Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

A Lockheed Martin team has successfully completed a key design revue of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment, signaling the team’s readiness to proceed with the next development phase of the program. TSAT will provide thousands of users with wideband, highly mobile, beyond line-of-sight protected communications to...

Intelsat General Corp. announced that it has been selected for an industry-government collaboration to demonstrate the viability of conducting military communications through an Internet router in space. The Department of Defense project to test Internet routing in space (IRIS) will be managed by Intelsat General and the payload will...

Product Data Sheet This data sheet provides complete detail on the company’s 2 to 18 GHz miniature PIN diode absorptive switches with built-in TTL drivers. Product photographs, specifications for each model and optional screening information are also provided. Advanced Control Components Inc., Eatontown, NJ (732) 460-0212, www.advanced-control.com . WiMAX...

New Product Slideshow AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation’s home page now features a new product slideshow that features the latest AR products. Currently being featured is the family of 4 to 8 GHz solid-state amplifiers, the company’s line of laser powered probes, the CI conducted immunity generators and the TGAR automotive...

Advanced Modeling in Computational Electromagnetic Compatibility Dragan Poljak Wiley Interscience • 514 pages; $125 ISBN-13: 978-0-470-03665-5 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is the applied discipline within the science of electromagnetism including almost all relevant areas of theoretical (computational) and experimental electromagnetics. Theoretical methods in electromagnetics can be classified as analytical or...

Components 100 W SPDT Switch The model SWN-218-2DR-45068-MULTISPECTRAL is a SPDT reflective, solid-state switch. It is designed to handle 100 W CW with low insertion loss over narrow band­widths. Operating from 100 MHz to 2 GHz with an isolation of 40 dB and an insertion loss of only 1.5...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., was awarded a $2.5 M equipment order to support a satellite-based cellular backhaul network in Asia. A leading mobile operator in the region will utilize the equipment to support a telecommunication expansion program. The order includes...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has begun work on a 62-month, $171 M system development and demonstration (SDD) contract for the first increment of a new extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications system for the US Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber. Under a planned three-increment upgrade program, the new EHF system...

TriQuint Semiconductor announced the release of two new satellite communications (SATCOM) high power amplifiers (HPA) that lead the industry in performance and overall size reduction. The new die-level products, TGA4916 and TGA4906, are the latest example of TriQuint’s leadership in the evolution of ground terminal sat-com RF amplifiers. The...

Rohde & Schwarz introduced the R&S ZVA-Z110 option for its R&S ZVA24 (24 GHz) and R&S ZVA40 (40 GHz) four-port vector network analyzers that allows them to make measurements between 75 and 10 GHz (W-band). The option is a cost-effective solution for evaluating the performance of millimeter-wave components designed...