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DEVICES Small Silicon Bipolar Transistors The M03 series three-pin, flat lead packages are designed for the NPN series silicon transistors. The package has an overall footprint of 1.4 x 1.4 mm, which represents a size reduction of over 40 percent. Several low noise NPN silicon transistors with fTs of...

SOURCES 5 V VCO The model JTOS-3000P 2300 to 2600 MHz wideband VCO features linear tuning characteristics, low -112 dBc/Hz phase noise at 100 kHz offset and tuning voltage of 5 V (max). Power output is +11 dBm (typ) and harmonics are -22 dBc (typ). Operating at nominal power...

SOFTWARE Wireless System Simulation Software The Symphony series wireless system simulation software combines schematic capture and high frequency system analysis in a single, easy-to-use graphical interface. The software adds powerful analog and digital signal processing (DSP) system analysis capabilities for the design of wired and wireless communications systems to...

MATERIALS RF Protective Clothing This RF protective clothing provides improved personnel protection within RF and electro-magnetic fields, allowing employees to work safely in ambient RF fields significantly above IEEE C.95.1-1992 MPE levels. The RF protective suit's fabric incorporates a yarn that consists of stainless-steel microfibers in a cotton/polyester base....

News from Washington Execution Risks Remain for Future Years Defense Program A report from the General Accounting Office (GAO), "Future Years Defense Program: Substantial Risks Remain in DoD's 1999-2003 Plan" (GAO/NSIAD-98-204), finds that the Department of Defense (DoD) has done little to incorporate the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) plans...

International Report New Matra Marconi Satellite to Boost Asian Coverage Matra Marconi Space's ST-1 telecommunications and direct broadcast satellite was launched in August from Kourou, French Guiana into an 88º east orbit. In this position, the satellite will provide Ku-band (11.45 to 12.75 GHz and 14 to 14.5 GHz)...

The Commercial Market US Cellular Subscribers to Generate 500 Billion Minutes of Use A new study published by Strategy Analytics within its Mobile Communications Service - North America information service forecasts that wireless usage minutes will grow at a compound annual rate of 35 percent between 1998 and 2003...

The Book End Quasioptical Systems Paul F. Goldsmith IEEE Press 412 pages; $99.95 There has been considerable growth in the application of quasioptics to system design at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths that has resulted in significant use of quasioptics in radar, remote sensing and materials measurement systems. Thus, the...

A Plastic Package for Custom Circuits KDI/triangle Corp. Whippany, NJ Packaging has long been a key to reducing costs and speeding time to market for RF and microwave designs. Both commercial and military applications now call for small and lightweight high performance packages that do not add excessive cost....

A Digitally Compensated Phase Shifter COMSAT RSI, Anghel Laboratories Rockaway, NJ Developing a phase shifter that produces a constant or flat phase response with respect to frequency is difficult. Networks that exhibit this type of behavior are narrowband and must be optimized for each specific frequency and desired phase...