Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

Express Distribution Products Catalog This edition is packed full of Aeroflex/Weinschel products that can be shipped overnight via Argosy Component Sales. Express products include fixed attenuators (high power also), adapters, power splitter/dividers, terminations and DC blocks. This catalog also includes programmable attenuators; connector systems (Planar Crown® and Planar Blindmate®);...

Design Software Agilent recently announced tools for circuit-level modeling through system verification for general RF/uW, 4G Comms and aero/defense applications including SystemVue 2010.01 and Genesys 2010.05. These software platforms add X-parameter support and move X-parameters beyond RF into system-level design. The nonlinear model support provides convenient and reliable design...

GaAs MMIC Devices Freescale Semiconductor entered the GaAs MMIC marketplace with the introduction of four new devices designed and optimized specifically for high performance in macro base stations, repeaters and femtocells employed in wireless networks. The devices address low-noise amplifiers and transmit power amplifiers, two elements of wireless infrastructure...

HI-REL Components This website outlines the newest addition to Aeroflex/Metelics' product family. Aeroflex/Metelics now offers JAN-qualified diodes and transistors due to the companyís recent acquisition of HI-REL Components of Lawrence, MA. DSCC qualification has been received to MIL-PRF-19500N/578 and /609. The company's Hard Glass Switching Diodes and Small Signal...

Hittite Microwave has launched two new low cost, highly flexible RMS power detectors for RF power measurement/control in Cellular/3G, LTE/WiMAX/4G, broadband, test equipment and military applications between DC and 5.8 GHz. Ideal for the measurement of complex modulated waveforms with large, dynamically changing crest factors, the HMC1010LP4E RMS Power...

A complete day-by-day schedule of the technical presentations that compose the MTT-S, RFIC, ARFTG and μAPS conferences. You may download a complete list of the 2009 IEEE MTT-S Technical Program in a PDF form here: www.mwjournal.com/BuyersGuide...

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ExecutiveInterviews January 2009 Jim Cashman - President and CEO, Ansys, Inc. and Zol Cendes - CTO and GM of Ansoft LLC talk about the strategy behind the 2008 acquisition of Ansoft by Ansys, the synergy between these companies and what the combined company has in store for the industry and its customers. Interview with Jim Cashman and Zoltan Cendes