Microwave Journal articles from February 2002

Microwave Journal archives from February 2002

Externally induced VCO phase noise: This article describes the degradation of VCO phase noise due to noise on tuning and supply lines, particularly from tuning source resistance and supply voltage regulators. (Tutorial).
February 1, 2002... VCOs, especially low noise wideband units, are extremely sensitive voltage-to-frequency converters, and are therefore very sensitive to noise on the tuning and supply sources. Even the thermal noise of a 50 [ohm] tune driver output resistance...

Engineered Support receives $3.5 M order for Avionics Testing System from US Navy. (News from Washington).
February 1, 2002... Engineered Support Systems Inc. received a $3.5 M order from the US Navy for the production of aircraft avionics testing subsystems for Consolidated Automated Support Systems (CASS). This order, which represents a modification to a previously...

Raytheon selected to support Coast Guard's Nationwide Differential GPS Network. (News from Washington).
February 1, 2002... Raytheon Co. has been selected to provide the US Coast Guard with engineering, technical, maintenance and support services for the National Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) under a $449.2 M, 10-year contract, designed to support...

Conductus receives contract to develop Advanced Airborne Wireless Filter Systems. (News from Washington).
February 1, 2002... Conductus, a leading manufacturer of superconducting wireless systems, has been awarded a subcontract from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. This is in connection with General Dynamics' receipt of a delivery order from the Defense...

US Air Force awards Lockheed Martin, TRW Team $2.7 B contract. (News from Washington).
February 1, 2002... The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems and TRW Space and Electronics a contract for up to $2.698 B to begin the System Development and Demonstration (SSD) phase of Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) Program....

Thales wins Euro 210 million NH90 contract. (International Report).
February 1, 2002... International avionics contractor Thales Avionics has been awarded a Euro 210 million contract covering the supply of avionics and electrical power system equipment into the multinational NH 90 helicopter programme. Working with partners Diehl...

European TDP Programme emphasises potential 'Stealth' Rift. (International Report).
February 1, 2002... Following the signature of a memorandum of understanding that commits the governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK to participation in a portfolio of aerospace orientated technology demonstration programmes (TDP), fears...

Hispasat selects Astrium for Amazonas Satellite. (International Report).
February 1, 2002... Spanish telecommunications provider Hispasat has selected European contractor Astrium to design and build its Amazonas communications satellite. When launched, Amazonas will provide a full range of telecommunications services to a terrestrial...

PT Telkom procures fibre-optic backbone for Sumatra. (International Report).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Indonesian telecommunications provider PT Telkom has awarded a consortium of Pirelli and Siemens IC Networks a Euro 70 million plus contract covering the turnkey construction of a submarine/terrestrial fibre-optic telecommunications backbone...

Raytheon selected for Mexican Maritime Patrol/AEW Aircraft Integration Programme. (International Report).
February 1, 2002... Brazilian aerospace contractor Embraer has selected the Raytheon Co. to act as systems integrator and supplier on the two EMB-145 maritime patrol aircraft being procured by Mexico. As a subset of the deal, the company is also supplying and...

Terrorism attacks accelerate interest in GPS Applications. (The Commercial Market).
February 1, 2002... According to Allied Business Intelligence, Global Positioning System (GPS) applications have attracted increased interest in the wake of the terrorism attacks of 2001. American society has changed from one that is casual toward these kinds...

Bluetooth has a fine showing at Comdex. (The Commercial Market).
February 1, 2002... According to Cahners Instat group, Comdex arrived this year with many more Bluetooth-enabled products making a showing than last year's Comdex or the last CES. This year, the Bluetooth Pavilion had an excellent location next to Microsoft and...

IEEE Standard 802.16 sets stage for growth of Metropolitan Area Networks. (The Commercial Market).
February 1, 2002... The Standard Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standard Association (IEEE-SA) formally approved IEEE Standard 802.16 ("Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems"). The approval sets the stage for the...

The 802.11g draft standard -- a win for the WLAN Industry. (The Commercial Market).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The IEEE 802.11g task group has voted on a compromise from TI, Intersil and other member companies as the new standard for 802.11g. The draft standard makes 802.11a data rates (up to 54 Mbps) available in the 2.4 GHz band with interoperability...

Synergy Research Group forecasts 168 percent growth for the WLAN Market by 2005. (The Commercial Market).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Wireless LAN equipment sales are estimated to surpass the $1.3 M mark by the end of 2001 and reach upward of $3.5 B annually by the end of 2005, according to Synergy Research Group. "Wireless LAN equipment continued to display its immunity...

Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT). (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GHz Technology Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, APT will issue approximately 1.48 million shares of common stock and $13.3 M in exchange for the...

Smiths Group. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Smiths Group has acquired Summitek Instruments Inc., a US supplier of interference test equipment used by the wireless telecoms industry. Smiths paid $10 M in cash for the privately owned business, and agreed to performance related incentives...

ITT Industries Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ITT Industries Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the business and assets of BIW Connector Systems LLC. BIW will become part of ITT's Cannon business. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Verizon Wireless. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Verizon Wireless has purchased the Air Access C2K CDMA Network Emulator product and the C2K-ATS Automatic Test System product from Spirent Communications. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

Alpha Industries Inc. and Conexant Systems Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Alpha Industries Inc. and Conexant Systems Inc. have signed a definitive agreement that will combine Conexant's wireless business with Alpha. The agreement will create a leader in RF and complete semiconductor system solutions for mobile...

TECOM Industries Inc., a TRAK Communications company. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... TECOM Industries Inc., a TRAK Communications company, has relocated and consolidated three of its production plants to a newer and larger facility. TECOM's new 66,000 square foot two-story facility is in the Conejo Technology Center in the...

GIL Technologies Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... GIL Technologies Inc. has opened a sales office in Shenzhen, China. The new office will be a technical and sales resource to users and manufacturers of RF/microwave, high speed digital and other printed circuit boards throughout Asia.

Antenova and Cambridge Consultants Ltd. (CCL). (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Antenova and Cambridge Consultants Ltd. (CCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly market advanced antenna solutions to the fast-developing wireless industry. Under the terms of the agreement, CCL will gain privileged access to...

BTG. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... BTG is forming a strategic alliance with Coventor that will focus on acquiring, developing and commercializing MEMS technology and IP in RF, optics and bio MEMS.

Accton Technology Corp. and Atheros Communications Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Accton Technology Corp. and Atheros Communications Inc. announced that through joint development efforts, Accton is now shipping 802.11a compliant wireless LAN products based on the Atheros AR5000 chipset. In related news, Atheros has received...

Zetex and Future Electronics. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Zetex and Future Electronics have widened their franchise agreement to include the Americas and Europe. Previously, Future only supported the Zetex range of power and signal management products in North America.

Cypress Semiconductor and SiGe Semiconductor. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Cypress Semiconductor and SiGe Semiconductor have signed an agreement to collaborate on an advanced SiGe process. Under the agreement, the companies will merge SiGe Semiconductor's RF process and device modeling expertise with Cypress' BiCMOS...

Conexant Systems Inc. and Tality Corp. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Conexant Systems Inc. and Tality Corp. have reached an agreement to develop embedded system solutions for Bluetooth[TM] applications. The relationship will allow Tality to develop complete solutions based upon Conexant's silicon and embedded...

AVX Corp. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... AVX Corp. has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Lucent Technologies designed to utilize AVX's advanced component technologies in order to enhance Lucent's product development and time-to-market conditions.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Industry News).(Hewlett-Packard Co., blade server alliance program)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Agilent Technologies Inc. announced its participation in a blade server alliance program sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Co., in which technology vendors will work to improve and develop open industry-standard technologies for the growing blade...

XL Microwave Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... XL Microwave Inc. has announced a two-year limited warranty on all test and measurement and antenna alignment products, effective January 2.

REMEC Inc. (Financial News).(earnings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... REMEC Inc. reports sales of $52.5 M for the third quarter ended October 26, 2001, compared to $78.8 M for the same period in 2000. Net loss was $6.2 M (14cents/diluted share) compared to a net income of $5.0 M (11cents/diluted share) for the...

American Technical Ceramics Corp. (Financial News).(earnings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... American Technical Ceramics Corp. reports sales of $13.9 M for the first quarter ended September 30, 2001, compared to $20.9 M for the same period in FY2001. Net income was $298 K (4c/common share) compared to a net income of $2.56 M...

Ansoft Corp. (Financial News).(earnings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $12.5 M for the second quarter ended October 31, 2001, compared to $9.7 M for the same period in 2000. Pro forma net income was $1.3 M (10c/diluted share) compared to a pro forma net income of $773 K...

SEMX Corp. (Financial News).(earnings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... SEMX Corp. reports sales of $12.1 M for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001, compared to $19.1 M for the same period last year. Net loss was $1.7 M (27Cents/diluted share) compared to a net income of $112 K (2Cents/diluted share) for the...

Vari-L Co. Inc. (Financial News).(earnings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Vari-L Co. Inc. reports sales of $5.7 M for the first quarter ended September 30, 2001, compared to $11.5 M for the same period in 2000. Net loss was $1.1 M (16Cents/share) compared to a net loss of $201 K (3Cents/share) for first quarter of...

Merrimac Industries Inc. (Financial News).(earnings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Merrimac Industries Inc. reports sales of $5.31 M for the third quarter ended September 29, 2001, compared to $6.44 M for the same period in 2000. Net loss was $209 K (8Cents/diluted share) compared to a net income of $219 K (9c/diluted share)...

Alamosa Holdings Inc. (Financial News).(common stock)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The common stock for Alamosa Holdings Inc. has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "APS."

Unity Wireless Corp. (Financial News).(securities)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Unity Wireless Corp. has received final approval to list its shares for trading on the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) and commenced trading under the ticker symbol "UWC."

EMS Technologies Inc. (Contracts).(TRW Inc. contract)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... EMS Technologies Inc. has been awarded a three-year contract from TRW Inc. to deliver the beam forming network for the first two satellites of the AEHF Project, the US Department of Defense next-generation secure communications satellite...

IFR Systems Inc. (Contracts).(United Kingdom BOWMAN program)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... IFR Systems Inc. has been selected to provide production test equipment for the UK's $2.4 B BOWMAN tactical communications program. The BOWMAN program will provide secure flexible voice and data communications and serve as the principle...

Merrimac Industries Inc. (Contracts).(Multi-Mix PICO solution)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Merrimac Industries Inc. has received its first production contract to provide an integrated proprietary Multi-Mix[R] PICO solution for use in a new 30 broadband basestation.

MegaPhase. (Contracts).(L-3 Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... After delivering seven systems of phase-matched cables last year, MegaPhase has received a follow-on contract for nine more systems from L3 Communications/Randtron Antenna Systems. The contract is valued in the low six-figures and will supply...

Personnel. (Around the Circuit).
February 1, 2002... * Lambda has appointed Don Naab as president. Most recently, Naab served as the chief operations officer at Centurion Wireless Technologies. * Celerity Systems Inc. has named Bruce Moore president and general manager. Moore brings more...

Rep Appointments. (Around the Circuit).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... * Amcom Communications Inc. has appointed Trionic Associates Inc., Great Neck, NY, to be the exclusive representatives for the metro New York territory, including northern New Jersey. * Anritsu Co. has appointed AF CommSupply, Lenexa, KS,...

BroadWave Technologies Inc. (New Market Entry).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... BroadWave Technologies Inc., Franklin, IN, has been established to design, manufacture and market high performance power dividers, couplers, and other passive RE and microwave components for wireless, medical, automotive and military...

Anaren Microwave Inc. (Web Site).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Anaren Microwave Inc. has launched the third generation of its Web site. This site offers components for wireless, space, defense automotive, health and more. Products include Xinger(r) surface-mounts, RF power-brand resistive products,...

Designing a Bluetooth transceiver in RF CMOS. (Technical Feature).
February 1, 2002... The design of a 2.4 GHz Bluetooth transceiver RFIC in CMOS requires careful verification of key performance criteria at all stages of the design process. This can be accomplished by using electronic design automation (EDA) software that...

Low phase noise SiGe voltage-controlled Oscillators for Wireless applications. (Technical Feature).
February 1, 2002... A low phase noise voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is one of the critical circuits in modern telecommunications systems. In recent years, silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS technology has become one of the most promising technologies for VCO...

A Varactor-tuned oscillator with linear tuning characteristic. (Technical Feature).
February 1, 2002... In certain areas of microwave applications such as FMCW radars, FM modulators and phase-locked loop (PLL) circuits, the system performance is enhanced when the frequency of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is linear with respect to its...

A new type of amplitude equalizer for in-band flatness improvement. (Technical Feature).
February 1, 2002... There is a growing need in modern communication systems for low cost bandpass filters of small size, high selectivity and flat passband response in order to meet the demands for inter-channel power balance, and to avoid interference. Due to the...

Intermodulation products for a mixer subjected to a multi-carrier signal. (Technical Feature).
February 1, 2002... Applying a multi-carrier signal to a mixer leads to a large range of intermodulation products. To perform a link budget of a multi-carrier transmit-receive system, it is important to predict the location and magnitude of those intermodulation...

Technology and innovation in single layer capacitors. (Application Note).
February 1, 2002... Single layer capacitors have been manufactured for many years for high frequency microwave applications. The simple parallel plate structure has advantages over multi-layer capacitors up to gigahertz frequencies due to its low inductance and...

A high gain power amplifier with variable bias for multi-mode WCMDA appliations. (Cover Feature).
February 1, 2002... This article describes a new high performance power amplifier (PA) for wide-band code division multiple access (WCDMA) applications. With the transition from second generation (2G) systems, such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM),...

An X-band, high power, MMIC-based microwave amplifier. (Product Feature).
February 1, 2002... When established performance ranges are extended, it is often a simple case of developing and building on the original technology. Not so for the AS 80110/30 microwave amplifier, which has been produced to extend the frequency range of the...

A high power Multi-carrier power amplifier. (Product Feature).
February 1, 2002... Power amplifiers are critical radio frequency components of wireless network systems, typically representing 10 to 40 percent of the cost of a basestation. There are a variety of wireless standards associated with 2G, 2.5G and 3G wireless...

SP4T Switch. (New Products: Components).
February 1, 2002... The model AS204-80 GaAs IC SP4T switch combines high isolation to provide greater signal path separation and reduced RF leakage with non-reflecting ports to eliminate the need for external terminations while providing 50 [omega] output...

Portable, Dry Attenuators. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The 600-A-QFFN series is rated at 600 W over a frequency range of DC to 2.4 GHz. SWR is 1.1 (max) to 1 GHz and 1.25 (max) to 2.4 GHz. Standard attenuation values are 3, 6, 10, 20 and 30 dB with others available upon request. The unit comes with...

Quick-release Adapters. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This line of quick release test adapters incorporates push-on mating with an integrated locking mechanism to prevent mated surfaces from separating due to cable weight and handling. The locking outer contacts are heat-treated beryllium copper....

Full Band PCS Duplexer. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This full band PCS duplexer offers co-channel rejection which is > 50 dB and passband insertion loss for both transmit and receive channels is less than 2.25 dB. Passband SWR is 1.5. Size: 4.50" x 1.40" x 0.65". Circle No. 219

SMD Molded Wire Wound Ferrite Chip Inductors. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The model CF453232 (1812-dimensions are 4.5 x 3.2 x 3.2 mm) and CF322522 (1210-dimensions are 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.2 mm) SMD molded wire wound ferrite chip inductors are designed for low to mid frequency signal devices such as computers and...

Temperature Compensated RF Power Detectors. (New Products: Components).
February 1, 2002... The model LTC5505-1 and LTC5505-2 RF power detectors offer > 40 dB dynamic range for 300 MHz to 3 GHz applications. Each requires 60 percent of the PCB space needed by a discrete design, consumes nine times less supply current and, compared to...

X-band Attenuator. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This high performance X-band attenuator is ideally suited for airborne radar system requirements. The attenuator provides 60 dB of attenuation range with 8 bits of digital control resulting in a resolution of 0.25 dB. Accuracy of attenuation...

Attenuators. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The HRF-AT4000 family of high performance attenuators is the first to offer both serial and parallel interface architectures. In addition, the five- and six-bit attenuators are available in 4 x 4 mm (16-pin LPCC [TM] surface-mounted) packages...

Cavity Bandpass Filters. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This line of broadcast quality, ultra-narrow bandpass cavity filters for 900 MHz STL receivers. Designed as preselector filters, these cavities offer low loss, steep skirts and extreme ruggedness. Typical uses include rejection of other STL...

Hermetic Feedthru. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The SHP7609 series hermetic feedthru offers an economical alternative for use with Wiltron V connectors. These feedthrus provide superior hermetic reliability and are readily available. The design of this feedthru also provides for easier...

Quadrupler. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The model AQA-1902 quadrupler converts a 1.9 to 2.0 GHz input to a 7.6 to 8.0 GHz output. Input levels from -2 to +2 dBm are converted to a typical output level of +14 dBm, with a typical fundamental suppression of 60 dBc. Designed for...

Broadband Choke. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The model ADCH-80 broadband 50 to 8000 MHz RF choke is housed in an ultra low pro-file 0.108" patent-pending package. Typically, the unit displays low 0.3 dB insertion loss, 1.1 SWR and 1.8 [micro]H inductance at 50 mA when operated at...

Coaxial Connector. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This 360[degrees] turnable, right-angle coaxial connector is custom-made for automotive applications with small spaces or limited accessibility. The unique turnable connector is resistant to wide temperature range variations (-40[degrees] to...

Bandpass Cavity Filter. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The model 50-209-40XX-000 bandpass cavity filter is designed to be used in fiber optics SONET-SDH, OC-768 and optical clock data recovery applications. The model has a rugged design and is ultra-stable over an operating temperature range of...

High Frequency Chip Resistors. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The SOTA RF series 0402 of thin-film chip resistors is designed specifically for use in microwave and RF applications. These lightweight resistors provide extremely low return loss in frequency ranges to 16 GHz, making them effective in...

Surface-mount Three-way Power Divider/Combiner. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The model P3D2025 SYNSTRIP[R] surfacemount three-way power divider/combiner is designed to meet requirements of emerging Bluetooth, WLAN, 30 and ISM technologies. This model operates in the 2000 to 2500 MHz frequency range with low insertion...

Coaxial BNC Jack Connector. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The model UCBJ224 gold plated 75 [omega] circuit board BNC jack connector is designed for high frequency, broadband, high data rate applications. The four-post construction with a longer center lead enables the user to center the part and...

Coaxial Connectors. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The 2.92 series coaxial connectors provide high repeatability and are compatible with K, SMA and 3.5 mm series connectors. The series is designed for demanding applications at DC to 40 GHz frequencies and the -55[degrees] to +125[degrees]C...

Linear RF Mixers. (New Products: Components).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The SMJ diode mixer line complements the company's existing SME Line of highly linear diode mixers. This family of linear RF mixers features high IP3 performance (up to +29 dBm), broadband frequency coverage (covering 500 kHz to 2400 MHz), low...

Broadband RF Amplifier. (New Products: Amplifiers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The model 100A400 broadband RF amplifier is specifically designed for the rigors of bulk current injection (BCI) test applications in the automotive industry. It has excellent load tolerance, making it ideal for the harsh test environments...

Power Amplifier Module. (New Products: Amplifiers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The model RM805 fully matched 28 pin LCC surface-mount power amplifier module is designed for mobile units operating in the 806 to 849 MHz frequency band. All active circuitry is contained in the module, which includes onboard CMOS controlled...

HBT MMIC Power Amplifier. (New Products: Amplifiers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The model HMC327MS8G heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) MMIC power amplifier operates between 3 and 4 GHz and is packaged in a surface-mount 8 leaded MSOP package with an exposed base for improved RF and thermal performance. It provides 21...

Power Amplifier. (New Products: Amplifiers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The model SE2520L linear 2.4 GHz power amplifier is fully compliant to the Bluetooth[TM] 1.1 and IEEE 802.11b specifications. The amplifier optimizes performance with superior power-added efficiency and high output power. Designed to leverage a...

In-line Waveguide LNAs. (New Products: Amplifiers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The models SLK-22-31 and SLK-22-4I low noise amplifiers are capable of covering full waveguide bandwidth of 18 to 26 GHz and 26.5 to 40.0 GHz, respectively. The in-line construction makes it easier to integrate these LNAs into systems where...

Power Amplifier. (New Products: Amplifiers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The model IBM3602022Q020 AMPS/TDMA single band, two-stage power amplifier uses the company's SiGe BiCMOS technology to yield maximum efficiency in wireless handset applications. The 900 MHz amplifier's on-chip biasing technology helps ensure...

Duplexer-LNA Assembly. (New Products: Amplifiers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The model DPL-LNA-2327-10-20 duplexer-LNA assembly is designed for MMDS applications and integrates a high power cavity transmitter filter, receiver filter and low noise amplifier into a single compact module for performance improvement, space...

Tri-band, Low Noise Amplifier. (New Products: Amplifiers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The model RF2417 tri-band low noise amplifier(LNA) is designed for EGSM/DCS/PCS multi-band handset applications. It is a highly integrated, low power, low cost tri-band LNA and all three input and output ports include on-chip matching to...

Patch Antennas. (New Products: Antenna).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... This series of patch antennas is designed for use on small satellites and space shuttle applications. These interchangeable units are 82 mm square and 10.6 mm thick and have SMA RF ports. The model 0053-800 (2.106 GHz) and model 0054-800 (2.287...