RF & Microwave Industry News

Materials

Materials Carbon-loaded Microwave Absorbers The ECCOSORB® AN HR series carbon-loaded foam microwave absorber materials are lightweight, offer good broadband absorption and are cut easily to specific shapes. The products can be supplied in preconfigured shapes to meet customer specifications. The units are available with peel-and-stick adhesives with a coating...
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Processing Equipment

Processing Equipment User-configurable Workstation The WS4000 series user-configurable workstation is a highly integrated microwelding system that combines power supply, weld heads, motion control and parts handling into semi- and fully automated platforms. The unit provides manufacturers with a flexible, cost-effective standardized platform for implementing robust and highly repeatable application-specific...
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Software

Software Smart Bidirectional Translator The AnsoftLinks™ for Cadence® Analog Artist® series bidirectional translator allows design sharing between Cadence’s Analog Artist and Ansoft’s Serenade® design environments. High frequency IC designers of today’s communication modulation formats can now utilize each tool to reduce time-to-market pressures. AnsoftLinks, coupled with Serenade version 8.5,...
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Sources

Sources Subminiature TCXO The model 312BE TCXO is designed for portable, telecommunications, data and test equipment applications. The unit operates from 12.6 to 19.8 GHz and features a frequency tolerance at 25°C of ±0.5 ppm and frequency stability of ±2.5 ppm over the operating temperature range of Ð20° to...
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Subsystems

Subsystems n Integrated Modular Assemblies Designed for microwave, RF, video and audio test applications in the DC to 18 GHz range, these integrated modular assemblies provide a good interface between test equipment and complex, sophisticated systems with multiple inputs and outputs that need to be tested. The company’s switch...
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Test Equipment

Test Equipment n Noise Figure Analyzers The NFA series dedicated noise figure analyzers offer an integrated, 17 cm color display with single- or split-screen view, limit lines for easy pass/fail testing, comprehensive marker functions, a real-time clock to time stamp data files and printouts, and an intuitive user interface...
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Tube

Tube n 28 GHz TWT The model ITW-28GC-150WA 28 GHz, 150 W traveling-wave tube (TWT) is a high performance, single-beam unit for use in LMDS, wireless communications or satellite uplink amplifier service. The LMDS TWT features a coupled cavity circuit, which improves reliability over the traditional helix design used...
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INTERNATIONAL REPORT

INTERNATIONAL REPORT Egyptian service provider Egypt Telecom, Cairo, Egypt, has contracted with a consortium comprising Thomson-CSF Systems Canada and Mackay Radio Systems Inc., Youngsville, NC, to provide the shore-based communications infrastructure for Egypt's national Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) as well as its public maritime correspondence network....
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ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF WIDEBAND MODULATED SIGNALS

A method to accurately measure signals with bandwidths higher than those supported by off-the-shelf solutions
TECHNICAL FEATURE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF WIDEBAND MODULATED SIGNALS M.S. MUHA, C.J. CLARK, A.A. MOULTHROP AND C.P. SILVA The Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, CA   Phase and/or amplitude modulated signals are often used for information transmission in microwave communications systems. For simulating such a communications system, these types of signals...
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Catalog Update

Catalog Update Precision RF and Microwave Component Catalog This 40-page catalog details instrumentation-grade adapters, precision attenuators and terminations, and high return loss connectors as well as the K Connector,® which offers coverage up to 40 GHz. Measurement components are also featured. Product photographs, specifications and application notes are provided....
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