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Planar Electronics Technology (PET) announced the recent acquisition of Planar Filter Co. (PFC). This acquisition will allow Planar Electronics Technology to continue supplying filters, switch filter banks and filter assemblies to the RF/microwave community. For several years Planar Electronics Technology has been using Planar Filter Co. as its sole...

The following booth numbers are complete as of July 19, 2006. Electromagnetic Design System The Electromagnetic Design System (EMDS) 2006A makes full 3D EM simulation an economical option for designers working with RF circuits, MMICs, PC boards, modules and signal integrity applications. EMDS provides the best price performance 3D...

Application Note This free power limiter application note, “Protect your Investment with Agilent Power Limiters,” features the importance of power limiters and how limiters can help protect their sensitive test equipment and components. This paper discusses limiter basics including applications and characteristics for maximum protection and the company’s latest...

Introduction to RF Propagation John S. Seybold Wiley Interscience • 345 pages; $79.95 With the rapid expansion of wireless consumer products, there has been a considerable increase in the need for radio-frequency (RF) planning, link planning and propagation modeling. This book serves as an introduction to RF propagation and...

Bradford RF Sales has been formed as a manufacturer's representative firm for New England. Mike Crittenden, owner, was the former director of sales for Microwave Development Co. and had over eighteen years with the company selling to military and commercial customers. He can be reached at (978) 521-1701 or...

Unlike other numerical simulation areas like stress or thermal analysis, high frequency computational electromagnetics is an evolving science. Experts still argue about the fastest and most elegant approaches to solving problems and no single method has emerged as an outright winner. To make headway, development teams have to invest...

Virtual Field Monitor The virtual field monitor provides a graphical user interface that allows control of all probe function and displays probe data and status. It simultaneously controls and operates up to four probes – a combination of AR’s three laser or six battery-powered E and H field probes...

The ZigBee™ Alliance , a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in home, commercial and industrial applications, announced it has reached three key milestones with its members shipping more than 10,000 developer kits, certified its 13th ZigBee Compliant Platform (ZCP), while processing 29,000+ free downloads of...

Andrew Corp. has opened a new manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic for the production of base station antennas for wireless operators in the Europe, Middle East, Africa region. The new Brno plant is a significant expansion of Andrew’s European presence and enhances the company's ability to support locally...

Published August 07, 2006 You be the expert: The answers to the July Question of the Month are below Jayesh Nath from Harris Corp. has submitted this month’s question: What is the proper usage of diplexer and duplexer? From: Simon Zhou, Mitec Telecom Inc. Dear Jayesh, Diplexer is a...