Microwave Journal articles from December 1999

Microwave Journal archives from December 1999

DESIGN OF SMALL-SIGNAL AMPLIFIERS USING HP MDS: PART II.
December 1, 1999... CAD tools can be effectively utilized to reduce the development cycle of RF circuits. For simple RF circuit design, these available tools are generally quite user friendly for the new user. However, as the complexity of the circuit increases,...

Artillery Shell Direct Y-code GPS Receiver Trials Successfully Completed.(conducted by Rockwell Collins and UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... Rockwell Coffins and the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency have successfully completed trials of a Global Positioning System (GPS) contained in an experimental 155-mm artillery shell. The trials concluded a two-year development and...

Raytheon Consortium to Develop 21st Century Digital Radio.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... Following a two-month competition, Raytheon Co. has been awarded a contract to develop and validate the software architecture for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), a 21st century digital radio. The $21.7 M award follows the completion of...

Enhanced Position Location Reporting System Contract Awarded.(by US Army to Raytheon Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... Raytheon Co. has been awarded a modification to a multiyear US Army contract for procurement of the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS). An EPLRS is a UHF data radio used on the tactical battlefield to provide secure, reliable...

CECOM Joins Partnership to Develop Multimedia Communications System.(US Army Communications and Electronics Command contracts with SRI International, Cisco Systems)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... SRI International, Cisco Systems Inc. and the US Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) have entered into a two-year partnership to engineer a highly reliable integrated voice and real-time multimedia communications system for...

GAO Defines Challenges Faced by JTRS Program.(General Accounting Office, Joint Tactical Radio System)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... A recent report issued by the US General Accounting Office (GAO), "Challenges Associated with Implementing the Joint Tactical Radio System" (GAO/NSIAD-99179), evaluates the JTRS acquisition strategy and management plans and identifies the...

TMD Expands Power Supply and ECM Transmitter Portfolio.(Thorn Microwave Devices Ltd. offers new electronic countermeasures transmitters)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... UK contractor Thorn Microwave Devices Ltd. (TMD) has expanded its power supply and electronic countermeasures (ECM) transmitter portfolio to include the models PTM6363, PTM6600, PTX-7458 and PTX7459. The PTM6363 high voltage supply is intended...

AECMS System Developed for Australia and Canada.(Airborne Electronic Countermeasures Simulator)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... Australian contractor Air Affairs has developed a private venture 850 MHz to 18 GHz band Airborne Electronic Countermeasures Simulator (AECMS) system that may be a solution for electronic aggressor requirements in Australia and Canada....

Project Welcome Launched to Serve UK Forces.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... In an effort to make overseas troop deployments more palatable, the UK's Ministry of Defence has launched Project Welcome, As part of the programme, UK forces serving overseas will be able to maintain regular contact with family and friends in...

SAMPSON Radar Selected for UK Type 45 Destroyer.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... British Aerospace Defence (BAE) Systems has been awarded a contract valued at more than [pounds]100 M from the UK Air Missile System (UKAMS), a subsidiary of Anglo-French contractor Matra British Aerospace Dynamics, for the final development,...

Siemens Expands Telecommunications Networks in Morocco and Spain.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... German electronics contractor Siemens AG has entered into an agreement with Moroccan mobile telephone operator Medi Telecom to supply a GSM 900 mobile communications network throughout northern, eastern and southern Morocco. Under the terms of...

Ericsson to Pursue New Next-generation Wireless Technologies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... Ericsson has announced plans to conduct a number of field trials to further develop wireless technologies for third-generation (3G) networks. As part of a historic demonstration, executives at Ericsson Canada and Microcell Connexions engaged in...

Personal Assistant Services Forecast to Reach 300 Million Users by 2005.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... Ovum Inc. has released a report, "Personal Assistants: Owning the Customer Interface," which forecasts that there will be approximately 300 million users of personal assistant services worldwide by 2005. Personal assistant services provide easy...

1999 Mergers Create Top Four Telecommunications Companies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... According to a recent report art from TeleTrend, a market intelligence service of Paragren Technologies, a wave of mergers, acquisitions and alliances announced this year by major US residential communications companies has concentrated the...

Reports Forecast Cable TV and DBS Markets through 2003.(Direct Broadcast System)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 1999... Cahners In-Stat Group has released two reports, "The Cable TV Industry: Entering the Digital Era" (No. DT9911NW) and "Digital DBS Markets and Opportunities: Sports Drives Growth" (No. DT9912NW), which examine the worldwide cable television and...

Andrew Corp.(recent acquisition and supply agreement)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Andrew Corp., Orland Park, IL, has acquired Chesapeake Microwave Technologies Inc., a privately owned company that designs and develops RF and microwave amplifiers and assemblies. The acquisition is intended to broaden Andrew's amplifier...

Condor Systems Inc.(acquires Signal Science Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Defense electronics firm Condor Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, has acquired Signal Science Inc., an Allen Telecom company. The acquisition is expected to broaden Condor's products and capabilities in the areas of communication signal studies and...

JDS Uniphase Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Fiber-optic communication manufacturer JDS Uniphase Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EPITAXX Inc., a supplier of optical detectors and receivers for fiber-optic telecommunications and cable TV networks. Under the terms...

ShellCase Ltd.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Innovative IC package developer and manufacturer ShellCase Ltd. has formed a new US subsidiary, ShellCase Inc., Mt. View, CA, to coordinate enhanced service and technical support for customers across North America. ShellCase has introduced...

NEC Electronics Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * NEC Electronics Inc., Santa Clara, CA, has reorganized its North American fiber-optic components business by transferring all marketing, sales, technical support and distribution responsibilities to California Eastern Laboratories (CEL),...

Millitech Corp.
December 1, 1999... * Millitech Corp., South Deerfield, MA, has changed its named to Telaxis Communications Corp. to reflect the company's focus on the telecommunications access portion of its business. The millimeter-wave products portion of the business will...

Philips Semiconductors.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Philips Semiconductors has opened a new 7000-square-foot facility in Mansfield, MA for its Discretes Product Development Laboratory. The development lab will support traditional discrete product offerings as well as prototype assembly and...

Anritsu Co.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Anritsu Co. has opened two new facilities on its Morgan Hill, CA campus. The facilities, which encompass more than 90,000-square-feet on seven acres of land, will house manufacturing and research and development operations and serve as the...

ANADIGICS Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * RFIC solution designer and manufacturer ANADIGICS Inc. has opened an RFIC design center in Dallas, TX that will support the company's efforts to develop new products to further penetrate RF applications in the wireless communications market...

Hittite Microwave Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * MMIC and MMIC assembly designer and manufacturer Hittite Microwave Corp. has relocated its operations to a new facility at 12 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824 (978) 250-3343, fax (978) 250-3373. The new facility has tripled factory size...

Lambda.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Standard power supply solution provider Lambda, a unit of Invensys plc, has moved its manufacturing operations into a new, world-class, 260,000-square-foot facility in Tijuana, Mexico. Operations from three other existing facilities (located...

Hewlett-Packard Co.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), Palo Alto, CA, has signed an equipment purchase agreement with Austin, TX-based Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector that will cover semiconductor test solutions, including system-on-a-chip test, RFIC test, memory...

IBM and Agilent Technologies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * IBM and Agilent Technologies, a new company formed from the realignment of HP, have entered into a cooperative agreement to speed the development of ICs used in communications products such as mobile phones. The two companies have...

Lucent Technologies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Lucent Technologies and QUALCOMM Inc. have entered into an agreement to commercialize a wireless technology that dramatically increases the capacity and data capabilities of Lucent's network equipment based on CDMA. Under the terms of the...

Richardson Electronics Ltd.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Electronic component specialty distributor Richardson Electronics Ltd., LaFox, IL, has signed a global distribution agreement with SDP Components Inc. to market and distribute SDP products and provide technical support.

Kyocera America Inc.(partners with ISE Labs for testing and assembly services)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Kyocera America Inc. (KAI) and ISE Labs have established a strategic alliance focusing on assembly and test services. The alliance will enable Kyocera to utilize ISE Labs' test and burn-in/reliability services. In turn, ISE Labs will utilize...

Sager Electronics.(contracts with Molex to distribute products)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Electronic component distributor Sager Electronics, Hingham, MA, has entered into a national franchise agreement with Molex Inc., Lisle, IL, to distribute Molex's product line of electronic connectors, flat cables, switches and associated...

Racal Instruments Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Racal Instruments Inc. and Digital Lightwave Inc. have entered into a strategic partnership whereby the two companies will collaborate to provide advanced test systems and capabilities and expand their distribution channels. Under the terms...

Silicon Wave Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Silicon Wave Inc., San Diego, CA, has formed a partnership with Tokyo-based Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. whereby Taiyo will incorporate Silicon Wave RFICs into modules for use in communications and computing products. Silicon Wave has also formed a...

Marketech International Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Semiconductor equipment distributor and manufacturer Marketech International Corp. has entered into an agreement with Boxer Cross Inc. (BX), Menlo Park, CA, to serve as the exclusive distributor in Taiwan for BX's leading-edge in-line...

Siliconix.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Siliconix has selected wafer processor and die distributor Semi Dice Inc., Los Alamitos, CA, as an authorized original equipment manufacturer supplier for its discrete die products, which include analog switches, analog multiplexers, low...

STMicroelectronics.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Global independent semiconductor company STMicroelectronics and advanced CDMA product developer Dot Wireless have entered into a partnership to develop CDMA technology and integrated baseband chips based on CDMA technology for...

Elanix Inc.(and Xpedion Design Systems form partnership)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Elanix Inc., Westlake Village, CA, and Xpedion Design Systems, Santa Clara, CA, have entered into a partnership to produce a highly integrated design flow for wireless communications systems and ICs that will enable designers to perform...

SatCom Systems Inc.(introduces NetRadio)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * SatCom Systems Inc., Burbank, CA, has launched NetRadio, a new mobile satellite service that provides low cost, reliable wireless communications through the TMI MSAT-1 satellite for agencies and organizations with remote-site operations. The...

SiGe Microsystems Inc.(sells transistors)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * SiGe Microsystems Inc. has announced that more than 12 well-known local multipoint distribution system manufacturers have purchased SiGe's low phase noise transistors for their oscillator applications.

Circuit Assembly Corp.(licenses Advanced Connectek Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Circuit Assembly Corp., Irvine, CA, has licensed Advanced Connectek Inc. for the manufacture and marketing of [ATAS.sup.TM], the company's proprietary 40-pin ultra At-bus attachment (ATA) connector that permits implementation of ATA-4 signal...

DANE-ELEC.(signs up for certification program)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Memory module manufacturer DANE-ELEC has signed up for Computer Memory Test Labs' (CMTL) Intel(R) Gold certification program. The aim of the Gold certification program is to ensure that all Intel products have qualified memory modules...

Pulse.(receives outstanding sales performance award)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Magnetics-based electronic component manufacturer Pulse has been honored in recognition of outstanding sales performance in Passive Components for 1998 by electronic component and computer product distributor Arrow Electronics Inc.

Thin Film Concepts Inc.(receives ISO 9002 certification)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Thin Film Concepts Inc., Elmsford, NY, has achieved ISO 9002 certification for the manufacture and coating of thin-film components and devices for the electronics and optical industry.

Frequency Electronics Inc.(receives ISO 9001 certification)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Frequency Electronics Inc., Mitchel Field, NY, has received ISO 9001 certification by the Underwriters Laboratories' Registration Assessment Team.

Interstate Electronics Corp.(receives ISO 9001 certification)(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Interstate Electronics Corp., a division of L-3 Communications, has achieved ISO 9001 certification as a compliant manufacturer for high quality management.

Motorola.(receives QS-9000 certfication)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Motorola has received QS-9000 certification for its Compound Semiconductor-1 wafer fabrication facility. The QS-9000 certification has more than 100 additional auditable requirements added to the ISO 9001 quality system.

Andrew Corp.(financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Andrew Corp. reports sales of $215.1 M for the fourth quarter, ended September 30, compared to $220.7 M for the same period last year. Net income was $13.4 M (16[cent]/diluted share), compared to $26.8 M (31[cent]/diluted share) for 1998.

E-TEK Dynamics Inc.(financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * E-TEK Dynamics Inc. reports sales of $60.3 M for the first quarter, ended October 2, compared to $32.9 M for the same quarter last year. Net income was $6.7 M (10[cent]/diluted share), compared to $5.3 M (9[cent]/diluted share) for the same...

Robinson Nugent Inc.(financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Robinson Nugent Inc. reports sales of $20.9 M for the first quarter, ended September 30, compared to $14.9 M for the same period last year. Net income was $784 K (16[cent]/share), compared to a net loss of $1.3 M (27[cent]/share) for 1998.

Signal Technology Corp.(financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Signal Technology Corp. reports sales of $20.8 M for the third quarter, ended September 30, compared to $22.8 M for the same quarter last year. Net income was $1.43 M (18[cent]/diluted share), compared to $85 K (1[cent]/diluted share) for the...

Microwave Power Devices Inc.(financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Microwave Power Devices Inc. reports sales of $16.4 M for the third quarter, ended September 30, compared to $13.1 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $345 K (3[cents]/diluted share), compared to $205 K (2[cents]diluted share) for...

SEMX Corp.(financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * SEMX Corp. reports sales of $12.2 M for the three months ended September 30, compared to $11.5 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $1.2 M (19[cents]/diluted share), compared to a net loss of $600 K (10[cents]/diluted share) for the...

Vari-L Company Inc.(financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Vari-L Company Inc. reports sales of $5.5 M for the second quarter, ended June 30, compared to $4.3 M for the same quarter last year. Net income was $747 K (14[cents]/share), compared to $652 K (12[cents]/share) for the same period in 1998.

Superconductor Technologies Inc.(financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) reports revenues of $1.97 M for the third quarter, ended October 2, compared to $2.06 M for the same period last year. Net loss was $2.86 M (37[cents]/diluted share), compared to a net loss of $2.50 M...

M/A-COM, SIGINT Products.(completes Department of Defense contract early)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * M/A-COM, SIGINT Products has completed a multireceiver contract for the Department of Defense (DoD) two years ahead of schedule. Under the terms of the $10 M, six-year contract that was awarded in 1995, SIGINT Products was expected to produce...

G.T. Microwave Inc.(contract awarded)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... * Solid-state control device manufacturer G.T. Microwave Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at $750 K for the design, development and qualification of an integrated RF subassembly. The company also has been awarded $1.5 M for the initial...

Analog Devices Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Analog Devices Inc. has been awarded two development contracts by Raytheon Co. to provide data conversion modules for upgrading both the Patriot and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air (AMRAAM) missiles. Under the terms of the contract, Analog...

Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc., Metuchen, NJ, has been awarded a contract by Austron Division of Datum Inc., Irvine, CA, for the design of a dual-mode (PCS and cellular) CDMA timing extractor for precise clocking of microcells and base...

Maxtek Components Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Maxtek Components Corp., Beaverton, OR, has been awarded a subcontract by Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company, for the development and packaging of multichip modules (MCM) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) MicroStar...

PERSONNEL.
December 1, 1999... * Microwave Power Devices Inc. has appointed Alfred Weber chairman of the board. Weber has been a board member since 1995 and, most recently, was employed by C&D Technologies Inc. * Wireless Inc. has appointed William J. Palumbo president...

REP APPOINTMENTS.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Tekmark Inc., Alpharetta, GA, has selected H-D Associates Inc. to represent the company's high quality quartz frequency control products for the computer, telecommunications, wireless data communications, and CEM and OEM markets in Arizona,...

Decision Analyst Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Decision Analyst Inc., a US-based marketing research and marketing consulting firm, has launched The Technology Advisory [Board.sup.TM]. The Board is a group of technology professionals who participate in on-line surveys and discussions to...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. has added Video-on-Demand to its Web site, which enables users to view tutorials and related materials such as video and audio, presentation slides and an interactive table of...

HP.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * HP has introduced its on-line HP CAD data store. The Web site, located at www.caddatastore.hp.com, enables printed circuit board engineers and engineering librarians to increase quality and reduce the time spent creating CAD data for new...

Electro-Science Laboratories (ESL).(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... * Electronic material manufacturer Electro-Science Laboratories (ESL), King of Prussia, PA, has designed a Web site that enables customers to purchase thick-film materials as well as screen-printable pastes for use in the automotive,...

COMPACT FORMULAS TO RELATE ACPR AND NPR TO TWO-TONE IMR AND IP3.
December 1, 1999... A set of compact formulas are presented to estimate modern multitone distortion figures of merit from well-established two-tone measurements. In addition, the ability of noise power ratio (NPR)figures to predict in-band distortion of mildly...

DISTORTION IN VOLTAGE-VARIABLE ATTENUATORS.
December 1, 1999... With bandwidth a precious commodity, designers are faced with the challenge of providing increasingly larger amounts of information to a growing number of users. This information can be in many forms. Internet browsing, short messaging, e-mail...

AN IMPROVED 5.7 GHz ISM-BAND FEEDFORWARD AMPLIFIER UTILIZING VECTOR MODULATORS FOR PHASE AND ATTENUATION CONTROL.
December 1, 1999... An improved feedforward amplifier (FFA) has been developed for the 5.725 to 5.850 GHz industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band (ISM-5700) for base station applications. This FFA comprises a driver amplifier and a main amplifier as well as...

A SURFACE-MOUNT BALUN FOR TV BROADCAST APPLICATIONS.
December 1, 1999... Significant growth can be expected in the television (TV) broadcast market due to the new availability of digital TV and governmental requirements forcing broadcasters to transmit a set number of programs in the new digital format. The new...

Catalog Products.
December 1, 1999... This Web site lists electrical specifications for all of the company's catalog products and features an enhanced profile section that describes its Wireless and Space and Defense business groups. Job opportunities, press releases and a listing...

Wireless Communications Systems, Equipment and Services.
December 1, 1999... This Web site details systems, equipment and services for communications markets, including HELIAX(r) coaxial cable, connectors and accessories; terrestrial microwave, earth station, base station and broadcast antennas; in-building...

Absorber Materials.
December 1, 1999... This revised Web site is designed for engineers who want solutions to RF, microwave, radar, and electromagnetic and RF interference problems. The site describes foam, magram and syntactic absorbers as well as fabric over foam and rigid gaskets...

High Power Microwave Products.
December 1, 1999... This Web site provides detailed technical, design and product information on high power microwave components, including receiver protectors, switches, pressure windows, magnetrons, crossed-field amplifiers, traveling-wave tubes and transmitter...

Microcircuit Materials.
December 1, 1999... This Web site describes the company's thick-film and Green [Tape.sup.TM] low temperature co-fired ceramic solutions for high performance military/aerospace and high volume, cost-sensitive wireless telecommunications applications as well as...

Automatic Measurement Systems and Software.
December 1, 1999... This Web site features the company's 0.2 to 110 GHz active and passive load pull and noise measurement systems as well as manual tuners, test fixtures and thru-reflect-line calibration kits up to 50 GHz. Detailed product information, an...

Waveguide and Microwave Components.
December 1, 1999... This redeveloped Web site provides descriptions and technical specifications for waveguide and microwave components. The company's history and other related products are described, and visitors can submit a price inquiry or request a brochure.

Electronic Packaging Solutions.
December 1, 1999... This Web site describes the company's broad range of electronic packaging solutions for the telecommunications and semiconductor markets based on advanced ceramic and plastic material technologies. The site also includes information on...

Audio and Video Switching Systems amid Switching Modules.
December 1, 1999... This Web site provides descriptions and specifications for RF/IF, audio/LF, video and digital switching matrices; high voltage switching systems; and video and RF distribution amplifiers and converters.

Wireless Data Products.
December 1, 1999... This redesigned Web site promotes the company's growing portfolio of industrial, scientific and medical wireless data antennas. Product photographs, detailed specification sheets, press releases and an applications brochure also can be...

Waveguide Subsystems and Components.
December 1, 1999... This Web site describes the company's manufacturing capabilities for a range of products, including bulkhead penetrations, rotary couplers and joints, waveguide horns, adapters, bends and custom fabrication. A brief description of the company...

High Frequency Surface-mount Diodes.
December 1, 1999... This Web site describes high frequency surface-mount diodes up to 4 GHz and features advanced user interfaces and easy-to-use menus to help visitors find specific diodes. Data sheets with performance graphs and mechanicals also can be viewed...

Custom Microwave Components.
December 1, 1999... This Web site includes information on the company's waveguide products and capabilities, including filters, diplexers, circulators, Gunn oscillators, double-ridge components and comparators as well as custom applications and standard product...

High Performance Oscillators.
December 1, 1999... This Web site enables engineers to choose from a variety of high performance base models and custom configure specifications to exact requirements. Late-breaking developments in the area of high performance ultra-small oven-controlled crystal...