Microwave Journal articles from January 2000

Microwave Journal archives from January 2000

COMMERCIALIZATION OF MILITARY AND SPACE ELECTRONICS.
January 1, 2000... * Topics: Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) design, PEMs testing and applications, uprating practices, COTS management, ruggedized COTS for military use and solving obsolescence with COTS. * Site: Los Angeles, CA * Date: Jan. 30 - Feb....

WIRELESS MEASUREMENTS: THEORY AND PRACTICE.
January 1, 2000... * Topics: Spectrum analyzer theory, harmonic and intermodulation distortion, phase noise network analyzer theory, low noise receiver specifications and analysis, and an accuracy signal generator block diagram. * Site: Nice, France *...

WIRELESS DESIGN WORKSHOPS.
January 1, 2000... * Topics: Introductory RE and microwave, class A through S RF power amplifier design and use, RE and microwave receiver design, and phase-locked loop and frequency synthesis. * Site: Niagara Falls, NY * Date: March 20-28, 2000 *...

WIRELESS DATA SYSTEMS.
January 1, 2000... * Topics: Wireless data communications principles, mobile systems, fixed wireless systems and technology implementation in various networks, including personal area networks and local area networks. Fee: $895. * Site: Los Angeles, CA ...

DIGITAL CELLULAR SYSTEMS.
January 1, 2000... * Topics: Contrasting capabilities of second- and third-generation cellular technologies, including network infrastructure for mobility, interoperability among network elements and evolution over the next few years. Fee: $1295. * Site: Los...

RF AND WIRELESS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE.
January 1, 2000... * Topics: Fundamental concepts for RF and wireless engineering design, impedance transformation design, principles of electronic oscillators and practical oscillator design. Fee: $1495. * Site: Atlanta, GA * Date: April 10-14, 2000 ...

ANTENNAS: PRINCIPLES, DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... * Topics: Antenna fundamentals, arrays, wire and broadband antennas, horns, reflectors, system antennas, electromagnetic compatibility topics and measurements. * Sites: Various * Dates: Various * Contact: Kelly Brown, Northeast...

SELF-STUDY RADAR COURSE.
January 1, 2000... * Topics: Radar principles, functions and parameters, the radar equation, target detection, tracking and track-while-scan, radar hardware, signal processing and case studies. Fee: $384. * Contact: IEEE Customer Service Dept., 445 Hoes Lane,...

K-BAND QUADRATURE MIXERS WITH PLASTIC-PACK AGED DIODES.
January 1, 2000... Quadrature mixers (also known as IQ mixers) are important signal-processing components in radio transmitters (as vector modulators) and radio receivers (as image-reject mixers and/or demodulators.) as well as other microwave equipment...

South Korea Requests Purchase of Raytheon's Patriot Missiles.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... According to US Department of Defense (DoD) officials, South Korea has asked to purchase $4.2 B in US Patriot missiles and advanced firing units built by Raytheon Co. to defend against possible missile attack from North Korea. If granted, the...

DARPA Project to Improve Elusive Target Discovery and Identification.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Despite the current sophistication of US surveillance and intelligence systems, three classes of targets -- moving targets, mobile surface-to-air missile radar sites and camouflaged targets -- pose troublesome discovery and identification...

Boeing Joins Meteor Missile Team.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Boeing Co. has entered into an agreement with the Matra-BAe Dynamics (MBD) Meteor missile team to become the US partner in the pursuit of the UK Beyond Visual Range Air-to-air Missile (BVRAAM) program. Under the terms of the agreement, the...

Raytheon to Develop AESA Radar.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Following the completion competitive evaluation that began in September 1999, The Boeing Co. has selected Raytheon Co. to develop an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for the F/A18E/F Super Hornet. The addition of an AESA radar...

Reduced Operational Effectiveness of Joint Standoff Weapon Reviewed.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The General Accounting Office (GAO) has released a report, "Defense Acquisitions: Reduced Operational Effectiveness of Joint Standoff Weapon" (GAO/NSIAD-99-137), which examines the status of the US Navy and Air Force's development and...

BAe and MES Merge to Form New Company.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... UK aerospace and ship building conglomerate British Aerospace (BAe) and defence electronics contractor Marconi Electronic Systems (MES) have merged to create BAe Systems, a world-class company that will create the financial strength,...

Siemens Awarded Telecommunications Business Contracts.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... German contractor Siemens AG has been awarded new telecommunications equipment contracts in the Czech Republic, Poland and the US. In the Czech Republic, the award is a contract valued at approximately Euro 200 M by Czech telecommunications...

German Army to Procure Ericsson Radar.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The German Army has made an initial procurement of 10 Ericsson Microwave Systems Improved HARD 3-D radars for use in its next-generation light anti-aircraft system designated LeFlaSys. As of press time, Swedish contractor Ericsson had...

Philips Introduces New CMOS Technique.(Philips Semiconductors' complementary metal oxide semiconductor manufacturing technology)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Netherlands contractor Philips Semiconductors has introduced an enhanced 0.18 [micro]m complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication technique that uses low dielectric, constant dielectrics, an additional local interconnection...

PCS Subscribers Forecast to Reach 65 Million by 2003.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Telecompetition Inc. has released a report, "US Metro Wireless Forecast: 1999-2003," which forecasts that revenues for personal communication services (PCS) will exceed $40 B by 2003. The report also projected that 23 percent of the 96 million...

Bell Atlantic and Vodafone AirTouch to Form US Wireless Business.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Bell Atlantic Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch plc have entered into a definitive agreement to create a new wireless business with a national footprint, a single brand and a common digital technology. The new business will combine the assets of Bell...

New Technology to Reduce Delays at US Airports.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Honeywell Technology Center and Honeywell Airport Systems have developed new technology that is intended to significantly reduce the ever-increasing number of operating delays at US...

Market Strategies for 3G Mobile Operators.(Third generation.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Ovum Inc. has released a report, "Third Generation Mobile: Market Strategies," which examines the opportunities offered by third-generation (3G) mobile systems and the challenges that system providers will face when attempting to take advantage...

Wireless Cellular Phone Headset Introduced.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Ericsson Inc. has introduced the [Bluetooth.sup.TM] Headset, a cellular phone headset that connects to a mobile phone by a radio link instead of a cable. The headset is the first hands-free accessory to incorporate Bluetooth technology, a...

FP-WJ Acquisition Corp.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... FP-WJ Acquisition Corp., a new company formed by certain investment funds managed by Fox Paine & Co. LLC, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Watkins-Johnson Co. (WJ) through a recapitalization merger transaction. Under the terms...

Intercept Technology Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Intercept Technology Inc., Atlanta, GA, has acquired certain intellectual property assets of software development and consulting company ESA Design Inc., including parametric symbol and geometry generation technology. Financial terms of the...

JDS Uniphase Corp.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... JDS Uniphase Corp., San Jose, CA, has acquired Ramar Corp., Northboro, MA. Under the terms of the agreement, Ramar will be integrated into the JDS Uniphase modulator business, which produces lithium niobate modulator components for the...

Coming Inc.(Merging with Oak Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Coming Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Oak Industries Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Coming will exchange 0.83 share of common stock for each outstanding share of Oak Industries common stock. The transaction...

Communication Solutions Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Communication Solutions Inc. has established CommEX LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary that will focus on the design and manufacture of high frequency, VHF/UHF high performance surveillance receivers, special-purpose spectrum survey tools and...

Stanford Microdevices Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Stanford Microdevices Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has announced plans to implement an organizational structure with strategic business units focused on specific markets that serve wireless and wired infrastructure equipment suppliers as well as a new...

EEV Ltd.(Changes name to Marconi Applied Technologies.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... EEV Ltd. has changed its name to Marconi Applied Technologies following the restructuring of its parent company Marconi plc. The company, which supplies strategic technology components and modules to a wide customer base, will operate from...

Microwave Test Solutions Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Microwave Test Solutions Inc., Clarksburg, NJ, has changed its name to In-Phase Technologies Inc. to more accurately represent the company's expanded capabilities, including the design, development and manufacture of automated test equipment...

American Microsystems Inc. (AMI).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... American Microsystems Inc. (AMI) has opened a new design center to increase the company's current advanced analog and mixed-signal design capabilities and develop high precision analog functions for standard CMOS processes. The new design...

ANADIG-ICS Inc.(opens design center in Newbury Park, California)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... RFIC solution designer and manufacturer ANADIG-ICS Inc., Warren, NJ, has opened a modem 5500-squarefoot remote design center in Newbury Park, CA to expand its design capacity and establish a West Coast support center for western US and...

Trace Laboratories -- EMC Division.(opens electromagnetic compatibility facility in Palatine, IL)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Trace Laboratories -- EMC Division has opened a newly renovated 27,000-square-foot electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) facility that houses a three-meter semi-anechoic RF test chamber and a shielded control room for EMC testing to support the...

mmWave Technologies Inc.(opens Latin American office)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... RF/microwave and wireless representation and distribution firm mmWave Technologies Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, has opened an office in Latin America. The company has undergone rapid expansion during the past two years, growing from four...

Teledyne Technologies Inc.(becomes independent public company)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Sophisticated electronic and communications product, system engineering solution, and aerospace engine and component provider Teledyne Technologies Inc. has become an independent, publicly held company following its spin-off from former parent...

TRW Inc.(contract with RF Micro Devices Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... TRW Inc. and RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) have expanded their strategic relationship though several agreements that license RFMD to use TRW's patented gallium arsenide heterojunction bipolar transistor technology to manufacture products for...

Analog Devices Inc.(forms alliance with Karl Suss)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... High performance mixed-signal and digital IC manufacturer Analog Devices Inc. has entered into a strategic relationship with Karl Suss to launch a fully automated aligned substrate bonding operation at Analog Devices' facility in Cambridge, MA....

Laube Technology.(contract with Tri Star Distribution)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Electronic component distributor Laube Technology, Camarillo, CA, has selected Tri Star Distribution as its stocking distributor for the San Diego marketplace. Tri Star will stock a broad line of active and passive components for Laube and...

Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc.(contract with NAVAIR Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc., Metuchen, NJ, has selected NAVAIR Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, to distribute its standard product line of portable wireless test and measurement products throughout Canada.

RF Monolithics Inc. (RFM).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... RF Monolithics Inc. (RFM), Dallas, TX, has entered into a two-year agreement with Honeywell Controls Products Group, Golden Valley, MN, whereby RFM will supply Honeywell with its new, fully integrated receiver product, a derivative of its...

BTC Electronic Components.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... BTC Electronic Components has entered into a distribution agreement with Sumitomo Electric Interconnect Products to distribute its line of environmentally sealed shield terminators. The terminators provide a completely visible connection...

Elanix Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Elanix Inc., Westlake Village,. CA, has entered into a partnership with Texas Instruments to provide the SystemView TMS320C6000 DSP Design Suite, a comprehensive digital signal processing (DSP) development solution that will support Texas...

Rambus(r) Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Rambus(r) Inc., Mountain View, CA, has fully qualified Agilent Technologies' Agilent 54750 digitizing oscilloscope for measuring signal integrity on Rambus-based motherboards and Rambus Inline Memory Module ([RIMM.sup.TM]) PCBs. The Agilent...

Alpha Industries Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Alpha Industries Inc., Woburn, MA, has entered into an agreement with Ericsson to develop multichip modules for leading-edge digital wireless telephone standards, including EDGE and other future highly linear applications. The modules are...

Decibel Products Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Decibel Products Inc., an Allen Telecom company, has been selected as a preferred vendor by Sprint PCS of Kansas City, MO for the supply of a wide variety of PCS antennas and wireless equipment for its Phase III build-out.

Hewlett-Packard Co.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Hewlett-Packard Co. has announced that Conexant Systems Inc. has taken delivery of a second HP 94000 automated test system for verifying high quality CMOS imaging solutions. Conexant's CMOS imaging chips enable emerging digital image...

Tektronix Inc.'s Measurement Business Division.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Tektronix Inc.'s Measurement Business Division has launched a new lease program, Tektronix eQuip [Finance.sup.TM], which will provide customers with quick and easy access to the most current measurement services available for meeting stringent...

Palomar Technologies.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Palomar Technologies has been selected as the 1999 Grand Award Winner of the prestigious Editors' Choice Best Product Award for Semiconductor Manufacturing Excellence presented annually by Semiconductor International magazine for its CBT...

Murata Electronics North America Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The National Electronic Distributor's Association has named ceramic electronic component manufacturer Murata Electronics North America Inc. 1999 Passive Components Manufacturer of the Year. The award recognizes a company that demonstrates a...

Circuit Assembly Corp.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Circuit Assembly Corp., Irvine, CA, has received ISO 9001-1994 certification from TUV Essen Quality Systems.

Allgon Mobile Communications.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Allgon Mobile Communications has delivered 200 million terminal antennas since 1993. Reportedly, more than 40 percent of the world's mobile phones are equipped with an Allgon antenna.

Kyocera America Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Kyocera America Inc.'s flip chip assembly line has passed process qualification testing, which included testing for temperature cycle, steam pressure pot, liquid-to-liquid thermal shock, high temperature storage and high humidity/temperature.

Aeroflex Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Aeroflex Inc. reports sales of $42.1 M for the first quarter, ended September 30, 1999, compared to $31.6 M for the same period in 1998. Net income, was $2.9 M (15[cents]/diluted share), compared to $2.3 M (12[cents]/di1uted share) for the same...

ANADIGICS Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... ANADIGICS Inc. reports sales of $35.5 M for the third quarter, ended October 3, 1999, compared to $22 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $2.7 M (16[cents]/diluted share), compared to $5.0 M (34[cents]/diluted share) for the third...

Watkins-Johnson Co.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Watkins-Johnson Co. reports sales from continuing operations of $28.8 M for the third quarter, ended September 24, 1999, compared to $19.1 M for the same period in 1998. Net income from continuing operations was $6.9 M ($1/diluted share),...

American Technical Ceramics Corp.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... American Technical Ceramics Corp. reports sales of $11.9 M for the first quarter, ended September 30, 1999, compared to $8.6 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $830 K (21[cents]/di1uted share), compared to a net loss of $82 K...

Ansoft Corp.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $7.4 M for the second quarter, ended October 31, 1999, compared to $5.5 M for the same period in 1998. Net loss was $26 K (0[cents]/diluted share), compared to a net loss of $686 K (6[cents]/diluted share) for the...

Wireless Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Wireless broadband networking solution provider Wireless Inc., Santa Clara, CA, has completed a private placement totaling $9 M with new investments from Gemini Investors and Strafford Equity Partners LP. Original investors included Crossroads...

TrueTime Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Precision time and frequency product manufacturer TrueTime Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of three million shares of its common stock with a...

REMEC Inc.
January 1, 2000... REMEC Inc., San Diego, GA, has been awarded a $9.42 M contract by Raytheon Systems Co. for the initial production of a series of microwave multifunction modules used in defense electronic communication systems.

Honeywell Space Systems.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Honeywell Space Systems has entered into a contract with Mitsubishi Electronic Corp.-Kamakura Works to provide Space Integrated Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (SIGI) systems for NASA's H-II transfer vehicle, an expendable...

Electro-Radiation Inc. (ERI).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... RF interference mitigation technology provider Electro-Radiation Inc. (ERI) has been awarded a US Army Fast Track Small Business Innovative Research Phase II contract to provide its GPS Interference Suppression Unit for the RAH-66. Comanche...

Signal Technology Corp.'s Keltec Operation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Signal Technology Corp.'s Keltec Operation, Fort Walton Beach, FL, has received a $1.3 M contract for production quantities of the AN/AAQ-24 (V) directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) power supplies. The DIRCM system is slated for use aboard...

SCIENTECH's Transmission and Telecom Services Group (T&T).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... SCIENTECH's Transmission and Telecom Services Group (T&T) has been awarded a contract by Motorola to provide an assessment of a proposed microwave radio system for the New York City Police Department. The scope of work includes an evaluation of...

Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc., Metuchen, NJ, has been awarded a contract by Hughes Network Systems of India to deliver five receiver systems comprising Champ Ultra-Lites and Champ receivers for expansion of the fixed wireless network in...

Larus Corp.(gets lightwave multiplex systems contract renewal from Lucent Technologies)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Larus Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have renewed a contract whereby Larus will supply DS1 lightwave multiplex systems to Lucent. The systems are designed to provide lightwave extensions of TI facilities between buildings or from vaults and...

Bob Deitz.(to retire from Maryland MPC L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Maryland MPC LLC has announced the retirement of Bob Deitz after more than 40 years in the industry. Most recently, Deitz was sales and operations manager at the company. He will be replaced by Don Shippey who has been involved in all aspects...

Michael R. Bernique.(named chairman of RF Monolithics, David M. Kirk named CEO)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... RF Monolithics Inc. (RFM) has appointed Michael R. Bernique to the newly created position of chairman of the board. Bernique has served on the company's board of directors since 1997 and is currently president and CEO of TelOptica Inc. In...

Microwave Power Devices Inc. (MPD).(names Alfred Weber CEO)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Microwave Power Devices Inc. (MPD) has appointed Alfred Weber president and CEO to replace the retiring Edward J. Shubel. Weber is also currently the company's chairman of the board.

David G. Wopschall.(named CFO of Stellex Electronics Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Stellex Electronics Inc. has appointed David G. Wopschall VP and CFO. Previously, Wopschall was CFO for a division of the Unocal Corp.

Blake Fennell.(named COO at Melles Griot Photonics Group)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Blake Fennell has been appointed COO at Melles Griot Photonics Group. Fennell has been with the company since 1990 and, most recently, was VP and general manger of its Laser Group.

William L. Shillito.(named executive VP of Prodelin)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... William L. Shillito has been named executive VP of Prodelin, a TriPoint Global company. Shillito has been with Prodelin since 1992 and, most recently, was VP of operations and engineering.

David Kim.(named VP at Nextec RF & Microwave Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... David Kim has joined Nextec RF & Microwave Inc. as executive VP. Most recently, Kim was VP, engineering at CPI Inc.

Stanford Microdevices Inc.(names Gary Gianatasio anad Greg Baker general managers)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Stanford Microdevices Inc. has named Gary Gianatasio general manager of wireless infrastructure products and Greg Baker general manager of its standard products business unit. Prior to these appointments, Gianatasio was manager of strategy and...

James A. Yard.(named VP at Andrew Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Andrew Corp. has appointed James A Yard VP, broadband wireless systems group. Yard has more than 25 years of experience in cable TV and multichannel, multipoint distribution systems and, most recently, worked for Sprint in wireless network...

George J. Blanar.(named senior vice president of Voltronics)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Voltronics Corp. has named George J. Blanar senior VP, sales and marketing. Previously, Blanar was VP, sales and marketing at Giga-tronics Inc.

Quad Systems Corp.(personnel announcements)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Quad Systems Corp. has announced several new personnel appointments, including Elmer O'Brien as VP, technical services and support, Matt Stackhouse as senior director of technical services and Edward Conson as service manager for the eastern US...

John McDonald.(receives EJA Distinguished Service Award from Electronic Industries Alliance)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) has honored John McDonald with the EJA Distinguished Service Award, William Peverill with the 1999 Engineering Award of Excellence and Peter M. Ildau with the Market Research Department Award of...

Wayne S. Evans.(appointed director of manufacturing at TriPoint Global Communications)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Wayne S. Evans has been appointed director of lean manufacturing at TriPoint Global Communications. Evans has more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing process technology and, most recently, was director of lean manufacturing at Pyramid...

Bruce Lenihan.(appointed director of European sales at Alpha Industries)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Bruce Lenihan has been named director of European sales at Alpha Industries. Most recently, Lenihan was regional sales director for Europe and the Middle East at RF Monolithics Inc.

Kyocera America Inc. (KAI).(announces executive appointments)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Kyocera America Inc. (KAI) has named Rick Sigliano national sales manager of Japan ceramic products and Fritz Johnson national sales manager of organic products. Most recently, Sigliano was general manager of technology development at KAI and...

Douglas Kremer.(appointed sales manager at Microwave Instrumentation Technologies L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Douglas Kremer has been named regional sales manager, north central states for Microwave Instrumentation Technologies LLC. Kremer has been with the company since 1998 as a systems integration specialist.

Robert DeBrecht.(appointed manager at RLC Electronics Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... RLC Electronics Inc. has named Robert DeBrecht general manager. DeBrecht has more than 21 years of experience in the microwave industry and, most recently, was VP of engineering at General Microwave Corp.