Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

50 Years of History In 1958, when the first issue of Microwave Journal came out, Rogers Corporation was already producing products for the nascent electronics market. At the time Rogers’ DUROID™ line of fiber-reinforced polymer materials were being used in gaskets and electrical insulation. DUROID brand products like RT/duroid®...

Company History 1958: The company was initially founded by Hans Rosenberger Senior in a locksmith shop that today forms the custom machining center. 1967: When Mr. Rosenberger bought some turning machines from a bankrupt company he was asked to handle an outstanding order for this company, giving Rosenberger access...

Company History For more than 30 years, the heritage companies which comprise Spectrum Microwave have supplied its defense and commercial customers with innovative and sophisticated RF & Microwave components and assemblies for demanding applications. Spectrum Microwave originally evolved under the direction of Spectrum Control’s CEO Richard Southworth out of...

Company History 1940: Tensolite Corporation was founded. 1950: Tensolite Insulated Wire Co., Inc. was founded. 1952: Tensolite entered the field of PTFE insulation. 1960: Tensolite became part of Carlisle Companies, Inc. 1962: Tensolite developed a process to wrap polyimide tapes on wire to produce a tougher, lighter airframe wire....

Company History: TNO Defence, Security and Safety provides innovative contributions towards the advance of comprehensive security and is a strategic partner of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, with the objective of expanding the defence knowledge-base. We employ this acquired knowledge for and together with contractors. The company focuses on...

In the early years of Microwave Journal , the editors ran a monthly series focused on the pioneering companies of the industry, highlighting their technical achievements and formulas for growth. We have featured several of them in the following pages. Company Profile: Hewlett-Packard (PDF download - 7.9 MB) Company...

Demonstration Guide A new technical overview with a self-guided demonstration is now available for WiMAX test developers and application engineers. The guide shows how the Agilent N8300A wireless networking test set can be used with the Agilent N6301A 802.16 OFDM and OFDMA measurement applications and the Agilent N7615B Signal...

Components SP32T Switch with Decoder The model MSN-32DT-05-DEC-MP is a port-to-port phase matched, SP32T switch, with options 100M20, PM10 that operates within a frequency range from 100 MHz to 20 GHz. The switch offers an amplitude balance of ±1.2 dB maximum and is phase matched to ±10° maximum. The...

History of Wireless T.K. Sarkar, R.J. Mailloux, A.A. Oliner, M. Salazar-Palma and D.L. Sengupta, Eds. 674 pages; $59.95 • Wiley-Interscience ISBN: 978-0-471-71814-7 Traditionally used to transmit radio signals, wireless technology has experienced explosive growth in recent years and now comprises a large share of the telecommunications industry. Challenging traditional...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. , has received $2.5 M of orders for high power amplifiers from a provider of aviation electronics and communication systems. These amplifiers are utilized as part of satellite communications systems that provide commercial mobile airborne-to-satellite-to-ground communications...