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What's Next for China Unicom?

At first glance, China Unicom looks to be in an enviable position. It is one of only two mobile operators – the other, of course, being China Mobile – that covers the world’s largest cell phone market. In August, there were 437.5 million cell phone users in China and...
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Thales Doubles Up in Australia

Following a recommendation by the Foreign Investment Review Board, Australian Treasurer Peter Costello has approved the application by Thales Australia Holdings to acquire the remaining 50 percent of the shares in ADI Group Holdings Pty Ltd. from Transfield Holdings. Thales and Transfield bought ADI in a joint venture from...
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Measuring the Capacitance Coefficients of Coaxial Open-circuits with Traceability to National Standards

Coaxial open-circuits are often used as measurement reference standards and can be found in most commercially available vector network analyzer (VNA) calibration kits. The capacitance characteristics of these devices are usually summarized in terms of ...
Coaxial open-circuit standards are found in many of today’s commercially available vector network analyzer (VNA) calibration kits. 1,2 They are most commonly used as standards in calibration schemes such as short-open-load-through (SOLT). In this capacity, they are assumed to have known characteristics, that is, they are assumed to provide...
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Eliminating FFT Artifacts in Vector Signal Analyzer Spectra

This article presents a method to minimize the spectral leakage in measurements of periodic signals made with a vector signal analyzer (VSA) by taking into account the periodic nature of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). This method negates the need fo...
The vector signal analyzer (VSA) has several measurement advantages over a spectrum analyzer in the acquisition of bandpass RF signals, including its time-domain capture, which enables measurement of both magnitude and phase information, and its ability to display data in the time and frequency domains. 1,2 The highly sampled,...
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Catalog Update

Instrument Portfolio This short form catalog includes the company’s complete spectrum of test and measurement solutions and systems. The catalog carries a range of products for the testing of PMR, cellular mobile, cellular network, cellular interoperability, military communications, avionics, signal sources, manufacturing, R&D and parametric. Further product sections include...
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IKE Micro Awarded Contract From M/A-COM

IKE Micro , a build-to-print contract manufacturer serving the defense and commercial markets, announced that it was awarded a large order from a division of Tyco Electronics. IKE Micro received an order from M/A-COM , Lowell, MA, for 13,500 amplifier assemblies to support a military radar program. The order...
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Jacket Micro Devices Announces $12 M in Funding

Jacket Micro Devices (JMD), a supplier of small, high performing RF modules, announced it has received $12 M in venture funding. New investor Intersouth Partners led the round with participation from existing investors Noro-Moseley Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds and Imlay Investments. The new round of financing will be used...
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CPS Forms Partnership with sp3

CPS Technologies , a designer and producer of metal matrix composites, has announced a strategic partnership with sp 3 Diamond Technologies Inc. (sp3), a supplier of DiaTherm™ diamond heat spreaders and diamond products for solving thermal management challenges in high performance applications. Geared towards meeting the growing market need...
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