RF & Microwave Industry News

HIGH PERFORMANCE, LOW COST, SURFACE-MOUNT QUADRATURE COUPLERS

This month's cover features a high performance, low cost, surface-mount quadrature coupler developed using Blue Cell technology
COVER FEATURE HIGH PERFORMANCE, LOW COST, SURFACE-MOUNT QUADRATURE COUPLERS BLUE CELL TECHNOLOGY, A FAMILY MEMBER OF MINI-CIRCUITS Brooklyn, NY As system requirements increase, the demands placed on passive components also continue to rise in an effort to meet ever-increasing consumer demands. Industry is demanding higher performance in smaller footprints...
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A DUPLEXER, COMBINER AND DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIER FOR WIRELESS APPLICATIONS

A new duplexer assembly designed for the stringent requirements of today's wireless base stations that makes use of the considerable performance advantage of high Q ceramic resonators
PRODUCT FEATURE A DUPLEXER, COMBINER AND DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIER FOR WIRELESS APPLICATIONS FSY MICROWAVE INC. Columbia, MD Today's wireless base stations operate in a duplex mode and require a duplexer at the antenna to provide low insertion loss and high power capabilities in the transmit mode and low noise amplification...
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BROADBAND DC TO 4 GHZ DIGITAL ATTENUATORS WITH HIGH ACCURACY

Low cost two-, three- and five-bit digital attenuators that offer the ability to control signal strength wile maintaining signal integrity in the transmit and receive paths of wireless systems
PRODUCT FEATURE BROADBAND DC TO 4 GHZ DIGITAL ATTENUATORS WITH HIGH ACCURACY HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP. Chelmsford, MA Control of signal strength while maintaining signal integrity in the transmit and receive paths of wireless systems has always been a concern of RF design engineers. A family of seven low cost...
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HARMONIC TUNING OF POWER TRANSISTORS BY ACTIVE LOAD-PULL MEASUREMENT

A powerful and affordable tool for nonlinear on-wafer measurements in the 0.5 to 18 GHz frequency range that is useful for designing high efficiency power amplifiers for mobile communications
TECHNICAL FEATURE HARMONIC TUNING OF POWER TRANSISTORS BY ACTIVE LOAD-PULL MEASUREMENT Abstract: A nonlinear network analyzer combined with an active multiharmonic load-pull system is described. Data acquisition uses an HP 71500 microwave transition analyzer (MTA) and force/sense bias supplies. Complete tuning and monitoring of the incoming and outgoing signals...
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THERMAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR WIDE BANDGAP TRANSISTORS

The effect the number of gate fingers, gate geometry and epitaxial layer thickness has on the peak junction temperature of high power gallium nitride and silicon carbide transistors
TECHNICAL FEATURE THERMAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR WIDE BANDGAP TRANSISTORS Abstract: The peak junction temperature of a transistor is an important factor in determining its lifetime and output power degradation over time. Many design parameters determine the temperature rise in the semiconductor, including the transistor performance, semiconductor material and device...
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HIGH POWER RF LDMOS TRANSISTORS FOR AVIONICS APPLICATIONS

The inherent advantages of laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) amplifiers to avionics transponders
TECHNICAL FEATURE HIGH POWER RF LDMOS TRANSISTORS FOR AVIONICS APPLICATIONS Abstract: This article describes the inherent advantages of using laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) amplifiers in high power avionics transponder applications. In comparing this technology to bipolars, key device features such as gain, linearity, switching, thermal issues and...
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SIMULATION OF INTERDIGITATED STRUCTURES USING TWO-COUPLED-LINE MODELS

A simple technique to simulate circuits with multiple coupled lines in commercial simulators without suitable models
TECHNICAL FEATURE SIMULATION OF INTERDIGITATED STRUCTURES USING TWO-COUPLED-LINE MODELS Abstract: Some commercial microwave CAD programs do not incorporate models for more than three coupled lines. This fact is especially critical in the design and analysis of multiple-line planar structures, such as interdigital, combline and hairpin filters, meander lines, spiral...
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LOW NOISE VCOS: KEY COMPONENTS FOR BASE STATIONS

Fundamentals for the design and use of VCOs
TUTORIAL LOW NOISE VCOS: KEY COMPONENTS FOR BASE STATIONS FRANK BABERG Tekelec Temex Munich, Germany   The great economic success of modern mobile radio systems such as GSM and the digital communication system (DCS) means even greater utilization of the capacity of existing channels. Therefore, it is immensely important...
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FRACTIONAL OUT-OF-BAND POWER FORMULAS FOR BPSK, QPSK AND MSK

Closed-form expressions for out-of-band power for classical binary phase-shift keying (BPSK), quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) and minimum-shift keying (MSK) modulation
TECHNICAL NOTE FRACTIONAL OUT-OF-BAND POWER FORMULAS FOR BPSK, QPSK AND MSK FRANK AMOROSO Consultant Santa Ana, CA   Fractional out-of-band power (FOBP) has for some time been a standard metric of spectral containment for digital data signals.1 For any given modulation scheme the FOBP can be measured experimentally or...
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News From Washington

News From Washington F/A-18 Radar Production Contracts Awarded Raytheon Co. has received two contract awards for the production of the AN/APG-73 radar for installation in US Navy, US Marine Corps and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18 aircraft. An award from the Boeing Co. totals approximagely $467.2 M and...
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