Microwave Journal articles from January 2003

Microwave Journal archives from January 2003

Trends in antennas for wireless communications. (Special Report).
January 1, 2003... From mobile telephones to wireless Internet access to networked appliances and peripherals, there is an increasing reliance on wireless communications to provide or enhance functionality for products and services. The wireless communications...

NIST and National Federation of the Blind to cooperate. (News from Washington).(National Institute of Standards and Technology )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sam Bodman and National Federation of the Blind (NFB) president Marc Maurer announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the NFB will work together to test a...

Northrop Grumman awarded $34.2 M contract for work on radar antenna. (News from Washington).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Northrop Grumman Northrop Corp.'s Integrated Systems sector has been awarded a $34.2 M contract by the US Air Force for the first phase of the B-2 radar Pathfinder program, a multiyear effort to design and integrate a new radar antenna on the...

US Air Force successfully completes live-fire test of Infrared countermeasures. (News from Washington).
January 1, 2003... Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) system, chosen by the US Air Force to protect its transport aircraft from the threat of heat-seeking missiles, has successfully completed live missile fire tests and has...

Raytheon Tactical Tomahawk successfully completes first underwater launch. (News from Washington).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Raytheon Co. and the US Navy successfully completed the second demonstration test flight (DT-1) of the Raytheon-produced Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile at the Naval Air Systems Command western test range complex in southern California. ...

AMS snares ATC/airport business. (International Report).
January 1, 2003... The Anglo-Italian joint venture company Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) has announced new contracts with respect to the provision of instrument landing systems (ILS) for the US Air Force, a Doppler weather radar for South Korea's Meteorological...

EADS to upgrade Brazilian orions and modernise Greek air defence radars. (International Report).(European Aeronautic, Defence and Space)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Fuerza Aerea Brasilia (FAB -- the Brazilian Air Force) has awarded the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space (EADS) Co. Spanish arm -- EADSCASA -- a contract covering the upgrading and modernisation of nine recently purchased ex-US Navy...

ACCESSNET[R]--T wins Russian approval. (International Report).(Rohde & Schwarz)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Russia's Ministry of Information and Communications (known by the local acronym MINSVIAZ) has issued Rohde & Schwarz (R & S) subsidiary BICK Mobilfunk with permanent certification for its ACCESSNET[R]-T terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) system....

Royal Philips adds low power application to its Bluetooth[TM] portfolio. (International Report).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Netherland's contractor Royal Philips Electronics has added a comprehensive, low power Bluetooth[TM] solution to its portfolio in order to facilitate enhanced product functionality within voice and data applications. As such, the architecture...

New 3G wireless infrastructure study published. (The Commercial Market).(Forward Concepts)
January 1, 2003... Forward Concepts has announced the publication of what is probably the definitive in-depth study of the market and technology of the worldwide cellular infrastructure. The new report, "Wireless Infrastructure Technology and Markets: The...

Consumers set to get on wireless home networking train. (The Commercial Market).
January 1, 2003... As the wireless home networking space evolves to one which involves the wireless connection of the PC cluster of devices (broadband modem, router/AP device, desktops, laptops, PDAs, web tablets) to the entertainment cluster of devices (audio...

Consumer broadband not a revolution but a healthy evolution. (The Commercial Market).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Even though dial-up will remain the primary method of consumer Internet access through the year 2006, DSL subscribers numbers will continue to gain momentum, according to InStat/MDR. In a recent pair of reports, the high tech market research...

RF power amplifier industry. (Industry News).(Richard (Dick) J. Sheloff)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Richard (Dick) J. Sheloff, a management leader in the RF power amplifier industry, passed away on August 8, 2002. He was '75 years old. Dick was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1950, he began his career at Polarad Corp., which manufactured...

Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Allgon Mobile Communications (AMC), a division of Swedish-based Allgon AB. AMC is a global designer and manufacturer of antennas for mobile phones and...

Oldcastle Precast Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Oldcastle Precast Inc. acquired the assets of Andrews Corp.'s Shelter Division, a producer of above ground equipment shelters for telecommunications and ability customers. The combined Communications Division product line includes buildings and...

M-tron Industries Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... M-tron Industries Inc. has signed the final agreements to acquire the assets of Champion Technologies Inc. from US Bank. The companies did not disclose financial details of the agreement.

Palomar Technologies. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Palomar Technologies announced that is has acquired the Fiber Automation Division of Axsys Technologies. The new organization will continue engineering and manufacturing operations in its Pittsburgh facility as a wholly-owned subsidiary of...

TriPoint Global Communications. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... TriPoint Global Communications has acquired the assets of Gabriel Electronics Inc., a broadband antenna solutions company. The combination of the company's antenna solutions, applications, support and service provides an offering for customers...

REMEC Inc. and Spectrian Corp. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... REMEC Inc. and Spectrian Corp. jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement revising the terms relating to the acquisition that was previously announced. Pursuant to the terms of the revised merger agreement, each share of...

NEC Electronics Inc. (Industry News).(new name NEC Electronics America Inc. )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... NEC Electronics Inc. announced that it has changed its name to NEC Electronics America Inc. as part of the launch of its parent company. NEC separated its semiconductor business into a new, wholly-owned global company, NEC Electronics Corp. The...

Rohde & Schwarz. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Rohde & Schwarz has established a subsidiary in the German Centre in Santa Fe, Mexico. The enterprise is responding to the requirements of local customers. Another sales office has been established in Guadalajara to ensure individual support of...

RF Micro Devices. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... RF Micro Devices announced that production shipments have begun from its new test and tape and reel facility in Beijing, China. The facility will provide direct, local support to Chinese handset manufacturers, original design manufacturers and...

Richardson Electronics. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Richardson Electronics announced the opening of a branch office in Beijing, China, continuing its effort to address the needs of its customers and the expanding Chinese market. This branch office opening represents its third sales office in...

Superconductor Technologies Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Superconductor Technologies Inc. has formed a strategic alliance with Heinz Corp. The companies will jointly provide design and installation solutions to improve the quality of wireless networks, expecially in high volume urban areas. The...

Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR). (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR[TM]) announced a technology licensing agreement with Synopsys that enables AWR to integrate Synopsys' HSPICE[R] analog and mixed-signal circuit simulation solution into AWR's high frequency design environment....

Unity Wireless Corp. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Unity Wireless Corp. signed an agreement with Israeli-based Dekolink Wireless Ltd. to jointly develop a fully-integrated digital repeater system. Unity Wireless will supply power amplifiers for that product for three years.

Atmel Corp. and Astek Corp. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Atmel[R] Corp. and Astek Corp. have entered into a strategic partnership committed to helping customers get to market with a first pass success, Astek's Application Testing and Total Emulation of system technology accelerates time-to-market for...

QinetiQ and TnQuint. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... QinetiQ and TnQuint announced an agreement to use QinetiQ's microwave and millimetre-wave IC (MMIC) design services in conjunction with TriQuint's GaAs IC foundry services. This will provide customers with a UK-based turnkey MMIC services and...

Thales and Temex. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Thales and Temex finalized an agreement relating to the design and production of radio frequency components for mobile telephones and telecoms infrastructure networks. Under the agreement, Temex acquires Thales Microsonics, manufacturer of...

Richardson Electronics. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Richardson Electronics has signed an expanded agreement with Anaren Microwave Inc. that includes distribution of Anaren's full line of RF products. Under the terms of the agreement, Richardson will have distribution rights in Europe and Asia.

StratEdge. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... StratEdge has signed an agreement with Rockwell Scientific Co. LLC (RSC) to design, manufacture and assemble the package for RSC's new RDAO12 12-bit digital-to-analog converter that has a guaranteed minimum word rate of 1GS/s.

BSC Filters. (Industry News).(expands its design capability)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... BSC Filters announced that it has added suspended substrate stripline technology to its design capability, as a strategic move into the broadband filter and multiplexer market.

Silicon Wave Inc. (Industry News).(equipment authorized for use in testing Windows XP operating system-based Bluetooth products)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Silicon Wave Inc. announced that its Bluetooth radio modem, baseband processor and protocol software have been authorized for use in testing the Bluetooth wireless capabilities of products using the Windows XP operating system. The components...

Barry Industries. (Industry News).(wins ISO9001:2000 certification)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Barry Industries has received the ISO9001:2000 certification as a result of an audit by TUV America organization.

Filtel Microwave. (Industry News).(receives ISO9001, 2000 Version certification)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Filtel Microwave has been certified to ISO9001, 2000 Version. Filtel worked with Business Development Bank of Canada and Intertek Testing Services for this achievement.

CAP Wireless Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... CAP Wireless Inc. has completed its annual outside audit for certification to ISO9001:2000. The company was originally certified in August 2001.

The Center for Wireless and Microwave Information Systems. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Center for Wireless and Microwave Information Systems at the University of South Florida announced MS and PhD graduate fellowship awards for the 2002/2003 academic year. These fellowships are made possible by funding provided over the past...

Nebojsa Doncov. (Industry News).(Young Scientist Award )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Nebojsa Doncov, a software development engineer for the Electromagnetic Division of Flomerics, was awarded a Young Scientist Award at the International Union of Radio Science General Assembly, Maastricht, Netherlands. The General Assembly...

ARMMS RF & Microwave Society. (Industry News).(Ralph Yell)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... During a recent ARMMS RF & Microwave Society meeting, held near Bristol, UK, Ralph Yell was given a special honor. The award was given in recognition of his work as one of the founding members of the society in the mid-1980s. Originally formed...

The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI). (Industry News).(to introduce Masters level training program )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), in conjunction with Continuing Education in Electronics Systems Integration and Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, announced the introduction of a Masters level training program...

Ansoft Corp. (Financial News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $10.6 M for the second quarter ended October 31, 2002, compared to $12.5 M for the same period in 2001. Net loss was $2.2 M ($.19/diluted), compared to a net loss of $65,000 ($.01/diluted) for the second quarter of...

Superconductor Technologies Inc. (Financial News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Superconductor Technologies Inc. reports sales of $4.7 M for the third quarter ended September 28, 2002, compared to $2.1 M for the same period in 2001. Net loss was $5.4 M ($23/diluted), compared to a net loss of $5.5 M ($.30/diluted) for the...

e-tenna Corp. (Financial News).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... e-tenna Corp. has secured a $3 M Series D round from Ecentury Capital Partners of McLean, VA, and New York-based Archery Capital. This brings the company's total funding to $21 M, with earlier capital rounds sponsored principally by The Titan...

Unity Wireless Corp. (Contracts).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Unity Wireless Corp. has been awarded a contract to supply 3.5 GHz power amplifiers to Netro Corp., a leading provider of fixed broadband wireless solutions worldwide. Units have begun to ship and power amplifier production has been ramping-up...

Park Electrochemical Corp. (Contracts).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Park Electrochemical Corp. received Notice of Authorization from Underwriters' Laboratories for the manufacture of mixed packages using PTFE and FR-4 materials. UL certification provides the high frequency RF design community proof of UL...

MAXRAD's Antennas. (Contracts).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... MAXRAD's Antennas has been FCC certified with SmartBridges' Products. MAXRAD's XtremeWave [TM] MSO24014NF all terrain sectorized omnidirectional antennas, their 13 dBi and 18 dBi XF directional panels and the WISPperformance [TM] 13 and 18 dBi...

Unity Wireless. (Personnel).(Casey J. O'Byrne)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Unity Wireless announced that Casey J. O'Byrne has been appointed to the company's board of directors and to the position of vice chairman. O'Byrne is an attorney and has been practicing law since 1984. He has been a partner at Tarrabain...

RF Micro Devices. (Personnel).(Bob Bruggeworth CEO)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... RF Micro Devices announced that Bob Bruggeworth will succeed David Norbury as CEO. Norbury, who is retiring, plans to continue as a member on the board of directors. In June 2002, Bruggeworth was appointed president of RF Micro Devices. He was...

AMI Semiconductor. (Personnel).(Walter Mattheus as chief operating officer)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... AMI Semiconductor has appointed five executives through the acquisition of Alcatel Microelectronics: Walter Mattheus as chief operating officer, Tony Denayer as vice president of product development, Yolande De Busschop as general counsel,...

Rockwell Collins. (Personnel).(Bruce M. King vice president and general manager)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Rockwell Collins named Bruce M. King vice president and general manager, communication systems, for the company's government systems business. King is an 18-year employee who served mostly as director, air mobility, bombers and special mission...

Nurad Technologies. (Personnel).(dy Engle)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Nurad Technologies has promoted Randy Engle to director of engineering. Engle has more than 20 years of antenna design and manufacturing experience and will provide technical leadership for Nurad antenna and radome programs. In related news,...

Flann Microwave. (Rep Appointments).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Flann Microwave has made a series of rep appointments. In the US, Chas Group will cover Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and western Pennsylvania. May Technology Inc. will be responsible for Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire,...

VXI Technology. (Web Site).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... VXI Technology worked in conjuction with industry experts to create the VXI database on-line at www.vxidesignonline.com. The site is intended to provide users with a single source of information for their VXI needs. There is no advertising or...

Wireless Systems Design Conference & Expo highlight wireless network strategies.
January 1, 2003... The 11th meeting of a conference and exhibition created for design engineering and engineering managers involved with fixed and portable wireless equipment features a new technical track devoted to IC-based reference designs. Wireless...

Development of an advanced airborne precipitation radar. (Technical Feature).
January 1, 2003... Radar has been used for observation of weather since the 1940s. (1) Advances in weather radar include the incorporation of Doppler capability, which allows measurement of wind velocity, and the use of multiple polarizations, which enhance...

An RF module design for a multi-mode handset. (Technical Feature).
January 1, 2003... This article describes a novel design of an RF module for a multi-mode handset and presents an example of an RF module for a W-CDMA/GSM/DCS tri-band and dual-mode handset. The entire module, including a direct modulation transmitter and a...

A low cost pencil-beam microstrip antenna at 76.5 GHz. (Technical Feature).
January 1, 2003... This article describes the design of a 76.5 GHz microstrip antenna using a simple wave guide distributor. This type of antenna permits any complicated radiation pattern to be obtained. It can be used as part of the transmit/receive module for a...

A 2.4 GHz CMOS power amplifier with 20 dBm output power for Bluetooth and WLAN applications. (Technical Feature).
January 1, 2003... This article presents a 2.4 GHz CMOS power amplifier (PA) with an output power of 20 dBm using a 0.25 [micro]m 1P5M standard CMOS process. The PA uses a diode connected NMOS transistor functioning as a diode linearizer. It is believed that this...

A wideband and high gain microstrip four-slot antenna array. (Technical Feature).
January 1, 2003... A numerical simulation and an experimental implementation of a cross-shaped, microstripline-fed, printed, four-element slot antenna array are presented in this article. The proposed antenna, with a relative permittivity of 4.3 and a thickness...

Interactive interdigital filter design using MMICAD software. (Application Note).(Illustration)
January 1, 2003... Successful microwave circuit realization requires flexible circuit analysis tools that allow engineers to prototype, analyze and verify their circuits. Today, available software tools offer standard features such as frequency analysis, tuning...

HFSS software for next-generation design. (Cover Feature).(Ansoft Corp. is the supplier)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2003... When HFSS[TM] was introduced in February 1990, it created a new era in microwave design. Prior to this event, microwave design was limited to simple analyses and cut-and-try methods. With HFSS, engineers could conveniently build, analyze and...

New enhancements for the GENESYS software suite. (Product Feature).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... All 15 modules of the GENESYS RF/microwave design software suite have recently been enhanced. For 17 years, Eagleware has worked with thousands of customers worldwide to continuously upgrade its suite of synthesis, simulation and design...

Controlled expansion alloys for high reliability packaging solutions. (Product Feature).
January 1, 2003... The trend towards faster and higher frequency communications is driving the search for high reliability packaging solutions that satisfy ever more demanding performance requirements. However, when utilizing the packaging materials commonly...

A 28 GHz 2 x 16 antenna T/R switch matrix. (Product Feature).
January 1, 2003... Fabricating a high performance 2 x 16 transmit/receive (T/R) switch to feed a millimeter-wave Rotman or Lunenburg lens antenna array has in the past been a complex and space-consuming configuration. A new T/R switch assembly has been designed...

Wireless Local Loops -- Theory and Applications. (The Book End).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Peter Stavroulakis, Editor John Wiley & Sons Inc. 289 pages; $110 ISBN: 0-471-49846-7 This book presents the theoretical aspects and various practical applications of a new medium of transmission called wireless local loops...

RF MEMS Circuit Design for Wireless Communications. (The Book End).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Hector J. De Los Santos Artech House Inc. 261 pages; $85, [pounds sterling]59 ISBN: 1-58053-329-9 This book addresses the design of RF microelectro mechanical systems (MEMS)-based circuits for use in high performance wireless...