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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - April 2, 2007 - Vendors of solutions based on silicon and micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) face an uphill battle to make a dent in the huge market for timing devices, according to a recent study from ABI Research. The market was and is dominated by quartz...

An impressive series of events appears to have moved RFID Ltd. from startup to possible major player in a short time. The company attracted major media and industry attention when it announced its two new niche market RFID tags: the BagChip for lost airline luggage, and the SurvivalTag to...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Mentor Graphics, licensing to Agilent certain products in the Mentor Graphics Volcano® product line. The Agilent LIN Tester, derived from Mentor's Volcano LIN Spector™ product, and the Agilent Vehicle Protocol Tester Series 500, derived from Mentor's Volcano TELLUS® product, help automotive...

Strategy Analytics, the global research and consulting company, released “RFMD and Skyworks Gain Share, Further PA Consolidation Likely,” which notes that the top two suppliers of power amplifiers (PA) for cellular terminals increased their combined share of the market to an estimated 71 percent in 2006. According to Chris...

The appeal of a low cost, high performance frequency synthesizer as a key component of virtually any test and measurement (T&M), communication and monitoring system is recognized throughout the microwave industry. 1–5 Although all synthesizers exhibit significant differences as a result of specific applications, they share basic fundamental design...

The attendance was high at this year’s IEEE Radar Conference as engineers gathered at the Boston-area venue to learn from and interact with their peers. The organizers, led by conference general Chairman, Dr. David L. Briggs dedicated the conference to showcasing recent innovations and achievements in radar systems and...

Aeroflex has been awarded a five-year contract from Thales for the fulfillment of its second Measurement Equipment Management Service (MEMSII) program in the UK, having previously been responsible for the initial MEMSI service contract. The objective of MEMSII is to provide Thales with the most cost efficient way of...

IEEE 802.16e mobile WiMAX is currently being developed as the next-generation communication standard competing with wireless local area network (WLAN), code division multiple access (CDMA), evolution data optimized (EVDO), enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) and high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), even though early applications for mobile...

High performance bandpass filters, with miniaturized size, narrow bandwidth, wide stop band and low cost, are required in modern wireless communication systems, especially in mobile and portable Internet systems. Planar reduced-size filters, such as λ/2 hairpin resonator1 and slow-wave resonator 2 filters have already been published. These filters have...

Efficiency, output power and compactness are the most important parameters of a system for RF/microwave transmitter applications. The power amplifier consumes most of the DC power in a transponder. Thus, much attention is required to maximize the efficiency of the power amplifier. A high efficiency power amplifier allows compact...