Articles by Microwave Journal

The dream of using one telephone with one number whether at home, at work or on the street — and of networks smart enough to hand over a call in progress — is approaching reality. “Fixed-mobile convergence” is the buzz phrase for this telephonic utopia and it is being...

The news and rumors surrounding attempts to establish an industry standard for the 802.11n Wi-Fi format paint a picture that changes with the viewing angle. The eagerly-awaited enhancement of the 802.11 wireless LAN standard, that promises wireless users throughput of 100 Mbps and more, has been bogged down in...

Planar Microwave Engineering: A Practical Guide to Theory, Measurements and Circuits Thomas H. Lee. Cambridge University Press 880 pages; $75 ISBN: 0-521-83526-7 This book covers everything one needs to know to design, build and test a high frequency circuit. Chapter 1 provides a short history of RF and microwave...

Industry News Smiths Group announced that it is expanding its interconnect business with the acquisition of Millitech Inc. A Massachusetts-based business, Millitech specializes in the design and manufacturing of millimeter-wave components, assemblies and integrated antenna systems for satellite communications, radar, passive imaging, space and remote sensing applications. Smiths acquired...

Digital Debug Solutions CD-ROM This CD-ROM will assist design engineers with measurement insight into tough digital debug problems with information about tools that can help minimize project risk and drive products to market faster. The CD also provides quick access to application notes, product data sheets and web links....

Design Software The LINC2 software combines high performance RF and microwave circuit design, synthesis, simulation and optimization into a single integrated program. This software provides a suite of design tools for the exact synthesis of a wide variety of active and passive circuits. LINC2’s comprehensive amplifier synthesis tool produces...

Blocking Capacitor The GZ capacitor series is specifically designed to address DC blocking issues from 15 kHz to 40 GHz in optical transceivers. The technology incorporates small footprints to conserve board space and is designed to match 0.015" and 0.020" microstrip widths. The assemblies combine high capacitance Ni-Au terminated...

Industry News Hittite Microwave Corp. acquired substantially all of the assets of Q-Dot Inc. , a research and development organization advancing mixed-signal silicon integrated circuit technology in data acquisition, signal processing, imaging and communications, from SIMTEK Corp. The acquisition, for $2.2 M in cash, includes Q-Dot’s intellectual property and...

Capabilities Brochure This brochure, entitled “Power & Vision,” provides an overview of the company’s products and services. The company designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive line of specialized amps and related products for OEM applications for industrial, scientific, medical, communications and military use. AR Worldwide Modular RF, Bothell, WA...

RF Power Products This catalog features the company’s RF power products that include bipolar, VDMOS and LDMOS technologies. All of the products are based on silicon and span the frequency range of 1 MHz to 3.5 GHz using supplies from as low as a few volts to as high...