Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

The RF & Microwave industry advances and evolves from year to year and the annual RF & Hyper event is a showcase where those developments can be viewed and assessed. However, very few visiting or participating in this year’s event at the CNIT, International Conference and Exhibition Centre in...

Cascade Microtech announced it has acquired Gryphics Inc. , a private company that designs, manufactures and markets a range of high performance socket products used for final production and evaluation testing of packaged semiconductor integrated circuits. This acquisition is another strategic step in Cascade Microtech’s long-term vision of being...

Coplanar Microwave Integrated Circuits Ingo Wolff Wiley Interscience • 557 pages; $120 ISBN: 0-471-12101-0 The subjects of this book—materials, technology, design and realization of coplanar microwave integrated circuits—combine the research results of a large research group under the leadership of the author. Chapter 1, the introduction, describes the different...

GaN Broadband Power Amplifier The model SSPA 0.5-3.0-50 is a high power, broadband, GaN RF amplifier that operates in a frequency range from 0.5 to 3 GHz. This PA is ideal for broadband military platforms as well as commercial applications because it is robust and offers high power over...

Measurement Journal The Agilent Measurement Journal is a quarterly technical publication that provides today’s engineers with the information they need to stay ahead of the competition and on top of the latest technologies, trends and Agilent measurement solutions. It covers a wide range of industries, including aerospace and defense,...

Realities of 3G launches are far from what operators anticipated just a few years ago, when they committed billions of dollars in 3G fees, adhering to stringent regulatory terms and conditions. According to Allied Business Intelligence (ABI), the number of 3G network launches will peak in 2004, but developed...

Nitronex , a developer and manufacturer of high performance RF power transistors for the commercial and broadband wireless infrastructure markets, announced plans to move its corporate headquarters from its current R&D facility in Raleigh, NC, to a manufacturing facility adjacent to the Research Triangle Park (RTP) in Durham, NC....

TRAK Microwave Corp. announced that it has received a production contract from Ball Aerospace (Broomfield, CO) for the continuation of the ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) program. TRAK will supply its custom-designed switch network assembly that is integrated with the ball aerospace antenna system and then delivered to the...

SUSS MicroTec and Surface Technology Systems (STS), providers of MEMS manufacturing solutions worldwide, announced a US-based roadshow called "MEMS Technology: Embracing the Future," scheduled to debut in Boston, MA on April 20th. "MEMS Technology: Embracing the Future" will include presentations on the latest critical manufacturing processes in MEMS today....

The WiMAX Forum® has bestowed principal member status on Agilent Technologies Inc. This accolade is the result of the company’s active involvement in the Forum since 2004 and its introduction of test equipment to support WiMAX™ technology. Principal member status will further strengthen its ability to deliver standards-based WiMAX...