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Technical Feature Computer-aided Design of Ultrabroadband 100 MHz to 20 GHz Amplifiers A.S. Virdee and B.S. Virdee Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Feature...

Technical Note Pulse Operation of Transmission Lines Including Skin-Effect Resistance Larry Giacoletto Please click here to view the pdf file of the Technical Note...

Around the Circuit INDUSTRY NEWS Radio-based solution and wireless telephony and data communication product manufacturer Allgon AB has acquired Wireless Solutions Sweden AB . Under the terms of the acquisition, the companies are expected to cooperatively develop products and services for third-generation systems for wireless communications, specifically EDGE and...

New Literature Power Product Booklet This booklet, 10 Hints for Using Your Power Supply to Decrease Test Time , provides suggestions to help engineers speed up testing time by making the most of the company’s power products. Agilent Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA (800)...

Components Voltage-variable Attenuators The models AV109-73 and AV110-73 GaAs IC FET voltage-variable attenuators provide greater than 30 dB of relative attenuation range at 900 and 1900 MHz, respectively. Both voltage-variable attenuators feature good linearity performance with a linear transfer curve of 10 dB/V slope and input/output SWR of less...

Amplifiers Broadband Power Amplifier Module This octave bandwidth L-band power amplifier module provides 15 W with an instantaneous bandwidth of 1 to 2 GHz and a small-signal gain of 12 dB. The amplifier module can be operated in either class A as a linear amplifier with an output power...

Amplifiers Broadband Power Amplifier Module This octave bandwidth L-band power amplifier module provides 15 W with an instantaneous bandwidth of 1 to 2 GHz and a small-signal gain of 12 dB. The amplifier module can be operated in either class A as a linear amplifier with an output power...

Device Noise Diode The model ST-1 small, low cost noise diode is utilized in a dithering circuit required for many high speed analog-to-digital converters. The surface-mount ST-1 has good unit-to-unit consistency and enables designers of commercial communications products to make use of noise to enhance receiver sensitivity, a luxury...

Hardware Stainless-steel Butterfly Hangers These stainless-steel butterfly hangers for use with LMR® flexible coaxial cables are available for cables sizes from LMR-400 (3/8") through LMR-1700 (1-1/4"). The hangers provide a versatile means of securing single runs of coax in a variety of tower and rooftop installation environments. Constructed entirely...

Integrated Circuits Internal HBT Process Capability This six-inch indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) process simplifies the formation of circuits by enabling circuit manufacturers to precisely etch emitter layers and provides a platform to develop more robust, high performance, reliable HBT circuits. InGaP HBT wafers exhibit higher...