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New Literature Short Form Catalog This eight-page catalog features the company's waveguide couplers, waveguide components, waveguide terminations, phase shifters, variable attenuators, coaxial components and custom products. Photographs, schematics, specifications and ordering information are provided. Advanced Technical Materials Inc. (ATM), Patchogue, NY (631) 289-0363. Circle No. 200 RF and Microwave...

Web Update RF Coaxial Connectors This Web site offers pricing and delivery for over 2800 RF coaxial connectors, including connectors in stock throughout the company's nationwide distributor network. The site also features downloadable catalog information and a "virtual tour" of the company's newly expanded facilities. Applied Engineering Products (AEP),...

Workshops & Courses Optoelectronics Advanced Technology Workshop Topics: Optoelectronics packaging, alignment, bonding and interconnect issues, signal routing and integration, optoelectronics case studies and applications, standardization issues and needs. Site: Bethlehem, PA Dates: October 11-14, 2001 Contact: IMAPS, 611 2nd St., NE, Washington, DC 20002 (703) 758-1060 or e-mail: IMAPS@imaps.org....

News From Washington ESC, AFA to Sponsor Air Force C2 Summit Some of the Air Force's top leaders will plot a road map for integrating the service's command and control enterprise at the Air Force Command and Control Summit co-sponsored by the Electronic Systems Center and the Paul Revere...

International Report Martin Streetly, International Correspondent Boeing-IBM Team Claim World's Most Powerful Satellite DCP A team comprising Boeing Satellite Systems and computer giant IBM claimed to have created the world's most powerful satellite-based, digital communications processor (DCP) for use in a Boeing-built satellite that has been supplied to United...

The Commercial Market Broadband Fixed Wireless Market Declined 35 Percent in 1Q01 Sales of broadband fixed wireless, point-to-multipoint equipment declined 35 percent quarter to quarter to $150 million in 1Q01, according to a Dell'Oro Group report. Alcatel continued its leadership with a 35 percent market share. According to the...

The Book End The RF and Microwave Handbook Mike Golio, Ed. CRC Press LLC 1368 pages; $139.95 ISBN: 0-8493-8592-X The purpose of the RF and Microwave Handbook is to provide a single-volume comprehensive reference for modern microwave and RF engineers. It is the result of contributions of 91 experts...

Product Feature 220 to 325 GHz Vector Network Analysis Oleson Microwave Labs (OML) Morgan Hill, CA A new pair of vector network analyzer (VNA) frequency extension modules, covering 220 to 325 GHz, is being introduced along with a precision waveguide calibration kit. The models V03VNA-T/R and V03VNA-T are compatible...

Product Feature A Compact High Power SSPA for Satellite Communication Applications Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc., ADVANTECH Dorval, QC, Canada Today's emerging satellite broadband applications require high power amplifiers. In recent years, significant advances have been made in solid-state technology that have resulted in solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA) becoming a...

Cover Feature Low Cost Plastic MMIC VCOs Hittite Microwave Corp. Chelmsford, MA Fig. 1 Ku-band VCO on an evaluation PCB. A breakthrough in monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) design and manufacturing technology has occurred with the introduction of a new multifunction VCO product line. The new VCO's phase noise...