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An Aircraft Single-antenna FM Radio Altimeter

Advantages of a frequency modulated single-antenna radio altimeter, including lower cost and weight, improved accuracy and higher altitude range
As is well known, there are two general types of altimeter systems - a pulse radar altimeter and a frequency modulated, continuous wave (FM-CW) radio altimeter. Aircraft radio altimeters typically operate at altitudes from 0 to 8000 feet utilizing separate antennas for transmit and receive. Such radio altimeters have...
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2003 IMS Exhibitors

The following list is complete as of April 9, 2003. 7 Layers.......... 2619 A-Alpha Waveguide Co........... 2410 AC Microwave.......... 1048 Accent Optical Technologies.......... 2010 Accumet Engineering Corp........... 2406 ACE Technology.......... 1949 Actipass Co. Ltd........... 2251 Advance Reproductions Corp........... 2404 Advanced Control Components.......... 2519 Advanced Power Technology RF.......... 1148 Advanced...
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Design and Operation of Automatic Gain Control Loops for Receivers in Modern Communications Systems

This article is intended to provide insight into the effective operation of variable gain amplifiers (VGA) in automatic gain control (AGC) applications.
This article is intended to provide insight into the effective operation of variable gain amplifiers (VGA) in automatic gain control (AGC) applications. Figure 1 is a general block diagram for an AGC loop. The input signal passes through the VGA to produce the output level to be stabilized. The...
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Mixer Spur Analysis with Concurrently Swept LO, RF and IF: Tools and Techniques

RF/microwave system design engineers must be able to predict mixer spurs that may be detrimental to their system’s integrity. These spurs can be estimated using industry standard frequency ratio spur charts. However, this method is cumbersome and overw...
Assessing mixer spurs reliably can enable first-cut success in communication hardware design with reduced development time and product cost. The tools used to determine these spurs must be able to manipulate LO, RF and IF frequencies concurrently over their continuous bandwidths. These tools can be either standard graphical charts...
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An Intelligent Microwave Tuner

The latest line of Focus Microwaves’ tuners features a completely redesigned control electronics based on a powerful real-time microprocessor that is capable of controlling up to six motors simultaneously. The iTuners are programmed via a TCP/IP interface, thus no dedicated external hardware is required and any computer with a...
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