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"Myths" Brochures This range of brochures is based on "Wireless Myths" and is aimed at those involved with the selection, purchase or design of wireless systems for use in a wide range of OEM applications. The four literature pieces include valuable advice concerning equipment selection, standards, interoperability and approvals....

High Power Antennas This 24-page catalog features the company's wide range of rugged, high power antennas and accessories. Product photographs, descriptions, performance graphs and specifications are included. A glossary of terms and an information request card are also provided. Amplifier Research, Souderton, PA (215) 723-8181. Circle No. 310 Product...

Workshops & Courses RF & Microwave Fundamentals Topics: Understand the principles of RF/microwave engineering, and undertake RF measurements using power meters, spectrum analyzers and network analyzers. Introduction to noise figure and phase noise is also included. Site: Winnersh, UK Dates: October 22-25, 2002 Contact: Tracey Bull, +44 118 9276741,...

News From Washington Harris Corp. Selected for Phase 1 of US Army's WIN-T Program Harris Corp. announced that it anticipates the award of a major subcontract from Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, Gaithersburg, MD, for the design and test of the wireless transmission system architecture as part of the three-year...

International Report lSEVIRI to Help Nowcasting Meteorology Successfully launched aboard the European Space Agency/European Meteorological Satellite's (EUMETSAT) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)-1 satellite on 28 August 2002, the Astrium-sourced Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager (SEVIRI) payload is set to radically upgrade the accuracy of nowcasting short-term weather forecasting for...

The Commercial Market Bluetooth is Steadily Gaining Market In the midst of the technology downturn, Bluetooth is steadily gaining market traction - evidenced by steady market growth in 2002 - and proving the skeptics wrong. Allied Business Intelligence (ABI) projects Bluetooth chipset shipments to increase to 33.8 M in...

Theory and Design of Microwave Filters Ian C. Hunter The Institution of Electrical Engineers 353 pages; $89 ISBN: 0-85296-777-2 Microwave filters are important components used in many RF and microwave systems, such as cellular radios, satellite communications and radar. The classic treatise on microwave filters and couplers by Matthaei,...

The humble signal generator has come out of its modest, functional shell and taken on a streamlined, compact, state-of-the-art persona with the development of the 3410 series. This family of digital RF signal generators has evolved in response to the worldwide growth of second- and third-generation wireless communications systems...

A new family of single- and dual-branch converter integrated circuits has been introduced for use in mobile infrastructure base stations. The new CV series converters are all priced below $10 in volume and are available in a 6 x 6 mm QFN package, as shown above. Their small size...

Double-balanced mixers are used extensively in transmitters and receivers. For frequencies below 5 GHz, the designs are normally realized using ferrite-based transformers, because they are very compact and their technology is mature. As the operating frequency increases, distributed element baluns become smaller in size and more attractive. Semiconductor-based mixers...