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COMPONENTS Voltage Variable Attenuator The AT65-0009 voltage variable attenuator was developed to provide designers with a high performance solution in a small surface-mount package. The single package allows designers to minimize size and component count. The device has a minimum dynamic range of 25 dB and is contained in...

INDUSTRY NEWS Richard (Dick) J. Sheloff , a management leader in the RF power amplifier industry, passed away on August 8, 2002. He was 75 years old. Dick was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1950, he began his career at Polarad Corp., which manufactured one of the first...

Product Catalog This 128-page catalog offers readers a complete listing of the company's product line. Included in these are RF inductors, power inductors, EMI/RFI suppressors, transformers and specialty products. The catalog also highlights several new products that are now available. API Delevan, East Aurora, NY (716) 652-3600. Circle No....

Print Product Catalog This catalog includes new products, expanded datasheets with more comprehensive information and measurement curves, application notes and a complete listing of its international sales rep network. Although Mimix published a comprehensive print catalog in 2001, accelerated product launches, additional testing and measurement data, and a quickly...

Workshops & Courses RF Wireless System Design Fundamentals Topics : Digital wireless communication systems concepts and performance limitations, system degradation due to RF components, wireless communication system budget profiles, propagation losses and link budgets, and cost vs. performance issues. Site : Sunnyvale, CA Dates : February 3-5, 2003 Contact...

News From Washington NIST and National Federation of the Blind to Cooperate Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sam Bodman and National Federation of the Blind (NFB) president Marc Maurer announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the NFB will work together to test a...

International Report AMS Snares ATC/Airport Business The Anglo-Italian joint venture company Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) has announced new contracts with respect to the provision of instrument landing systems (ILS) for the US Air Force, a Doppler weather radar for South Korea's Meteorological Administration and two Advanced Surface Movement Guidance...

The Commercial Market New 3G Wireless Infrastructure Study Published Forward Concepts has announced the publication of what is probably the definitive in-depth study of the market and technology of the worldwide cellular infrastructure. The new report, "Wireless Infrastructure Technology and Markets: The Challenge of 3G," details infrastructure markets through...

Wireless Local Loops - Theory and Applications Peter Stavroulakis, Editor John Wiley & Sons Inc. 289 pages; $110 ISBN: 0-471-49846-7 This book presents the theoretical aspects and various practical applications of a new medium of transmission called wireless local loops (WLL) that is making a major impact in the...

The trend towards faster and higher frequency communications is driving the search for high reliability packaging solutions that satisfy ever more demanding performance requirements. However, when utilizing the packaging materials commonly available today, designers often come up against thermal, mechanical and/or cost barriers. To meet these demands, Osprey Metals,...