Articles by Microwave Journal

Is ultra wideband (UWB) just another method to communicate wirelessly? At first look, it may seem so. For line-powered devices such as set-tops, advanced TVs, PCs and printers, it is a high speed method for transferring video and data without cables, enabling both aesthetics and freedom to decide where...

Dr. Don Parker Dr. Don Parker , one of the most respected leaders in the microwave profession, died on February 2, 2005. He was 71 years old. He was born in Ogden, UT, and graduated from Brigham Young University with a BSEE in 1956. He received his Master’s in...

Nonlinear Microwave Circuit Design F. Giannini and G. Leuzi John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 402 pages; $125 ISBN:0-470-84701-8 While the field of nonlinear microwave circuits is still open to investigations, many basic concepts and design principles are already well established. This book presents the theory and practical design methodology...

SATCOM Low Noise Amplifier The model APTW4-18002650-2510-42 is a waveguide (WR-42) amplifier that offers an operating frequency of 18 to 26.5 GHz, an ultra low noise figure of 2.2 dB (191.3°K) maximum and a minimum output power of +10 dBm (+20 dBm IP3). An optimized BW from 17.8 to...

Solutions Brochure This brochure details the company’s semiconductor solutions for RF and microwave communications. It highlights manufacturing technologies including film bulk acoustic resonator, gallium arsenide PHEMT and enhancement mode PHEMT and silicon. Agilent Technologies Inc., Palo Alto, CA (800) 235-0312, www.agilent.com Product Brochure This brochure highlights the company’s design...

Northrop Grumman Corp. recently performed successful high speed captive flight tests of its multi-mode, air-to-ground terminal guidance seeker during moving-target engagement exercises at Eglin Air Force Base. The exercises, conducted by the US Air Force Research Laboratory, in cooperation with Northrop Grumman, the Boeing Co. and Rockwell Collins, successfully...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $151.3 M contract from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide engineering services support to the Patriot air and missile defense program. The award to Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) provides funding for the first of four, one-year options, to last...

Lockheed Martin announced that it has delivered the first modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, where it will be readied for a May launch. The satellite, designated GPS IIR-M1, is the most technically advanced GPS satellite ever developed and will provide significantly...

The Air Force’s fleet of E-8C aircraft will receive updated air-traffic management systems under a $103 M, three-year system design and development contract recently awarded by the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA, to Northrop Grumman Corp. The avionics of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack...

Raytheon Co.’s option to proceed with its X-band thin radar aperture (XTRA) contract has been exercised, allowing the company to produce the next generation radar antenna technology for the J-UCAS (Joint Unmanned Air Combat System) that could revolutionize manned and unmanned combat systems. The AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory)...