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INTEGRATED CIRCUITS RFICs These RFICs provide all the major system blocks for digital, cellular, PCS and digital cordless telephone applications. Eight silicon-based versions are available that are divided into four families. The TRF1xxx series receivers feature conversion from RF to IF and a nominal supply voltage of 3.75 V;...

SOURCES Surface-mount TCVCXO The model CTO-2605AH2 temperature-compensated, voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (TCVCXO) is available in a slimline SMT package 2.5 mm high, allowing downsizing of mobile telephones, modems and other mobile and fixed-line communications equipment. The device is available in a range of frequencies from 9.6 to 36 MHz, and...

TEST EQUIPMENT Analytical Test Station The model S8 eight-inch analytical test station is well suited for probing applications where laboratory space is limited. With standard fixed plates and miniature light-tight enclosures, this stainless-steel prober is suitable for applications that require dark and electrically quiet environments such as low current...

SUBSYSTEMS Arbitrary Rate Resampler The model 1000 AR-XX arbitrary rate resampler resamples digital data from one sample rate to another in either a fixed or adaptive mode. The system accepts arbitrary input and output sample rates and has a resampling range from 16:1 to 1:32. Available mother boards include...

Catalog Update Substrate Material Brochure This six-page brochure describes performance advantages offered by the company's new 25N series substrate material developed for high speed, high frequency, volume commercial PWBs. Typical application examples and product photographs are provided. Arlon, Materials for Electronics, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (909) 987-9533. RF and Microwave...

News From Washington Bell Labs Researchers Demonstrate Projection Electron Beam Lithography Researchers at Bell Laboratories, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies, used their SCALPEL™ system, a development effort supported in part by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and SEMATECH, in the first demonstration of step-and-scan...

International Report Logica to Demonstrate Expert Application for Maritime Patrol Aircraft UK contractor Logica has been awarded a multimillion-pound contract from the UK's Ministry of Defence for a technology demonstration of an expert system designed to offer advice to maritime patrol aircraft operators engaged in anti-submarine and anti-surface ship...

The Commercial Market Third-quarter US Electronic Sales Rise 11.6 Percent The Electronics Industry Association (EIA) reports that US factory sales of electronics equipment, components and related products amounted to more than $336 B through the third quarter of 1997, rising more than 11 percent over sales for the same...

The Book End Microwave and Wireless Synthesizers: Theory and Design Ulrich L. Rohde John Wiley & Sons Inc. 638 pages; $98 The use of frequency synthesizers has increased dramatically in the last few years as a result of RF and microwave wireless applications. This book presents both up-to-date theory...

An IFM Receiver on a Single PCB Anaren Microwave Inc. East Syracuse, NY Instantaneous frequency measurement (IFM) devices traditionally have been large, cumbersome assemblies comprising multiple PCBs with the RF sections, and analog and digital circuitry located on separate boards. This configuration is both complicated and costly, and results...