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Circularly Polarized, Aperture-coupled Patch Antennas for a 2.4 GHz RFID System Marcel Kossel, Hansruedi Benedickter and Werner Bächtold Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich Laboratory for Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Electronics Zurich, Switzerland Roland Küng University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR) Rapperswil, Switzerland Jan Hansen Swiss Federal Institute...

Technical Feature Design of Small-signal Amplifiers Using HP MDS: Part I Yew Hui Liew, Mook Seng Leong and Jurianto Joe Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

Technical Feature Computation and Measurement of the Polarization Ellipse Ronald A. Marino and Wesley Hearst Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

Technical Feature Intermodulation Characteristics of Ferrite-based Directional Couplers Shane Collins and Kieran Flynn Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

A Low Cost, High Performance Point-to-point Slotted Waveguide Array 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.) The antenna shows...

A Primer on Bonding Wire Parameters A fine wire manufacturer offers some fundamentals for those involved with lead bonding wire. Mike Greenelsh California Fine Wire Grover Beach, CA Ongoing demands for higher IC utilization with minimal board real estate are producing high densities of connections between chips and packages....

Components 100 dB Isolation SP4T Switch The model SWN-1170-4DT-AKG-STANDARD option 120 ultrabroadband SP4T switch is capable of 100 dB isolation over the 100 MHz to 20 GHz frequency band. Insertion loss is < 4.5 dB, SWR is 1.9 and supply voltages are +5 V at 176 mA and -12...

Subsystems Digital Radio Subsystem The model PMC/SB3410 advanced digital radio front-end module has been combined with the model VME/C6420 signal processing platform to produce a digital radio subsystem that is ideal for developing the most advanced signal intelligence systems. The PCM/SB3410 is a full duplex, wideband digital transceiver module....

System Ka-band Point-to-point Relay System The RLY series Ka-band point-to-point relay system for local multipoint distribution system (LMDS) service providers can be used to link satellite cell hubs to the main headend cell and to set up discrete, private links within a cell for high speed data service at...

Test Equipment Dual-channel RF Power Meter The 4730 series RF power meters include the first CW power meters with dual-channel capability in a VXI configuration and offer two of the fastest power meters in the world with the ability to sample up to 200 readings per second. The power...