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Industry News VXI Technology purchased the Mechanical Data Acquisition Business Segment from Agilent Technologies , announcing its initial entry into this market. This Lake Stevens DSA division has been providing data acquisition solutions since 1972 and has a large installed customer base worldwide. BAE SYSTEMS North America completed its...
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New Literature

Spectrum Analyzer Data Sheet This 17-page data sheet provides complete detail on the high frequency spectrum analyzers, models R3172/3182. Product photographs, descriptions, performance graphs, specifications, ordering information and a listing of offices are also provided. Advantest Corp., Tokyo, Japan +81-3-3342-7500. Circle No. 200 MMIC Design Brochure This four-page brochure...
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Web Update

Products, Solutions and Services This revised Web site provides visitors one-stop access to the entire range of the company's products, solutions and services. Notable improvements to the site include a product showcase, expanded contact information and one-click access to solutions such as systems and services. This is in addition...
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Workshops & Courses

Workshops & Courses Reverberation Chamber Theory and Experiment Course Topics: Statistical nature of reverberation chamber testing, test setup, sampling techniques, chamber characterization measurements, determination of test conditions, and trade-off between uncertainty in test results and test time. Site: Dahlgren, VA Dates: June 16-20, 2003 Contact: Gus Freyer (719) 481-8420...
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News From Washington

News From Washington US Air Force Awards Harris Corp. Space-based Radar Payload Design Harris Corp. announced that it is one of three companies awarded three-year contracts by the US Air Force to develop and demonstrate a prototype radar payload for Space-based Radar (SBR), a critical national defense program. The...
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International Report

International Report Project MESA Takes Protective Measures An aggressive work plan to revolutionize communications for organizations within the public protection and disaster relief sector has been adopted by Project MESA. The plan was agreed during the sixth plenary meeting of Project MESA, which was held in Ottawa in April...
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The Commercial Market

The Commercial Market Small Business IT Expenditures 2002-2006 In-Stat/MDR estimates that the small business market (firms with 5 to 99 employees), in aggregate, spent more than $154 B on information technology in 2002, up almost four percent from 2001 estimates. By 2006, In-Stat/MDR estimates that small businesses will spend...
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The Book End

Modern Microwave Transistors - Theory, Design and Performance Frank Schwierz and Juin J. Liou Wiley Interscience 486 pages; $89.95 ISBN: 0-471-41778-5 Microwave transistors are the backbone of modern microwave systems. In recent years they have undergone an impressive evolution, where continuous research efforts have made transistors faster and more...
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Conformal Subsections for Accurate EM Analysis

The fast fourier transform (FFT) approach to the method of moments (MoM) is well known for providing high accuracy, high dynamic range and robust electromagnetic (EM) analysis of planar circuits. The FFT consistently calculates the coupling between subsections to full numerical precision; no error is introduced by complex multi-dimensional...
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Two New High Performance Resonator Materials

In the telecoms and other RF component markets, today's climate means that there can no longer be a trade-off between cost and performance - the designer needs to achieve both. Temex has recognized this fact and addressed it through the evolution of two new generations of materials on which...
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