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The ZigBee® Alliance , a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, residential, commercial and consumer electronics applications, announced the ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 Technical Requirements Document (TRD) is available for public comment by the Smart Grid community at large, opening it beyond...

The introduction of HSPA, WiMAX and LTE radio access technologies has resulted in an explosion in bandwidth requirements on the backhaul links from base stations to the core of the network. According to a recent Infonetics Research report the number of mobile broadband users has doubled over the past...

Introduction. I went to work at Hughes Aircraft in March 1962 and worked as a microwave engineer until the early 80's when I made a bit of a career change to Program Management. As a Program Manager I worked mostly communications and radar programs and some classified programs. Since...

In 1960, the MTT Symposium met at the Del Coronado, the classic hotel across the bay from San Diego (figure 1). To get there, one took the ferry, as the bridge was still a dream. Once there, guests worried whether the wood structure would turn into a giant bonfire....

CTT Inc. announces a new, compact low noise amplifier (LNA) operating in the 1 to 18 GHz frequency range for a wide variety of RF and microwave applications. CTT’s latest compact LNA offers noise figures of less than 2.5 dB (typical) over an instantaneous bandwidth of more than four...

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) announced two new RFICs for broadband communications systems that reduce component count by more than 75 percent, without compromising performance. The ADRF6655 active mixer or ADRF6510 dual programmable filter and VGA (variable gain amplifier) integrate multiple functions and discrete devices into a single monolithic chip,...

Ducommun Inc. announced that its Ducommun Technologies Inc. (DTI) subsidiary, a long-time supplier of F/A-18 cockpit display products, has received the second installment of a multi-phased contract from The Boeing Co. The contract is for the retrofit of the Caution Light Panels (CLP) on the F/A-18 fighter aircraft, as...

Two 60 GHz wireless protocols that initially target different applications may someday compete head-to-head, according to a new Research Brief from ABI Research that includes a forecast of nearly two million 60 GHz chipset shipments in 2015. WirelessHD is a standard currently available in products using the unlicensed 60...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that its Herley-CTI subsidiary located in Whippany, NJ, has received an award valued at approximately $5 M from a major US prime contractor to manufacture an integrated microwave assembly (IMA) for a US Navy electronic attack aircraft. Richard F. Poirier, CEO and President, commented, "Herley...