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The market demand for low cost and high performance wireless communication systems, including cellular phones, wireless local area networks (WLAN) and wireless personal area networks (WPAN), has attracted heavy investment and intensive research in the area of integrated RF transceiver design. 1–9 Unlike a traditional discrete component radio design,...

Electromagnetic signals are used to transmit information in the form of amplitude, frequency, phase and time duration of an oscillation. In many cases, they must be amplified from a low to a higher power level by an amplifier having special basic characteristics, such as sufficient gain within a specific...

Phase noise is a frequency domain measure of the short-term stability of an oscillator. It is measured and specified as noise power, relative to carrier power, in a one Hz bandwidth at a given frequency offset. Typically, for a communication system oscillator, the phase noise requirement is specified for...

InGaP HBT Transistor The model MMA707-3030 is an InGaP HBT transistor that provides high performance to 2.2 GHz. This model delivers up to 12 dB gain, a P1dB of +31 dBm, and an OIP3 of +50 dBm over 100 MHz bandwidths up to 2.4 GHz. This device is suitable...

Industry News Vectron International , a subsidiary of Dover Corp., announced that it has acquired Corning Frequency Control (CFC), a division of Corning Inc. CFC is a supplier of quartz crystals, oscillators and filters to the communications, test and instrumentation, position location, automotive and military/aerospace electronic markets. Financial details...

Product Catalog This catalog features the company’s RF absorbers and anechoic chambers products. The catalog provides a company background and a detailing on its manufacturing facilities and operations. Product models, descriptions and an explanation as to how the products are utilized are also included. Advanced ElectroMagnetics Inc., Santee, CA...

Product and Service Catalog This 58-page product catalog details the company’s telecommunication products, services and solutions, including remote management for multiple wireless applications. An easy-to-use index helps a reader to navigate by part number to a relevant item. Photographs and ordering information are also included. Applied Innovation Inc., Dublin,...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command to supply navigation radar sets and associated systems engineering for ten US Navy submarines. The company’s Sperry Marine business unit will deliver AN/BPS-16 (V)4 navigation radar sets for six Virginia-class attack submarines and four guided-missile...

The US Navy awarded a $440 M contract to Raytheon Co. to develop and produce the new STANDARD Missile-6 Extended Range Active Missile. The SM-6 is being developed to meet the Navy’s requirement for an extended range anti-warfare missile (ER-AAW). “SM-6 not only ensures that the US Navy anti-air...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has been selected by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Phase II of the Counter-Man Portable Air Defense Systems (Counter-MANPADS) program, which is designed to protect commercial aircraft from attack by ground-based, shoulder-fired missiles. During the Phase II contract, which is valued at $45...