Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

A global positioning system (GPS) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral. This was the seventh successful launch of the new-generation spacecraft, designated GPS IIR. The company has delivered 13 more of these satellites to the US Air Force Space...

Rockwell Collins Aviation Services and Warner Robins Air Logistics Center have entered into a strategic partnership agreement. This agreement is expected to mutually improve communications, planning and support to facilitate the availability and use of resources as well as technical and logistic expertise to maximize operational readiness. The strategic...

Harris Corp. announced that it was awarded a $7.7 M contract by the Boeing Co., Anaheim, CA, to provide systems engineering, integration services and satellite communications equipment for the US Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Sea-based X-band (SBX) Radar Program. X-band Radar (XBR) is the tracking and discrimination radar used...

COMPONENTS Miniaturized Circulator This reduced-size version of the Xinger®-brand circulator was launched as part of its Break- Through™ line-up. Some benefits of the product include: availability in 1.8, 1.9 and 2.1 GHz, time-saving "no touch" assembly (tape and reel, surface-mount), ideal for interstage locations in PA designs, a return...

INDUSTRY NEWS REMEC Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Spectrian Corp. REMEC shareholders voted to approve the merger by a margin of 99 to 1. Spectrian's stockholders voted to approve the merger by a similar margin. Spectrian's stockholders will receive one share of REMEC common stock...

Application Note This application note details the benefits of using existing investment in its Advanced Design System software and test instrumentation. "Connected Simulation and Test Solutions Using the Advanced Design System" addresses the benefits of verifying designs earlier in the design process, and discusses how connected EDA tools and...

Ultra-precision Substrates This Web site displays the latest technology to lap, polish and fabricate a variety of substrate materials to mirror-smooth finishes as precise as one-millionth of an inch. By applying a demanding set of controls, Accumet can assure exact duplicate repeatability and on-time deliveries for MIL-SPEC, science and...

RF and Microwave Circuit and Component Design for Wireless Systems Kai Chang, Inder Bahl and Vijay Nair Wiley Inter-science 532 pages; $95 ISBN: 0-471-19773-4 The major objective of this book is to present modern RF and microwave technology for wireless applications. Although wireless communication is a major application of...

In a contract worth approximately US$3 M, AMS, an equal shares joint venture between Finmeccanica of Italy and BAE Systems of the UK, has signed a contract with the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) to supply two mono-pulse versions of SIR-S, the AMS Mode-S Secondary Radar, to be...

Committed to advancing the use of indium phosphide (InP) for IC applications, Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. announced it is the first company to provide InP HBT foundry services through MOSIS, a leading provider of low cost prototyping and small-volume production services for IC (and optical IC) development. By working directly...