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According to Instat/ MDR, Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) manufactures the VeriChip, a microchip that is already part of a pager being used by the California Department of Corrections as a means for tracking prisoners. Such an end-use could be viewed as useful and fairly benign. The real news, however,...

DMC Stratex Networks Inc., one of the world's foremost solution providers for mobile applications and broadband wireless access, announced it will supply Altium 311 and XP4 licensed radios to build a network backbone in Allegany County, MD, a rural area in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The "AllCoNet...

In-Stat/MDR has completed its analysis of the WLAN market's performance during the first quarter of the year. The main themes from the results include the following: · Embedded WLAN in notebook PCs is finally taking hold in the business space. Notebooks with embedded Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) finally hit the...

COMPONENTS High Q, Low Insertion Loss Cavity The model WSD-00216 high Q, low insertion loss cavity duplexer is designed for China Uni- com's CDMA IS95 and 2001X market. It allows the server to operate over a receive band of 824 to 834 MHz and a transmit band of 869...

INDUSTRY NEWS Advanced Power Technology (APT) has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the product lines and certain assets of Microsemi RF Products Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsemi Corp. , for $12.2 M in cash. The acquisition is part of APT's ongoing strategy to expand its...

Product Catalog This RF and microwave custom filters catalog showcases new products with pictures and actual test data fact sheets for each filter type. A variety of packaging and performance levels are featured to represent the company's capabilities. Bree Engineering Corp., San Marcos, CA (760) 510-4950. Circle No. 200...

Inductor Products Catalog This 10-page catalog features the company's WL series of wire wound chip inductor products, designed to provide excellent performance at competitive prices. The series is ideal for all 800 MHz to 3.4 GHz wireless applications where cost and performance are major factors. Product descriptions, features, applications,...

Workshops & Courses Wireless Engineering Topics : Intended for engineers in the wireless field. Course principles are explored by the design of practical filters, diplexers and transistor amplifiers, giving participants a wide range of design experience. Fee: $2045. Site : Trenton, NJ Dates : July 15-19, 2002 Contact :...

News From Washington Raytheon to Lead System Integration for Navy's Surface Combatant Ship Raytheon Co. has been awarded a cost plus award fee contract to be the system integrator for the DD (X), the US Navy's next-generation surface combatant ship. The contract is expected to total $1.36 B over...

International Report Euro Hawk Heads for Germany Despite the demands of Operation Enduring Freedom, Northrop Grumman and its German partner the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space (EADS) Company Deutschland confidently expect to deploy a testbed Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to Germany no later than April 2003. Forming...