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The total worldwide count of analog, CDMA, TDMA, GSM, PDC, PHS and UMT base stations will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of a mere 13.7 percent through 2006, according to In-Stat/MDR. The high tech market research firm finds that, during this same period, UMTS will lead...

COMPONENTS Surface-mount Balun This miniaturized version of the company's 2.4 GHz Xinger-brand surface-mount balun has an insertion loss of 0.35 dB (max), making it an ideal companion for 802.11b and 802.11g access point and embedded WLAN chipsets. Other advantages include optimization for impedance matching and guaranteed phase and amplitude...

INDUSTRY NEWS Endwave Corp. has acquired certain wireless infrastructure assets of Signal Technology Corp. 's Wireless Group. The acquisition includes customer contracts, equipment, inventory, product designs and other intellectual property, and key personnel needed for the ongoing operation of the business unit. The purchase is expected to enhance Endwave's...

DC/DC Converter Guide This 29-page catalog is completely user/applications-oriented. Each of 425 standard products is listed according to its output configuration (single, dual, triple, etc.), its output voltage (from 1 to 48 V), its output current (up to 40 A), its input voltage range (typically centered around 3.3, 5.0,...

Microwave Products This Web site enables customers to efficiently gather information from the company's products catalog. Visitors can easily access detailed part descriptions, images and drawings of all the company's GPO™ and GPPO™ standard products. It also features product information, assembly instructions and recommended tools. Pull-down menus provide quick...

Workshops & Courses RF Wireless Engineering Topics : Designed to give electrical engineers the specialized training that they need to achieve competence in RF and wireless engineering. Students learn practical skills, such as component selection and impedance matching network design. Site : Atlanta, GA Dates : January 27-31, 2003...

News From Washington Raytheon Delivers First Production Evolved SEASPARROW to US Navy Raytheon Co. delivered the first production Evolved SEASPARROW Missile (ESSM) to the US Navy, defining the future of ship defense. "ESSM provides improved ship self-defense capabilities against faster, lower, smaller and more maneuverable anti-ship missile threats as...

International Report BAE Systems C41SR Delivers First Skynet 5 Terminals UK contractor BAE Systems Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) has delivered the first batch of six Talon satellite communications terminals to Paradigm Secure Communications for eventual use in the UK's Skynet 5 military communications satellite...

The Commercial Market Bluetooth to Ramp Up in Market Outside of Mobile Handsets While mobile handsets are expected to account for approximately two-thirds of the Bluetooth devices that will ship in 2002, and cordless headsets will also be a growing category, Allied Business Intelligence's (ABI) new Bluetooth report notes...

Wireless Communications - Principles and Practice, Second Edition Theodore S. Rappaport Prentice Hall PTR 707 pages; $92 ISBN: 0-13-042232-0 The second edition of this book has been written to initiate the newcomer to wireless personal communications, one of the fastest growing fields in the engineering world. Technical concepts which...