Articles by Microwave Journal

High Power RF Amplifier The model SSPA 0.020-0.520-100 is a high power, super broadband, RF amplifier that op-erates from 20 to 520 MHz. This power amplifier is ideal for broadband military platforms as well as commercial applications because it is robust and offers high power over a multi-octave bandwidth....

Microwave Circuit Design Using Linear and Nonlinear Techniques: Second Edition George D. Vendelin, Anthony Pavio and Ulrich L. Rohde Wiley-Interscience • 1078 pages; $148 ISBN: 0-471-41479-4 Approximately 15 years have passed since the first edition of this book. While the basic principles have not changed, today’s technology provides huge...

INDUSTRY NEWS Smiths Group announced that it has acquired the business and assets of Lorch Microwave LLC , adding microwave filter technology to its electronic components and subsystems Interconnect business. Smiths Group has acquired the business for $25 M from undisclosed private vendors, including $1 M payable after July...

Following their recent contract win for development of the WiMAX Forum's 802.16e protocol conformance test solution, Aeroflex and Cetecom Spain have now outlined the roadmap for the product's planned development and introduction. Initial discussions with prospective technology partners are underway, all of whom will benefit from early access to...

United States military forces stationed in Iraq will soon utilize surveillance technology and methods adapted from those used by police departments to track and investigate gang activity. Lockheed Martin, in conjunction with Chicago and Los Angeles police departments, is employing counter-insurgency (COIN) surveillance technology to support urban operations conducted...

Two military communication leaders, Raytheon Co. and ITT, are collaborating on two new, highly affordable software communication systems, the Microlight-3G and the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Advanced Improvement Program-enhanced (SINCGARS ASIP-E). The new products share common modules, waveform capabilities and operating environments. Pre-production units for user evaluation...

Bluetooth automotive markets have historically been impeded by many issues that have slowed uptake and effectively stalled the market. In its recently published report entitled “Automotive Bluetooth — Handsets, Headsets, Telematics, OEM and Aftermarket Installed Devices,” ABI Research has found the market grew significantly in 2005 and is showing...

2005 was notable in the United States for its demonstration — in the rollout of contactless payment capabilities to millions of people — of just how fast a major technology can be deployed. Issuers such as Chase Bank, HSBC, American Express and others have distributed contactless cards and key...

With an abundance of low cost labor and a vast technical workforce, Asia is now the world’s largest Contract Electronic Manufacturing (CEM) market, reports In-Stat. The Asian CEM market was US $73.35 B in 2004, and is expected to reach US $161.90 B by 2009, the high tech market...

The task group responsible for developing the IEEE 801.11n project has voted to accept, as a base line, a joint proposal to amend the IEEE 802.11™ wireless local area network (WLAN) standard by adding specifications for new technologies that will raise WLAN connection speeds to as much as 600...