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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced a major update to the Agilent 3GPP LTE Wireless Library for use with the company's Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. New uplink receiver models and improved uplink/downlink source models help wireless-systems designers and verification engineers speed development of the evolving 3GPP Long...

Testing microwave components over their respective operating temperature ranges can be a cumbersome and complicated task, as well as time consuming and costly. Fortunately, Sigma Systems has designed a family of products that makes the task much easier to accomplish, thereby reducing both cost and time, without sacrificing accuracy....

Picosecond Pulse Labs has introduced a new phase-matched balun. The Model 5310 uses proprietary technology that provides exceptional phase and amplitude matching (±0.5° phase match from 500 MHz to 2 GHz; ±0.1dB amplitude match from 100 MHz to 3.5 GHz). This performance represents a significant improvement over traditional transformer-based...

In the mid-1990s, the market clearly indicated a desire for more fully integrated waveguide related components and a development program to meet this need was begun. Credowan was in a strong position to offer key components in this development, particularly loop couplers and flexible waveguide. This article focuses on...

My initial reaction to the International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) several years ago was, “What a nightmare. I don’t want anything to do with it.” I quickly learned that there is no choice—the law is clear. Within those regulations resides the United States Munitions List (USML) beginning on...

In the 21 st Century the provision of secure, reliable communications and data is paramount in maintaining national and global security and the safe deployment and operation of military forces. This article outlines the vital role that microwave technology plays, giving examples that illustrate the practical deployment of microwave...

This article introduces the solid-state microwave technologies and techniques employed in modern radar receiver protector designs. A wide range of device examples are used to illustrate the technology and design concepts. Receiver protection in modern radars is playing an increasingly vital role in order to meet the challenges of...

Communications at mmW frequencies offers several unique and very potent advantages as well as some sizable disadvantages. In order to develop cost-effective, high performance links a solid understanding of the issues and in particular how to benefit from the advantages while mitigating the disadvantages is crucial. Reduced hardware size...

Military Brochure The revised military brochure from AR Modular RF features a family of booster amplifiers for tactical military radios that covers 30 to 512 MHz and 12 to 40 W. The family features several versions including manpack or vehicular mounted, manual or automatic band switching and a SINCGARS...

Recently Antenna Products Corporation faced the challenge of designing an antenna for a military application in the 5 to 6 GHz region. The application required an omnidirectional azimuth pattern and a relatively narrow beam in elevation. The antenna would have been difficult and expensive to design using conventional build...