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Welcome to Philadelphia, home of the 2003 International Microwave Symposium! The fifth-largest city in the United States and the second largest on the East Coast, Philadelphia (known from June 8-13, 2003 as Microwave Metropolis) is one of the world's most dynamic destinations. In Philadelphia, you will be at the...

This year the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) and Exhibition will be held in Philadelphia, PA at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Although the MTT-S Symposium was hosted by the Philadelphia Chapter of MTT-S at Cherry Hill, NJ in 1976, this is the first time the IMS will be...

Philadelphia, nestled between New York City and Washington, DC, has at times been overlooked or forgotten when noting major US cities. But since it is one of America's oldest cities (1682), Philly has had, I guess you could say, a little head start over other towns. No wonder she...

The following list is complete as of April 9, 2003. 7 Layers.......... 2619 A-Alpha Waveguide Co........... 2410 AC Microwave.......... 1048 Accent Optical Technologies.......... 2010 Accumet Engineering Corp........... 2406 ACE Technology.......... 1949 Actipass Co. Ltd........... 2251 Advance Reproductions Corp........... 2404 Advanced Control Components.......... 2519 Advanced Power Technology RF.......... 1148 Advanced...

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This article is intended to provide insight into the effective operation of variable gain amplifiers (VGA) in automatic gain control (AGC) applications. Figure 1 is a general block diagram for an AGC loop. The input signal passes through the VGA to produce the output level to be stabilized. The...

2003 IEEE MTT-S IMS Technical Program The detailed program of events is available at www.ims2003.org ....

Assessing mixer spurs reliably can enable first-cut success in communication hardware design with reduced development time and product cost. The tools used to determine these spurs must be able to manipulate LO, RF and IF frequencies concurrently over their continuous bandwidths. These tools can be either standard graphical charts...

The latest line of Focus Microwaves’ tuners features a completely redesigned control electronics based on a powerful real-time microprocessor that is capable of controlling up to six motors simultaneously. The iTuners are programmed via a TCP/IP interface, thus no dedicated external hardware is required and any computer with a...

In-Stat/MDR estimates that US enterprise businesses (firms with 1000 or more employees) spent more than $225 B on information technology (IT) in 2002, up three percent from 2001 estimates. By 2006, In-Stat/MDR estimates that enterprise firms will spend nearly $256 B on information technology products, services and personnel. Enterprises...