Microwave Journal articles from January 2005

Microwave Journal archives from January 2005

A New Year, a new look, the same mission: we start this New Year with several new features to Microwave Journal, and one long-standing mission.(NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER)
January 1, 2005... I'll begin with the changes, since you've probably noticed the most obvious of them already. Yes, the cover has a new look and a new direction. The cover graphic will now reflect the editorial theme for the issue, as illustrated in this month's...

Coming events.(Calendar)
January 1, 2005... International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies (ISART) March 1-3, 2005 Boulder, CO The 7th annual ISART is a forum created to explore the current state of the radio art and to identify directions in which the technology...

Complete analog RF CMOS chip design.(WORKSHOPS & COURSES)
January 1, 2005... * Topics: This three-course series will describe how to design a digital subsystem on a silicon chip for fabrication. Participants learn mixed-signal radio frequency integrated circuit design/layout/testing techniques from baseband to RF in the...

Analog integrated circuit design I.(WORKSHOPS & COURSES)
January 1, 2005... * Topics: This course will introduce an analog integrated circuit design and covers device physics, bipolar and CMOS transistor design and modeling, layout considerations, basic building-block circuits, small signal circuit analysis and...

Satellite communications networks and applications.(WORKSHOPS & COURSES)
January 1, 2005... * Topics: This course provides an intensive review of satellite communications networks and applications from a system development perspective. Intended for technical, operations and business professionals as well as newcomers to satellite...

CST of America's user group meeting.(WORKSHOPS & COURSES)
January 1, 2005... * Topics: Join engineers using CST STUDIO software and those interested in learning more about the technology, exchange ideas and talk with CST engineers and developers about future developments. Featured keynote speaker is Dr. Peter Thoma, CST...

Antenna engineering.(WORKSHOPS & COURSES)
January 1, 2005... * Topics: This course presents the theory and practice of antenna engineering, covering the range of antenna properties and types from basic to state-of-the-art. The antennas presented in the course cover a wide spectrum of frequency, up to and...

Microwave measurements training course.(WORKSHOPS & COURSES)
January 1, 2005... * Topics: This five-day course is a unique opportunity for recent graduates or those new to the field to gain the most up-to-date understanding of modern measurements. The course will provide a thorough understanding of the essential,...

Radar today.(COVER FEATURE)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... Twenty years ago in Microwave Journal we wrote about "Radar in Transition." The article opened with the statement that "radar engineers, at the end of 1984, find their field in transition between the conventional designs of the post World War...

Lockheed Martin upgraded GPS satellite launched successfully.(DEFENSE NEWS)(Global Positioning System)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The US Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, successfully launched a Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite. This was the 12th successful launch of the new-generation GPS IIR spacecraft. The satellite,...

Harris Corp. selected to provide communication expertise.(DEFENSE NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Harris Corp. announced that it has been selected to provide systems integration, network development and communications technology expertise as a member of two different business teams working on the US Air Force's $9 B Network Centric...

Northrop Grumman, United Defense to collaborate on laser defense.(DEFENSE NEWS)(United Defense Industries Inc.)
January 1, 2005... Northrop Grumman and United Defense Industries are teaming to provide the US Army with first-of-their-kind, ground-based laser defense systems designed to protect US soldiers against a variety of current and emerging threats. The agreement...

Raytheon to pursue transformational communications program.(DEFENSE NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Raytheon Co. will lead an industry team in pursuit of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Mission Operations System (TMOS), a program to provide the warfighter a secure, interoperable, high capacity global communications...

A friendly approach to home networking.(INTERNATIONAL REPORT)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Amigo project--an integrated initiative that will realize the full potential of home networking to improve people's lives--has brought together 15 of Europe's leading companies and research establishments in mobile and home networking,...

Space Council goes where no European space programme has gone before.(INTERNATIONAL REPORT)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... In what is considered to be a major political milestone for Europe in Space, ministers representing the 27 European Union (EU) and/or European Space Agency (ESA) Member States convened for the first even European 'Space Council' in Brussels,...

EC project to develop satellite positioning solutions via wireless networks.(INTERNATIONAL REPORT)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Alcatel has been selected by the European Commission to lead a 34-member consortium responsible for the European Union research and development project, Liaison, which is part of the 6th R & D Framework Program. The project aims to provide...

Paradigm signs 15 year contract with NATO UK.(INTERNATIONAL REPORT)(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)(Paradigm Secure Communications)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Paradigm Secure Communications has signed a contract to provide the UK share of NATO's Space Segment requirements, which follows on from the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between NATO, the UK, Italy and France for the provision of...

Double acquisition for QinetiQ in US.(INTERNATIONAL REPORT)(QinetiQ Ltd. acquires Foster-Miller Inc. and Westar Aerospace & Defense Group)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... QinetiQ has received US regulatory approval for the acquisitions of both Foster-Miller Inc. for [pounds sterling]90 M ($163 M) and Westar Aerospace & Defense Group for [pounds sterling]70 M ($130 M). Both will remain autonomous, retaining their...

CDMA450 to provide strong benefits from an unconventional spectrum.(COMMERCIAL MARKET)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Having literally sprung-up as a new cellular technology overnight, the popularity of CDMA450 is growing, according to In-Stat/MDR. The high tech market research firm reports that, as a result, the number of CDMA450 subscribers will increase...

IEEE 802.11j shows adaptability and international support of IEEE standards.(COMMERCIAL MARKET)
January 1, 2005... With the opening of new wireless bands for indoor, outdoor and mobile use in Japan, the IEEE has approved an amendment to IEEE 802.11[TM] to support the new spectrum and their designated applications. The amendment, IEEE 802.11j,[TM] will...

Consumers ready for wireless Location-based Services.(COMMERCIAL MARKET)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Location-based Services (LBS) in the US wireless consumer market may finally be poised to realize their long-hyped potential, according to In-Stat/MDR. With Enhanced 911 capabilities deployed in many areas and a fast-growing base of subscribers...

Ultrawideband? Show me the money.(COMMERCIAL MARKET)(standards)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... One of the advantages originally touted for ultrawideband was that it would be a very low cost solution. It is time to "show me the money," says ABI Research. According to principal analyst of semiconductor research, Alan Varghese, heated...

RADCOM Ltd.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... RADCOM Ltd., a network test and service monitoring solutions provider, and Comarco Inc., a provider of wireless test solutions, announced a partnership agreement. The collaboration will allow development of a next-generation testing solution...

Vette Corp.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(EUMAX)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Vette Corp., a provider of thermal management solutions, announced its acquisition of China-based EUMAX. With the acquisition of EUMAX, Vette enters the global market in thermal management with a portfolio of 21 patents, design and applications...

UbiNetics and Renesas Technology Corp.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Alliances and partnerships)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... UbiNetics and Renesas Technology Corp. have signed an agreement to develop an RF solution capable of supporting WCDMA and HSDPA in the frequency bands used in Japan, Europe and the US. This will be a complete dual-mode RF subsystem comprising...

Flexco Microwave Inc.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Flexco Microwave Inc. has moved back to its renovated facilities at 17 Karrville Road, Port Murray, NJ. Tel. (908) 835-1720, fax: (908) 835-0002. The company's Web site remains www.FlexcoMW.com.

Andrew Corp.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(establishment of R & D center )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Andrew Corp. announced the establishment of an R & D center in Shanghai, China. This center will focus on active RF subsystems and power amplifiers used in wireless networks. The company also announced the installation of a wireless (3G)...

TDK Ltd. and Ansoft Corp.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... TDK Ltd. and Ansoft Corp. announced the release of a new library for TDK's capacitor, inductor, common mode filter and ferrite bead components for use in Designer[TM].

PolarFab and Mentor Graphics.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... PolarFab and Mentor Graphics announced the availability of a production design kit (DK) supporting the PolarFab PBC4 BCD process technology. The DK has been validated and is available for use with the Mentor Graphics analog/mixed-signal (AMS)...

Jennic.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Jennic, a UK-based company, announced that it is repositioning its wireless connectivity business from a traditional intellectual property (IP) approach to a fabless manufacturing business model, offering complete integrated circuits (IC)...

Agilent Technologies Inc.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(ultra-wideband )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of its new ultra-wideband (UWB) Design Exploration Library, which has been selected by Daido Steel to help in development of its bandpass filters for UWB transceivers. In related news, it was...

The LXI Consortium.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(membership)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The LXI Consortium announced that Aeroflex will join the recently formed standards organization. LXI (LAN extensions for instrumentation) is a LAN-based modular platform standard for automated test systems. Aeroflex, a test system,...

Renaissance Electronics Corp.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(12:1 power divider)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Renaissance Electronics Corp. has shipped a newly designed 12:1 power divider to a European Common Market Customer.

IEEE.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Wireless LANs)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... With the opening of new wireless bands for indoor, outdoor and mobile use in Japan, the IEEE has approved an amendment to IEEE 802.11[TM] to support the new spectrum and its designated applications. This amendment, 802.11j,[TM] will enable WLAN...

AR Worldwide.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(KMW2030 amplifier )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... AR Worldwide announced that its AR modular RF division has successfully completed JITC testing of its KMW2030 amplifier with its associated pre-amp. This broadband (30 to 512 MHz) amplifier rated at 125 W has met all three MIL-STDs for the...

Micronetics.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(ISO 9001:2000)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Micronetics has received certification for its Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001:2000.

Symmetricom.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(TL 9000 quality certification)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Symmetricom has been awarded the TL 9000 quality certification. The company has also received a grant from the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund, which has been set up by the state to expand the skills of the local workforce.

EMS Technologies Inc.(CONTRACTS)(Joint Common Missile antennas)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... EMS Technologies Inc. announced that its Space & Technology/Atlanta division has been awarded the first phase of a contract from Lockheed Martin for the development of Joint Common Missile (JCM) antennas. The full development contract is worth...

Unity Wireless Corp.(CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Unity Wireless Corp. announced that it has received a $200,000 order for its compact, fully integrated RF front-end wireless subsystem from a US original equipment manufacturer (OEM). It will be deployed as part of the customer's upcoming...

HRL Laboratories LLC.(CONTRACTS)(Frequency Agile Digitally Synthesized Transmitters )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... HRL Laboratories LLC has been awarded the second phase of the DARPA Technology for Frequency Agile Digitally Synthesized Transmitters (TFAST) program, following demonstration of the lowest power dissipation for any circuit operating with a...

Sensors Unlimited Inc.(CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Sensors Unlimited Inc. has received a, $750,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) award from the US Air Force to develop an improved solid state, dual spectrum imager that doubles as a communication device. Three objectives under this R...

MI Technologies.(CONTRACTS)(Televes S.A.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... MI Technologies announced it has received an order from Televes S.A. for a complete outdoor far-field antenna test and measurement system. The equipment will be used in the design, development and validation of broadcast antennas. Under terms...

Innovative Micro Technology.(CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) announced that MEMtronics Corp. has chosen IMT to manufacture packaged high frequency RF switches based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology for wireless applications. Implementing MEMtronics'...

General Dynamics C4 Systems.(CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... General Dynamics C4 Systems has finalized a contract with DIRECTV Group to supply four VertexRSI nine meter Ka-band turnkey earth terminals. DIRECTV will use them to expand its high definition (HD) services using its Spaceway satellites. As a...

WJ Communications Inc.(CONTRACTS)(volume production order for ECM168 12 V power amplifier )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... WJ Communications Inc., a designer and supplier of RF semiconductors and multi-chip modules, received a volume production order for its ECM168 12 V power amplifier module from a China telecommunications equipment provider. The ECM168 is a 1.9...

ANADIGICS Inc.(CONTRACTS)(indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) heterojunction bipolar transistor )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... ANADIGICS Inc. announced that the company is shipping production volumes of its indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) power amplifiers (PA) to Eastern Communications Co. Ltd. (Eastcom), a Chinese...

Eagleware Corp.(CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Eagleware Corp. announced that Rohde & Schwarz has chosen the GENESYS[TM] suite of enterprise-level tools for RF and microwave design. GENESYS enterprise-level tools enable engineers to share files, export and import files from other programs,...

ANADIGICS Inc.(FINANCIAL NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... ANADIGICS Inc. reports sales of $25.1 M for the third quarter ended October 2, 2004, compared to $17.8 M for the same period in 2003. Net loss for the quarter was $8.3 M ($0.25/per share), compared to a net loss of $12.6 M ($0.41/per share) for...

Superconductor Technologies Inc.(FINANCIAL NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Superconductor Technologies Inc. reports sales of $7.3 M for the third quarter ended October 2, 2004, compared to $14.2 M for the same period in 2003. Net loss for the quarter was $5.2 M $0.06/per diluted share, compared to a net loss of...

Ansoft Corp.(FINANCIAL NEWS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $15.9 M for the second quarter of 2005 ended October 31, 2004, compared to $12.3 M for the same period in 2003. Net income for the second quarter was $1.9 M ($0.14/per diluted share), compared to a net loss of...

RF Micro Devices Inc.(PERSONNEL)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... RF Micro Devices Inc. has elected Jeffrey R. Gardner to its board of directors. Gardner is the executive vice president and chief financial officer of ALLTEL Corp. and is responsible for the company's financial and accounting functions....

WJ Communications Inc.(PERSONNEL)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... WJ Communications Inc. announced that it has appointed Catherine Lego to its board of directors. Lego will be an independent director on the company's board and brings over 26 years of finance and management experience with expertise in the...

Isola Group Inc.(PERSONNEL)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Isola Group Inc. named Lawrence Conrad vice president, supply chain. In his new position, Conrad will be responsible for all supply chain/materials activities with Isola's global customers. Before joining Isola, Conrad held the position of vice...

Dow Key Microwave Corp.(PERSONNEL)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dow Key Microwave Corp. welcomes back Vince Harter as product line sales manager. His main responsibility will be the MEMS product line. In addition, Harter will support the Dow Key sales group with proposal activity, customer technical...

Park Electrochemical Corp.(PERSONNEL)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Park Electrochemical Corp. has appointed Wilson Zhiyu Xia as director of technology, Asia Pacific region. Xia has over ten years of academic and industrial experience in the research and development of advanced polymeric materials, with special...

Barry Industries.(PERSONNEL)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Barry Industries announces the appointment of Mike Ehlert as the company's LTCC process engineering manager. Ehlert has extensive experience in the design, development and manufacture of LTCC modules such as T/R modules for Bluetooth[TM] radios...

RFI Global Services Ltd.(PERSONNEL)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... RFI Global Services Ltd. has appointed Andrew Brown as technical services manager to further expand its EMC, radio performance, microwave, Bluetooth and SAR testing and regulatory services. He joins the company from Sun Microsystems where he...

Microtech.(REP APPOINTMENTS)(Conformity Plus Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Microtech, a designer and developer of custom microwave components, announced the appointment of Conformity Plus Inc. as its exclusive representative in Canada. Robert Sobolewski of Conformity Plus Inc. can be contacted via phone at (613)...

Aeroflex/Inmet Inc.(REP APPOINTMENTS )(distribution agreement)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Aeroflex/Inmet Inc. has appointed NWN Inc., Campbell, CA, to represent the company in northern California and Nevada. Gruber and Associates will be responsible for Florida and Shaw-Newman, Fort Wayne, IN, will cover Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and...

Labtech.(REP APPOINTMENTS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Labtech, a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, has appointed Hedrick Walker and Associates to represent the company in Florida and May Technology to represent the company in the New England states.

AEM Inc.(REP APPOINTMENTS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... AEM Inc. has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Richardson Electronics to Franchise the company's new chip fuses, the SolidMatrix[R] slow-blow chip fuses and the SolidMatrix[R] fast-acting surface-mount monolithic chip fuses.

Tyco Electronics.(REP APPOINTMENTS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Tyco Electronics has signed an extended world-wide distribution partnership with Richardson Electronics to distribute TYCO's latest GPS receiver modules A1029-A and A1029-B.

Janos Technology Inc.(WEB SITE)(www.janostech.com)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Janos Technology Inc., a manufacturer of precision infrared (IR) optical components, lenses and assemblies for defense, aerospace and OEM commercial markets, has recently unveiled an enhanced, user friendly and informative Web site,...

Effects of the radiated power in a linear inverse scattering algorithm for GPR prospecting: numerical results.(TECHNICAL FEATURE)(ground penetrating radar)
January 1, 2005... In this article the problem of detecting and localizing buried objects in a two-dimensional half-space geometry starting from the knowledge of the scattered field at the air-soil interface is explored. In particular, the aim of the article is...

Introduction to miniature antenna and diversity combining techniques.(TECHNICAL FEATURE)
January 1, 2005... Multipath, shadowing and fading effects are major challenges in the reliable operation of terrestrial wireless communication channels. Signals from transmitter to receiver bounce from various objects and from the ground, and add in the receiver...

Lightweight, low cost printed antenna arrays.(TECHNICAL FEATURE)
January 1, 2005... The advantages of stripline-fed, printed aperture antennas over conventional microstrip patch antennas with planar feed lines are studied and discussed. The design parameters for the selected aperture shapes are presented along with measured...

A design procedure for a circular polarized, nearly square patch antenna.(TECHNICAL FEATURE)
January 1, 2005... This article describes the design of a compact, circular polarized (CP), nearly square patch antenna using an offset microstrip feed and operating at 2.45 GHz. The effect of the offset on the perturbation segment and the design of a simple...

A compact thin-film WLAN antenna switching module.(TECHNICAL FEATURE)(wireless local area network)
January 1, 2005... Miniaturization and cost reduction along with ever expanding user functions are important features for modern consumer communication devices as customers demand more data throughput at low cost. System-on-chip (SoC) and system-in-package (SiP)...

EuMW 2004--history in the making.(SPECIAL REPORT)(European Microwave Week)
January 1, 2005... One hundred years on from the invention of radar the 7th European Microwave Week (EuMW) fittingly marked the anniversary with the birth of a new conference (EuRAD) that ran alongside the existing three conferences and industrial exhibition....

Spiral antennas for broadband applications.(PRODUCT FEATURE)
January 1, 2005... Enhanced performance is needed from antennas, radomes and other microwave components to support ever-increasing functionality for military communications, electronic warfare (EW), electronic intelligence (ELINT), signal intelligence (SIGINT)...

A low profile, L-band mobile tracking antenna system.(PRODUCT FEATURE)
January 1, 2005... Micro-Ant Inc. is an innovative antenna design, development and manufacturing company whose engineers have extensive experience with reducing complex, sophisticated antenna systems to robust, low cost commercial, military, government and...

A miniature 10 GHz surface-mount relay.(PRODUCT FEATURE)
January 1, 2005... Teledyne Relays transformed the industry in 1961 by introducing the TO-5 relay. Today, an equally innovative step has been made with the introduction of the Series RF522 relay, a compact, double-pole, double-throw (DPDT), surface-mount latching...

Test and measurement systems brochure.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This short form brochure describes the company's synthetic test systems, which provide a wide spectrum of signal types including analog, digital, power, and RF and microwave. Automatic test equipment based on the Microsoft Windows operating...

Ultra precision forming brochure.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This is a short form brochure describing the electroforming process. It takes the reader through the step-by-step routine of design, mold forming, electroforming (fabrication), plating and special coating, machining and quality control. Also...

Microminiature coaxial connector catalog.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This is a 10-page catalog of SMP series micro-miniature coaxial connectors. It contains fully detailed drawings, mounting details and application notes. Part number details and specifications of the series of available connectors are also...

New product catalog.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This is a new release of the catalog listing microwave cables, assemblies, adaptors, phase shifters, connectors, RF contacts and other microwave components. The catalog includes specifications for the patented minibend, mini 141 and microbend...

Microwave catalog on CD.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This CD catalog contains low noise, small signal and medium power microwave amplifiers; microwave control devices, including PIN switches, modulators, translators, mixers and attenuators; microwave supercomponents, including receivers, up/down...

MMIC selection guide.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... The Autumn 2004 product selection guide contains over 300 items including 28 new products. The selection guide is organized by product line as well as by market applications including: cellular/PCS/3G, broadband, microwave and millimeter-wave,...

Short form catalog.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This short form catalog features a variety of sources including phase-locked oscillators, direct synthesizers, low noise synthesizers, miniature synthesizers, coaxial resonance oscillators and dielectric resonance oscillators. All have full...

Antenna testing facility brochure.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... A brochure/catalog of a new state-of-the-art, nearfield and farfield antenna testing facility as well as design, development, modeling and manufacturing capability is available. This brochure also highlights the standard products, which include...

Converter subsystems brochure.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This brochure highlights the company's converter subsystems and describes RFIC/MMIC chips to complete broadband RF/microwave integrated subsystem assemblies, including passive couplers and filters, multifunction modules, mixers and modulators,...

PIN diode handbook.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This PIN diode handbook offers an overview and application guide on the use of PIN diodes. It is devoted to the basic circuit applications of this unique device. In each chapter, a circuit function is treated in detail followed by specifically...

Agile precision frequency sources catalog.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This catalog describes the complete line of precision frequency synthesizers, based on a high stability frequency standard. Easy and fast remote programming is available. These synthesizers are used in advanced measurement and production...

Vector network analyzers brochure.(CATALOG UPDATE)
January 1, 2005... This brochure describes the parameters of broadband network analyzers from 300 MHz to 4 and 8 GHz. It details functionality, measurement techniques, applications and option availability. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rohde & Schwarz GmbH,...