Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

The market for ultra-wideband (UWB) silicon is finally beginning to take off, reports In-Stat. Though regulatory hurdles over UWB still persist worldwide, the first UWB-enabled notebook PCs have shipped this year from Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba, the market research firm says. “The primary question for UWB now is: Will...

By 2012, the total high power RF semiconductor market will be nearing $1 B, with the markets outside the wireless infrastructure starting to take up the slack, reports a new study from ABI Research. But, according to research director Lance Wilson, “The shape of the industry five year hence...

Microwave Filters for Communication Systems: Fundamentals, Design and Applications R.J. Cameron, C.M. Kudsia and R.R. Mansour Wiley Interscience • 802 pages; $135 ISBN: 978-0-471-45022-1 This book captures the fundamentals and practical aspects of modern microwave filter design. Chapter 1 is devoted to an overview of communication systems. The principles...

Industry News John Dunbabin , owner and president of Connecting Devices Inc. (CDI), passed away on September 8, 2007, from pancreatic cancer. A graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with degrees in mechanical engineering and business, John went to work for CDI. In 1975, he and his partners,...

Intelligent Optimization Tool Optimizer is new intelligent tool for Vector Fields’ electromagnetic modeling and simulation software that will automatically find the best solution to a design problem. Optimizer automatically selects and manages multiple goal-seeking algorithms to eliminate the need for manual intervention and to make optimization feasible in virtually...

SMT Mixer Hittite Microwave has introduced a new HMC258LC3B GaAs MMIC sub-harmonic SMT mixer intended for microwave radios, VSAT, test and measurement, instrumentation and military applications from 14.5 to 19.5 GHz. The unit has an integrated LO amplifier housed in a 3 x 3 mm leadless RoHS-compliant ceramic SMT...

Precision Frequency Sources This catalog describes the complete line of frequency synthesizers from Programmed Test Sources Inc. (PTS). These synthesizers produce fast-switching, low phase-noise precision frequencies. With easy remote programming, they are vital in advanced measurement or production systems and also serve as stand-alone test equipment. Programmed Test Sources...

The modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite launched from Cape Canaveral has been declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation users around the world, following a successful on-orbit checkout by a combined US Air Force (USAF)/Lockheed Martin team. The satellite, designated GPS IIR-17M, is the...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a follow-on contract from the US Army Communications and Electronics Command to provide soldiers additional Frequency Hopping Multiplexers (FHMUX) antenna systems. The primary function of the FHMUX is to reduce the number of antennas while providing RF isolation between multiple frequency hopping radios. The...

Harris Corp. has completed the transition of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) weather radar data in the continental US to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) network, enabling air traffic controllers to receive a much greater volume of weather radar information faster then ever before. The Weather and Radar Processor...