Articles by Microwave Journal

It all started with the idea of revolutionizing time measurement in motor racing, using a portable lap-timing system. After two years of research, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Heuermann and his colleague Dipl.-Ing. Kai Hanisch successfully tested their microwave transponder-based laptiming system, MicroLap. Unlike conventional systems, Microlap allows for accurate chronometry...

It is likely that femtocells and picocells will form an integrated part of the initial rollouts of Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, say analysts at ABI Research. These cellular mini-base stations, which offer improved wireless coverage indoors, have been generating considerable interest in mobile wireless markets, and according to...

ProVision Communications , a wireless video and RF network planning company, has announced the appointment of former Lucent EMEA chief executive David Rogers as its new chairman. The appointment comes at a strategic time for Bristol, UK-based ProVision as it is rapidly developing its business to take advantage of...

Ericsson leads the world’s mobile infrastructure market, but it faces stiff competition from Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent as well as from some Asian vendors, especially a buoyant Huawei . “As of 1Q 2008, Huawei owned almost 8 percent of the world’s cellular infrastructure market, compared to Ericsson at...

RMI Corp. , a provider of high-performance processors for communication and media, has increased its partner alliance members to include CSR and SiGe Semiconductor . These new partners were selected to work with RMI to deliver a low cost GPS implementation in RMI's mPND reference solution, recently announced at...

Anritsu Co. introduces the ML2480B series wideband peak power meters that combine wide 20 MHz bandwidth and 64 MS/s sampling rate that allow the instruments to conduct highly accurate peak power measurements on next-generation wireless and military communications signals. The new power meters provide best-in-class performance and ease of...

An online end-user survey recently completed by ABI Research has found that RFID is being used or evaluated for a growing number of applications across a wide range of vertical industry sectors. Over 180 organizations worldwide responded to the survey, providing a detailed picture of the current state of...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that ST Microelectronics has selected Agilent's physical layer sink test solution to test its devices according to the MIPI D-PHY standard. This test setup provides the industry's first and complete automated physical layer receiver and transmitter tests, and also speeds up and simplifies test. Agilent's...

Radio Waves Inc. is celebrating its 25 th anniversary. The company has been designing and manufacturing high quality microwave antennas for 25 years and proudly building these antennas in Billerica, MA. When asked about his company’s 25 th anniversary, Andy Singer, president of Radio Waves, said, “It is the...

The following list is complete at the time of going to press. ABF Elettronica SRL — 1015 ACAL Technology — 205 Acceleware Corp. — 1011 Actipass Co. Ltd. — 1215 Advanced Control Components Inc. — 1203 Advantage Business Media — PubCorner Aeroflex — 514 AFT Microwave GmbH — 1416...