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New applications, competition and technology developments are expected to propel the Wi-Fi chip market from $900 M in 2004 to $2.1 B in 2009, according to “Wi-Fi Component Forecast and Vendor Share,” from Strategy Analytics. The continuing reduction in Wi-Fi radio chip prices, increasing integration and adoption of front-end...

Negative-Refraction Metamaterials: Fundamental Principles and Applications George V. Eleftheriades and Keith G. Balmain, Eds. Wiley-IEEE Press 433 pages; $74.95 ISBN: 0-471-60146-2 Metamaterials represent an exciting emerging research area that promises to bring about important technological and scientific advancements in diverse areas such as telecommunications, radar and defense, nanolithography with...

In an increasingly global marketplace what defines the European microwave industry? What technologies are at the forefront? Where is the potential for growth and development? And can Europe compete with the boom of activity in developing economies? Globalisation — a much used term — is a fact of economic...

Paris is renowned for its delicious food and fine wines, and in the first week of October the city will also serve up a mouth-watering array of technology and innovation as the CNIT La Défense, International Conference and Exhibition Centre plays host to the 8th European Microwave Week. The...

The Eiffel Tower is an instantly recognisable landmark and symbol of the vibrant city of Paris, and although European Microwave Week is a good few hundred years younger, similarly it has begun to establish itself as a landmark event for the industry, where the focus is on Europe but...

Paris is a city with something traditional, new, unusual or surprising around every corner, be it monuments, architecture, historic avenues, parks and gardens or even shops. There are the well-known landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Arc de Triomphe and the Pompidou Centre. Museums and art galleries exhibit...

The direct conversion (homodyne) transceiver architecture is gaining popularity. It allows more flexibility in a multi-band and multi-mode complex receiver system. It is a low cost solution, compared with the traditional heterodyne receiver, because the entire IF stage signal processing is eliminated. However, the problem of DC offset, poor...

Industry News Agilent Technologies Inc. and privately held Eagleware Corp. , which does business as Eagleware-Elanix, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire substantially all of the assets and business of Eagleware-Elanix, a provider of system and circuit design software for the communications industry....

Microwave Components This Web site details the company’s wide array of broadband, microwave and wireless components. In addition to the product descriptions, downloadable data sheets are available for products including: attenuators up to 50 GHz with power handling to 300 W, DC blocks and bias tees for LMDS and...

The US Navy has approved Northrop Grumman Corp.’s AN/SLQ-32(V) Electronic Surveillance Enhancement (ESE) for low rate initial production. John Young, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, gave the “go-ahead” after ESE met or exceeded all test objectives during its operational assessment. Under a $14.9...