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The Book End Electrodynamics of Solids and Microwave Superconductivity Shu-Ang Zhou John Wiley & Sons Inc. 626 pages; $130 ISBN: 0-471-35440-6 Microwave superconductivity is of great interest now that practical applications are appearing in telecommunications and other areas. This book provides an introductory and comprehensive theoretical foundation for solid...

Inverted Mesa Fundamental-mode Crystals Champion Technologies Inc. Franklin Park, IL High frequency fundamental-mode crystals are increasingly in demand for applications such as precision high speed clocks, voltage-controlled crystal oscillators (VCXO) and voltage-controlled temperature-compensated crystal oscillators (VCTCXO). However, conventional crystal processing utilizing flat quartz blanks has limited the available frequency...

A Microwave Antenna Path-alignment Test Set XL Microwave Inc. Oakland, CA Microwave links require accurate path alignment to ensure proper operation. This process has traditionally required highly trained tower crews to physically align the antennas as well as ground technicians and complex and expensive test equipment to monitor the...

A Transceiver Chipset for 2.4 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Applications RF Micro Devices Greensboro, NC The 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band is coming of age, largely due to the coincidental emergence of three wireless local area network (LAN) standards. However, there are still relatively few...

Programmable Attenuator Subsystems Weinschel Corp. Frederick, MD Finally there is a low cost, easy-to-use programmable attenuator for use on the test bench or in subsystem applications. The new 8310 series SmartStep™ attenuator units represent a new concept in programmable attenuation that is both flexible and easy to program. The...

Technical Feature Digital Predistortion Techniques for RF Power Amplifiers with CDMA Applications Frank Zavosh, Mike Thomas, Chris Thron, Tracy Hall, Daniel Artusi, David Anderson, David Ngo and David Runton Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

Technical Feature Understanding Offset 8-PSK Modulation for GSM EDGE Ashkan Mashhour Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

Technical Feature Impedance Measurements for High Power RF Transistors Using the TRL Method Jean-Jacques Bouny Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

Microwave MCM-C Utilizing Low Loss LTCC and Photo-patterning Processes Microwave applications at frequencies in excess of 1 GHz, such as wireless devices, are well suited to ceramic construction. Other circuit fabrication technologies do not exhibit the same balance of low loss, precise geometries, cost and reliability. In addition, ceramic...

Technical Feature High Efficiency Power Amplifer Design Using GaAs Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors A.S. Virdee and B.S. Virdee Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...