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Polarization is a basic consideration in the design of any wireless communication system. Most systems use either linear or circular polarization. For a simple description of these two types of wave polarization, consider the illustration shown in Figure 1 . This figure shows an electromagnetic wave approaching an observer....

Dow-Key Microwave Corp. , part of Dover Corporation’s Microwave Products Group, now offers a complete line of 40 GHz RF switches. Designed to operate with high repeatability for both military and ATE applications, the newly introduced family of products provides users with a wide selection of 40 GHz RF...

K&L Microwave Inc. , part of Dover Corporation’s Microwave Products Group®, introduces the bandpass/bandstop diplexer, which efficiently and accurately assists the out-of-band emission levels measurements of wireless basestations (BS). These measurements are conducted during the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification process. "Most current methods of measurement are cumbersome and...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an industry leader in radio solutions and precision analog semiconductors, announced that its extensive infrastructure portfolio continues to gain traction, having recently secured design wins with four of the industry’s top five infrastructure base station OEMs. Over the last two years, Skyworks has significantly invested...

At the MTT Show, San Francisco, CA – Microwave Development Labs (MDL) has just produced a new company web site at www.mdllab.com. The new site, which went active this week, provides complete information on MDL’s product offerings and industries served during the past 30 years. In addition the site...

Using newly developed high voltage RF power technology combined with innovative and cost-effective over-molded plastic packaging, Freescale Semiconductor announced an expansion into the industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) market. A leader in the demanding cellular infrastructure market, Freescale is extending its technology and packaging leadership into the ISM market...

Ducommun Inc. announced that its Ducommun Technologies Inc. (DTI) subsidiary has been awarded a $3.8 M contract from Raytheon for the manufacture and subsystem integration of electromechanical enclosures for the 63V1 and 63V3 radar systems used on the F-15 aircraft. This contract consists of 63V1 radars for Japan and...

The IEC 61000-4-3 has long been accepted as the basic standard for testing to Radiated, electromagnetic field immunity testing in order to satisfy many European Union requirements for the CE mark. Recent changes in IEC 61000-4-3 Edition 3.0 include a new harmonic distortion requirement, new linearity check, an extended...

Taconic introduces HyRelex, a family of low loss, high reliability, thin, flexible interconnect materials. HyRelex laminates can be used in conjunction with HyRelex bond-ply and cover-lay for a wide range of applications including high frequency circuits and controlled impedance low loss cables. HyRelex is robust enough to retain its...

Mician GmbH , Bremen, Germany, introduces Version 6.0 of the company's EM-software tool μWave Wizard™. The new release provides the seamless integration of 3D FEM simulation technology into the existing mode-matching and 2D FEM framework. This includes optimization, full 3D visualization of the electromagnetic fields, calculation of material and...