Industry News

Welcome from the President

Welcome from the President of the European Microwave Association I am privileged to welcome you to the 9th European Microwave Week (EuMW), an initiative of the European Microwave Association (Eu MA), founded in 1998 as a non-profit organisation based in Belgium with the aim to promoting European microwaves, networking...
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Ask Harlan, August 25, 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 August 25, 2006 From: Melanie Barclay, Scientific Research Corp. Dear Harlan, I am familiar with four-port couplers, but I am having trouble understanding the operation of a four-port, 20 dB coupler with two inputs. The port connections are as follows: J1=main signal; J2=output from coupler; J3=terminated (50 ohms);...
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High-Tech Communications Firm Gets Boost from Cal State

When California high-tech communications firm E-Band Communications Corp. first went looking for financial help to develop its proprietary wireless radio communication system, investors basically said, “Looks great, but this is very complicated millimeter-wave technology, which has only been used by Department of Defense in the past and requires very...
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TC GRID Ironed Out by ETSI

ETSI has announced the creation of a new Technical Committee (TC) GRID to produce interoperability standards, contributing to the global progress of GRID – a grid for the connection, sharing and utilization of information technology resources. TC GRID will be responsible for ETSI’s contribution to Information Technology and Telecommunications...
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Wireless Expansion for Freescale in India

To support its research and development in software for wireless technologies, Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its India operations with a new 100,000 ft 2 facility in Bangalore. The Bangalore center develops best in class embedded platform software solutions for cellular protocols, multimedia, security and connectivity. This new development follows...
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