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Chip Directional Couplers for Wireless Applications Toko America Inc. Mt. Prospect, IL Numerous circuit locations exist in today's portable wireless telephones and equipment that require an RF sample voltage to be redirected to another part of the circuit. In the past, directional couplers were considered one of the more...

An RF Power Amplifier for Whole-body MRI Scanner Applications Communication Power Corp. Brentwood, NY Approximately 20 years have passed since the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. In that time, this once-ridiculed technology has become a mainstream medical imaging modality. Coupled with MRI's anatomical imaging capability is nuclear...

Broadband High Frequency SMT Packages Kyocera America Inc. San Diego, CA For many years, the electronics industry has been using surface-mount technology (SMT) components because of their ease of integration, low cost and standardization. One drawback has been the lack of a single broadband, low parasitic package to fit...

Precision Attenuators for Wireless Production Applications Trilithic Inc. Indianapolis, IN With "faster, cheaper" as their mantra, wireless telephone manufacturers are leaving no area of production untouched as they search for ways to improve throughput. Not surprisingly, production is an area frequently scrutinized since even modest reductions in test time...

A Starlet's Secret Life as Inventor Hedy Lamarr is being showered with honors for advancements in military communications based on her anti-jamming patent from the '40s. Peter Y. Hong Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Editor's Note: The following article by Peter Y. Hong is reprinted with permission from the...

Technical Feature Design Considerations for Multicarrier CDMA Base Station Power Amplifiers J.S. Kenney and A. Leke Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

Special Report Cost Analysis of Rework and Test Murat Eron Please click here to view the pdf file of the Special Report...

Technical Feature Device and Circuit Approaches for Next-generation Wireless Communications P. Asbeck, J. Mink, T. Itoh and G. Haddad Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

Fiber Optics Enhance Wireless Broadband System Deployment Henry Wojtunik Anacom Systems Corp. New Brunswick, NJ Wireless broadband systems are a perfect solution to today's multimedia network requirements. Broadband channels provide multiple video channel delivery, high speed Internet access, and voice and computer network extensions, including multichannel multipoint distribution systems...

Technical Feature A Simple GMSK Modulator for Microwave and Millimeter-wave Frequencies David M. Klymyshyn and Surinder Kumar Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...