Articles by Microwave Journal

Wireless mesh networking looks set to achieve a stellar growth rate by the end of the decade, but most of the growth will be in market segments not served by existing infrastructures. According to a new study from ABI Research, the increase will mostly come from deployment by alternative...

Near Field Communications (NFC) applications will transform consumer commerce, connectivity and content consumption, beginning with trials through 2006 and volume deployments into 2007, according to a new study from ABI Research. NFC, a short-range contactless communication protocol, enables easy-to-use, secure Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity between devices. It provides high...

Phaselock Techniques, Third Edition Floyd M. Gardner Wiley-Interscience • 447 pages; $84.95 ISBN: 0-471-43063-3 The first edition of this book was published in 1966 and the second in 1979. Phaselock was an unimaginably exotic subject in 1966, with limited applications and few practitioners. Now phaselocking is a mature subject....

Industry News On October 21st, 2005, Bill Reich , marketing and communications manager for Narda Microwave East, an L3 Communications company, passed away at the age of 62. A Narda employee for 25 years, Reich initially headed the organization’s publications department, and later oversaw the company’s sales activities. “Bill...

Data Sheet This data sheet provides complete detail on the company’s epitaxial MOCVD wafers that are designed for defense and commercial markets. The growth area is class 10,000 and houses production and small volume reactors. Reactors are outfitted to grow InP- and GaAs-based materials on 2 to 4 inch...

EMC Test Software The model SW1006 is the latest version of the company’s radiated susceptibility, conducted immunity and precompliance emissions software. Model SW1006 automatically performs both calibration and immunity testing in full compliance with IEC 61000-4-3, 4-6, MIL-STD 461/462 RS103, CS114, RTCA/DO160 Section 20 specifications. The software also supplies...

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Flexible Cables

The CBL series of rugged, triple-shielded flexible cables is ideal for laboratory and in-field measurement applications requiring low insertion loss from DC to 18 GHz. These cables deliver high performance levels while withstanding 20,000 flexures without any failures.

Mini-Circuits,
Brooklyn, NY (718) 934-4500,
www.minicircuits.com.

Low Noise Amplifier

The model HMC374 is a surface-mount PHEMT MMIC low noise amplifier (LNA) for fixed wireless, CATV, microwave radio and cellular/3G base station and repeater applications from 0.3 to 3 GHz. This high dynamic range PHEMT MMIC LNA delivers 1.5 dB noise figure, +37 dBm output IP3 and 15 dB small-signal gain at 900 MHz.

Hittite Microwave Corp.,
Chelmsford, MA (978) 250-3343,
www.hittite.com.