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Passive and Control Components Programmable Attenuator The M-DVAN-6018-60DD-SK is a programmable attenuator that incorporates a new linearization circuit to enable fast and accurate attenuation switching. The new design focuses on quick settling and stable operation over temperature extremes. Switching between any attenuation level is typically settled within 1 dB...

Network Analyzer Brochure This free bro-chure explains how the company’s nonlinear vector network analyzer can provide the critical leap in technology to go beyond linear S-parameters. The technology allows for efficient and accurate analysis and design of active devices under real-world operating conditions. The brochure is available for download...

Surface Acoustic Wave Filters: Second Edition David Morgan 446 pages; $99.95, £59.99 • Academic Press ISBN: 978-0-1237-2537-0 This book expands the coverage of the earlier edition, published in 1985. At that time, many devices had been established in practical electronic systems, including signal processing devices and bandpass filters for...

Microwave Engineers: For the Sake of the Future Microwave Power Transmission: Space-based Solar Power Beams Become Next Energy Frontier The idea of using satellites to beam solar power down from space is nothing new—the Department of Energy first studied it in the 1970s, and NASA took another look in...

Many papers have been written on the theoretical design of microwave filters and the methods for computing the theoretical constants of a particular filter are known. The gap between the computation of the constants of the filter parameters and the fabrication and alignment of the filter to realize the...

This is the second of a two part series that discusses certain fundamentals in Voltage-Controlled Oscillator design. A voltage controlled oscillator or VCO is an oscillator that can be frequency controlled by an external voltage. The external voltage is called a tuning voltage and it is typically connected to...

In this paper we present the new patent pending transmission line technology, PMTL™ that promises to revolutionize PCB and CMOS interconnects as well as improving the fidelity of testing connectivity and parallelism across the spectrum. We will compare the electrical performance of the PMTL™ with other similar transmission lines...

Commercial radio technology has reached an inflection point, similar to the transition from analog to digital, when we invented a whole range of digital technology; now we’re moving from single carrier technologies, where we transmit one digital symbol at a time, to a new paradigm, where we’re potentially transmitting...

A number of new technologies are being combined by the telecommunications industry as it prepares for the next generation of mobile services. One of the key changes is the choice of OFDM for the air interface. This paper will describe OFDM and show why it has the ability to...

C-MAC MicroTechnology has been awarded AS9100, the leading aerospace Quality Management Systems accreditation, for its site in Great Yarmouth, UK. The award recognizes the company’s continued commitment to excellence, quality and reliability across a wide range of technologies and the full range of design, manufacturing and test activities that...