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Space/Flight Qualified Low Noise Amplifiers These low noise amplifiers are designed, manufactured, tested and screened to be extremely reliable and rugged for space or flight applications. Screening options include MIL-STD-883 and MIL-PRF-38534. In addition to the testing and standards that go into these amps, the company also provides complete...
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The Book End

Modern Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Power Electronics Robert J. Barker, John H. Booske, Neville C. Luhmann, Jr. and Gregory S. Nusinovich, Editors Wiley Interscience • 864 pages; $145 The designers of present and future microwave and millimeter-wave power electronics systems need to be aware of the unique and rich characteristics...
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TNO Joins Dutch Biomedical Consortium

TNO is to participate in a Dutch consortium on biomedical materials. The BioMedical Materials consortium (BMM) aims to provide a leadership position to the Netherlands in biomedical materials and will facilitate novel product development for various medical applications. The BMM will use public-private partnerships to fully utilize the strong...
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Ask Harlan, June 29, 2006

Harlan Howe has 34 years experience as a microwave design engineer and fifteen as publisher and editor of Microwave Journal ® , and is an IEEE Fellow and past president of MTT-S. He's here to answer your questions on RF and Microwave engineering.
Published June 30, 2006 From: Jean Almira, Eudyna Devices Asia Singapore Dear Harlan, I would like to ask your advice regarding directional couplers. I am confused about backward wave couplers and forward wave couplers. I have read some articles: waveguide couplers in the forward direction (forward wave couplers) and...
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MTT-S IMS Product Wrap-up

The Industry Exhibition In addition to the impressive technical program offering during IMS 2006, there is always the Industry Exhibition, held Tuesday through Thursday in the Moscone Convention Center. This year provided record-breaking numbers with 523 companies displaying their latest new products and services in 917 booths on the...
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CAP Wireless Receives $750 K SBIR Phase II Award

CAP Wireless Inc. has been awarded $750 K in USAF SBIR funding to develop and produce a high efficiency, 150 W, gallium nitride-based power amplifier that covers the entire X-band. Based on its proprietary, patent-pending spatial combiner technology, this high power, solid-state amplifier technology can potentially fill applications that...
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Industrial Structure Agreed for Atlas Elektronik

ThyssenKrupp Technologies and EADS jointly agreed on a concept for the industrial structure of Atlas Elektronik , following approval from the Competition Directorate of the European Commission. The central point being the preservation of Atlas Elektronik as an independent company. The concept allows for the founding of a joint...
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Ericsson HSPA Network for Saudi Arabia

Saudi Telecom (STC) has selected Ericsson as the prime supplier for its new HSPA network, which will enable STC to introduce a wide range of premium quality multimedia and high speed data services to Saudi users. Under the agreement Ericsson will deliver packet core, radio access and transmission for...
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