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HARDWARE EMI Gaskets These BalShield® series EMI gaskets provide good shielding capability due to a unique canted-coil design, which creates numerous, independently loaded contact points that reduce the likelihood of creating a slot antenna effect at breaks in the enclosure or package. The spring gasket is a patented design...

ANTENNA C-band, Remote, Switchable Feed The model ESR-44C/2 C-band, receive-only antenna feed operates over the frequency range from 3.7 to 4.2 GHz and is able to switch remotely between dual-linear and dual-circular polarizations. To use the remote switching function, the receiver should be capable of supplying 24 V to...

AMPLIFIERS Rack-mounted Octave Bandwidth Power Amplifier The model ACAM-7954 rack-mounted octave bandwidth power amplifier operates from 1000 to 2000 MHz and features a convenient 19-inch rack enclosure, 10 W (min) output power and 110 V AC operation. Guaranteed gain is 27 dB, flatness is ±1 dB, 1 dB gain...

LIGHTWAVE Rugged, Cost-effective Fiber-optic Link The model AC 102 IF/fiber-optic link offers a low loss means to transmit the RF signal between the antenna and the base station, allowing wireless broadband systems equipment suppliers to deploy the minimum amount of equipment at the remote antenna site. Because of this...

DEVICES Ultraminiature, High Gain, High Frequency Transistors The models NE698M01 and NE699M01 silicon bipolar epitaxial transistors are suitable for low noise amplifiers for PCS and cellular handsets. Gain is 15.5 and 14 dB, and IC (max) is 10 and 30 mA, respectively. Noise figure is 1.1 dB at 2...

SOURCES 9 - 15 GHz Synthesizer The model MS5000-150 synthesizer operates over the frequency range from 9 to 15 GHz and features a switching speed of < 30 ns. Harmonics are > -60 dBc and spurious response is -40 dBc. Phase noise at 14 GHz is -120 dBc at...

TEST EQUIPMENT Radio Communication Analyzer Option The IS-136 option is now available for the company's model MT8801B radio communication analyzer. The new option extends the analyzer's ability to quickly perform dozens of tests that previously required several interconnected instruments to the evaluation of all analog and TDMA transmitter and...

SUBSYSTEMS Compressed Digital Video Exciter The DVE series Compressed Digital Video ExciterTM is reportedly the industry's first and most compact solution for satellite uplink applications. The unit integrates an all-in-one modulator and RF converter with DiviCom's MediaView MV10 program encoder. The result is a two-rack, fully integrated solution that...

SOFTWARE PC-based High Frequency Circuit Design Software Serenade version 7.0 software has been released for PC-based high frequency circuit design. The design suite offers integrated schematic, circuit analysis and layout capabilities in a single, easy-to-use graphical interface. The software's design capture permits analysis, optimization and physical design while taking...

Around the Circuit INDUSTRY NEWS Ansoft Corp. has successfully completed its acquisition of Boulder Microwave Technologies Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Ansoft will exchange a combination of stock and cash valued at approximately $1.5 M for all of Boulder Microwave's outstanding shares. The transaction is intended to...