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ANTENNAS Chen, Richard, Neal Mellen, Makoto Shibata and Masahiro Miyazaki “A Compact Thin-film WLAN Antenna Switching Module,” No. 1, p. 130. Chen, Wen-Shan and Fu-Mao Hsieh “A Broadband Design for a Printed Isosceles Triangular Slot Antenna for Wireless Communications,” No. 7, p. 98. Go, Hyun-Chul and Yong-Woong Jang “Characteristic...

In Part I of this tutorial article, 1 a detailed discussion and analysis of the start-up and steady-state oscillation conditions for transistor LC oscillators was given, with emphasis on CMOS devices. Part II 2 presented both linear and nonlinear phase noise models for parallel feedback and negative resistance oscillators....

Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of an advanced high power amplifier for the US Army that is capable of enabling critical communications for the network-centric Future Force. Army Future Force concepts include information superiority and improved situational understanding through the integration of data from joint forces....

The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully detected and tracked an unarmed US Air Force Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Aegis detected the missile when it rose above the horizon and immediately began BMD tracking operations. Lockheed Martin develops the Aegis BMD Weapon System for the...

Harris Corp. has been awarded a competitive procurement contract to supply the US Marine Corps’ Multiband, Multimission Radio (MBMMR) Standardization Program with its combat-proven Falcon“ II AN/117(C) radios. The first delivery orders of $67 M have been awarded as part of a multi-year $205 M blanket purchase agreement. Deliveries...

Ericsson to Acquire Key Assets of Marconi’s Telecommunications Business Ericsson has reached an agreement with Marconi Corp. plc to acquire the parts of the company’s telecommunications business that are strategically important to Ericsson. Ericsson will acquire assets representing about 75 percent of Marconi’s turnover and will pay approximately £1.2...

Two of the UK’s leading engineering institutions, the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE), have announced that their members have voted to create a new institution, to be known as the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), which will come into being in...

In its Wireless Operator Benchmarking Report Q2 2005, Strategy Analytics reports that average margins per user (AMPU) in Central and Eastern Europe fell almost 30 percent in 2Q 2005. Operators are losing ground with AMPU levels 50 percent below the global average in the current quarter. “On face value,...

Northrop Grumman’s UK-based Sperry Marine has been awarded a $4.3 M contract to retrofit new-generation navigation radars on more than 100 German Navy warships from ET Marine Systeme GmbH, prime contractor for the navigation-systems modernisation programme. Under the four-year contract, the ships’ existing navigation radars will be replaced by...

MTN Nigeria has selected Harris Corp. to provide microwave radios that will increase the capacity of the existing Y’hello Bahn high capacity GSM network backbone by 75 percent. Orders of $4.1 M have been received for MegaStar 155 PX microwave radios that will augment what is already the largest...