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Processing Equipment Laser Stencil The LPKF StencilLaser/Polymer enables the production of polymer SMD stencils while drastically reducing print rejects due to better paste release, especially in fine pitch technology. The SMD stencils offer superior board contact during printing process as well as print speeds up to three times faster...

Subsystems High Power Pulse Modulator The PowerMod™ HVPM solid-state, high power pulse modulator features fast rise and fall times of 5 ms for use in ion implantation, high energy physics, semiconductor and flat-panel display manufacturing. The PowerMod delivers up to 3 mW of peak pulses (20 kV, 150 A)...

Systems Programmable Digital Downconverter The CommLink™ HSP50216 programmable digital downconverter (PDC) for cellular base stations delivers multiple channel processing of high dynamic range cellular protocols. The PDC contains four channels that can support up to four different protocols simultaneously, including IS-136 TDMA, GSM, EDGE, IS-95 CDMA, 3G and legacy...

Test Equipment Multiport Test System The Agilent 87050E multiport test sets can dramatically improve throughput and accuracy when evaluating the performance of 50 W RF components on high volume production lines. The multiport test sets are designed to work with the Agilent 8712E series network analyzers to offer a...

Device 4 W Plastic-packaged GaAs Power FET The model AM144MX-TF plastic-packaged GaAs power FET has a total gate width of 14.4 mm and is designed for high power microwave applications up to 8 GHz. The plastic package is provided with straight leads in a drop-in mounting style. The bottom...

Tubes EHF-band Traveling-wave Tubes The models TH 3760 and TH 3971 traveling-wave tubes (TWT) are designed specifically for the military SATCOM market as well as emerging multimedia requirements in the 42.5 and 47.5 GHz band. The TH 3760 uses a helix delay line and conduction cooling while the TH...

News From Washington Oceanic Surveillance Radar System Successfully Demonstrated In collaboration with the Canadian Department of National Defence, Raytheon Systems Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Raytheon Co., has developed and successfully demonstrated the HF SWR-503 long-range, high frequency surface-wave radar. The HF SWR-503 is a shore-based, oceanic surveillance system...

International Report INTELSAT to Procure Telecommunications Satellite The International Telecommunications Satellite (INTELSAT) organisation has awarded a contract to Franco-British contractor Matra Marconi Space to build the INTELSAT NI-Alpha telecommunications satellite. Considered the largest and most powerful satellite ever procured by INTELSAT, the NI-Alpha will employ Matra Marconi’s high powered...

Commercial Market Globalstar USA Licensed to Offer Satellite Phone Service Globalstar USA, the exclusive provider of satellite-based communications services in the US, has received authorization from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to market satellite phone service on a limited basis to US customers. The Globalstar system is a state-of-the-art...

The Bookend RF Circuit Design: Theory and Applications Reinhold Ludwig and Pavel Bretchko Prentice Hall 641 pages plus CD-ROM; $97 ISBN:0-13-095323-7 This book is intended to bridge the gap between a highly theoretical text based on electromagnetic (EM) theory and a practical circuit design manual based on Kirchoff’s laws....