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Munich is central to the European RF and microwave industry geographically, as it is within easy reach of all major European markets, and commercially, as the city and surrounding region is a hub for companies active in the industry. For one week in October (Monday 8 to Friday 12)...

Munich is renowned for being both traditional and forward thinking and blending the age-old Bavarian style of life with modern high-tech, making this metropolis at the edge of the Alps an intriguing area to visit. For RF and microwave engineers the city and surrounding region is a major contributor...

Europe is a varied continent made up of diverse and disparate countries, each with its own education system and provision for technical training. The RF and microwave industry transcends national borders and regardless of their geographical location, academic institutes, research labs and manufacturing companies must encourage and invest in...

Industry News CommScope Inc. and Andrew Corp. announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by their respective Boards of Directors, under which CommScope will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Andrew for $15.00 per share, at least 90 percent in cash, creating a...

European Microwave Week (EuMW) celebrates its first decade in October and the intervening 10 years have been eventful and consequential for the European RF and microwaves industry. Back in 1997 confidence was fairly high after what was seen as recovery from the recession that had hit the microwave community...

The phenomenon of phase noise generation in oscillator/VCOs has been the main focus of important research efforts and is still an open issue, despite significant gains in practical experience and modern CAD tools for design. In the design of oscillator/VCOs, minimization of the phase noise is the prime task...

The function of a power amplifier (PA) in a radio communications system is to boost a signal to a power level suitable for transmission. In modern RF power amplifier applications, there are two conflicting design requirements: the need for linearity to preserve the fidelity of the signal and the...

Signal source spectral quality has become the single parameter that limits achievable performance of many modern communication and radar systems. In communication systems that utilize complex modulation to achieve spectral efficiency, the achievable bit error rate (BER) is often limited by the transmitter and local oscillator phase noise. In...

Measurements with pulsed stimulus signals are undertaken for a number of reasons. For instance, in a wide range of applications, devices under test (DUT) must be characterized by using pulsed signals instead of CW signals. Here, the DUT is stimulated either with a pulsed RF signal or the device...

Competition to attract consumers in the wireless communications market is driving incredible innovation in the design of feature-rich devices in compact packages. Geometries are shrinking and integrated circuit (IC) densities are expanding, while at the same time application frequency and bandwidth grows. In order to reduce size and weight,...