Microwave Journal articles from March 2000

Microwave Journal archives from March 2000

SWITCHED-COUPLER MEASUREMENTS FOR HIGH POWER RF CALIBRATIONS.
March 1, 2000... This article describes the design and operational theory behind a new high power measurement system recently developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This new system utilizes the established low power bolometer...

Oceanic Surveillance Radar System Successfully Demonstrated.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... In collaboration with the Canadian Department of National Defence, Raytheon Systems Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Raytheon Co., has developed and successfully demonstrated the HF SWR-503 long-range, high frequency surfacewave radar. The HF...

NASA Awards Satellite Production Contract.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center has awarded a five-year contract to Orbital Sciences Corp. for the design, production and testing of small- and medium-class satellites used in space and...

US Army Awards Contract for TUAV Systems.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The US Army has awarded a contract to AAI Corp., a subsidiary of United Industrial Corp., for the delivery of its new Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (TUAV) systems. The TUAV systems will provide Army commanders with the capability to conduct...

Lockheed Martin Receives Aegis Production Award.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems (NE&SS), Moorestown, NJ, has received $175.3 M from the US Navy for the production of three Aegis weapon systems. The award is part of a multiyear funding agreement between Lockheed...

DoD ACTD Strategy for UAV Assessment Examined.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The US General Accounting Office (GAO) has released a report, "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: DoD's Demonstration Approach Has Improved Project Outcomes" (GAO/NSIAD-99-33), which examines the effectiveness of the Department of Defense's (DoD)...

INTELSAT to Procure Telecommunications Satellite.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The International Telecommunications Satellite (INTELSAT) organisation has awarded a contract to Franco-British contractor Matra Marconi Space to build the INTELSAT NI-Alpha telecommunications satellite. Considered the largest and most powerful...

Racal Introduces Surveillance EW Systems.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... UK contractor Racal Defence Electronics has unveiled a new range of land-based electronic warfare (EW) systems. Designated under the generic name of Seeker, two models have been identified: Seeker 4 and 5. Seeker 4 is a 20 to 1000 MHz...

Rohde & Schwarz Launches EMC Test Antenna.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... German contractor Rohde & Schwarz has launched the Ultralog HL 562, a universal electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) test antenna for interference field strength and susceptibility measurements. Operating over the 30 to 3000 MHz frequency band,...

Next-generation UAV Concept Study Initiated.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The UK'S Ministry of Defence has issued an invitation to tender to several companies regarding a concept study contract, that relates to the British Army's next-generation Sender unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV). The Sender UAV is primarily...

Siemens Awarded Telecommunications Intelligent Network Contracts.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... German contractor Siemens Information and Communications Networks (SICN) has been awarded two contracts for the supply of telecommunications intelligent network services (INS) in the Middle East and Asia. In the Middle East, Jordanian carrier...

Philips Develops Embedded Flash Memory for CMOS Technology.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Netherlands contractor Philips Semiconductors has developed the CMOS18 Flash memory module, a two-transistor cell for use in its 0.18-[micro]m complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. Forming part of the company's...

Globalstar USA Licensed to Offer Satellite Phone Service.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Globalstar USA, the exclusive provider of satellite-based communications services in the US, has received authorization from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to market satellite phone service on a limited basis to US customers. The...

Optical Attenuator Market to Reach $1.5 B by 2008.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... According to a report issued by ElectroniCast Corp., global consumption of optical attenuators reached $178.8 M in 1998 and is expected to increase to $1.5 B by 2008 as a result of rapidly rising quantity growth substantially offset by falling...

Smart Phones to Dominate the Wireless Access Market.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... A new report from IGI Consulting, "Wireless Web Wonders," predicts that smart phones and personal data assistants (PDA) will dominate the wireless Internet market. The number of smart phones produced is expected to increase to 88 percent (330...

Wireless Broadband Revenues to Reach $3.4 B in 2003.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... The Strategis Group's report, "US Wireless Broadband: LMDS, MMDS and Unlicensed Spectrum," projects that wireless broadband revenues will increase from $11.2 M in 1999 to $3.4 B in 2003. Growth in local service and Internet access revenues and...

Boeing to Acquire Hughes Satellite Systems Business.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... The Boeing Co. has announced plans to purchase the satellite systems business of Hughes Electronics Corp. in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.75 B. Under the terms of the acquisition, Boeing will acquire Hughes Space and Communications Co.,...

M/A-COM.(acquires GaAsTEK)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... M/A-COM, a subsidiary of Tyco Electronics, has announced plans to acquire ITT Industries Inc.'s GaAsTEK business unit. Under the terms of the agreement, GaAsTEK, which develops and manufactures GaAs MMICs for commercial and defense markets,...

Alpha Industries.(to acquire Network Device Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Alpha Industries, Woburn, MA, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Network Device Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, a provider of advanced technology GaAs IC design and fabrication. Under the terms of the acquisition, the number of...

Kyocera America Inc. (KAI).(acquires VisPro)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Kyocera America Inc. (KAI), San Diego, CA, has acquired VisPro Corp., a supplier of LTCC multilayer ceramic substrates and structural ceramic components. Under the terms of the acquisition, VisPro will become a new division of KAI and continue...

Fluke Corp.(aquires Wavetek Wandel Goltermann's Precision Measurement Division)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Electronic test tool provider Fluke Corp., Everett, WA, has acquired Wavetek Wandel Goltermann's (WWG) Precision Measurement Division. Under the terms of the acquisition, WWG's division will become part of the Fluke Industrial Group's...

Connecticut Microwave Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Connecticut Microwave Corp., Cheshire, CT, has acquired the waveguide and coaxial termination line of Micronetics Wireless Inc., Hudson, NH. The acquisition will extend Connecticut Microwave's line of passive components, directional couplers,...

Lockheed Martin Federal Systems.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Oswego, NY, has purchased the model 9098 double-density universal grid test system from Everett Charles Technologies, Pomona, CA. In related news, Ibiden Circuits of America Corp., Elgin, IL, has purchased the...

Compaq Computer Corp.(forms Compaq Telecommunications)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. has formed Compaq Telecommunications to develop, market and deliver integrated solutions for global communications carriers in the areas of enhanced network services, business and operations support systems, and customer...

EDO Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Advanced electronic, mechanical and electro-optical system designer and manufacturer EDO Corp., New York, NY, and privately held AIL Technologies Inc., Deer Park, NY, have signed a definitive merger agreement that is expected to create an...

Chelton Group Company.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Rayan, Starec and Chelton France, members of the Chelton Group Company, have merged to form Chelton Antennas SA. The merger will enable Chelton Antennas to develop a specialized market approach, provide solutions adapted to specific customer...

RF Monolithics Inc. (RFM).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Radio frequency component and subassembly manufacturer RF Monolithics Inc. (RFM), Dallas, TX, has relocated its European sales office to England. The new location, coupled with recent ISO 9001 certification, expansion of technical manufacturer...

Philsar Semiconductor Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Philsar Semiconductor Inc. has opened a sales and marketing office in Tokyo to support its growing number of customers in the Asia/Pacific region, specifically in Taiwan, Korea, China, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Stanford Microdevices Inc. (SMI).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Wireless and wired infrastructure equipment component manufacturer Stanford Microdevices Inc. (SMI), Sunnyvale, CA, has opened a new design center located in Kanata, Ontario, Canada. The new design center, which focuses on next-generation...

ANADIGICS Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... RFIC solution designer and manufacturer ANADIGICS Inc. has opened its third remote RFIC design center in Thames Valley, UK. The company recently opened RFIC design centers in Dallas, TX and Newbury Park, CA. In related news, ANADIGICS has...

Aethercomm Inc.(new facility)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Aethercomm Inc. has moved into a new facility located at 2910 Norman Strasse Road, Suite 105, San Marcos, CA 92069 (760) 598-4340, fax (760) 598-4342 or e-mail: sales@aethercomm.com. Aethercomm designs, develops and manufactures sophisticated...

Remtec Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Plated copper onto thick film manufacturer Remtec Inc. has moved to a new, modem facility located at 100 Morse St., Norwood, MA 02062 (781) 762-9191, fax (781) 762-9977 or e-mail: sales@remtec.com. The new facility has expanded its...

Comsearch.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Wireless network designer Comsearch, Reston, VA, has opened a new satellite office in Denver, CO as a result of the growing demand for value-added services within the wireless industry. The new office will provide customers with the design,...

Amplifier Research.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Amplifier Research, Souderton, PA, has announced the opening of its fourth distribution office in Amsterdam. EMV Benelux will distribute and service RF and electromagnetic compatibility test equipment in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg....

IFR Systems Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Private mobile radio solution provider IFR Systems Inc., Wichita, KS, and Motorola's Commercial Government and Industrial Solution Sector have entered into an agreement whereby Motorola will license its [SmartNet.sup.TM] and [SmartZone.sup.TM]...

Rogers Corp. and Kuraray Company Ltd.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Rogers Corp. and Kuraray Company Ltd. of Japan have signed an agreement to develop liquid crystalline polymer (LCP)-based film technology into circuit materials for specific market applications. The LCP-based circuit materials are expected to...

Space Electronics Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Space Electronics Inc., a subsidiary of Maxwell Technologies Inc., and US Semiconductor have entered into a strategic partnership to market US Semiconductor's [RHI-NO.sup.TM] innovative wafer-thinning technology and production thinning...

Andrew Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Andrew Corp., Orland Park, IL, and Channel Master LLC have entered into an alliance that will enable each company to offer a broader range of earth station antenna products. Andrew offers a full line of fixed and motorized earth station...

Signal Technology Corp.'s Wireless Group.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Signal Technology Corp.'s Wireless Group has entered into a strategic teaming agreement with an unnamed US-based telecommunications company. Under the terms of the agreement, Signal's Arizona and California operations will design and...

Intercept Technology Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Intercept Technology Inc., Atlanta, GA, has entered into a distribution agreement with Tokyo-based Marubeni Solutions Corp. to market its licensed Pantheon and MoZaiX software programs, related technical support and maintenance in Japan.

Anaren Microwave Inc. and Avnet Electronics Marketing.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Anaren Microwave Inc. and Avnet Electronics Marketing have signed an enhanced distribution agreement whereby Avnet will directly distribute Anaren Wireless Group's entire line of surface-mount products to Asia, enabling customers in the Far...

RF Connectors.(signs distribution contract with First Source)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... RF Connectors, a division of RF Industries Ltd., San Diego, CA, has signed an agreement with First Source Inc., San Jose, CA, to distribute RF Connectors' full line of coaxial and cable products. The agreement is expected to significantly...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Proprietary RFIC provider RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), Greensboro, NC, has collaborated with ShareWave Inc., El Dorado Hills, CA, on the design of a production radio currently used by ShareWave's original equipment manufacturer customers. The...

Lambda Electronics.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... DC-to-DC converter product supplier Lambda Electronics, an Invensys company, has been selected by Rockwell Collins and the US Navy Office of Naval Research to participate in a research project to develop three distinct point-of-use power...

Triton Network Systems Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Triton Network Systems Inc. has selected Palomar Technologies to fully automate the assembly of high frequency modules used in Triton's Wireless Invisible [Fiber.sup.TM] consecutive point-to-point broadband radio system. Palomar will integrate...

Agilent Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Agilent Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Co., has added Bluetooth capability to its multitude of wireless signal generation and analysis solutions as well as new third-generation formats to its signal generators. Bluetooth is...

G.T. Microwave Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... G.T. Microwave Inc., Randolph, NJ, has received ISO 9002 certification from the European Quality Assurance authority.

Murata Electronics North America Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Ceramic capacitor and electronic component manufacturer Murata Electronics North America Inc.'s State College, PA manufacturing facility has received ISO 14001 certification by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance for Environmental Management...

Mini-Systems Inc.'s Thin Film Division.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Mini-Systems Inc.'s Thin Film Division, Attleboro, MA, has announced that its MIL-PRF-55342 resistors have qualified for Life Failure Rate R, which indicates a maximum failure rate of 0.01 percent per 1000 unit hours. In order to qualify for...

STMicroelectronics Inc.'s Region Americas.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Semiconductor IC manufacturer STMicroelectronics Inc.'s Region Americas, Carrollton, TX, has been awarded the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for performance excellence and quality achievement.

State of the Art Inc. (SOTA).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... State of the Art Inc. (SOTA), State College, PA, has celebrated its 30th anniversary as a manufacturer of high quality, high reliability thick- and thin-film resistive products for the surface-mount and hybrid electronic industries. Founded in...

STMicroelectronics Inc.
March 1, 2000... STMicroelectronics Inc. reports sales of $1.5 B for the fourth quarter, ended December 31, 1999, compared to $1.1 B for the same quarter in 1998. Net income was $184.3 M (62[cent]/diluted share), compared to $121.8 M (42[cent]/diluted share)...

Andrew Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Andrew Corp. reports sales of $233.6 M for the first quarter, ended December 31, 1999, compared to $218.6 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $16.8 M (21[cent]/diluted share), compared to $23.2 M (28[cent]/diluted share) for the same...

Teledyne Technologies Inc.(4th quarter 1999 financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Teledyne Technologies Inc. reports sales of $200.4 M for the fourth quarter, ended January 2, compared to $191.7 M for the fourth quarter of 1998. Net income was $11.7 (44[cent]/diluted share), compared to $8.7 M (31[cent]/diluted share) for...

RF Micro Devices Inc.(3rd quarter 1999 financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... RF Micro Devices Inc. reports sales of $73.2 M for the third quarter, ended December 31, 1999, compared to $41.5 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $12.6 M (15[cent]/diluted share), compared to $5.6 M (8[cent]/diluted share) for the...

E-TEK Dynamics Inc.(2nd quarter 2000 financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... E-TEK Dynamics Inc. reports sales of $72.5 M for the second quarter, ended January 1, compared to $38.7 M for the same period ending January 1, 1999. Net income was $14.4 M (20[cent]/share), compared to $6.8 M (11[cent]/share) for the same...

ANADIGICS Inc.(4th quarter 1999 financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... ANADIGICS Inc. reports sales of $40.1 M for the fourth quarter, ended December 31, 1999, compared to $22.6 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $4.4 M (22[cent]/diluted share), compared to a net loss of $3.9 M (26[cent]/diluted share)...

Robinson Nugent Inc.(2nd quarter 1999 financials)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Robinson Nugent Inc. reports sales of $22.8 M for the second quarter, ended December 31, 1999, compared to $17.5 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $880 K (17[cent]/share), compared to $39 K (1[cent]/share) for the same quarter in...

Microwave Power Devices Inc.(4th quarter 1999 financials)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Microwave Power Devices Inc. reports sales of $18 M for the fourth quarter, ended December 31, 1999, compared to $17.7 M for the same period in 1998. Net loss was $5.4 M (51[cent]/share), compared to a net income of $1 M (10[cent]/diluted...

Superconductor Technologies Inc.(public offering)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Superconductor Technologies Inc. has completed a public offering of 2,473,701 shares of registered common stock, thereby providing the company with gross proceeds of $8 M. The majority of shares were purchased by the State of Wisconsin...

Sanders.(Lockheed Sanders contract)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company, has been awarded a $7 M foreign military sales contract by the US Army's Communications and Electronics Command to provide missile warning systems for the Greek armed forces. Under the terms of the contract,...

Signal Technology Corp.'s Signal Wireless Group.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Signal Technology Corp.'s Signal Wireless Group has received contracts from Spectrian Corp. to supply power distribution devices and systems for CDMA base station applications in North America. The power distribution devices and systems will be...

Hedy Lamarr.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Screen actress and frequency-hopping spread spectrum system inventor Hedy Lamarr died on January 19, 2000 at the age of 86. Lamarr was only recently recognized for her contribution to present cellular phone technology. (See "A Starlet's Secret...

Quad Systems Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Ted Shoneck has been named CEO at Quad Systems Corp. Most recently, Shoneck was COO at Cutting Edge Technologies.

RangeStar Wireless.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... John Harris has been appointed chairman, president and CEO of RangeStar Wireless. Previously, Harris was senior VP at Uniden America and Mitsubishi Electronics America.

Electrocube.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Electrocube has announced several new appointments, including Donald Duquette as president, L. Clay Parrill as VP/general manager and Gloria Snyder as national sales manager. Duquette and Parrill each bring to the company more than 20 years of...

CTS Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... CTS Corp. has promoted Donald R. Schroeder to VP, business development and chief technology officer. Schroeder has been president of sales and marketing at the company since 1995.

Signal Technology Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Signal Technology Corp.'s California Operation has appointed Joseph Mersereau acting president. Mersereau has been with the company since 1991 and, most recently, was director of engineering. In addition, Signal Technology's Arizona Operation...

RELM Wireless Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... RELM Wireless Corp. has appointed Scott Henderson senior VP and director of its Business and Industrial sector and Thomas Morrow senior VP and director of its Government/Public Safety sector. Prior to joining the company, Henderson was a sales...

Unitek Miyachi Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Unitek Miyachi Corp. has named Mark Rodighiero VP of its newly created Laser and Systems division. Rodighiero has been VP of engineering at the company since 1993.

Hirose Electronics (USA) Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Rocco J. Melchione has been promoted to the newly created position of VP of sales and marketing at Hirose Electronics (USA) Inc. Melchione has been sales and marketing manager at the company since 1998.

IFR Systems Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... IFR Systems Inc. has appointed Mitch Stone VP of sales, Americas region. Most recently, Stone was VP, sales and marketing at Datum Inc.

Stanford Microdevices Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Stanford Microdevices Inc. has named Michael Van der Tol director of its Ottawa design center. Most recently, Van der Tol was senior manager, RF Technology Development for Nortel Networks' Wireless Solutions business unit.

Larus Corp.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Larus Corp. has named Gary M. Ensign director of international sales. Most recently, Ensign was director of sales at TransComm Technology Systems.

Lawrence Behr Associates Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Lawrence Behr Associates Inc. has named Will Daugherty director of product marketing. Most recently, Daugherty was director of marketing at Seaward International Inc.

Filtronic Solid State.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Tally Costa has joined Filtronic Solid State as national director of sales and marketing for semiconductor products. Costa has 14 years of sales and marketing experience and, most recently, was regional sales manager at Richardson Electronics.

United Monolithic Semiconductors.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... United Monolithic Semiconductors has appointed Sylvain Dumay regional sales manager for southern Europe.

Philsar Semiconductor Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Philsar Semiconductor Inc. has named Hiroshi Tsuchiya sales director for Japan and the Asia/Pacific region. Most recently, Tsuchiya was director of communication products at VLSI Technology KK/Philips Japan.

Interconnect Devices Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Interconnect Devices Inc. has named Jay Preister product specialist. Preister has five years of circuitry testing experience with Lucent Technologies.

Champion Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Champion Technologies Inc. has appointed Raj Alluri applications engineer, North America, and Dick Thompson sales manager, North America. Most recently, Alluri was prime reliability engineer for me company and Thompson held positions at M-tron...

DB Products Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... DB Products Inc., Pasadena, CA, has appointed live companies to represent its complete line of RF and microwave electromechanical switching products. CainSweet Co. will cover Washington, Oregon and Canada; Jay Stone and Associates will cover...

Commercial Microwave Technology (CMT).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Commercial Microwave Technology (CMT), Diamond Springs, CA, has selected First Source Inc. as national representative for its full line of quality microwave filters and assemblies, coaxial and waveguide duplexers, spread spectrum filters and...

G.T. Microwave.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... G.T. Microwave, Randolph, NJ, has appointed foreign representatives in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey to represent its PIN diode control components and sub-assemblies, thereby...

Toko America Inc.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Toko America Inc., Mt. Prospect, IL, has selected Norris and Associates, Hingham, MA, to represent the company's miniature inductor and filter products throughout New England.