Articles by Microwave Journal

2005 will witness two major commercial telematics developments across multiple continents, according to ABI Research. United Parcel Service (UPS) will introduce the first of 70,000 new Delivery Information Acquisition Devices (DIAD) it intends to deploy over the next three years, starting in the US and Europe (DIADs are the...

RF and Microwave Power Amplifier Design Andrei Grebennikov McGraw-Hill 432 pages; $99.99 ISBN: 0-07-144493-9 The main objective of this book is to present all the relevant information required for RF and microwave power amplifier design, including well-known and novel theoretical approaches and practical design techniques as well as to...

Industry News Teledyne Technologies Inc. and Celeritek Inc. jointly announced that Teledyne, through its subsidiary Teledyne Wireless Inc., has completed the acquisition of Celeritek’s defense electronics business for $33 M in cash. Celeritek’s shareholders approved the asset sale at the company’s annual meeting. Wireless Telecom Group Inc. (WTT) announced...

The Federal Aviation Administration and Raytheon have completed negotiations on a contract modification for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) to deploy what is termed “Full Lateral Precision with Vertical Guidance (LPV) Performance.” This modification restructures existing contract scope and does not increase contract value. During the next four...

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated technology for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) payload that will greatly improve warfighters’ access to military satellite communications while increasing the range of missions the system can support on the ground, at sea and in the air. The company will provide the Advanced EHF...

Harris Corp. announced that it has been awarded a $275 M contract modification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to incorporate the agency’s Mission Support Services data function into the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program, bringing the total estimated value of the program for Harris to $2.2 B by...

The ZigBee Alliance, an association of companies working together to enable wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an open global standard, announced 16 new member companies have joined, bringing its membership to more than 100 companies. New member companies include: Cisco Systems Inc.; Control4; ELDAT Gesellschaft fur...

WiMAX enthusiasts sometimes claim that it will “kill” Wi-Fi. Nothing could be further from the truth, according to current studies from ABI Research. Phil Solis, senior analyst for wireless connectivity, notes that Intel, the most aggressive of WiMAX IC vendors, expects to have chipsets ready for sale to laptop...

Over-the-air broadcast TV channels are separated by unused frequencies. This “white space” in the broadcast spectrum varies with the channels present in a locale and creates opportunities for other applications. As a step in putting these unused channels to practical use, the IEEE has started work on a standard...

Ultra-Wideband Radio Technology Kasimierz Siwiak and Debra McKeown John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 264 pages; $95 ISBN: 0-470-85931-8 This book is designed to give a basic overview of the subject of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. It grounds the reader with a brief history, offers an understanding of the current regulations...