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A new family of +12 V power amplifiers designed for use in wireless infrastucture applications has been introduced. The models AP501, AP502, AP503 and AP504 are targeted for driver and final stage amplifier applications where high linearity and high power are primary requirements. The combination of high power and...

Until recently, traveling wave tube (TWT) technology was the only technology capable of meeting the bandwidth and power requirements of high power L-band applications such as power testing radar components and for military/automotive RF immunity testing. Solid-state technology can, however, offer key performance advantages over TWT technology, particularly with...

When the Hubble Satellite was launched in 1990, the joke was that it was the third best optical satellite in space, but that the two better ones were pointed in the opposite direction. While it is still true today that more satellites are looking downward than upward, satellites are...

Hittite Microwave Corp. showcased a montage of new products at RWS 2006, held January 17-19, 2006, in San Diego, CA. Among the products on display included model HMC-C026, a GaAs MMIC distributed power amplifier connectorized module that is ideal for military EW/ECM, space, test equipment, wideband telecom, microwave radio...

Metamaterials ,1,2 with simultaneous negative permittivity and permeability, are promising materials for new types of microwave components. In metamaterials, the waves are propagating with anti-parallel phase and group velocities, as demonstrated by backward waves. 3 Recently, an extended transmission-line approach to metamaterials, low loss and broadband structures was proposed...

Microwave Downconverter The model PN9276 is a 40 GHz microwave downconverter that provides the combination of high bandwidth with low noise performance. This model is designed for radar, commercial wireless, satellite terrestrial microwave links and calibration labs. This downconverter plugs into any PN9000 phase noise analyzer or PN9500 wideband...

The Wilkinson divider has long been popular with RF designers. In recent years, off-the-shelf, surface-mount technology (SMT) components of this type have become available and provide tremendous cost savings in high volume pick and place manufacturing. Some of its applications are found in power amplifier design and modern communication...

Military tactical communications require transportable radio systems that can be set up quickly in the field, under difficult conditions, to establish communication links. These radio systems are mounted in tactical operation centers (TOC), vehicles and shelters. Legacy antennas used in these systems operate primarily in the VHF or UHF...

This is a survey article summarizing the recent developments and future trends in passive, active, bipolar and monolithic microwave integrated circuitry (MMIC) phased arrays for ground, ship, air and space applications. Covered is the DD(X) ship radar suite; THAAD (formerly GBR); European COBRA; Israel BMD radar antennas; Dutch shipboard...

The emerging ultra-wideband (UWB) radio is the technology for transmitting and receiving short, information-encoded, electromagnetic impulses. 1,2 UWB technology is loosely defined as any wireless transmission scheme that occupies a bandwidth of more than 25 percent of a center frequency, or more than 1.5 GHz. According to the Federal...