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RF filters are commonly implemented inside receivers, with rigorous specifications about rejection of the adjacent transmitted frequency band, in order to preserve them from possible damage and degradation due to high transmit power. 1 Nowadays, these difficult problems are the subject of intensive studies in microwave planar filters. 2–5...

XCOM Wireless Inc., a developer of radio frequency (RF) products, has selected Innovative Micro Technology (IMT), a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) contract manufacturer, to manufacture die for the company's RF MEMS relay product. XCOM and IMT have implemented an effective wafer manufacturing process to produce RF relay die with exceptional...

e2v technologies , a specialist developer and manufacturer of high technology components and subsystems, announced a $16.2 M contract renewal to supply Varian Medical Systems Inc. , headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with electronic tube products for incorporation into linear accelerators, primarily for use in radiotherapy cancer treatment systems....

Effective from April 1, 2007, NEC Business Solutions Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia) will be integrated into NEC Australia Pty. Ltd. The decision to integrate NEC's Australian operations was taken in response to the rapid changes occurring in the Australian Information Communication Technology market, in particular the growth of wireless communications,...

Join us in Long Beach, CA, for the second Radio & Wireless Week (RWW) events January 7–12, 2007, not only to learn about the latest technological, scientific and commercial developments, but also to see friends and experience the Southern California lifestyle with its excellent climate, food and shoreline beauty,...

The 2007 IEEE MTT-S Radio and Wireless Symposium will be held in conjunction with the 7 th Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic ICs, the IEEE Topical Symposium on Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications, and the Radio and Wireless Exhibition. All of the technical meetings and the exhibition will be...

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $357 M, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to continue providing biometric capture services in support of US citizenship applications and green card renewals. The contract is...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $4.1 M contract by the Department of Homeland Security, to demonstrate the suitability of its Vigilant Eagle Airport Protection System to function in a civilian environment and protect aircraft from the threat of shoulder-fired missiles. Vigilant Eagle provides an invisible dome of protection...

Harris Corp. announced that it is the first company to successfully uplink to a Milstar satellite using an Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal prototype system. This milestone follows the company’s announcement last month that it was the first to acquire and track low- and medium-data-rate waveforms...

The GSM Association, Ericsson and multinational telecommunications group MTN have teamed up to establish biofuels as an alternative source of power for wireless networks in the developing world. The three organisations have set up a pioneering project in Nigeria to demonstrate the potential of biofuels to replace diesel as...