Articles by Microwave Journal

Discera Inc. , a world leader in CMOS MEMS oscillators, resonators and provider of next-generation timing solutions, announced that Tyco Electronics' M/A-COM , a leading provider of wireless radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter-wave components and systems, has qualified Discera's MEMS-based oscillator series, MOS1, for use in its telemetry...

In its latest analysis of the near field communication (NFC) market, ABI Research forecasts that by 2012, some 292 million handsets — just over 20 percent of the global mobile handset market — will ship with built in NFC capabilities. 2007 will be critical for NFC technology as key...

ANADIGICS Inc. , a supplier of wireless and broadband communications solutions, announced that it has entered into an Investment Contract with the Kunshan New and Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (KSND), to jointly construct a new state-of-the art 6” gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuit (IC) wafer fabrication facility (fab) for...

National Instruments invites you to NIWeek 2007, the world’s leading virtual instrumentation conference and exhibition. NIWeek 2007 features three full days of interactive technical sessions, exhibitions and workshops on the latest technologies for design, control and test applications. For more information or to register, visit: http://secure.niweek.com/2007/portal/registration/press08....

David Vye joins the staff at the Microwave Journal as technical editor and business development manager. Vye was formerly a product-marketing manager with Ansoft Corp., responsible for high frequency circuit/system design tools and technical marketing communications. He is a 1984 graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, with...

First Things First: In the week ending April 6, 2007 the RF to Light 100 rose 2.1%, YTD + 5% at 2581. The NASDAQ was up 2.0%, YTD + 2.3% at 2471 and LSI closed a $4 billion acquisition of Agere (and Agere’s stock symbol disappeared). Powerwave is a...

The defense of the United States against potential missile threats is closer to fruition, thanks to the efforts of the 850 th Electronic Systems Group’s Upgraded Early Warning Radar Program Office, which is charged with incorporating missile defense into existing Air Force early warning radars. “We will have a...

Raytheon Co.’s Excalibur precision-guided 155 mm artillery round has passed its final testing hurdle for fielding with the successful completion of a so-called Limited User Test in February at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ. Pending additional system-level certification, Excalibur will be fielded to US Army and Canadian field artillery units....

Harris Corp. has delivered the first 12 of 39 Large Aperture Multiband Deployable Antenna (LAMDA) terminals to be used by the US Marine Corps and US Air Force for multiband, mobile satellite communications. The order for 39 LAMDA terminals is part of a $42 M contract awarded to Harris...

Strategy Analytics analysts, speaking at the plenary sessions of both the IEEE CSIC Symposium and the Power Amplifier Symposium, reaffirmed that GaAs technologies will continue to dominate the radio front-end in cellular handsets, despite competition from silicon technologies. The move toward 3G and beyond, coupled with the need to...