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Paciwave has developed a new family of ultra low loss PIN diode RF switches for military and instrumentation applications that feature high switching speed, high isolation and excellent VSWR. The model PSW10-0119-31-11 is a SP10T switch that covers the RF band from 1.5 to 18.5 GHz, is TTL controlled...

Nano Materials International has introduced aluminum diamond metal matrix composites (MMC) for use as heat spreaders that can reduce GaN junction temperatures by up to 25 percent, has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) close to that of SiC and metallization well suited for die attach. They also have...

Capabilities Brochure This capabilities brochure features Aethercomm's three major product lines: RF amplifier modules, RF subsystems and RF systems. The major classes of RF amplifier modules are broadband high power, linear high power and high power pulsed amplifiers. The products are employed in electronic warfare, radar and communication systems...

Electromagnetic Spectrum Domain Priority Electronic Warfare uses the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) in three roles across air, sea, and land warfare domains; Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Protection (EP), and Electronic Warfare Support (ES). Electronic Attack (EA) involves the use of EM energy to attack enemy forces, facilities and equipment with...

Agilent Technologies would like to bring to Microwave Journal readers’ attention a recent set of statements that was made by National Instruments during NI week and through videos posted on YouTube. Agilent RF and microwave experts have reviewed the comparisons for ACPR dynamic range and speed, third order inter-modulation...

Overhaul of U.S. Export Control The Obama Administration has launched a very comprehensive and well thought-out game plan to modernize the complex and often confusing United States Export Control System's set of Rules and Regulations. The administration's plan for Export Control Reform (ECR) — to make the system work...

Satellite and radio waveforms can utilize custom/proprietary formats with modulation bandwidths beyond 1 GHz for increased data rates. Generating custom waveforms with wide modulation bandwidths can present challenges, especially when excellent signal fidelity is required and when distortions must be kept to a minimum. Traditional signal generators can provide...

The demands placed on modern communications systems for transmitting wideband signals at high quality are growing in both the civil and military sectors. The performance of such systems crucially depends on achieving constant magnitude and linear phase versus frequency of the transmission coefficient within the useful band. Measuring the...

Modern microwave communication systems have to comply with hard requirements for small size, low cost and reduced power consumption. In order to obtain a final system with such specifications, a commonly used approach is the combination of some functionalities of the system on a single circuit, reducing the number...

A diplexer is an essential component in frequency-division duplex (FDD) wireless communication systems. Typical requirements of modern diplexers are compact size, good return loss, low insertion loss and high isolation between two passbands. Packaged diplexers are usually preferred because they can easily be integrated into transceiver subsystems. Therefore, the...