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Technical Feature 2.4 GHz LNA/PA/Circularly Polarized Active Microstrip Antennas S.Y. Lin, H.R. Chuang and T.S. Horng Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Excalibur Development Continued The US Army has awarded Raytheon a $100 M contract modification for the continued development of the Excaibur, XM982 precision-guided, extended-range artillery projectile program. The Excalibur family of guided missiles is designed to permit current and future Army and Marine Corps digitized howitzers...

INTERNATIONAL REPORT Martin Streetly, International Correspondent UK Mobiles to Carry Radiation WarningsFollowing a year-long, government sponsored enquiry, the UK has decided to include a radiation level warning on all new mobile telephones from 2001 onwards and to leaflet users on the wisdom of children under 16 using such devices...

THE COMMERCIAL MARKET Lucent Technologies and Verizon Wireless Sign $1.5 B Letter of Intent Verizon Wireless and Lucent Technologies have signed a letter of intent potentially worth up to $1.5 B which names Lucent as a primary supplier of network infrastructure to the newly-formed wireless venture. The agreement will...

THE BOOK END * Electromagnetic Simulation Using the FDTD Method Dennis M. Sullivan IEEE Press 165 pages; $89.95 ISBN: 0-7803-4747-1 This book is not a theoretical explanation of finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) simulation. Instead its main purpose is to enable the reader to learn how to do three-dimensional electromagnetic simulation using...

PRODUCT FEATURES Broadband Power Amplifiers for 600 MHz to 4.5 GHz System Applications Aethercomm Inc. San Marcos, CA A new line of medium and high power broadband amplifiers has been introduced that covers the 600 MHz to 4.5 GHz frequency bands. All of the power amplifiers (PA) offer medium...

PRODUCT FEATURES A Low Loss HDI Dielectric for High Frequency Modules and PCBs W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. Elkton, MD T he wireless telecommunications market continues to require denser circuitry and higher I/O count chip packages to meet ever growing performance requirements. These new requirements can only be satisfied...

COVER FEATURE Control Products for Wireless and Broadband Applications Alpha Industries Inc. Woburn, MA S witches, attenuators, directional detectors, phase shifters and other GaAs and silicon devices are shrinking dramatically as suppliers are challenged to develop new process and packaging techniques. Customers are demanding that new devices operate with...

Special Reports EDITORIAL INDEX 2000 * VOLUME 43 ANTENNAS Collins, Brian S. "Polarization Diversity Antennas for Compact Base Stations," No. 1, p. 76. Collins, Brian S. "The Effect of Imperfect Antenna Cross-polar Performance on the Diversity Gain of a Polarization-diversity Receiving System," No. 4, p. 84. Liang, Xu and...

Special Reports CNIT Paris la Défence from 16­18 January 2001 A conference dedicated to emerging technologies for the communications market For the first time, two of the world's leading technology magazines, Telecommunications ® and Microwave Journal, join together during RF & Hyper Europe 2001 to present a comprehensive industry...