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The 2006 3GSM World Congress could well have found a soul mate in its new home of Barcelona, where Modernisme — the movement that evoked change and development — emerged in the 19 th century. Fittingly, it was that very 21 st century phenomenon, communications technology that grabbed the...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. introduced a pair of ultra compact, dual-band transmit GSM/GPRS front-end modules (FEM) for handsets targeted at emerging markets. The SKY77517 and SKY77518 are low cost, highly integrated solutions that simplify radio design and leverage Skyworks' advanced manufacturing techniques to shrink the RF footprint and reduce bill...

K&L Microwave Inc. makes available its Filter Wizard™ service to enable engineers to shorten RF and microwave filter design cycles. The state-of-the-art, web-based solution helps design engineers effectively select and confirm the feasibility of RF and microwave filter products for applications, from defense, telecommunications and aerospace. Design engineers can...

The Strategy Analytics annual five-year outlook for the gallium arsenide (GaAs) microelectronics industry, "GaAs Industry Forecast: 2005-2010," predicts that GaAs device revenues will grow by 36 percent over 2005 to 2010, breaking the $3 B barrier in 2006. Overall market growth will continue to be derived from wireless markets,...

Harris Corp. , a global provider of wireless equipment and services, announced it has added a new feature to its flagship TRuepoint™ digital microwave radio platform – remote capacity control to enable operators to "pay as you grow" on any point-to-point microwave link. Remote capacity control enables wireless operators...

Harris Corp. , a global provider of wireless equipment and services, announced it has added a new feature to its flagship TRuepoint™ digital microwave radio platform – remote capacity control to enable operators to "pay as you grow" on any point-to-point microwave link. Remote capacity control enables wireless operators...

In third generation (3G) mobile communication systems, linear amplification is required for linear modulations. Nonlinear amplification yields inter-modulation distortion (IMD) products and results in unacceptable spectral regrowth in adjacent channels. To achieve linear amplification, linearization techniques are usually employed. Various techniques have been developed to reduce IMD products in...

Monopole antennas are used in mobile communications. A monopole antenna is a very simple and efficient radiating element. 1 The simple whip and monopole antenna are attractive for use in mobile handsets and repeater applications because of their omni-directional characteristics, simple structure and the inherent 2:1 size reduction over...

Published March 1, 2006 In an effort to better combine the editorial content of our magazine with our newly developed and retooled on-line presence, we have decided to expand Harlan's RF and microwave engineering advice into a monthly feature that appears in Microwave Journal. Harlan has selected one question...

Demand for higher bandwidth and frequencies in wireless and wireline applications continues to climb. This is increasing the pressure on the RF industry to deliver higher performance, higher functionality, smaller size, lower power consumption, lower cost, and faster new designs of RF and microwave components. Oscillators are the key...