Industry News

Computation of Fields and SAR for MRI with Finite-difference, Time-domain Software

RF and microwave technology has been utilized in numerous medical applications, such as the study of electromagnetic radiation on the human body. Mobile handset and antenna manufacturers have performed Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) measurements and/or...
In most fields today, electronic devices must meet strict certification requirements to ensure that humans are not exposed to excessive levels of radiated energy. If sufficiently high levels of power, quantified as the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), are dissipated in human tissue, the result could be tissue heating and...
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Web Update

RF and Microwave Cable Assemblies ESM Cable Corp. manufactures RF and microwave cable assemblies for the defense/aerospace, telecom, medical and test markets. These assemblies operate everywhere from the racks of telecommunications equipment to multi-platform IED jammers and even the UAV’s flying high overhead. For over 10 years, ESM Cable...
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New Literature

Lightwave Catalog This catalog provides detailed product and application information on Agilent’s latest solutions for photonic testing of next-generation low cost optical devices and digital microwave solutions (BERTs, DCAs) for high speed devices. It covers photonic and transceiver measurement solutions that offer industry-leading performance for fastest time-to-market in next-generation...
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The Book End

RFID: A Guide to Radio Frequency Identification V. Daniel Hunt, Albert Puglia and Mike Puglia Wiley Interscience • 238 pages; $60 ISBN: 978-0-470-10764-5 Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is a wireless communication technology that enables users to uniquely identify tagged objects or people. This book provides a broad overview...
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Will Wi-Fi hot spots survive WiMax and 3G?

Faster mobile access will lead to more options
Mobile WiMAX promises to be fast, cheap and, if Sprint Nextel Corp. keeps its word, available nationwide by 2009. 3G service, while slower than mobile WiMAX, is already widely available. Both technologies are designed to cover wide areas. By contrast, public Wi-Fi hot spots require you to go to...
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Anritsu Joins NGMN Alliance

Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has granted membership to Anritsu Corp., making it the first test solutions vendor to become a member of this key industry alliance. The company’s technology experts will help the Alliance devise strategies for maximizing the availability and service quality of the new mobile...
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