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The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has purchased the QinetiQ SPO threat detection system as part of a package of measures that will bring enhanced security technology to travelers in the United States. The TSA has purchased 12 SPO units under an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract that allows...

Haier Mobile and NXP Semiconductors have formed a strategic collaboration that commits Haier to adopt NXP's solutions for its EDGE mobile phones. The collaboration aims to fully consolidate the technological and market advantages from both companies, further driving widespread deployment of EDGE technology in the domestic Chinese market. The...

SUSS MicroTec, a supplier of precision manufacturing and test equipment for the semiconductor and emerging markets, has shipped and successfully installed several microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) production tools at Freescale Semiconductor. The equipment included a new DSM200 Series Front-to-Back Alignment Verification System, the latest generation SUSS MA200Compact Mask Aligner as...

Signaling a major success for Spinner in the Russian market, the company has received an order to deliver the first transmitter combiners with mask filters for the launch of DVB-T in Moscow. The transmitter combiners are the newest version of the ultra-compact Spinner CCS system and the transmitters with...

Rohde & Schwarz has introduced its R&SES-SCAN measurement software, which when used with the company's R&SESPI3 or R&SESPI7 test receivers, enables electromagnetic interference (EMI) tests to be made at the earliest stages of product development, reducing the likelihood of costly redesigns later on. The Windows-based R&SES-SCAN software performs EMI...

In wireless communications, a mobile device needs to track the base station frequency and time base very accurately. For example, in 3GPP GSM standard, the mobile carrier frequency has to track the base station with 0.1ppm accuracy. Along with this, the mobile time base cannot be more than 2μs...

To inhibit interference from WLAN in UWB front-ends, it is required to provide an effective band-stop filter with 5 to 6 GHz rejection band. Several typical configurations for providing rejection bands such as defect ground structure (DGS) [1], photonic band gap (PBG) [2], split ring resonator (SRR) [3], and...

The design of passive microwave functions, and especially filters, is a study domain of the most important interest. Indeed, with the widespread applications of communication systems, the bandpass filter is an essential component. Thus, the quality of filter is extremely important. The development of bandpass filters has emphasized high...

In July of 1958, a group of industry pioneers led by William Bazzy and including Ted Saad, Seymour Cohn, Henry Jasik, Ben Lax, Marshall Pease, Tore Anderson and Gersh Wheeler launched Microwave Journal . This year, we'll celebrate our 50th year milestone with a number of monthly print and...

Over the last five decades since the formation of the Microwave Journal, phased-array radars have seen remarkable advances and wide proliferation around the world. This is exemplified in Figures 1 , 2 and 3 , which give just a few examples of the phased arrays deployed over the last...