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Published January 19, 2007 In an effort to better combine the editorial content of our magazine with our newly developed and retooled on-line presence, we have decided to expand Harlan's RF and microwave engineering advice into a monthly feature that appears in Microwave Journal. Harlan has selected one question...

Andrew Corp. , a global leader in communications systems and products, announced it has become the first company to manufacture both radio frequency cable products and antennas in India with the opening of its newly-built production facility in Goa. Andrew’s new Indian facility will serve the various equipment manufacturers...

Applied Radar Inc. , a small business based in North Kingstown, RI, is the recipient of a $1.4 M congressional earmark to develop a Wideband Digital Airborne Electronic Sensing Array for the US Air Force. Supported by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the set-aside will be used to develop an...

Richardson Electronics announced a North American distribution partnership with Avago Technologies , San Jose, CA, to distribute its complete line of RFIC, transistor, Schottky and PIN diode, and millimeter-wave (mmW) products. Avago’s extensive line of RF semiconductors provides solutions for numerous markets including cellular base station, WLAN, WiMAX, GPS,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a worldwide distribution program for its HMMC family of products. Beginning March 1, 2007, orders for Agilent HMMC products can be placed with a select set of distributors worldwide who have an extensive knowledge of the monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) market as well as...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Melville, NY-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., received a $4.8 M contract from a major domestic OEM to supply high power amplifiers. These amplifiers are key components in a complex Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system used to interrogate aircraft to determine their friend...

In today’s fast paced mobile handset market, design houses and manufacturers are challenged to meet a variety of targets to satisfy network provider’s high expectations in cellular and multimedia phones. Design cycle time, performance, feature requirements, form factor, quality and cost targets remain dominant selection criteria for mobile phone...

Application Note This application note, “Preamplifiers and System Noise Figure,” is designed to assist engineers in learning how to improve the accuracy of their measurements by using a low noise amplifier in front of a spectrum analyzer to reduce the effective noise figure of RF and microwave test systems....

10 W Power Divider This new line of 10 W power dividers is designed for antenna and test applications. The model 151-201-008 is an eight-way, 50 Ω power divider that operates in a frequency range from 800 to 2000 MHz. This unit offers 22 dB typical isolation, 1.5 dB...

Phased Array Antennas: Floquet Analysis, Synthesis, BFNs and Active Systems A.K. Bhattacharyya Wiley Interscience • 514 pages; $125 ISBN: 0-471-72757-1 The purpose of this book is to present in a comprehensive manner the analysis and design of phased array antennas and systems. The book includes recent analytical developments in...