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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);...

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...

The RF to Light 100 jumped 6% last week, YTD now +5% at 2217. 98 out of 100 stocks moved up, a number I have never seen before. The worst market segment, network systems, climbed 10% while F/O components, the most volatile this year, regained 11%. After this rally,...

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...

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...

The RF to Light 100 jumped 6% last week, YTD now + 5% at 2217. 98 out of 100 stocks moved up, a number I have never seen before. The worst market segment, network systems, climbed 10% while F/O components, the most volatile this year, regained 11%. After this...

L-3 Communications announced that it has agreed to acquire Nova Engineering for $45 M in cash, plus an additional purchase price not to exceed $10 M that is contingent upon Nova's future financial performance. The business is expected to generate annual sales of approximately $40 M for the year...

Tampa Microwave , a provider of innovative microwave products for a variety of ground-based commercial and governmental satellite communications programs, announced that the company has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple awards contract from the US Department of the Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center to provide satellite...

7 layers AG and TTPCom Communications plc have announced the sale of their joint venture – 7 layers UK – to SGS UK Ltd. The two companies have each owned 50 percent of the joint venture company since the laboratory was set up in Cambridge, UK, in 2001. TTP...

The new-generation military communications satellite Syracuse 3B, built by Alcatel Alenia Space as prime contractor for the French defense procurement agency DGA, has been successfully launched. The satellite joins the Syracuse 3A satellite, launched on October 13, 2005, to complete the Syracuse III system. This system provides permanent connections...