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e2v , a developer and manufacturer of high-technology electronic components and sub-systems, is expanding its sales and support offices with the opening of its new Asia Pacific office in Hong Kong. This new initiative recognizes the fact this region already supports significant sales for e2v, and has been identified...

EADS Defence & Security Systems Division (DS) and the National Acquisition Division of the Spanish Ministry of Defence have signed a contract worth more than €8 M to accomplish technical support to the Spanish Interoperability Management Cell. Link 16, NATO's secure, real-time data link is one of the most...

Published January 22, 2007 From: Alessandro Chianetta, STM Dear Harlan, Could you explain in easy words what dual carrier modulation (DCM) consists of? Dear Alessandro, I am not sure how easy these words are, since it is not an easy concept. DCM is used in OFDM-UWB (Orthogonal Frequency Division...

Published January 19, 2007 In an effort to better combine the editorial content of our magazine with our newly developed and retooled on-line presence, we have decided to expand Harlan's RF and microwave engineering advice into a monthly feature that appears in Microwave Journal. Harlan has selected one question...

Andrew Corp. , a global leader in communications systems and products, announced it has become the first company to manufacture both radio frequency cable products and antennas in India with the opening of its newly-built production facility in Goa. Andrew’s new Indian facility will serve the various equipment manufacturers...

Applied Radar Inc. , a small business based in North Kingstown, RI, is the recipient of a $1.4 M congressional earmark to develop a Wideband Digital Airborne Electronic Sensing Array for the US Air Force. Supported by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the set-aside will be used to develop an...

Richardson Electronics announced a North American distribution partnership with Avago Technologies , San Jose, CA, to distribute its complete line of RFIC, transistor, Schottky and PIN diode, and millimeter-wave (mmW) products. Avago’s extensive line of RF semiconductors provides solutions for numerous markets including cellular base station, WLAN, WiMAX, GPS,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a worldwide distribution program for its HMMC family of products. Beginning March 1, 2007, orders for Agilent HMMC products can be placed with a select set of distributors worldwide who have an extensive knowledge of the monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) market as well as...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Melville, NY-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., received a $4.8 M contract from a major domestic OEM to supply high power amplifiers. These amplifiers are key components in a complex Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system used to interrogate aircraft to determine their friend...

In today’s fast paced mobile handset market, design houses and manufacturers are challenged to meet a variety of targets to satisfy network provider’s high expectations in cellular and multimedia phones. Design cycle time, performance, feature requirements, form factor, quality and cost targets remain dominant selection criteria for mobile phone...