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Due to intense vendor price competition and cellular operator negotiating clout, the power amplifier segment of both cellular infrastructure markets and handset markets has seen falling average selling prices (ASP) over the last several years, especially in the more mature markets such as GSM. But with the advent of...

In North America, those big utility dollies used at airports, the ones that are pulled around by little tractors, cost about $5000 each. There are many thousands of them in airports around the continent. And believe it or not, airlines “lose” them frequently — through carelessness, theft, or “borrowing”...

Digital CATV services will generate higher performance requirements from infrastructure components that will be suited to GaAs semiconductor capabilities, according to the latest Strategy Analytics study, “GaAs Will Drive Digital CATV Revolution.” By 2009, GaAs-based MMICs and hybrids will account for 75 percent of the total semiconductor content in...

Is ultra wideband (UWB) just another method to communicate wirelessly? At first look, it may seem so. For line-powered devices such as set-tops, advanced TVs, PCs and printers, it is a high speed method for transferring video and data without cables, enabling both aesthetics and freedom to decide where...

Dr. Don Parker Dr. Don Parker , one of the most respected leaders in the microwave profession, died on February 2, 2005. He was 71 years old. He was born in Ogden, UT, and graduated from Brigham Young University with a BSEE in 1956. He received his Master’s in...

Nonlinear Microwave Circuit Design F. Giannini and G. Leuzi John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 402 pages; $125 ISBN:0-470-84701-8 While the field of nonlinear microwave circuits is still open to investigations, many basic concepts and design principles are already well established. This book presents the theory and practical design methodology...

SATCOM Low Noise Amplifier The model APTW4-18002650-2510-42 is a waveguide (WR-42) amplifier that offers an operating frequency of 18 to 26.5 GHz, an ultra low noise figure of 2.2 dB (191.3°K) maximum and a minimum output power of +10 dBm (+20 dBm IP3). An optimized BW from 17.8 to...

Solutions Brochure This brochure details the company’s semiconductor solutions for RF and microwave communications. It highlights manufacturing technologies including film bulk acoustic resonator, gallium arsenide PHEMT and enhancement mode PHEMT and silicon. Agilent Technologies Inc., Palo Alto, CA (800) 235-0312, www.agilent.com Product Brochure This brochure highlights the company’s design...

When measuring small production antennas and antenna-based assemblies, as well as for the development of millimeter-wave antennas, a requirement exists for a measurement system that is not only small but also fully portable. Designed to fulfill these needs is ORBIT/FR’s Mini-Compact Range Chamber, which is a portable test facility...

With more than seventy years of design and development expertise in frequency control and timing, Valpey Fisher has developed an extensive knowledge base that today is leveraged to bring innovative custom solutions to demanding frequency control applications. The company is intensely focused on bringing to its customers the most...