Microwave Journal articles from April 2002

Microwave Journal archives from April 2002

Advanced design seminars. (Workshops & Courses).
April 1, 2002... * Topics: The company's new spectral-domain system simulator, SPECTRASYS, is presented. Focus will be on practical implementations of systems using SPECTRASYS to detect signal peak paths, conducted emissions, adjacent channel distortion and...

Advanced technology workshop on ceramic technologies for microwave and photonic packaging. (Workshops & Courses).
April 1, 2002... * Topics: Critical issues in packaging for microwave and photonic technology, essential in reducing time-to-market, costs and wide-scale deployment of these rapidly growing technologies. * Site: Providence, RI * Dates: May 2-3, 2002...

RF wireless system design fundamentals. (Workshops & Courses).
April 1, 2002... * Topics: Combines theory with real-life examples to provide participants with a complete foundation in digital communication techniques and their effect on RF circuit parameters, to help them close the gap between traditional RF engineering...

Antennas: principles, design and measurements. (Workshops & Courses).
April 1, 2002... * Topics: Antenna fundamentals, arrays, wire antennas, broadband antennas, horns, reflectors, antennas in systems, antennas for wireless communications and measurements. * Site: Orlando, FL * Dates: May 20-23, 2002 * Contact:...

Microwave antenna measurements: far-field, near-field, compact ranges and anechoic chambers. (Workshops & Courses).
April 1, 2002... * Topics: Design, use and evaluation of anechoic chambers, far-field, near-field and compact ranges, techniques for the determination of antenna radiation patterns, directivity, gain, polarization and impedance, phase array testing and...

Advanced technology workshop on passive integration. (Workshops & Courses).
April 1, 2002... * Topics: Design, simulation and libraries, material systems, fabrication of passive elements in component platforms, capacitors, connectors, diodes, flex circuits, ferrites, inductors, resistors, thermistors and varistors. * Site:...

RF & microwave fundamentals. (Workshops & Courses).
April 1, 2002... * Topics: Understand the principles of RF/microwave engineering, undertake RF measurements using power meters, spectrum analyzers and network analyzers. Introduction to noise figure and phase noise is also included. * Site: Winnersh, UK...

Calculation and measurement of lock time in a phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer: lock time is an important design parameter. (Technical Feature).
April 1, 2002... The 'Wireless World' (radio and television broadcast, cordless phones, cellular radio communication, remote controls, wireless computer networking, etc.) has lots of data to transmit and available frequency bands are an extremely scarce...

US Air Force awards Mobile Radar contract to ITT Industries. (News from Washington).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... ITT Industries Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide Mobile Approach Control System Precision Approach Radars (MACS PAR) to the US Air Force. The contract is worth in excess of $40 M when all options are exercised. The...

US Department of Commerce tech team discusses science and technology budget. (News from Washington).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The Department of Commerce will play a vital role in the President's budget request for science and technology programs for homeland and economic security, highlighting the critical roles of the National Telecommunications and Information...

Harris Corp. awarded $2.5 M to study Space-based Radar Antenna. (News from Washington).(Defense Advanced Research Agency contract)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Harris Corp. announced that it was awarded a one-year, $2.5 M contract by the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) Special Projects Office, Washington, DC, and the Air Force Research Lab's (AFRL) Sensors Directorate, Rome, NY, to study the...

Military radar market worth more than $22 B this decade. (News from Washington).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Radar continue to play a ma or part of a combat aircraft avionics suite, battlefield command network or ATC system, according to Forecast International's "The Market for Radar Systems," with the overall radar market for the next ten years worth...

C-17 completes first phase TAWS tests. (International Report).(Boeing tests BAE Systems' Terrain Awareness Warning System)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... At the time of going to A press, US contractor Boeing is reported to have completed first phase air testing of BAE Systems' TERPROM(R) Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS) aboard its C-17 strategic transport aircraft. Conducted at Edwards...

Philips launches new LCD-based handheld application controller. (International Report).(Philips Semiconductors introduces UCB1400)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Netherlands contractor Phi lips Semiconductors has launched a new audio codec and touch screen controller (designated as the UCB1400) that is designed for use in liquid crystal display (LCD)based handheld applications such as palmtop personal...

Paradigm gets Skynet 5. (International Report).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... European contractor Paradigm Secure Communications (PSC -- a joint venture between BAE Systems and the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Co.) has been selected as the preferred bidder for the UK'S next generation military communications...

Finns select French naval EW. (International Report).(Electronic Warfare)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... French-based contractor Thales Airborne Systems has been awarded a Euro 26.3 million contract covering the supply of 11 Shipborne Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems (SIEWS) for installation aboard six of the Finnish Navy's Squadron 2000 and...

Next-generation applications drive Bluetooth Adoption. (The Commercial Market).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... On the edge of mass-market adoption, it is apparent that Bluetooth is evolving beyond its original cable replacement beginnings. A new study by Frost & Sullivan, the international marketing consulting company, observes and analyzes the...

US MEMS industry experiencing dramatic growth, change. (The Commercial Market).(Microelectromechanical Systems )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Anew report issued by the MEMS Industry Group (MIG), the trade association representing the US Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Microstructures industries, shows the nation's MEMS industry is growing at an exponential rate, creating...

Time to jump back on the broadband wagon? (The Commercial Market).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... In a matter of months, the I bright future facing many broadband service providers seemed to disappear in 2001. Provider after provider either filed for Chapter 11 protection, cut back investments or simply went out of business. So far, 2002...

Andrew Corp. has agreed to buy closely held Celiant Corp. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Andrew Corp. has agreed to buy closely held Celiant Corp. for $470 M in cash and stock. Boards of both companies unanimously approved the deal. The deal represents the largest-ever acquisition by Andrew Corp. After the deal, Andrew will become...

Mitec Telecom Inc. completed its transaction to acquire selected assets from Com Dev International Ltd. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Mitec Telecom Inc. completed its transaction to acquire selected assets from Com Dev International Ltd. The transaction, which increases MITEC/BEVE's production capacity and overhead absorption, is expected to be cash earnings accretive to...

REMEC Inc. has purchased, in a sale approved by the US Bankruptcy Court, substantially all of the assets of Spike Broadband Systems Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... REMEC Inc. has purchased, in a sale approved by the US Bankruptcy Court, substantially all of the assets of Spike Broadband Systems Inc. for cash consideration of $4 M. In connection with the acquisition, REMEC entered into a contract expected...

SEMX Corp. has entered into a letter of intent with an undisclosed party to sell the stock of American Silicon Products B.V. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... SEMX Corp. has entered into a letter of intent with an undisclosed party to sell the stock of American Silicon Products B.V. Terms of the letter of intent were not disclosed and are subject to the completion of due diligence and requisite...

Dupont Electronic Technologies has purchased a 16.6 percent equity interest from Merrimac Industries Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Dupont Electronic Technologies has purchased a 16.6 percent equity interest from Merrimac Industries Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $5.3 M. The companies have also agreed to work together to better understand the dynamics of the...

Stratos Lightwave Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tsunami Optics Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Stratos Lightwave Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tsunami Optics Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Tsunami will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Stratos and the Tsunami shareholders will receive approximately 3.2...

StratEdge announced that Transcom has agreed to purchase StratEdge's LCC. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... StratEdge announced that Transcom has agreed to purchase StratEdge's LCC, DC to 23 GHz leaded packages. Transcom, a Taiwan-based semiconductor manufacturer, designs and manufactures GaAs FETs and MMICs specifically for microwave systems...

Microsemi Corp. announced an official name change for its integrated circuit businesses located in Carlsbad, Garden Grove, Irvine and Los Angeles, CA. The new name, Microsemi Integrated Products. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Microsemi Corp. announced an official name change for its integrated circuit businesses located in Carlsbad, Garden Grove, Irvine and Los Angeles, CA. The new name, Microsemi Integrated Products, provides a uniform identity for the circuit...

Olympus Integrated Technologies America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., has formed the Olympus Partnership Development Group (PDG). (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Olympus Integrated Technologies America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., has formed the Olympus Partnership Development Group (PDG). PDG was formed to enhance the success of partner companies through technology and...

Hittite Microwave Corp. has opened a third international sales office, Hittite Microwave Asia Ltd. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Hittite Microwave Corp. has opened a third international sales office, Hittite Microwave Asia Ltd., located in Seoul, Korea. This office will house a staff of sales engineers that will directly support the company's expanding Asian customer...

Cadence Design Systems Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. (Industry News).(forming an alliance)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Cadence Design Systems Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a far-reaching, multi-year technology alliance that is expected to accelerate electronic product development. Through this alliance the companies expect to develop and market...

Anritsu Corp. and 7 layers AG. (Industry News).(jointly to develop testing software)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Anritsu Corp. and 7 layers AG have announced that they will collaborate in the area of RF conformance testing for 3GPP W-CDMA. 7 layers will develop a suite of tools to work with the Anritsu ME7873A W-CDMA test system, which will simplify and...

Spectrian Corp. (Industry News).(amplifier has passed FCC certification)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Spectrian Corp. announced that its model MCPA4080 power amplifier has passed FCC certffication for a wide variety of air interface formats. In particular, the FCC has type-approved the amplifier for CDMA, TDMA, GSM and EDGE formats, making the...

Labtech, part of the Intelek Group. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Labtech, part of the Intelek Group, has received Underwriters Laboratory approval for softboard circuits manufactured using specialist microwave substrates RF35 and RF35P from Taconic.

Palomar Technologies. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Palomar Technologies' chairman Gary Cist and president Kevin Conlon were named as two of Fortune magazine's "Heroes of US Manufacturing," an annual special section honoring companies that have achieved innovation in US manufacturing technology....

IFR Systems Inc. (Industry News).(GPRS handset testing equipment)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... IFR Systems Inc. announced GPRS handset testing capability aimed at repair centers that service and maintain GPRS mobile handsets, Designed specifically for service operations, the 2935 radio test system offers service organizations a...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (Financial News).(reports profits for third quarter)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... RF Micro Devices Inc. reports sales of $100.6 M for the third quarter ended December 31, 2001, compared to $79.9 M for the same period in 2000. Net income was $3.5 M (2Cents/diluted share) compared to $7.8 M (5Cents/diluted share) for the third...

Ansoft Corp. (Financial News).(reports profits for third quarter)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $14.1 M for the third quarter ended January 31, 2002, compared to $11.1 M for the same period in 2001. Net income was $2.1 M (15Cents/diluted share) compared to $1.5 M (12Cents/diluted share) for the third quarter...

Superconductor Technologies Inc. (Financial News).(fourth-quarter earnings report)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Superconductor Technologies Inc. reports sales of $2.1 M for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2001, compared to $3.5 M for the same period in 2000. Net loss was $5.0 M (83Cents/common share) compared to $3.5 M (31Cents/common share) for...

Unity Wireless Corp. (Contracts).(contract to supply RF power amplifiers.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Unity Wireless Corp. has received purchase orders worth approximately $1 M from US-based customers for the delivery of RF power amplifiers. The orders are comprised of two different models of the company's UltraTech [TM] line of RF power...

Merrimac Industries Inc. (Contracts).(company land contract for electronic countermeasures applications)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Merrimac Industries Inc. has received a Multi-Mix (R) order from a leading defense contractor to provide a sophisticated three-dimensional multiplayer integrated assembly for use in an electronic countermeasure application. The potential...

Aethercomm Inc. (Contracts).(gets two contracts)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Aethercomm Inc. has announced the award of two new contracts. The first award is from Metric Systems Corp. to design, develop and manufacture 51 high power, L-band power amplifiers in support of Metric's data link transmitter product line. The...

Modelithics Inc. (Contracts).(Modelithics Inc. land contract with Delphi Automotive Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Modelithics Inc. was awarded a contact from Delphi Automotive Systems LLC to supply computer-aided-engineering (CAD) models for a range of commercial parts used in high frequency electronic designs.

LPKF Laser & Electronics AG. (Contracts).(wins two contracts)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... LPKF Laser & Electronics AG recently sold two new laser systems. A MicroLine Laser was acquired by a North American company and will be used for laser direct patterning. The second purchase, a newly developed laser system, used for the...

SGI. (Contracts).(General Dynamics Advanced Systems wins contract with U.S. Navy)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems bas selected high performance computing and visualization systems from SGI to power the US Navy's new Area Defense Commander Capability system. The system uses SCI technology to provide an...

Stephen H. Schmidt. (Personnel).(LPKF Laser and Electronics USA appoints new executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Stephen H. Schmidt has recently been elected to LPKF Laser & Electronics USA board of directors. He has also been named VP as well as secretary. Schmidt will still remain the general manager of LPKF USA along with the recently appointed titles....

William R. Wilson. (Personnel).(Herley Industries Inc. appoints new executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Herley Industries Inc. has appointed William R. Wilson senior VP. Wilson will be responsible for the company's New England operations located in Woburn, MA. Prior to joining Herley, Wilson held several executive positions with Litton Laser...

Bruce W. Hueners. (Personnel).(Palomar Technologies Corp. appoints new executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Palomar Technologies Inc. has promoted Bruce W. Hueners to VP of marketing. Hueners joined the company in 1981 and has held several engineering, sales and marketing management positions.

John Pelose. (Personnel).(Sirenza Microdevices Inc. appoints new executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Sirenza Microdevices has promoted John Pelose to VP, wireless products. Pelose formerly served as the company's director of wireline products.

Sharon Altimari. (Personnel).(vice president, Tampa Microwave Labs)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Tampa Microwave Labs has named Sharon Altimari VP of marketing. In this new position she will have responsibility for product marketing in addition to domestic sales development, key account support and management of the sale representatives...

Alistair Manley. (Personnel).(SiGe Semiconductor Inc. names new executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... SiGe Semiconductor has named Alistair Manley director of sales for North America. Manley brings over 30 years of experience to SiGe Semiconductor, where he will oversee sales, field applications engineering support, and distribution channels...

Norm Hildreth. (Personnel).(Hittite Microwave Corp. appoints new executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Hittite Microwave Corp. has named Norm Hildreth director of product development. He returns to the company from Sirenza Microdevices where he served as VP of wireless products.

Satinder Otal. (Personnel).(Trompeter Elec-tronics)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Trompeter Elec-tronics has appointed Satinder Otal manufacturing manager. His area of responsibility will include overseeing the manufacturing and manufacturing engineering activities for all of the company s activities. Otal brings more than...

Wood & Douglas Ltd. (Personnel).(two appointments)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Les Adams has joined Wood & Douglas Ltd. as a research and development engineer. His appointment will have a major impact on the company's increasing R&D requirement as it responds to the rapidly rising demand for project-based solutions. The...

Datum-Timing, Test & Measurement, Beverly, MA, has appointed Syntek. (Rep Appointments).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Datum-Timing, Test & Measurement, Beverly, MA, has appointed Syntek, Kirkland, WA, to represent its full line of products in Washington, Oregon and Alaska.

Filtel Microwave Inc. has appointed Tactron Elektronik GmbH. (Rep Appointments).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Filtel Microwave Inc. has appointed Tactron Elektronik GmbH as exclusive representatives covering Germany for Filtel's filter and diplexer products.

UltraRF Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cree Inc., announced the appointment of Arrow Electronics Inc. (Rep Appointments).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... UItraRF Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cree Inc., announced the appointment of Arrow Electronics Inc. to handle its RF power semiconductor products in North America. Under the terms of the agreement, Arrow's RF Vision Group will support...

Trompeter Electronics, West-lake Village, CA, has signed Halco Inc. (Rep Appointments).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Trompeter Electronics, West-lake Village, CA, has signed Halco Inc., Redmond, WA, as its sales representative for Northwestern America, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska.

Di/dt Inc. has selected Brilliant Technologies Co., a division of Macnica Inc. (Rep Appointments).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... di/dt Inc. has selected Brilliant Technologies Co., a division of Macnica Inc., Yokohama, Japan, to sell and provide support for its DC/DC converters throughout Japan.

Mimix Broadband Inc. (Rep Appointments).(appoints U.S. and international sales representative companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Mimix Broadband Inc., Webster, TX, has made several manufacturer's sales representatives appointments in targeted regions worldwide to sell the company s GaAs MMIC products for millimeter-wave wireless communications applications. Gruber and...

The use of intermodulation tables for mixer simulations. (Technical Feature).
April 1, 2002... The use of intermodulation table (IMT) files can lead to accurate prediction of the output frequency content of an up-converting or down-converting mixer in system simulations. For best results, custom IMT files should be constructed from mixer...

A distributed amplifier for 40 Gbps fiber-optic communications systems. (Technical Feature).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... In recent years, the rapid development of multimedia communications has generated a strong demand for high speed and high capacity transmission systems. Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and time-division multiplexing (TDM) have been...

Design of a predistortive high power amplifier using carrier complex power series analysis. (Technical Feature).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... In this article, a new carrier complex power series for linearizing the distortion effects of a high power amplifier (HPA) is proposed. The amplitude (AM-to-AM) and phase (AM-to-PM) nonlinear characteristics of the HPA are combined to generate...

Output power improvement of a push-push FET DRO by using an additional DR. (Technical Note).(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... In this article, the output power level and phase noise properties of nine conventional push-push dielectric resonator oscillators (DRO) have been experimentally investigated while adding an identical dielectric resonator (DR) at the drain...

Temperature variable attenuator for millimeter-wave applications. (Cover Feature).(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
April 1, 2002... The Thermopad[R] temperature variable attenuator (TVA) has gained widespread popularity among RF and microwave circuit designers as a simple solution to compensate gain variation over temperature. The TVA is a special case of the absorptive...

Monolithic RF matrix switches. (Product Feature).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A new line of fully monolithic 4 x 6 RF matrix switches for cellular infrastructure applications has been introduced. The parts feature low insertion loss, very high port-to-port isolation and serial programmability. These designs represent the...

A low cost oscillator for fiber-optic applications. (Product Feature).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... A new, low cost oscillator has been introduced for use in synchronous optical network (SONET/SDH) OC-192 applications. The new frequency source utilizes an ultra-low noise active device technology that allows the oscillator to achieve very low...

Eight-way power divider. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The 1-AD series of eight-way power dividers offers excellent phase and amplitude balance between ports for phased array signal applications. The series has 50 [omega] impedance with a 1 W power rating from 2 to 500 MHz, phase balance of...

Delay line. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The SloWave[TM] delay line offers numerous advantages over alternative technologies, including two surface-mount packaging options (ball-grid and J-lead), an orientation independent footprint, small physical outline, excellent temperature...

Power divider. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The model 6010265 broadband matched-line directional divider offers high isolation and low insertion loss. It operates over the entire 1.0 to 26.5 GHz frequency, SWR is 1.6 (max), insertion loss is 1.6 dB (max) and isolation is 19 dB (min)....

High current filters. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... This line of high current filters is available in both bolt and broadband package configurations. Capacitance ranges from 10 nF to 2 [micro]F depending on voltage rating. Terminals are of the solder or threaded stud variety. Rated voltages are...

Miniature high performance synthesizers. (New Products - Components).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The UPLH series of miniature high performance synthesizers operates at 5 V and is ideal for PCS/CDMA base station applications with exceptional phase noise. The units have a typical tuning bandwidth of 60 MHz. Higher bandwidths are available...

SMP connectors. (New Products - Components).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... These SMP connectors are an ideal choice for high density applications. They offer a broad frequency range and can be used up to 40 GHz, making them extremely versatile. The small size of the connectors permits connector spacing as close as...

Coaxial cable assemblies. (New Products - Components).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... These coaxial cable assemblies can include flexible and semi-rigid types ranging from 0.074" to 1.200" OD, produced in lengths up to 150 feet, with any gender combination of plugs, jacks and panel mounts. Manufactured to specification, the...

High power dual band diplexer. (New Products - Components).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The model 9190D miniature cavity diplexer combines or splits high power 900 MHz band GSM and 1.8 GHz band DCS signals. It eliminates the need for two tower feed cables at the base station and covers the full DCS and GSM bands with 65 dB...

SP8T non-reflective switch. (New Products - Components).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The model HMC322LP4 broadband non-reflective GaAs MESFET SP8T switch is packaged in a low cost leadless surface-mount package. Covering DC to 7.0 GHz, it offers high isolation and low insertion loss and extends the frequency coverage of the...

Low noise amplifier. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The model AL0108-338 packaged GaAs PHEMT switchable-gain low noise amplifier is a leadless, surface mount QFN-16 MMIC package that yields low noise, good 50 [OMEGA] match, high gain and powerful P1dB performance. The amplifier is designed for...

Broadband power amplifier. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The model AR88258-150 high power GaAs Fet power amplifier provides a minimum of 150 W (1 dB compression point) over the full 800 to 2500 MHz frequency band. This combination of bandwidth and linear power make it ideal for linearity testing. The...

UHF TV linear pallet amplifier. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The model P150-UHF integrated TV linear amplifier is designed with the TV integrator in mind. Performance is conservatively specified at 150 W of linear output power, 400 W Pk sync with pre-correction applied, 14 dB gain (at channel 69), and...

UHF/SATCOM amplifier. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... This high efficiency 100 W RF amplifier module operates from 225 to 400 MHz. The DC module operates from 28 V DC and has a gain of 10 dB with an efficiency greater than 50 percent. The unit can be customized for gain and frequency for the...

Amplifier/doubler/amplifier. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The model ADA0512 amplifier/doubler/amplifier doubles a 5 to 12 GHz input to a 10 to 24GHz output. A 5 to 8 dBm input is converted to a typical output power of +16 dBm. It is designed for the communications market and is available in both...

Switchable amplifier. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The model PEC-18-0R151885-12-SFF switchable amplifier contains a TTL controlled attenuation feature. The amplifier operates from 150 MHz to 18.5 GHz. In the "on" state, the amplifier provides a nominal gain of 18 dB with a flatness of [+ or...

Driver amplifiers. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The MDADC40 40 Gbps series of driver amplifiers offers 20 kHz to 43 GHz performance for OC-768/STM-256 transmit applications. The series is optimized for high power output to drive lithium niobate modulators. Single-ended output voltage is 8.0...

802.11 dual-band power amplifier. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The model RFSP5910 dual-band power amplifier provides excellent connectivity, access and coverage to 802.11a and future 802.11g networks and is also backward compatible to operate with the existing 802.11b networks. The single-chip power...

Low noise amplifiers. (New Products - Amplifiers).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2002... These low noise amplifiers (LNA) give full band performance in the millimeter-wave bands covering 33 to 50 GHz (WR-22) and 40 to 60 GHz (WR-19). Typical gain across the frequency range is 18 to 20 dB with noise figures at 3 dB (typ). Low DC...