Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

EADS has established a Russian Technology Office in Moscow as part of its corporate research organisation and also signed an agreement with the Russian Academy of Sciences outlining opportunities for working together on technical cooperation. Establishing the technology office underlines the importance the company is placing on increasing its...

Pelephone, Israel's first 3G wireless network technology operator, has selected Nortel Networks to expand its 3G wireless data network in a supply agreement estimated at US$30 M over three years. Nortel Networks is the primary provider of the company's existing CDMA2000 1X wireless data network, which was launched as...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has formed an interest group to explore the use of the 60 GHz band for wireless personal area networks (WPAN), which generally have a range of 10 m. This little used, 7 GHz-wide portion of the radio spectrum (as defined in FCC...

With units available for less than $100, global positioning system (GPS) receivers are now affordable to the masses, enabling applications unthinkable just 18 months ago. These emerging applications, plus renewed growth in existing markets, will help propel the global GPS market north of $22 B by 2008, according to...

High Technology Solutions This redesigned Web site incorporates the company’s new corporate identity and integrates all the products from Aeroflex’s eight product divisions into one complete, searchable site. The home page features a snapshot of Aeroflex including: What’s New, Trade Shows, Business News, and a link to sign up...

COMPONENTS SP5T PIN Diode Switch The SP5T, PIN diode switch, model MSN-5DT-05-STD with options 1422, 12X and LVT operates from 14.0 to 22.0 GHz with a minimum of 80 dB of isolation and a maximum of 5.0 dB of insertion loss. The switch accomplishes this while also having a...

Industry News Aeroflex Inc. announced the successful completion of its acquisition of MCE Technologies Inc. As a result of the merger, each share of MCE common stock and each MCE common stock purchase warrant was converted in to the right to receive 0.2254 of a share of Aeroflex common...

Oscilloscopes CD-ROM This CD-ROM features two video demos and 33 application notes showing the benefits of using mixed-signal oscilloscopes versus traditional digital storage scopes for debugging complex analog/digital designs. Agilent Technologies Inc., Palo Alto, CA (800) 452-4844, www.agilent.com. Circle No. 200 Product Selection Guide This 20-page quick reference product...

Filter Software For thirty years, S/FILSYN has offered versatile, sophisticated capabilities in synthesis of all types of filters-passive, active, crystal, digital, microwave; parametric, conventional; lossless, predistorted; ladder, lattice. Developed by a renowned filter scientist, a PhD and Life Fellow of the IEEE. The software was originally available on time-sharing,...

Analog and Digital Filter Design, Second Edition Steve Winder Newnes 450 pages, paperback; $59.99 ISBN: 0-7506-7547-0 The analog section of this book includes both passive and active filter designs, while the digital section covers infinite impulse response (IIR) and finite impulse response (FIR) filter design. Detailed circuit theory and...