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In the late 1970s, when one of the authors (Rautio) first got started in microwaves, one of his first tasks was to design filters on alumina for Landsat IV. The design was carefully performed using the commonly assumed substrate dielectric constant of 9.8. Even so, several design iterations were...
Park Electrochemical Corp. manufactures a complete line of reliable, high-value substrates for commercial and military critical microwave components, antennas and subassemblies. Their new non-PTFE resin system, Mercurywave™ 9350 (Mercurywave is a trademark of Park Electrochemical Corp.), is tailored to meet the needs of the RF and microwave market. With...
Simulation Software ANSYS Inc. announced the release of ANSYS® Engineering Knowledge Manager™ (ANSYS® EKM™) 2.0, a product focused on simulation process and data management (SPDM). The solution set addresses some real-world challenges that engineers face, such as how to better manage, share and reuse simulation data as well as...
Components, Boards & Systems Download the Puzzler Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 1 Amplifier that uses polar coordinates representation of a signal-vector instead of traditional Cartesian I-Q representation (3 words) 7 Uses finite element math to approximate how a circuit will behave (2 words) 9 When the dielectric constant...
The end-of-life for a semiconductor product can leave OEMs of systems with long lifecycles scrambling for a supply of vital parts, forcing them into a difficult procurement situation. Some have turned to the so-called “gray market”, a term that refers to the fraudulent manufacturing and distribution of counterfeit semiconductors....
The demands of cost reduction and greater efficiency in cellular base station design are leading to a rapidly growing market for remote radio heads. According to a new study from ABI Research, this market is on track to exceed a value of $1 B in 2014. Cellular base stations...
Wi-Fi has taken the entertainment device market by storm, with cameras, gaming devices (handheld and consoles), and personal media players (PMP) incorporating the technology within the past few years, reports In-Stat. Wi-Fi enabled entertainment device shipments will increase from 108.8 million in 2009 to 177.3 million in 2013. “While...
RFaxis, a fabless semiconductor company focused on innovative, next-generation RF solutions for the wireless connectivity markets, announced that B-Link Electronic Ltd. has selected RFaxis’ RFX2402 and RFX2402H RF Front-end Integrated Circuits (RFeIC™), along with the new RFaxis high-gain antenna solution, for integration into the B-Link family of WLAN products....
The primary objective of today’s marketing professionals remain the same: how can I raise awareness of my company, brand, products and technology among my key audiences (current and future customers, partners) to drive our business? Advertising is one proven option. The metrics are clear; an ad is seen by...
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of an NXP Semiconductors’ design kit for RF small-signal products within Agilent’s Advanced Design System (ADS). The design kit provides NXP’s customers with easy access to comprehensive libraries of models within ADS for NXP’s RF wideband devices, diodes, function FETs, dual-gate MOSFETs and...
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