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When RFID got its first big push, courtesy of major retail and Department of Defense mandates, consulting firms were called in, not only to help customers understand what the technology is and how it works, but also to determine what the business case might be for its use. Companies...

RFID Handbook: Fundamentals and Applications in Contactless Smart Cards and Identification Second Edition Klaus Finkenzeller John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 439 pages; $99.95 ISBN: 0-470-844402-7 This book is aimed at a wide range of readers. First and foremost, it is intended for students and engineers who find themselves confronted...

The following booth numbers are complete as of August 20, 2004. Test Software The InterLab® program is available in three different versions including InterLab Solo, Professional (two to five users) and Enterprise (over five users). With InterLab, only one tool is necessary to make engineering processes, test and measurement...

Industry News Endwave Corp. , a provider of radio frequency subsystems for aero-defense, security and commercial wireless applications, announced the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of JCA Technology Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bookham Technology plc., for approximately $6 M in cash. JCA...

Ultra-precision Service This company’s Web site offers a complete ultra-precision service for grinding, lapping, polishing, diamond sawing, laser machining and sizing a wide variety of metals (ferrous and non-ferrous). The company also offers carbide, ceramic, sapphire and other materials for industrial and scientific applications in the telecommunications, semiconductor, communications,...

The trend for lightweight, low voltage battery operation in many of today’s consumer and communications equipment has driven the need for low voltage, high performance products for use in these systems. To meet these needs a new series of 5 × 7 mm surface-mount HCMOS crystal oscillators has been...

MMIC amplifiers that are efficient and deliver high power output over a very broad frequency range are extremely desirable in applications ranging from microwave instruments to electronic warfare systems. In addition to reducing the number of devices required to produce a desired RF power level, they consume less current...

Ask any engineer what is needed from an RF/microwave design tool and you will think you are stuck in a scene from Top Gun : “I feel the need for speed.” The thirst for greater simulation speed is never quenched, although model accuracy is just as important. Go across...

With the introduction of the MAAMGM0002, M/A-COM adds a cost-effective, highly manufacturable surface-mount plastic-packaged wideband driver amplifier to its array of standard products. The MAAMGM0002 provides 10 dB gain from 1 to 18 GHz, with a corresponding 4 dB typical noise figure and up to 21 dBm output power...

The design for the Vivaldi antenna is motivated by the need for a broadband measurement antenna for an antenna test range (ATR). The ATR is capable of a dual axis rotation to create 3-D plots and to calculate the total radiated power (TRP). 1 The TRP calculation involves the...