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International Report Martin Streetly, International Correspondent Boeing-IBM Team Claim World's Most Powerful Satellite DCP A team comprising Boeing Satellite Systems and computer giant IBM claimed to have created the world's most powerful satellite-based, digital communications processor (DCP) for use in a Boeing-built satellite that has been supplied to United...

The Commercial Market Broadband Fixed Wireless Market Declined 35 Percent in 1Q01 Sales of broadband fixed wireless, point-to-multipoint equipment declined 35 percent quarter to quarter to $150 million in 1Q01, according to a Dell'Oro Group report. Alcatel continued its leadership with a 35 percent market share. According to the...

The Book End The RF and Microwave Handbook Mike Golio, Ed. CRC Press LLC 1368 pages; $139.95 ISBN: 0-8493-8592-X The purpose of the RF and Microwave Handbook is to provide a single-volume comprehensive reference for modern microwave and RF engineers. It is the result of contributions of 91 experts...

Product Feature 220 to 325 GHz Vector Network Analysis Oleson Microwave Labs (OML) Morgan Hill, CA A new pair of vector network analyzer (VNA) frequency extension modules, covering 220 to 325 GHz, is being introduced along with a precision waveguide calibration kit. The models V03VNA-T/R and V03VNA-T are compatible...

Product Feature A Compact High Power SSPA for Satellite Communication Applications Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc., ADVANTECH Dorval, QC, Canada Today's emerging satellite broadband applications require high power amplifiers. In recent years, significant advances have been made in solid-state technology that have resulted in solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA) becoming a...

Cover Feature Low Cost Plastic MMIC VCOs Hittite Microwave Corp. Chelmsford, MA Fig. 1 Ku-band VCO on an evaluation PCB. A breakthrough in monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) design and manufacturing technology has occurred with the introduction of a new multifunction VCO product line. The new VCO's phase noise...

Product Feature A DC to 50 GHz and Beyond MMIC Carrier HEI Broadband, HEI Inc. Victoria, MN With frequency spectrum demands at a premium many of today's wireless applications are moving higher and higher in frequency. Many of the systems now operate in the Ku and Ka frequency bands....

Product Feature Network Analyzer Software for Simplified Bandpass Filter Tuning Agilent Technologies Inc. Santa Rosa, CA Tuning the multiple poles and zeros of a coupled-resonator bandpass filter is generally labor-intensive and time-consuming. Often performed by a company's most experienced technicians armed with a vector network analyzer, such tuning requires...

Technical Feature Advanced RF Technologies for the Wireless Market Yvan Droinet Philips Semiconductors Caen, France Most products in the wireless world require more and more miniaturization. This incentive leads integrated circuit designers to develop innovative architectures with higher and higher integration levels. On the one hand, there is a...

Technical Feature Spectrum Monitored Adaptive Feedforward Linearization This article describes a method of maintaining the best cancellation of the distortion of a signal generated by a power amplifier. Prior papers and patents have proposed various linearizer structures and control algorithms. The design presented here consists of a feedforward linearizer's...