Microwave Journal articles from November 1999

Microwave Journal archives from November 1999

Richardson Electronics Ltd.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Richardson Electronics Ltd. has added a new link to its roster of Internet inventory locator sites. PowerFind.net enables buyers and engineers to locate and compare electronic components. Customers can search the database by entering a part...

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED, APERTURE-COUPLED PATCH ANTENNAS FOR A 2.4 GHZ RFID SYSTEM.
November 1, 1999... Antennas are key components of microwave RF identification (RFID) tagging systems because miniaturization of transponder or tag is limited mainly by the antenna dimensions. Printed antennas are widespread in RFID systems due to their minimal...

Military Exercise Demonstrates Wide Area Communications Potential.
November 1, 1999... As reported in Defense A Daily, the first phase of the Extending the Littoral Battlespace Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ELB ACTD) has demonstrated the potential for military forces to share a common operational picture at a...

Raytheon to Develop Next-generation Multifunction Radar.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $140 M contract by the US Navy for engineering and manufacturing development of the next-generation Multifunction Radar (MFR), which will equip future aircraft carriers and destroyers. Under the terms of the...

Free Flight Trials Evaluate ADS-B and CDTI Technology.
November 1, 1999... On July 10 the Cargo Airline Association (CAA) conducted an operational evaluation of Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) and Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI) technology. ADS-B and CDTI are considered essential...

ERAAMpIus Offered to BVRAAM Program.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 1999... Raytheon Systems Ltd., a unit of Raytheon Co., has announced plans to offer the Extended Range Air-to-air Missile Plus (ERAAMplus) as part of an unprecedented cooperative program to develop the next-generation Beyond Visual Range Air-to-air...

Special Operations Acquisition Strategy for EW Examined.
November 1, 1999... The General Accounting Office (GAO) has released a report, "Army Special Operations Acquisition Strategy for Improved Equipment is Sound" (GAO/NSIAD-99-189), which determines the soundness of the US Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM)...

Siemens to Supply Swiss Voice and Data Radio Network.(Company Business and Marketing)
November 1, 1999... German contractor Siemens AG's Information and Communication Networks Group has been awarded a contract valued at approximately DM50 M to supply, install and commission a new secure voice and data radio network for the Swiss customs service....

Turkey Selects UK Radio Communications System for New Airport.
November 1, 1999... UK contractor Park Air Electronics Ltd. (PAE) has been selected by Turkey to supply a comprehensive ground-to-air radio communications system for use at the new Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, which is currently under construction near...

Philips Develops New SOC Design Methodology.(Product Development)
November 1, 1999... Netherlands contractor Philips Semiconductors Inc. has developed a new system-on-chip (SOC) design methodology under the designated silicon system platform (SSP) concept. SSP incorporates a reusable module approach for hardware and software...

UK SIFF Programme Outlined.
November 1, 1999... In response to the collapse of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) effort to develop an alliance-wide next-generation identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system, the UK has launched the Successor IFF (SIFF) programme to completely...

Hertz to Install 50,000 GPS Systems.
November 1, 1999... Navigation Solutions LLC, a joint venture formed by Orbital Sciences Corp. and The Hertz Corp., is now delivering and installing 50,000 Global Positioning System (GPS) car navigation systems for the Hertz Never-Lost(R) rental car service....

Bell Atlantic Wireless Subscribers Surpass 10 Million Mark.
November 1, 1999... Driven by a strong demand from both the domestic and international sectors, Bell Atlantic's Wireless Group has surpassed the 10 million customer milestone with domestic customers totaling more than seven million and international subscribers...

Motorola Introduces Smallest GPS Receiver.
November 1, 1999... Motorola Inc.'s GPS Products business has introduced the M12 [Oncore.sup.TM] GPS receiver, the smallest Oncore GPS receiver to date. Ready for software and systems integration, the receiver measures 40 mm x 60 mm x 10 mm, employs a 32-bit...

Ericsson to Build $200 M Wireless Telephone Network.
November 1, 1999... VeloCom Inc.'s Brazilian consortium, Canbra Telefonica, has awarded a five-year contract to Ericsson Inc. to supply wireless telephony products in Brazil. According to the terms of the estimated $200 M contract, Ericsson will supply 1.6 GHz...

Steady Growth Forecast for WLANs through 2002.
November 1, 1999... Allied Business Intelligence Inc.'s recent report, "Wireless LANs: Networking for the Next Millennium, US & World Markets, Technologies & Forecasts," predicts the world market growth of wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment through 2002....

GSM/PCS Services 200 Million Subscribers.(Global System for Mobile Communications/personal communications services)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The GSM Association has reported that there are now more than 200 million GSM and PCS users worldwide. Known as GSM in its 900 and 1800 MHz variants outside of North America, the system is also known as PCS in its 1900 MHz variant in the US and...

M2 Global Technology Ltd.(acquires microwave component and metal fabrication operations from Harris Corp., Microwave Communications Division)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * M2 Global Technology Ltd., a newly formed Texas limited partnership owned by microwave component and service supplier M2 Global Inc., has acquired the microwave component and metal fabrication operations from Harris Corp., Microwave...

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP).(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), Palo Alto, CA, has issued a reorganization of business operations within its Automated Test Group (ATG) to bolster sales and service of test products, services and production-test solutions for the semiconductor...

Micrel Semiconductor Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Micrel Semiconductor Inc. has created a new RFIC business unit at its headquarters in San Jose, CA, which will focus on the company's RF activities and the MICRFXXX series single-chip RF receivers targeted at the wireless data communications...

TestMart.
November 1, 1999... * TestMart, a Technical Communities Web site, has moved its worldwide headquarters to 851 Traeger Avenue, San Bruno, GA 94066 (650)624-0525, fax (650) 624-0535.

LCF Enterprises.
November 1, 1999... * RF power amplifier manufacturer LCF Enterprises has moved to a new 8500-square-foot headquarters facility at 570-A West Clearwater Loop, Post Falls, ID 83854 (208) 457-0292, fax (208) 457-0296. The company has doubled its manufacturing...

mmWave Technologies Inc.
November 1, 1999... * RF/microwave and wireless distribution firm mmWave Technologies Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, has opened its second US office at 800 Bellevue Way NE, Fourth Floor, Bellevue, WA 98004 (425) 646-2370, fax (425) 462-5638.

IBM and RF Micro Devices Inc.
November 1, 1999... * IBM and RF Micro Devices Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly develop highly integrated RFICs based on IBM's silicon germanium (SiGe) technology for next-generation cellular phones. The collaborative agreement is expected to dramatically...

M/A-COM.(alliance with TEMIC Semiconductors)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Wireless component solution provider M/A-COM, a division of AMP Inc., and TEMIC Semiconductors, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atmel Corp., have entered into an agreement to jointly design and manufacture SiGe components and RFICs for the...

Watkins-Johnson Co.'s Wireless Products Group and Sprint.(a multiyear master purchase agreement)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Watkins-Johnson Co.'s Wireless Products Group and Sprint have signed a multiyear master purchase agreement for Watkins-Johnson repeaters to be used in the Sprint PCS all-digital nationwide network. The agreement applies to orders for repeaters...

Fujitsu Quantum Devices Ltd. (FQD).(agreement with Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Fujitsu Quantum Devices Ltd. (FQD) and Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group have entered into a joint agreement to produce a common design for detector devices used in receiver systems for gigabit rate optical communications. The...

SatCom Systems Inc.(contract with Lynch Diversified Vehicles)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * SatCom Systems Inc., Burbank, CA, and Lynch Diversified Vehicles (LDV), Burlington, WI, have entered into an agreement in which LDV will serve as an integrator and reseller of mobile satellite systems and services. According to the agreement,...

Hypervision Inc.(contract with IQL)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Hypervision Inc., Fremont, CA, and IQL, a division of ISE, have signed an agreement that will give product engineers, designers and yield engineering groups faster analysis of chip-level defects revealed by automatic test equipment (ATE)...

Analog Devices Inc.(contract with Crossbow Technology Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Analog Devices Inc., Norwood, MA, has selected Crossbow Technology Inc., San Jose, CA, to distribute its iMEMS(R) integrated microelectromechanical system accelerometer products using Crossbow's Internet ordering system. The Analog Devices...

Lindgren RF Enclosures Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Electromagnetic interference shielded test chamber manufacturer Lindgren RF Enclosures Inc., Glendale Heights, IL, has completed construction of the world's first 10-meter range anechoic chamber (FACT-5) for Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Ontario,...

Andrew Corp.
November 1, 1999... * Andrew Corp., Orland Park, IL, has been selected by Motorola Inc. to serve as its global supplier of base station antennas and transmission line products including coaxial cable, connectors and accessories. In addition, Andrew has purchased...

Microcosm Technologies Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Microcosm Technologies Inc., Raleigh, NC, has been selected to lead the CAD portion of a three-year, $14 M optical MEMS project. The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) project, "Micro-opto-electromechanical Systems Manufacturing," is funded...

Rockwell Collins'.
November 1, 1999... * Rockwell Collins' USQ-146 dual receiver/transmitter has been selected for insertion onto the Marine Corps Mobile Electronic Warfare Support System Light Armored Vehicle platform. Lockheed Corp., Oswego, NY, will serve as the prime contractor...

Circuit Assembly Corp.
November 1, 1999... Circuit Assembly Corp., Irvine, CA, has licensed Co-max Technology Co. Ltd. and Aska Technologies Inc. (both of Taiwan) for the manufacture and marketing of [ATAS.sup.TM], the company's proprietary 40-pin ultra ATA connector that permits...

Microwave Power Devices Inc. (MPD).
November 1, 1999... * Microwave Power Devices Inc. (MPD), Hauppauge, NY, has been named to Deloitte & Touche LLP's prestigious Long Island Technology Fast 50 Program, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies headquartered on Long Island. Rankings...

Cable Television Laboratories Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (CableLabs(R)) has successfully conducted the first wave of [OpenCable.sup.TM] interoperability testing, which focused on removable security cards that allow for retail availability of cable digital set-top...

Magellan Corp.
November 1, 1999... * Magellan Corp., Santa Clara, CA, has received a US patent award (No. 5,914,685) covering the use of code and carrier phase measurements from both GPS and GLONASS satellites received by a receiver system for precise positioning. The patent...

Gabriel Electronics Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Terrestrial microwave antenna designer Gabriel Electronics Inc.'s [StealthWave.sup.TM] antenna series has been formally registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office. StealthWave antennas utilize a patented technology developed by the...

Micro Pulse Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Micro Pulse Inc., Camarillo, CA, has received ISO 9001 certification through Underwriters Laboratories Inc. for the design and manufacture of global positioning system antennas.

American Microsystems Inc.
November 1, 1999... * American Microsystems Inc., Pocatello, ID, has been awarded IQNet (International Certification Network) certification which demonstrates global acceptance of the company's ISO 9000 quality compliance.

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
November 1, 1999... * The IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques has issued a call for papers for a special issue on "Advances in RF/Microwave Power Amplification for Wireless Communications" that will be published in October 2000. Topics include,...

QUALCOMM.
November 1, 1999... * The American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has received a donation from QUALCOMM CEO Irwin Jacobs and his wife, Joan, for its Communications Center and Information Technologies (CCIT) -- a project of the New York...

Aeroflex Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Aeroflex Inc. reports sales of $48.7 M for the fourth quarter, ended June 30, compared to $34.4 M for the same period in 1998. Net income was $4.5 M (23[cent]/diluted share), up 28 percent from a net income of $3.5 M (19[cent]/ diluted share)...

ANADIGICS.
November 1, 1999... * ANADIGICS reports sales of $30.5 M for the second quarter, ended July 4, compared to $22.7 M for the same period in 1998. Net loss was $4.1 M 27[cent]/share), compared to a net income of $320 K (2[cent]/diluted share) for 1998. In related...

Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI).
November 1, 1999... * Wireless communications filter product provider Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI), Santa Barbara, CA, has completed the second tranche of its private equity financing for gross proceeds of $1.5 M with Tredegar Investments Inc.;...

Technical Research and Manufacturing Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Technical Research and Manufacturing Inc., Bedford, NH, has completed its third quarter by attaining the highest booking/sales volume in its 30 years. The company's fourth quarter is expected to continue the record-setting pace in both the...

M/A-COM Inc. and AMP Inc.
November 1, 1999... * M/A-COM Inc. and AMP Inc. have been awarded an 18-month contract for the deployment of M/A-COM's [OpenSky.sup.TM] wireless Internet protocol network to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Statewide Public Safety Digital Radio Communications...

Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc., Metuchen, NJ, has been awarded a contract by Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, to provide 2.4 GHz microcell test tools comprising Lizard 1 W transmitters and Mongoose receivers. In related news, Berkeley...

Honeywell Space Systems.
November 1, 1999... * Honeywell Space Systems has been awarded a contract to provide spacecraft control equipment for a classified program. Work on the contract was expected to begin immediately and continue for approximately 10 years. Financial details were not...

PERSONNEL.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * SiGe Microsystems' board of directors has elected John Millard as its chairman. Millard joined the company as a director in 1998. Prior to that, he was president and CEO at Mitel Corp. * Harry L. Deffebach has been named president of the...

Microwave Development Company Inc.
November 1, 1999... * Microwave Development Company Inc., Salem, NH, has appointed two new representatives to market its full line of products. Brooks Associates Inc., West Chester, PA, will represent the company in Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and upstate...

CTS Corp.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * CTS Corp., Elkhart, IN, has appointed Gold Star Sales Inc. to represent its passive electronic component products in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Pragmatic Instruments Inc.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Pragmatic Instruments Inc. has launched its revised Web site, which is designed as an arbitrary (ARB) waveform generator information resource for creating real-world signals. The site, www.pragmatic.com, provides charts and explanations about...

H. Rollet Group.
November 1, 1999... * Non-ferrous metal tube and rod product manufacturer H. Rollet Group has launched a new Web site that will enable customers to view the company's product range, submit price inquiries to the sales office and obtain information about the...

DESIGN OF SMALL-SIGNAL AMPLIFIERS USING HP MDS: PART I.
November 1, 1999... CAD tools can be effectively utilized to reduce the development cycle of RF circuits. For simple RF circuit design, these available tools are generally quite user friendly for the new user. However, as the complexity of the circuit increases,...

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN X-BAND DR BANDPASS FILTER.
November 1, 1999... This article describes the design and implementation of an X-band bandpass filter (BPF) utilizing two cylindrical dielectric resonators (DR) coupled to microstrip lines in a metallic rectangular cavity. The coupling coefficient between two...

A LOW COST, HIGH PERFORMANCE POINT-TO-POINT SLOTTED WAVEGUIDE ARRAY.
November 1, 1999... A slotted waveguide array intended for point-to-point radio link applications has been designed for the 23 GHz frequency band with a total bandwidth of more than 10 percent. (Resonant slot antennas typically have a lower percentage bandwidth.)...

A THINNED MULTIBEAM PHASED ARRAY.
November 1, 1999... A single-aperture four-beam phased-array antenna that integrates four thinned, nonuniform (or density tapered) phased arrays into a 52.4 wavelength diameter aperture is described. Each of the four scanning beams is independently formed by its...

INTERMODULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF FERRITE-BASED DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS.
November 1, 1999... The advent of new broadband digital Cable communications systems has led to exciting new developments in the areas of interactive television, Internet services, Internet protocol telephony over cable and a host of other features being offered...

COMPUTATION AND MEASUREMENT OF THE POLARIZATION ELLIPSE.
November 1, 1999... The polarization properties of an antenna have received more exposure due to the recent requirements of dual polarization in the cellular and PCS markets. Antennas may be required to transmit and receive dual polarizations with orientation...

How RF Transformers Work.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Applications For RF Transformers RF transformers are widely used in electronic circuits for: * Impedance matching to achieve maximum power transfer and to suppress undesired signal reflection. * Voltage, current step-up or...

A PRIMER ON BONDING WIRE PARAMETERS.
November 1, 1999... A fine wire manufacturer offers some fundamentals for those involved with lead bonding wire. Ongoing demands for higher IC utilization with minimal board real estate are producing high densities of connections between chips and packages....

LOW COST, ULTRA-HIGH ISOLATION SPDT SWITCHES.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Wideband test instrumentation often requires signal routing. This function is usually accomplished with mechanical switches, which are expensive and slow. When isolation requirements are not high, electronic switches may he utilized. However,...

PARAMETRICS AND OPTIMIZATION USING ANSOFT HFSS.
November 1, 1999... The high frequency structure simulator (HFSS) is widely recognized as the tool that brought the power of the finite element method to three-dimensional (3-D) RF and microwave design. Finite element analysis allows complicated 3-D structures...

NONLINEAR WAVEFORM PREDICTION IN FAST MICROWAVE CIRCUITS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... MMICAD [WAVEFORM.sup.TM], new time domain, transient analysis simulator, allows the prediction of waveforms in strongly nonlinear circuits in which accurate S-parameter data can to imported and used in the simulation. The new time domain...

MODULAR DESIGN OF POWER AMPLIFIERS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Power amplifier designers today face increased peak power-handling requirements due to the new digital modulation forms used in wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) systems. At the same time, the power amplifiers must meet stricter linearity requirements and...

THERMAL OVERDRIVE FIRMWARE TO IMPROVE THERMAL TEST AND CONDITIONING THROUGHPUT.
November 1, 1999... Thermal testing and conditioning involve moving heat. Moving heat into or out of a device under test (DUT) takes time. That time affects production throughput and, ultimately, production cost. However, there are methods available to help...

A LOW COST MILLIMETER-WAVE RECEIVER.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... A low cost millimeter-wave receiver intended for military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) downlink or terrestrial microwave link monitoring applications has been developed. This new receiver represents a major breakthrough in lowering the...

8 TO 15 GHz HIGH SPECTRAL PURITY PLDROs FOR LMDS AND MVDS APPLICATIONS.
November 1, 1999... Local multipoint distribution systems (LMDS) and multipoint video distribution systems (MVDS) are paving the way for future telecommunication services by offering expanded channels and enormous data rates. LMDS and MVDS transmitters use mm-wave...

Electromagnetic Optimization by Genetic Algorithms.
November 1, 1999... John Wiley & Sons Inc. 480 pages; $89.95 ISBN: 0-471-29545-0 Genetic algorithm (GA) optimizers are robust, stochastic search methods modeled on the principles and concepts of natural selection and evolution. GAs are increasingly...

Design of FET Frequency Multipliers and Harmonic Oscillators.
November 1, 1999... Artech House Inc. 215 pages; $83, [pounds]62 ISBN: 0-89006-481-4 This book is an introduction to the application of FETs as frequency multipliers and harmonic oscillators. GaAs MESFET technology has become cost competitive to...

Ecliptek Corp.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Ecliptek Corp., Costa Mesa, CA, has selected Synergistic Components Sales to represent the company in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine.

Micro Networks Corp.(names Compass Technology New England distributor)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... * Micro Networks Corp., Worcester, MA, has named Compass Technology Inc., Burlington, MA, to represent its precision microelectronic frequency sources and signal processing components and subsystems in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode...