Microwave Journal articles from November 2001

Microwave Journal archives from November 2001

An embedded MOS model 9 for CMOs RF circuit design. (Technical Feature).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... This article presents an n-channel MOS transistor model for the simulation of CMOS RF circuits in the gigahertz range. This model is based on a MOS model 9 (MM9) compact transistor model, embedded in a network describing device parasitics. The...

ITT Industries Win $77 M contract. (News from Washington).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... ITT Industries Inc. has been awarded a $77 M firm fixed price contract to provide operations and maintenance support to the US Military Command and Control Switching System (CGSS) at 19 locations in five countries worldwide. ITT will provide...

US army awards Harris Corp. $222 M production contract. (News from Washington).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Harris Corp., a leader in multi-band satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals for US Department of Defense applications, announced that it was awarded a $222 M production contract by the US Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) for...

US Air Force awards Harris Corp. $10 M electronic warfare simulation follow-on contracts. (News from Washington).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Harris Corp., a world leader in Electronic Warfare (EW) simulation systems, was recently awarded $10 M by the US Air Force, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Ogden, Utah, for two Miniature-multiple Threat Emitter Systems (Mini-MUTES) contracts. The...

Northrop Grumman scores bullseye in successful AMSTE test. (News from Washington).(affordable moving target engagement )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... A Northrop Grumman Corp. team successfully engaged a moving vehicle with a low cost, precision weapon as part of a contract to develop an affordable moving target engagement (AMSTE) capability for the Department of Defense. The test took place...

Boeing wins NATO AWACS upgrade programme. (International Report).(Airborne Warning and Control System )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... US aerospace contractor Boeing has been awarded a $24 M contract to procure long-lead items for use in NATO's Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft Mid-Term Modernisation Programme (MTMP). Proposed MTMP elements include the...

Thales wins naval RES contract. (International Report).(radar electronic support )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The prime contractor on the UK's Type 45 anti-air warfare destroyer programme (BAE Systems) has awarded UK-based Thales Sensors a [pounds sterling]20 million contract covering the development and delivery of radar electronic support (RES)...

Poland introduces new airborne command post. (International Report).(W-3PPD Gipsowka airborne command post helicopters)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The Polish Army has fielded the first of four locally developed and produced W-3PPD Gipsowka airborne command post helicopters. Issued to the service's Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland-based 25th Brygada Kawalerii Powietrznej (Air Cavalry Brigade),...

ASTOR to get hybrid antenna. (International Report).(Airborne Stand-Off Radar)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The UK's Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) will incorporate a hybrid antenna that incorporates a number of active transmitter modules to increase its output power, improve its reliability and enhance its growth potential. Derived from the...

Europeans team on new smart card technology. (International Report).(Philips Semiconductors and Gemplus)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Europe n contractors Philips Semiconductors and Luxembourg-headquarted Gemplus have teamed to make use of the former's SmartXA [TM] second generation smart card microcontroller in the latter's multi-application Java Card. Designed as a...

WLAN vendors search for new ways to increase profits. (The Commercial Market).(wireless local area networks)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... According to Cahners In-Stat Group, with the recent excitement over the WLAN market, it has been assumed that growing revenues would accompany strong growth in shipments. But prices were never expected to fall as fast as they have for Wi-Fi...

Airspan Networks extend agreement with Bell Telecom to deploy wireless DSL in the Philippines. (The Commercial Market).(Airspan Networks Inc. and Bell Telecommunications Philippines)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Airspan Networks Inc., a leading worldwide provider of fixed wireless DSL networks, announced that it has extended its agreement with Bell Telecommunications Philippines, a full service telephone company in the Philippines, whereby, BellTel...

MEMS Gaining momentum in optical networking. (The Commercial Market).(microelectro-mechanical systems )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Despite the recent market downturn, microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology remains an oasis within the telecommunications industry, according to Cahners In-Stat Group. MEMS will play a key role in providing the advanced components...

Space System/Loral to build digital satellite for Mobile Broadcasting Corp. (The Commercial Market).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Space System/Loral, a Subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications, has received an authorization to proceed (ATP) from Mobile Broadcasting Corp. (MBC) of Japan to design and build MBSAT, a satellite that will deliver digital multimedia...

Anaren Microwave Inc. has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Amitron Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Anaren Microwave Inc. has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Amitron Inc. Amitron is a manufacturer of precision thick film ceramic components and circuits for the medical, telecommunications and defense electronics markets....

REMEC Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CWH WEIHUA Shanghai Telecommunications Ltd. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... REMEC Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CWH WEIHUA Shanghai Telecommunications Ltd. for a cash consideration to he paid over a four-year term, coincident with an employment contract with the firm's principal executive.

TRAK Communications Inc. merged TRAK Microwave Corp. and its sister subsidiary TRAK Microwave Ltd. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... TRAK Communications Inc. merged TRAK Microwave Corp. and its sister subsidiary TRAK Microwave Ltd. Although the merger did not affect the manufacturing facility locations in Tampa, FL, and Dundee, Scotland, the merger has realigned the sales...

Stanford Microdevices is changing its name to Siren-za Microdevices. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Stanford Microdevices is changing its name to Siren-za Microdevices. The company is coordinating the change through all appropriate regulatory agencies, and the transition is expected to be complete by January 31, 2002. In related news, the...

Polar Instruments. (Industry News).(opens sales and service office in Seoul, South Korea)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Polar Instruments has opened a sales and service office in Seoul, South Korea. The move is in recognition of the strategic importance of the Korean market as a major producer of PCBs and home to some of the world's leading electronics...

Anritsu Corp. (Industry News).(opens new research facility)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Anritsu Corp. has opened a technologically advanced facility devoted exclusively to research and development and manufacturing of optical components. The facility, located in Tanasawa, Japan, will allow the company to dramatically increase...

Palomar Technologies Inc. (Industry News).(opens second facility in Vista)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Palomar Technologies Inc. has opened a second facility in Vista, CA, in response to the company's growth and expansion. The new 37,500 square-foot facility houses the sales, marketing and service support departments, while the company's...

AMCOM Communications Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... AMCOM Communications Inc. recently expanded its manufacturing facility located in Taiwan to double the plant capacity. This expansion provides low cost GaAs FET power semiconductor devices and MMICs. The additional capacity will also assure a...

Radio Frequency Investigation Ltd. (RFI) and Racal Instruments. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Radio Frequency Investigation Ltd. (RFI) and Racal Instruments have agreed to embark upon a cooperation agreement that will be of significant benefit to the 3G industry. As part of the agreement, Racal is to supply the 3G (UMTS-FDD) 6401...

TMD Technologies Ltd. (TMD) is finalizing an agreement with Prana R & D. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... TMD Technologies Ltd. (TMD) is finalizing an agreement with Prana R & D to significantly extend its range of instrumentation amplifiers serving the EMC testing, radar, EW, communications, medical, scientific and military markets.

TDK Semiconductor Corp. has partnered with Seiko Instruments USA. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... TDK Semiconductor Corp. has partnered with Seiko Instruments USA to provide the first streaming socket technology-based Internet modem. The product combines a true single-chip embedded modem with the iChip TCP/IP/PPP hardware protocol stack,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and TYX Corp. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Agilent Technologies Inc. and TYX Corp. announced that TYX has been certified as an Agilent Premier Solution Partner (PSP) in development of software and test program set tools for automatic test systems used in aerospace and defense...

SEMX Corp. has entered into an agreement with Electrovac. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... SEMX Corp. has entered into an agreement with Electrovac to become the exclusive distributor of the company's hermetic, glass-to-metal-seal packages as well as its direct bond copper and aluminum silicon carbide substrates to the...

Wavecom Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Wavecom Inc., a subsidiary of Wavecom SA -- France, named DCInextech as a new distributor of its GSM/SPRS modems in North America. Wavecom develops a complete line of wireless standard modules and modems for GSM and GPRS platforms.

Raytheon Co. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The RF Components Division for Raytheon Co. has announced its four-inch MHEMT foundry process for microwave and millimeter-wave applications has transitioned into production.

Amplifier Research (AR). (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Amplifier Research (AR) announced an extended TWT warranty on select T series amplifiers. Surpassing the industry-standard one-year warranty on traveling wave tubes, AR has increased the warranty within its 200T1G3A, 200T2G8A and 200T8G1SA...

Rosenberger. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Rosenberger is the first manufacturer of RF coaxial connectors to achieve ISO/TS 16949 certification established by DQS. ISO/TS 16949 certifies a premier quality management system that meets the needs of the international automotive industry.

Fluke Corp. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Fluke Corp. announced accreditation of two Fluke calibration laboratories, one in the US and another in the UK. The Fluke Precision Measurement service facility and calibration laboratory in San Diego, CA, has received accreditation to ISO/IEC...

ANADIGICS Inc. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... ANADIGICS Inc. has been awarded a patent for a newly designed GaAs multi-band amplifier. The patent, US Patent No. 6242986 entitled "Multiple-band amplifier," is the second to be granted to the company for this amplifier circuit.

Gowanda Electronics. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Gowanda Electronics received an award for "Manufacturing Excellence" from the Western New York Technology Development Center (TDC). Gowanda was one of four companies honored by the TDC at its annual affiliates meeting.

ADC. (Financial News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... ADC reports sales of $548 M for the third quarter ended July 31, compared to $892 M for the same period last year. Net loss was $40 M (5[Cents]/diluted share) compared to a net income of $121 M (16[Cents]/diluted share) for the third quarter of...

American Technical Ceramics Corp. (Financial News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... American Technical Ceramics Corp. reports sales of $19.0 M for the third quarter ended June 30, compared to $21.4 M for the same period last year. Net income was $2.33 M (29[Cents]/common share) compared to $3.38 M (44[Cents]/common share) for...

Ansoft Corp. (Financial News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $11.2 M for the third quarter ended July 31, compared to $8.7 M for the shine period last year. Net income was $916 K (7[Cents]/diluted share) compared to $324 K (3[Cents]/diluted share) for the third quarter of...

DragonWave Inc. (Financial News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... DragonWave Inc. has finalized a $14 M (CDN) second round of financing. This round of funding includes participation from leading venture capital firms: Celtic House International, IG Investment Management Ltd. Venture Coaches, VentureLink...

Mitsubishi Corp. has made a $15 M equity investment in Vitex Systems Inc. (Financial News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Mitsubishi Corp. has made a $15 M equity investment in Vitex Systems Inc. Vitex, a spinoff of Battelle, is developing a critical component that it believes will enable the next generation of commercial flat panel displays.

EADS Defence Systems and Electronics Ltd. (EADS UK). (Contracts).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... EADS Defence Systems and Electronics Ltd. (EADS UK) has been awarded a contract to supply the external communication system of the Royal Navy's new "Astute" class nuclear submarines. Additionally, EADS UK as a prime contractor will modernize...

AR/Kalmus. (Contracts).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... AR/Kalmus has signed a contract to supply USSOCOM with 27 of its model M512 RF power amplifiers. The amplifiers are valued at $482 K.

Talley Communications Corp. (Contracts).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Talley Communications Corp. signed a new contract with Andrew Corp. The agreement designates Talley as distributor in the western US for Andrew wireless infrastructure, terrestrial microwave and broadband products.

IFR Systems Inc. (Contracts).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... IFR Systems Inc. has won a three-year contract from British Telecommunications (BT) to supply IFR2843 digital communication analyzers for use as personal issue testers by BT field engineers involved in network installation, support and...

Aethercomm Inc. (Contracts).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Aethercomm Inc. has been selected by Northrop-Grumman Corp. to design, develop and manufacture the high power solid-state driver amplifier (SSPA) for Project Wedgetail, an airborne warning and control system for Australia. Boeing and...

Merrimac Industries Inc. (Contracts).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Merrimac Industries Inc. will provide a variety of products, such as power dividers, couplers and vector modulators for the Space Based Infrared System High Constellation to the program's prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co....

Personnel. (Around the Circuit).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... * Axcera announced the appointment of two veteran Executives to lead the new company. David Neff will serve and president and CEO, while Ken Foutz will serve as senior VP and chief operating officer of Axcera. Together, they have more than 55...

Modelithics Inc. (New Market Entry).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Modelithics Inc., a new company focusing on precision RF and microwave characterization and measurement-based computer-aided engineering (CAE) models, began operations on August 1. Over 1200 substrate-dependent models for passive surface-mount...

Di/Dt Inc. (New Market Entry).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... di/dt Inc., Carlsbad, CA, designs and manufactures DC/DC converter modules that deliver the high current in a small size. These converters are designed for the high temperature and low airflow environments common to telecommunications,...

LPKF Laser & Electronics. (Web Sites).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... LPKF Laser & Electronics offers a wide variety of rapid PCB prototyping, in-house systems and tools from its Web site, www.lpkfusa.com. These products give companies and individuals the ability to produce and market new technology in a fast and...

AMCOM Communications Inc. (Web Sites).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... AMCOM Communications Inc. has completed its new Web site, www.amcomusa.com, which includes technical details on all new products which have been introduced this year and new graphics to introduce expanded sales coverage.

Z-Communications Inc. (Web Sites).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Z-Communications Inc. released its new and improved Web site, which offers users and customers a highly functional navigation tool. The site, www.zcomm.com, is equipped with a new and improved search facility. Any and all information is merely...

TestMart. (Web Sites).(TestMart Inc. website open for business)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... TestMart announced that the e-commerce marketplace at www.navicpmart.com is now live and electronically processing general purpose electronic test equipment (GPETE) orders for the Department of Defense Naval Inventory Control Point. Authorized...

TMD Technologies Limited (TMD). (Rep Appointments).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... TMD Technologies Limited (TMD) has recently added three new agents to its worldwide network AFI, based in New York, has been appointed the company's US distributor of commercial microwave amplifiers. Comtest, based in Turin, Italy, will cover...

AMCOM Communications Inc., Clarksburg, MD, has appointed Matrix Sales Inc. (Rep Appointments).
November 1, 2001... AMCOM Communications Inc., Clarksburg, MD, has appointed Matrix Sales Inc., Chelmsford, MA, to be its exclusive representative for the New England area.

Elcom Technologies Inc. (Rep Appointments).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Elcom Technologies Inc. has announced several new representatives as a result of increased demand for RF/microwave frequency sources and customized integrated modules. The extended representation includes SMA Engineering, Campbell, CA, R.J....

Implementation of a Neural Network HEMT Model Into ADS. (Technical Feature).(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Neural network algorithms have been applied to various areas of engineering and computer science. A high electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) large-signal model has been implemented in the Advanced Design System (ADS) software package using a...

A Broadband Planar Isolator using Coupled Microstrip Lines on a Magnetized Gyrotropic Substrate. (Technical Feature).(new type of isolator using nonreciprocal propagation characteristics)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... A new type of broadband isolator, using coupled microstrip lines on a transversely magnetized gyrotropic substrate, is proposed in this article. The nonreciprocal coupling between two microstrip lines can be used to create an isolation...

Aluminum Nitride Vs. Beryllium Oxide for High Power Resistor Products. (Technical Feature).(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... For the past few decades, beryllium oxide (BeO) has been the main substrate material used for RF resistors and terminations for high power applications. Although BeO is well suited for high power applications in the electronics industry, its...

Dual Mode Broadband Hybrids: Theory and Experiment. (Technical Feature).(couplers )(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... A theoretical approach to both side and top wall (hybrid) couplers based on strong experimental work is developed. Broadband operation, related to dual mode propagation through the coupling section, is established. The experimental data...

Rigorous analytical expressions for ElectroMagnetic parameters of Transmission lines: Coupled sliced CoAxial Cable. (Technical Feature).(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... This article is a continuation of a previous article that appeared in Microwave Journal and is the first part in the development of accurate closed-form formulas for the primary parameters (inductance [L] and capacitance [C] matrices) and...

Planar EM simulation of multi-chip modules and bga packages. (Technical Feature).(increasing levels of integration while maintaining product functionality)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... As electronics vendors and consumers demand smaller and lower cost products manufacturers must find ways to increase levels of integration while maintaining product functionality. These higher levels of integration are often achieved by...

Circuit designers: An Endangered species? (Special Report).(CAD software)
November 1, 2001... Back in the Jurassic Period, when the four-function calculator first made its appearance, some greeted it with dismay. "Suitable for imbeciles," spat an elder engineer of my acquaintance. "Now it won't be necessary to even know how to add and...

Application and operation of a double ocxo. (Application Note).(oven-controlled crystal oscillators )
November 1, 2001... Central switching centers make up the junction of mobile and stationary communications. In order to handle increasing data flows, this operation is performed at ever-higher frequencies and data speeds, and the demand on frequency stability is...

Coping with hidden spurious harmonic modes in the design of low pass corrugated waveguide filters. (Technical Note).
November 1, 2001... Hidden spurious harmonic modes in corrugated waveguide filters are investigated from both theoretical and practical points of view. It has been found that multiple mode couplings occurring at more than one place in a filter system cause the...

Electronically tunable thin film filters for microwave applications. (Product Feature).
November 1, 2001... Interference in wireless systems increases bit error rate (BER) and decreases the reliability and quality of service of the communication network. Interference mitigation requires filtering of the transmitted and received energies to reject all...

Compact vector modulators for multicarrier basestation amplifiers. (Product Feature).
November 1, 2001... Perhaps the most vexing problem faced by designers of multicarrier amplifiers (MCPA) for 2.50 and 3G wireless basestations is maintaining amplifier linearity over a wide range of operating conditions while amplifying the greatest possible...

Phase invariant attenuators. (Product Feature).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The function of a phase invariant attenuator is to change the amplitude in the processing of a microwave signal with minimal impact to the phase characteristic. The theory of operation is that when a signal reaches its maximum attenuation,...

A Multi-Functional 300 to 930 MHz RF transceiver IC. (Product Feature).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... There is a growing need for wireless applications covering a variety of license-free industrial, scientific and medical (ISM), and short range devices (SRD) bands. Worldwide frequency allocations ranging from 300 to 930 MHz, for example, can be...

Broadband mmWave mixer. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
November 1, 2001... The model AM028S1-A2 broadband mmwave mixer utilizes the company's patent-pending Alpha-2 [TM] package technology to produce performance and price advantages. It features a 26 to 33 GHz frequency range, low conversion loss, wide IF bandwidth...

Thin film microwave/RF capacitors. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The Accu-P [R] series of thin film capacitors is now available in a 0201 size. The series features high SRF and low ESR at high frequencies, extremely tight tolerances ([+ or -]0.02 pF), along with the consistency of all these specifications...

High power hybrid ring divider/combiner. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The model 700-3 high power, hybrid ring divider/combiner is designed to cover wireless bands from 1.7 to 2.0 GHz with average RF power handling capability of 1000 W (5 kW peak) when an external termination is used at the isolation port. It is...

Coaxial switch. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The 2SB series 75 [ohm] SPDT coaxial switch operates from DC to 3 GHz. Standard options include failsafe or latching operation, indicating circuitry, arc suppression diodes, TTL interface and mini-SMB snap-on connectors. Custom RF connectors...

High pass filters. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... This series of high pass filters includes a broadband image cleanup filter. This configuration has a low loss of 2.0 dba and less than 1.0 dB of flatness from 5000 to 11500 MHz. Rejection for this filter is greater than 50 dB from DC to 4200...

180[degrees] Hybrid couplers to 20 GHz. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The model 4010180 hybrid coupler is a four-port component with dual input and output ports. Signals supplied to the sum ports provide exceptionally matched in phase amplitude and phase on the output ports. Signals supplied to the difference...

Common-mode mixer. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The model CMA-0044 common-mode mixer converts fundamental and harmonic inputs from 1 MHz to 40 GHz to a 20 to 44 GHz output. Zero dBm inputs are converted to a typical output level of +2 dBm with a typical fundamental isolation of over 20 dB....

RF Transformers. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The model TCM4-25 surface-mount RF transformer operates in the 500 to 2500 MHz band with 4:1 impedance ratio. Referenced to midband loss (0.2 dB (typ)), insertion loss is 1 dB from 750 to 1200 MHz, 2 dB in the 700 to 1500 MHz range and 3 dB...

Coaxial remote terminations. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The CRT line of coaxial remote terminations offers a wide selection of power ratings from 10 to 250 W in BeO and A1N with standing wave ratios as good as 1.06 and frequencies to 6 GHz. Package sizes range from 0.4" long by 0.5" wide to 1.62"...

Jitter filters. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... These jitter filters are designed for use with jitter analysis systems. The filters are used to suppress the harmonic content of the reference clock and recovered clock signals. They also suppress any subharmonics or other spurious signals that...

Sub-miniature adapter. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The model RSA-3407-1 adapter is part of the company's expanding sub-miniature line of SMA, SMB, MB, MCX, 3.5 mm, 1.0/2.3 and MMCX plug and receptacle connectors and adapters. SMA connectors are used in high frequency and microwave applications...

GaAs pHEMT component. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The model SPF-3043 DC to 10 GHz low noise GaAs pHEMT component is ideally suited to a very wide range of low noise amplifier applications in wireless infrastructure equipment. It provides ultra low noise performance (0.25 dB at 1 GHz and 0.5 dB...

Spanner head EMI filter. (New Products - Components).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The model 4201-047 spanner head EMI filter has strong advantages that allow for the most sophisticated multi-position assemblies. This state-of-the-art suppression filter can be inserted quickly into the chassis and connected by machine lead...

Flex-life cable and cable assemblies. (New Products - Components).(W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.,)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... These high flex-life cables are ideal for applications where reliability is critical and downtime is not an option. The cables can be designed to survive over 100 million cycles, and if an application requires a small bend radius, these cables...

Linear amplifiers. (New Products - Amplifiers).(by Aldetec Inc.,)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... This line of 10 W linear power amplifiers is tailored for the communications-band spectrum. Featuring typical IP3 performance of +50 dBm, these amplifiers operate off a single +12 V DC supply, and include integrated power monitors, linearized...

GaAs MMIC four stage buffer amplifier. (New Products - Amplifiers).(by Mimix Broadband)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The model XB1002 GaAs MMIC four stage buffer amplifier uses 0.15 micron gate length GaAs phEMT device model technology. This gain block amplifier covers the 36 to 43 GHz frequency bands, and has a typical small signal gain of 25 dB, in which...