other of the following question – “So, what’s new in the industry.” In actuality, the big picture does not really change much; communication systems (their devices and supporting infrastructure) are increasingly...

Starting in the early 1960s, Maryland has been home to numerous custom microwave filter houses. Originally founded as small, family-oriented companies by hardworking and ambitious entrepreneurs, these start-ups saw opportunity and were hungry to seize it. Possessing the agility and inventiveness that is the hallmark of all fledgling companies...

The 2011 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium is in Baltimore this year with the venue being the Convention Center and hotels surrounding the beautiful Inner Harbor. The theme for IMS 2011 is Microwaves for the World with our emphasis on bringing together world experts who will be showcasing how...

Welcome to the 2011 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, which will take place in Baltimore, MD ( www.RFIC2011.org ), 5-7 June 2011. Our Symposium, held in conjunction with the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, opens Microwave Week 2011, the largest worldwide RF/microwave meeting of the year. The...

The 77 th Automatic RF Techniques Group (ARFTG) Microwave Measurement Conference is being held at the Baltimore Hilton on Friday, June 10 th , 2011. The conference will include technical presentations, an interactive forum and an exhibition; all to give you ample opportunity to interact with your colleagues in...

The Microwave Application & Product Seminars (MicroApps) portion of IMS 2011 is a series of brief technical presentations featuring new technologies and special capabilities of exhibiting organizations. The talks will be approximately 20 minutes in length and open to all conference and exhibit attendees without additional charge. MicroApps is...

IMS 2011 will mark my second year organizing the WIM Reception, and the second time I actually attend this event. Now, I have been going to IMS since the mid-1990s, but I had not heard of this event prior to last year. Why is that? Well, for starters the...

Based on the indicators we have been watching, the RF industry seems to have completed another economic cycle. When the cycle hit bottom in Spring 2009, no one would have dared to predict a rapid recovery that equaled or exceeded 2008 business levels. Today, the industry faces new questions...

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has a long and distinguished history of making important contributions to the development of microwave technology. The inspiration for NRL originally came from Thomas Edison, who, in 1915, stated, “The Government should maintain a great research laboratory… in this could be developed… all the...

With all the hype about social media, there is still only a limited microwave audience on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Let’s change that this year and expand the small but growing group of Twitter users involved in the MTT-S IMS show. At last year’s symposium, a handful of companies...