Microwave Journal articles from October 2003

Microwave Journal archives from October 2003

Adding a low data rate radio ASSP to an ISM application.(Technical Feature)
October 1, 2003... A variety of low data rate, low power and low cost radio ICs are available for use in industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) applications. A basic understanding of radio operation and the relevance of standard and proprietary protocol...

Lockheed Martin receives $260 M contract for PAC-3 Missile Segment.(News from Washington)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Lockheed Martin has received a $260 M not-to-exceed contract for a Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) to the battle-proven Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile. The MSE provides performance enhancement to the missile that will counter...

Raytheon awarded $881 M for Standard Missile-3 development.(News from Washington)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Raytheon Co. has been awarded a contract from the US Navy for engineering and manufacturing to continue development of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) leading to sea-based missile defense deployment. The value of this award is for $881.4 M during...

Northrop Grumman wins Navy contract to provide avionic system support work.(News from Washington)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Navigation Systems Division (NSD) has been awarded a US Navy support contract, potentially worth more than $49 M over four years, to provide for repair and retrofit of naval avionic systems and subsystems for the Naval...

Raytheon and IBM sign contract to collaborate on aerospace and defense.(News from Washington)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Raytheon Co. and IBM announced plans to work together to design custom semiconductors and systems for customers in the aerospace and defense industry. The two companies have formed a strategic relationship that brings together Raytheon's...

Rockwell Collins awarded $11.3 M to study military GPS user equipment.(News from Washington)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The US Air Force has awarded Rockwell Collins an $11.3 M contract to study the advancement and risk associated with the technology required for the development of modernized military Global Positioning System user equipment (MUE). The...

Alcatel to deliver Afghanistan's new GSM network.(International Report)(Telecom Development Company Afghanistan (TDCA))(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The Telecom Development Company Afghanistan (TDCA) has signed a contract for the supply of a complete solution for GSM infrastructure and services, including the deployment of microwave radio and carrier-class transmission solutions. The system...

e2v acquisition gets into gear.(International Report)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In a move to position itself as a leading supplier of microwave components to the automotive industry e2v technologies has announced the purchase of the Microwave Sensors Business (MSB) from Dynex Semiconductor (Lincoln, UK). Both e2v and the...

4G research centre for Beijing.(International Report)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... In order to research and promote the advancement of mobile communication technologies for fourth-generation (4G) and beyond, NTT DoCoMo of Japan will establish a wholly owned subsidiary--DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Beijing Co....

Project Soothsayer--predictions for UK MoD EW programme.(International Report)(UK Ministry of Defence's electronic warfare )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Looking to the future, Lockheed Martin UK has been appointed by the UK Ministry of Defence as preferred supplier for Project Soothsayer, the next-generation electronic warfare (EW) programme for British land forces. The contract is expected to...

Chelton acquires Thales Antennas.(International Report)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... It has been announced that Chelton Ltd., a Cobham group company, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Thales Antennas. The acquisition follows a restructuring by Thales whereby the antenna operations will be concentrated at the Southampton...

Second Defence Technology Centre is launched.(International Report)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... As a result of a competition, which was successfully won by a consortium of BAE Systems Avionics Group, Thales Defence UK Ltd., Roke Manor Research and Filtronic Plc., the second Defence Technology Centre (DTC) to be established by the UK...

UWB technology closer to ratification.(The Commercial Market)(ultra-wide band wireless technology)
October 1, 2003... In order to gain acceptance and grow, a technology needs to be standardized by the industry, enabling equipment and peripheral manufacturers to create, distribute and sell compliant products. According to ABI Research, ultra-wide band (UWB)...

Bluetooth semiconductor market making solid progress.(The Commercial Market)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The Bluetooth semiconductor market has made solid progress in spite of economic ups and downs, reports In-Stat/MDR. The high tech market research firm reports that final 2002 worldwide chipset shipments were 35.8 million units, resulting in 245...

New standard opens door for High Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks.(The Commercial Market)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The top speed of wireless personal area networks has just jumped to 55 Mbps from 1 Mbps, under a new standard from the IEEE. This increase opens the door for the broad use of multi-media, digital imaging, high quality audio and other high...

Micronetics Inc.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Micronetics Inc. announced that its president and chief executive officer, Richard S. Kalin, was killed in a car accident. Micronetics' board of directors has appointed David Robbins as its interim chief executive officer and director. No...

Ducommun Technologies.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Ducommun Technologies announced the acquisition of DBP Microwave Inc. Their objective is the fusion of two highly synergistic product lines, each with a well established reputation and recognized for their heritage of special capabilities and...

Littelfuse Inc.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Littelfuse Inc. announced it has acquired Teccor Electronics Inc. a subsidiary of Invensys plc, for $44 M in cash plus a future payment of $5 M contingent on sales of Teccor products reaching $107 M for the calendar year 2005.

Advanced Power Technology.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Advanced Power Technology APT announced that it has reached an agreement with Cree Inc. for purchase of SiC ZERO RECOVERY[TM] Schottky Diode die for packaging and selling of finish products under the APT brand name. APT intends to primarily...

Taconic.(Around the Circuit)(Teradyne. Laminate facility)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Taconic announced it has purchased Teradyne's laminate facility in La Verne, CA. The former Synthane Taylor plant will be used to manufacture TacPreg[R] prepregs and TacLam[R] laminates for high layer count high speed digital and microwave...

RFMW Ltd.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * RFMW Ltd. announced that it has signed an agreement with Sirenza Microdevices. RFMW Ltd. was recently formed to provide both customers and suppliers with a focused distribution of RF and microwave components and semiconductors, as well as...

Vectron International.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Vectron International will take over the SAW production site in Neuchatel/Switzerland, previously part of the Temex group. This production site has been especially successful in the development and production of higher frequency SAW...

M/A-COM.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * M/A-COM announced an agreement with Ford Motor Co. to provide GPS navigation system antennas for several of its vehicle lines. Under the terms of the agreement, M/A-COM's GPS antennas will be installed across several Ford, Lincoln and Mercury...

The Swedish high tech company Pendulum Instruments AB has entered into a global strategic alliance with the American company XL Microwave.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * The Swedish high tech company Pendulum Instruments AB has entered into a global strategic alliance with the American company XL Microwave. Pendulum Instruments will sell XL Microwaves' products through its global distributor network, except...

Elcoteq Network Corp.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Elcoteq Network Corp. announced it has signed an agreement to manufacture wireless LAN systems for Strix Systems Inc. Elcoteq will manufacture the systems in its Monterrey, Mexico plant.

SUSS MicroTec and Danish Electronics, Light & Acoustics DELTA.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * SUSS MicroTec and Danish Electronics, Light & Acoustics DELTA announced a further milestone in their MEMS test cooperation: MEMUNITY is a community exclusively for those involved, or simply interested, in MEMS testing.

Ximetrix Systems has signed a distributorship agreement for North America with MITS Electronics for the sales.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Ximetrix Systems has signed a distributorship agreement for North America with MITS Electronics for the sales, support and service of its printed circuit board prototyping, multi-layer lines of equipment and accessories. MITS products provide a...

RF Logic LLC.(Around the Circuit)(GC Prtonics\Exceltek)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... RF Logic LLC announced a manufacturing agreement with GC Protonics/Exceltek located in China. All engineering designs will be completed in a new 20,000 sq ft facility in Hudson, NH, and all high volume manufacturing will be completed in a...

MEMGen Corp. has changed its name to Microfabrica Inc.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... MEMGen Corp. has changed its name to Microfabrica Inc. The name change was implemented in order to represent the company's microdevice manufacturing capabilities more accurately.

Fox Electronics Inc.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Fox Electronics Inc. has announced the opening of a new, larger office and distribution center in Hong Kong to support its growing business in the Asian-Pacific region. The new office is being headed up by Stephen So, managing director of Fox...

Dielectric Laboratories Inc. (DLI).(Around the Circuit)(new sales office, distribution center, Chinese business manager and key account manager announcement)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Dielectric Laboratories Inc. (DLI) announced that it has opened a sales office in ShangHai, China, under the registered name of Dielectric Laboratories Asia Trading (ShangHai) Co. Ltd. (DLAT) located at Finance Square, Suite 1307, 333 Jiujiang...

Trompeter Electronics.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Trompeter Electronics announced that the company has begun systematically relocating its California manufacturing operations to Mesa, AZ. Mesa is the headquarters of Semflex, a sister company to Trompeter. At the conclusion of the move the two...

Bioconnect.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Bioconnect, a division of RF Industries Inc., announced the relocation of facilities to San Diego, CA from Lake Elsinore, CA. All of Bioconnect's operations, including manufacturing, sales and administration, have relocated within the parent...

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The 30 MHz Attenuation Measurement System formerly located at the Boulder laboratories of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been relocated to the US Army Primary Standards Laboratory (APSL) at Redstone Arsenal, AL....

Elcom Technologies Inc.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Elcom Technologies Inc. has been recommended for ISO 9001:2000 certification by Underwriter's Laboratories Inc.

Rosenberger.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Rosenberger, a manufacturer of RF coaxial connectors, announced it has been successfully certified according to the new ISO/TS 16949:2002 by Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Zertifizierung von Managementsystemen mbH.

Anritsu co.(Around The Circuit)(global certification forum (GCF) )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Anritsu Co. announced that it has recently received approval on an additional 10 RF test cases from the global certification forum (GCF), giving the company a total of 50 GCF approved test cases.

TriPoint Global Communications.(Contracts)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * TriPoint Global Communications announced it has received multiple contracts totaling $12 M to supply satellite communications equipment to an international military secure satellite communications network. The multi-year program is expected...

REMEC Inc.(Around The Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * REMEC Inc. announced that it has received a $9.1 M subcontract from Northrop Grumman Corp. for the Lot 5 production release for the Longbow Hellfire including integrated microwave oscillators, filters and mixers under this production...

Technical Research and Manufacturing Inc.(Contracts)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Technical Research and Manufacturing Inc. announced an award by BAE Systems, IEWS to design, develop and supply critical control components to be used in the antenna array architecture of the armed forces next generation F-35 joint strike...

Marki Microwave received its first order from Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics (ASIAA), for 4-lag correlator modules for use on the array for microwave background anisotropy (AmiBA) project.(Contracts)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Marki Microwave received its first order from Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics (ASIAA), for 4-lag correlator modules for use on the array for microwave background anisotropy (AmiBA) project. The modules, designed in...

Ansoft Corp.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $10.7 M for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 ended July 31, 2003, compared to $9.3 M for the same period in 2003. Net loss was $1.2 M (0.10cents/per diluted share), compared to a net loss of $3.3 M (0.28cents/per...

Cree Inc.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Cree Inc. reports sales of $64.1 M for the fourth quarter ended June 29, 2003, compared to $37.8 M for the same period in 2002. Net income was $11.4 M (0.15cents/per diluted share), compared to a net loss of $22.5 M (0.31cents/per diluted...

WJ Communications Inc.(New Market Entry)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * WJ Communications Inc. announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Alien Technology Corp., a provider of electronic product code compliant radio frequency identification products. WJ is applying both its radio expertise and RF...

Polymer Assembly Technology.(Around the Circuit)(Polymer Assembly Technology (PAT)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Polymer Assembly Technology (PAT), a new company founded by industry veteran Jim Clayton, has opened its doors to offer flip chip technology featuring high density, low temperature processing through the use of polymer conductive adhesives....

Eagleware Corp.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Eagleware Corp. announced the appointment of Alex B. Best to its board of directors. Best is a part-time consultant with Cox Communications, having retired from Cox in December 2000 after 14 years as first vice president of engineering and...

Merrimac Industries Inc.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Merrimac Industries Inc. announced the appointment of Fernando L. Fernandez to its board of directors. Fernandez is the director of Institute Technology Initiatives at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. Prior to this appointment,...

ITT Industries Inc.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * ITT Industries Inc. named Brenda L. Reichelderfer, senior vice president of the corporation, to president of ITT Industries, Cannon. She succeeds Gerard Gendron, who is resigning. Reichelderfer was previously president of ITT's motion and...

Vishay Intertechnology Inc.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Vishay Intertechnology Inc. has promoted Glyndwr Smith to executive vice president. In addition to serving in his new position of executive vice president, market intelligence, Smith will remain assistant to the CEO. He is also chairman of...

TRU Corp.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * TRU Corp. announced that Mary S. Bennett has joined the company as vice president, worldwide marketing and sales. She replaces Douglas E. Snader, who was named to head TRU Consulting Services, a new division of the company. Bennett joins TRU...

Phase Matrix Inc.(Around The Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Phase Matrix Inc. announced the appointment of Mike Granieri as vice president of business development for the aerospace and defense market. Granieri will be responsible for implementing strategies that will influence the future directions...

Roland Steffen is the new head of the test and measurement division at Rohde & Schwarz.(Around The Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Roland Steffen is the new head of the test and measurement division at Rohde & Schwarz. His responsibilities include development, production and marketing of the company's T & M instruments and systems. Along with his new position, Steffen...

Park Electrochemical Corp.(Around The Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Park Electrochemical Corp. announced the election of Murray O. Stamer as chief financial officer, as well as senior vice president. Stamer has held several financial positions at the company since 1989. He was elected senior vice president,...

Antenna manufacturer MAXRAD Inc.(Around The Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Antenna manufacturer MAXRAD Inc. has named Tom Golder vice president of sales. Golder brings over 30 years of sales experience in the wireless land mobile radio and broadband microwave industries, with a strong background in channel access...

David Wayne has been appointed vice president, engineering, at MI Technologies.(Around The Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * David Wayne has been appointed vice president, engineering, at MI Technologies. In this position, Wayne is responsible for managing the company's engineering group, which includes product development, contract engineering and development of...

Thales Communications Inc.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Thales Communications Inc. announced the promotion of Ken Leighton to director of tactical communications product management. The promotion coincides with a restructuring of Thales' tactical radio business development group to better position...

Universal Microwave Corp.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Universal Microwave Corp. announced the appointment of Steven C Revert as the new vice president of sales and marketing located in the Tempe, AZ worldwide sales and customer support center. Revert has over 28 years of experience in the RF and...

Lenthor Engineering.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Lenthor Engineering announced the addition to the management group of John Rolle in the position of director of quality. Rolle brings over ten years of first-hand board fabrication experience as well as his background in quality systems and...

Rusty Myers has joined Maury Microwave Corp's engineering team.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Rusty Myers has joined Maury Microwave Corp's engineering team and will lead the development of the company's microwave component line. He will be responsible for the complete product development process and transition to production. ...

MICRO-COAX.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... MICRO-COAX announced the appointment of Jeanne E. Ploshay as inside sales manager of the microwave transmission line products for commercial, military and space applications. Ploshay was formerly enterprise resource planning and business...

Raltron Electronics Corp.(Around the Circuit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Raltron Electronics Corp. announced a series of new personnel assignments that include two new hires and a promotion. Appointed as general manager for Raltron's US manufacturing operations in Miami, FL, is Stanley Vogt, with responsibilities...

RF Industries.(Rep Appointments)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The RF connector division of RF Industries announced the addition of RF Power Exchange as a distributor and representative for the South American markets.

Gruber & Associates Inc.(Rep Appointments)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Gruber & Associates Inc. announced the expansion of the company with the addition of Jerry Moran, covering Tennessee and northern Alabama, and Paul Flaig responsible for Florida. Further information is available via the Web site,...

Aries Electronics.(Rep Appointments)(Component Technology Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Aries Electronics announced that Component Technology Inc. has joined Aries' manufacturers representative network, covering Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Component Technologies represents several OEM electronics components...

Computer Access Technology Corp. (CATC).(Rep Appointments)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Computer Access Technology Corp. (CATC) announced it has signed three new manufacturer representative firms to enhance its sales and support coverage on the West Coast. Joining the CATC sales channel are Syntek in the Pacific Northwest, and...

Aeroflex Inc.(Web Sites)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Aeroflex Inc. announced it has redesigned and relaunched its Web site at www.aeroflex.com. The Web site incorporates the new Aeroflex corporate identity and integrates all the products from Aeroflex's eight product divisions into one complete,...

Filtronic.(Web Sites)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Filtronic announced its new Web site at www.files. com following the integration of the Filtronic Solid State Division in Santa Clara, CA, and Filtronic Compound Semiconductor Ltd., Newton Aycliffe, UK. The new Web site features datasheets for...

Cross-modulation in a CDMA mobile phone receiver.(Technical Feature)(code division multiple access)
October 1, 2003... Determining cross-modulation interference is an important factor in the design of a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile transceiver. The cross-modulation interference level directly affects the performance of the receiver's ability to...

The concept of predistortion.(Tutorial)
October 1, 2003... The intention of this article is to provide a tool for the design of a predistorter, a component intended to correct unwanted nonlinear effects in power amplifiers. In order to come up with a design, a concept of predistortion is discussed. The...

An X-band, low cost, LTCC double-balanced mixer.(Cover Feature)(Directory)
October 1, 2003... Double-balanced mixers are used extensively in transmitters and receivers. For frequencies above 5 GHz the designs are normally realized using strip line and microstrip techniques. This is because distributed element baluns become smaller in...

Integrated variable gain amplifiers.(Product Feature)
October 1, 2003... A line of variable gain amplifiers (VGA) has been introduced for use in transmitter and receiver automatic gain control (AGC) circuits, and as variable gain blocks following low noise amplifier stages in high dynamic range receiver front ends....

A VSAT packaged HPA for ground terminal and digital radio applications.(Product Feature)
October 1, 2003... Two broadband satellite networks are in the final stages of development and plan a service launch for North America in early 2004. Systems like these are expected to provide wideband, high speed communications for Internet and multimedia...

Product catalog.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This catalog provides a compilation of product datasheets. Standard product line includes GaAs power FETs up to 10 W of RF power, high voltage power FETs operating at 14 and 28 V, GaAs MMICs with up to 4 W of RF power for fixed broadband...

Components catalog.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This 76-page catalog features the company's precision RF and microwave components. Product photographs, outline drawings and specifications are included. An outline of precision measurement components, a part number index and a power conversion...

Amplifier catalog.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This 28-page catalog contains detailed information on the company's complete line of amplifiers and related products. Product photographs, descriptions, performance graphs and specifications are included. It also features an easy-to-use...

Components and subsystems brochure.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This brochure highlights the delivery of the company's microwave components and subsystems, regardless of complexity, performance, configuration or intended use. It also encompasses four microwave specialty companies that each have a niche in...

Product databook.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This databook features the specialization of the company's guaranteed ultra low phase noise amplifiers from 5 to 3000 MHz, as low as -178 dBc. Also included in the product line are medium power amplifiers, low noise figure amps, low phase noise...

Product catalog.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This 100-page catalog offers a panoramic view of the company's switch and switch matrix solutions for applications in all the major markets. The catalog, arranged by product category, includes all of these products and offers ease of navigation...

Capabilities brochure.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This brochure provides guidance in selecting substrate types and metallization systems, and displays the relationship of conductor trace width to the requirements of metallization film thickness. Included are design guidelines to develop basic...

Product selection guide.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This selection guide features a reorganization of new products by market segments, broadband, cellular/PCS/3G, microwave/millimeter-wave and fiber optics. Application block diagrams, package information and a section entitled "Specialty...

Switch product guide.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This short form product guide features the company's SPDT, transfer, multi-position, wireless, and specialty and space qualified switches. It also highlights military RF and microwave components. Product photographs, specifications,...

RF cables catalog.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This 142-page catalog provides an overview of the company's RF cables up to 6 GHz. The revised publication lists common RF coax cables and the enlarged range of environmentally friendly low smoke, halogen-free RF cables for 50 and 75 [OMEGA] as...

Product catalog.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This catalog includes a detailed listing of products which includes: semi-rigid cables, EZ Flex[TM] cables, EZ Conformable cables, coaxial connectors, delay lines and cable assemblies. Detailed product sheets are provided as well as information...

CD-ROM product catalog.(Catalog Update)
October 1, 2003... This CD-ROM catalog includes new products, updated datasheets with more comprehensive information and measurement curves, application notes, company and facility overviews, and a complete listing of its international sales representative...