Microwave Journal articles from December 2000

Microwave Journal archives from December 2000

A GENERAL DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR BANDPASS FILTERS DERIVED FROM LOW PASS PROTOTYPE ELEMENTS: PART I.
December 1, 2000... Bandpass filters serve a variety of functions in communication, radar and instrumentation subsystems. Of the available techniques for the design of bandpass filters, those techniques based upon the low pass elements of a prototype filter have...

Excalibur Development Continued.(Raytheon Co. contract with Army)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The US Army has awarded Raytheon a $100 M contract modification for the continued development of the Excaibur, XM982 precision-guided, extended-range artillery projectile program. The Excalibur family of guided missiles is designed to permit...

Industry Team to Conduct Global Positioning System III Architecture Study.(Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... A team of four global information companies has been assembled by The Boeing Company to conduct a Global Positioning System (GPS) III study that will help define the path for the future of navigation and timing. Boeing will head a team composed...

Light Tactical Vehicle Intercom Contract Awarded.(Northrop Grumman Norden Systems Inc.; BAE Systems (North America))(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The US Army's Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) has awarded a contract to outfit the service's light tactical vehicles with the Light Vehicle Variant (LV2) intercom system to a team composed of Northrop Grumman Corp. and BAE...

Air Force Awards Command and Control Modernization Program Contract.(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The US Air Force has selected a Lockheed Martin-led team to modernize its air, missile and space command and control (C2) systems in a 15-year program valued at approximately $1.5 B. Under the Integrated Space Command and Control (ISC2)...

UCAV System Previewed.(Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle ; Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Under a $131 M contract shared by the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) and the US Air Force, the Boeing Phantom Works R&D division is developing an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) advanced technology demonstration system....

UK Mobiles to Carry Radiation Warnings.(Electronics Industry Federation)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Following a year-long, government sponsored enquiry, the UK has decided to include a radiation level warning on all new mobile telephones from 2001 onwards and to leaflet users on the wisdom of children under 16 using such devices for essential...

Europe Features Strongly in FY 01 FCT Programme.(US Navy is continuing its evaluation of a Raytheon Systems Ltd. (UK) anti-jam Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The European electronics feature strongly in the US Department of Defense's Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) programme. Looking at some of the FY 01 FCT new starts and continuations by service, the US Army is to carry out...

Philips Teams with WIDCOMM Inc. to Develop Bluetooth Products.(Philips Semiconductors)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Netherlands contractor Philips Semiconductors has formed a strategic alliance with US contractor WIDCOMM Inc. to speed up the development of Bluetooth technology and provide customers with a complete range of Bluetooth solutions, supported by a...

German-Chinese Team Promotes TD-SCDMA.(Siemens Information and Communication Mobile has teamed with China's Academy of Telecommunications Technology)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... German contractor Siemens Information and Communication Mobile has teamed with China's Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT) and the Huawei Technologies Company to promote the use of Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple...

Lucent Technologies and Verizon Wireless Sign $1.5 B Letter of Intent.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Verizon Vireless and Lucent Technologies have signed a letter of intent potentially worth up to $1.5 B which names Lucent as a primary supplier of network infrastructure to the newly-formed wireless venture. The agreement will allow the largest...

Agreement to Establish Personalized Delivery of Interactive Broadband Services.(EchoStar Communications Corp. and Geocast Network Systems Inc. have signed an agreement)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... EchoStar Communications Corp. and Geocast Network Systems Inc. have signed an agreement under which Geocast will deliver its personalized broadband services to PC users via dedicated bandwidth on one of EchoStar's primary direct broadcast...

Quad-band Antenna Can be Embedded in Notebook Computer Hinge.(RangeStar Wireless)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 2000... RangeStar Wireless has announced a quad-band antenna for notebook computer applications which can be embedded in the notebook's hinge. The antenna supports three types of wireless service, general packet radio services (GPRS), Bluetooth...

European Cell Phone Users to Abandon Fixed Telephone Service.(Strategy Analytics Inc report)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... A recent report from Strategy Analytics based on detailed interviews with cellular users in six European markets, Wireless 2000: European End-user Market Dynamics, forecasts that 40 percent of cellular users in Western Europe expect to use...

DBS to Reach 25 Million Subscribers by 2005.(A new report from the Yankee Group, Direct Broadcast Satellite)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... A new report from the Yankee Group, Direct Broadcast Satellite: Growth in New Directions, forecasts that, driven by the addition of local channels and new services like Internet access and interactive TV, the Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS)...

$525 M Greater China Wireless Contracts Awarded.(Nortel Networks Corp.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Nortel Networks has received contracts worth an estimated $525 M for new wireless network build-out which is expected to serve up to 17 million subscribers in Greater China, and will provide next generation Wireless Internet and data services....

Robinson Nugent Inc.(Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. acquisition)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... 3M has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Robinson Nugent Inc., New Albany, IN, for approximately $115 M, including the assumption of debt. The merger is structured as a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction, in which each...

New Focus Inc.(acquisition of JCA Technology Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... New Focus Inc., a supplier of fiber-optic products for next-generation optical networks under the Smart Optics for Networks[TM] brand, has signed a definitive agreement with JCA Technology Inc. under which New Focus will acquire JCA in a...

Lockheed Martin Canada.(Illinois Superconductor Corp. to acquire)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Illinois Superconductor Corp. (ISCO) has entered into an agreement to acquire Lockheed Martin Canada's Adaptive Notch Filtering (ANF) business unit. The purchase of the ANF business involves the acquisition by Lockheed Martin Canada of 2.5...

Heraeus Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Heraeus Inc. is incorporating the former precious metals powders business activities of PGP Industries into the existing product line offered by its Circuit Materials Division. The action follows upon the recent acquisition of selected PGP...

TRAK Communication.(to buy Tech-Sym Corp.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... TRAK Communications, a Tech-Sym company announced the acquisition of Tech-Sym Corp. by The Veritas Capital Fund LP, a New York-based investment firm. Sold at $30 per share, TRAK Communications is now a privately held company, but remains the...

Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc., Lincoln, NE, (formerly Centurion International Inc.) has acquired Xertex Technologies Inc., Broomfield, CO, in a merger transaction. Xertex will operate as a division of Centurion Wireless Technologies.

Frank Floyd Jr.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Frank Floyd Jr. died on October 16 after a long battle with ALS. He was 62. He was the founder and manager of the Massachusetts division of Standford Telecom after spending 25 years working at MIT-Lincoln Laboratories on the design and...

Everett Charles Technologies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Everett Charles Technologies (ECT), Pomona, CA, has acquired Vitech Services B.V., Geleen, the Netherlands. The acquisition of Vitech will further augment ECT's role as a global provider of PCB test services and supply additional support to its...

REMEC Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... REMEC Inc. has combined its Toronto-based Nanowave operation with Ascentia, Dallas, TX, to form a new advanced technology company that will design and produce custom MMICs, critical modules and integrated subassemblies for fiber-optic and...

EMS Wireless.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... EMS Wireless, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., is establishing operations in Brazil, to offer a complete range of PCS/cellular basestation antenna products to the fast-growing South American market. A wholly owned subsidiary, EMS Wireless...

Huber + Suhner Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Huber + Suhner Inc., Essex, VT, is investing $5 M in construction and new equipment to expand its manufacturing facility by 43,000 square feet. The company has experienced tremendous growth in the past several years necessitating the expansion....

SEMX Corp.'s Materials Group.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... SEMX Corp.'s Materials Group has completed a facility expansion for its ceramic packaging operation, which was acquired in April of this year by Polese Co., San Diego, CA. The new Materials Group headquarters is home to the ceramics division,...

Corning Frequency Control Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Corning Frequency Control Inc., a division of Corning Inc., has begun construction on a 40,000 square foot expansion of its operations facility in Mount Holly Springs, PA. The expansion is scheduled for completion early next year.

Ansoft Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Ansoft Corp. has opened two Advanced Training Centers and a new support office in Shanghai, China. These new offices will allow the company to increase the number of highly trained engineers to develop next-generation RF, wireless and...

Microwave Communications Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Microwave Communications Corp. (MCC), Valencia, CA, has completed recapitalization and alignment with Springboard Capital LLC, Los Angeles, CA, and London, UK. Part of this new partnership includes incorporating the new company and changing its...

Tanner Research Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Tanner Research Inc. and MOSIS have formed a strategic alliance that allows Tanner to offer quick-turn and low cost IC design and fabrication services. Under the partnership, Tanner has committed to provide design tools, services and IP...

Micronetics Wireless Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Micronetics Wireless Inc. has entered into a strategic joint venture with Hollis Electronics Co. to co-develop its next generation Wave3G Communications Testing Platform.

Analog Devices Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Analog Devices Inc. has signed an agreement with Nortel Networks to mutually develop integrated optical MEMS switching elements for Nortel's high port-count photonic cross connect switches.

NurLogic Design Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... NurLogic Design Inc. has signed an agreement with IBM to offer high performance standard cell and I/O components to customers of IBM's SiGe, 0.25-micron process technology. This technology is an ideal solution for building many of the essential...

Racal Instruments Inc.(forms strategic alliance)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Racal Instruments Inc., Irvine, CA, has formed a strategic alliance with PX Instrument Technology Ltd., Bray, Ireland, for worldwide turnkey system integration of PX Instrument Technology's PXI bus-based products. This agreement partners two...

Windward Technologies Inc.(in distribution agreement)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Windward Technologies Inc., Tellumat Ltd. and Plessey have expanded their distribution agreement to have Windward distribute the Tellumat HighReach[TM] Narrow Band Microwave products and Plessey Spread Spectrum products in the US.

Motorola SPS.(Motorola Inc. Semiconductor Products Sector)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Motorola SPS and Atmel have signed a licensing agreement that will enable the companies to provide a reliable supply of RF BiCMOS technology.

TRW.(TRW Inc. uses newest electron beam evaporation system)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... TRW's new production line for indium phosphide (IP) integrated circuits will include one of Temescal's latest innovations in electron beam evaporation systems, the model FCE-2700A. TRW's new facility is the world's first high volume InP...

NEC Electronics Inc.(in strategic alliance)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... NEC Electronics Inc. and Luxxon Corp. have signed a strategic alliance agreement to develop streaming multimedia solutions for wireless Internet devices. The solutions will accelerate the development and adoption of wireless devices and enable...

Agilent Technologies Inc.(joins SynTest Technologies Inc.)
December 1, 2000... Agilent Technologies Inc. and SynTest Technologies Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide chip design consulting services. SynTest will initially work with Agilent customers as they design chips with multiple function...

Alpha Industries.(Alpha Industries Inc. extends distribution relationshipo)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Alpha Industries is expanding its distribution relationship with Insight Electronics to include Europe and Asia. The partnership will allow Alpha to reach a greater number of customers with enhanced efficiency and responsiveness. In related...

Lucent Technologies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... REMEC has received an initial deployment order for hub antennas for a wireless access system from Lucent Technologies. In related news, REMEC has been accepted as an "Adopter" member of the Broadband Wireless Internet Forum (BWIF). The BWIF is...

EMS Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The crew of NASA's Space Shuffle Discovery will install a EMS Technologies Inc. Ku-band communications antenna during its mission to the International Space Station. The antenna is capable of automatically tracking NASA's Tracking and Data...

ElectroniCast Corp.(reports on filter optic communication connector demand)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... According to a new study by ElectroniCast Corp., the global filter optic communication connector/mechanical splice consumption is driven by a dramatic increase in bandwidth demand beyond the limits of copper. The consumption in 1999 was $716.5...

RF Industries Ltd.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... RF Industries Ltd., San Diego, CA, has been named one of the 200 Best Small Companies by Forbes magazine.

Advanced Power Technology.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Advanced Power Technology has received the Boeing International Space Station Exceptional Company Performance Award. The award recognizes outstanding performance by companies from across the US that provide the products and services to support...

STMicroelectronics Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... STMicroelectronics Inc. reports sales of $2.04 B for the third quarter, ended September 30, compared to $1.27 B for the same period last year. Net income was $415.3 M (45[cts.]/diluted share), compared to $135.3 M (15[cts.]/diluted share) for...

Cree Inc.
December 1, 2000... Cree Inc. reports record sales of $37.6 M for the first quarter of FY 2001, compared to $20.7 M for the same period last year. Net income was $12.66 M (34[cts.]/diluted share), compared to $4.55 M (14[cts.]/diluted share) for the first quarter...

Microwave Power Devices Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Microwave Power Devices Inc. reports sales of $13.008 M for the third quarter, ended September 30, compared to $16.417 M for the same period last year. Net income was $277 K (3[cts.]/diluted share), compared to $345 K (3[cts.]/diluted share)...

Superconductor Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Superconductor Technologies Inc. reports sales of $1.6 M for the third quarter, ended September 30, compared to $659 K for the same period last year. Net loss was $4.1 M (23[cts.]/share), compared to $2.9 M (43[cts.]/share) for the third...

Merrimac Industries Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Merrimac Industries Inc. and Micro-Multifunction Modules (MMFM) have closed a private placement of common shares and warrants for aggregate cash proceeds of $4.6 M. The company issued to the investors 360,000 units at a price of $12.80 per...

Illinois Superconductor Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Illinois Superconductor Corp. has received a $5 M equity investment from Elliott Associate LP and another institutional investment firm under common management. This investment took the form of a common stock purchase at $2.75 per share.

Murata Electronics North America.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Murata Electronics North America announced record sales for its Contract Electronics Manufacturing (GEM) group. Formed in 1997, the group's sales have risen from $30 M a year to nearly $175 M over the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000.

M/A-COM SIGINT Products.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... M/A-COM SIGINT Products, Hunt Valley, MD, has been awarded a contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Virginia Beach, VA, to supply a large quantity of collection microwave receivers over a five-year period. Under the terms of the...

Gabriel.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Gabriel, Scarborough, ME, was awarded a contract to supply 1000 26 GHz subscriber antennas to Israeli system provider Floware Wireless Systems Ltd., Yehuda, Israel. This award is the first stage of a much larger contract.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has selected EMS Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA, to supply universal radomes for its IV-SP aircraft. The radomes support both direct broadcast television and satellite...

PERSONNEL.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Microwave Journal welcomes Richard Mumford as European Editor. The creation of the new position acknowledges the European microwave industry's valuable contribution to the global market and Richard will be dedicated to reporting fully on the...

dBm Technical Sales.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Universal Microwave Corp., Odessa, FL, has named three firms to represent its products in the US. dBm Technical Sales will cover New England, Youngewirth & Olenick will cover Arizona and New Mexico, while Trionic Associates will cover Long...

SV Microwave[C] Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... SV Microwave[C] Inc., West Palm Beach, FL, and its Commercial Products Group has appointed new representatives and distributors to sell its microwave products in the North American territories. Blackhart Sales Inc. will cover Arizona, New...

Brush Wellman's Powder Metal Products group.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Brush Wellman's Powder Metal Products group has appointed several new manufacturing representatives due to increased market demand for copper/tungsten heat sinks in telecommunication and optoelectronic applications. The group has expanded its...

Universal Microwave Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Universal Microwave Corp. (UMC) designs and manufactures high performance voltage controlled oscillators, ceramic resonator oscillators and synthesizers for the wireless market. UMC is located at 2339 Destiny Way, Odessa, FL 33556 (877)...

Texas Instruments Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has launched e-commerce capabilities on its Web site, www.tiris.com, offering customers an easy, convenient way to purchase its radio frequency identification products (RFIP) online. TI is initially offering ten of...

BURLE INDUSTRIES INC.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... BURLE INDUSTRIES INC. has launched an updated International Web site, www.burle.com, that offers convenient purchase of its most popular Power Tube and Channeltron[R] products over the Internet. The site offers thousands of pages of technical...

Berkeley Nucleonics Corp.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Berkeley Nucleonics Corp. (BNC) has launched version 1.5 of its corporate Web site, www.berkeleynucleonics.com. The BNC site now offers user-specific online training seminars on nuclear spectroscopy systems, new product application content and...

MicroJoin Inc.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... MicroJoin Inc. has launched its new Web site, www.microjoin.com. The site is quick to load, features a drop-down main menu bar, easy navigation, dynamic graphics and animation. Visitors are self-guided through photos and informational tables...

BEHAVIORAL MODELING OF HIGH POWER AMPLIFIERS BASED ON MEASURED TWO-TONE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS.
December 1, 2000... Multi-stage high power amplifiers generally have a large memory effect and high nonlinearity. The usual AM-AM and AM-PM measurement data cannot describe the large distortion characteristics in the presence of the system's large memory. A more...

3D FEM AND EM SIMULATIONS FOR DRFS.(finite-element method )
December 1, 2000... Three-dimensional (3D) fullwave analysis of a microwave dielectric resonator filter (DRF) in a rectangular metallic enclosure is presented. By using a 3D finite-element method (FEM) to perform numerical simulations, parameters and predictions...

MEASUREMENT OF MODULATED SCATTERING PARAMETERS USING MODULATED VECTOR NETWORK ANALYSIS.
December 1, 2000... A new architecture for RF and microwave measurement has recently been introduced. The first instrument based on this architecture is called the modulated vector network analyzer (MVNA[TM]). The MVNA shares some similarities with traditional...

CONTROL PRODUCTS FOR WIRELESS AND BROADBAND APPLICATIONS.(new process and packaging techniques)
December 1, 2000... Switches, attenuators, directional detectors, phase shifters and other GaAs and silicon devices are shrinking dramatically as suppliers are challenged to develop new process and packaging techniques. Customers are demanding that new devices...

BROADBAND POWER AMPLIFIERS FOR 600 MHz TO 4.5 GHz SYSTEM APPLICATIONS.
December 1, 2000... A new line of medium and high power broadband amplifiers has been introduced that covers the 600 MHz to 4.5 GHz frequency bands. All of the power amplifiers (PA) offer medium to high gain with excellent linearity and moderate noise figures....

A LOW LOSS DIELECTRIC FOR HIGH FREQUENCY HDI SUBSTRATES AND PCBs.(Speedboard C prepreg)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The wireless telecommunications market continues to require denser circuitry and higher I/O count chip packages to meet ever growing performance requirements. These new requirements can only be satisfied with multilayer PCBs incorporating RF...

www.alphaind.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * RF and Microwave Components This Web site offers a broad range of Categories from which to browse: Employment Opportunities, Block Diagrams and Associated Productions, Parametric Search Capability, New Information, Application Notes,...

www.ara-inc.com.(Antenna Products and Services )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Antenna Products and Services This Web site contains information on EMC products, digital communications, RF and antenna systems, HF products, GSA products and antenna accessories. In addition, new press releases, literature requests,...

www.csidaq.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Digital Broadband Test This Web site specializes in test and measurement equipment offering state-of-the-art broadband, deep memory signal generation and analysis. Instrumentation is provided to the wireless, space and defense markets.

www.cst-america.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * 3-D EM Simulation Software This Web site details software products for the simulation of 3-D EM fields in the time domain. The company's simulators use the proprietary PBA and FI methods and specialize in accurate simulation of high...

www.dynawave.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Cost-effective RF and Microwave Products Visit this Web site to learn more about this leader in the design and manufacture of cost-effective RF and microwave cable assemblies, delay lines and harnesses for the wireless, commercial...

www.ectinfo.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Electrical Test Products and Services This Web site features electrical test products and services, including semiconductor test products, bare-board automatic test systems, Pogo[R] spring contacts, and bare and loaded PCB test fixtures....

www.hittite.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * RF to Millimeter-wave Integrated Circuits This Web site includes the full line of standard product data sheets in .pdf format, S-parameters of selected products, a mixer spur chart calculator, as well as application notes and other topics...

www.ittmicrowave.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * DDS and Communication Subsystems Products This redesigned Web site features information on a new, innovative synthesizer that has been added to the company's growing line of DDS and Communication subsystems products. The MS-2000 is a high...

www.mauymw.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Precision Microwave Instruments and Components This Web site showcases a product line of over 4000 microwave instruments and components, including the Maury/PAF Active Load Pull System, Automated Tuner Systems (ATS) and Windows-compatible...

www.micro-dev-labs.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Waveguide Components and Subassemblies Visit this Web site to discover how the company became the largest independent producer of waveguide components and subassemblies in the microwave industry. In addition, learn more about waveguide...

www.phasedetectors.com.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Sampling Phase Detectors This new Web site was launched to complement the company's main Web site. The site allows designers to review data, outline drawings and electrical specs on sampling phase detectors, a series of resin...

www.mdc-inc.net.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... * Custom Microwave Components 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...