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TEST EQUIPMENT Loop Test Translator The model AS-2529 loop test translator replaces the satellite link during system tests and allows uplink equipment to be tested off line to avoid expensive satellite time and transponder interference. Signals at Ku-band (14 to 14.5 GHz) are translated to L-band (950 to 1450...

SUBSYSTEMS High Performance Bit Synchronizer The model PC335 full-function, 10 Mbps tunable bit synchronizer module for signal recovery of a noisy pulse code modulation data system is equipped with an output that provides a clean reconstructed serial data stream and coherent clock. The unit is tunable over the bit...

SOFTWARE Design Automation Software Version 13 of the company's Windows-based electronic design automation software is designed for use in developing analog, digital and mixed PCBs. The software provides integrated schematic capture, PCB layout, and high performance autorouting and autoplace applications. Program and tutorial files, and context-sensitive on-line product documentation...

PROCESSING EQUIPMENT Dicing Saw This high precision dicing saw utilizes software that displays all dicing parameters simultaneously in an organized fashion for convenient management. The software provides a graphics view of the chuck and wafer (size and location) to illustrate alignment locations and the proposed placement of cuts. New...

Catalog Update   RF Component Catalog This 24-page catalog contains information on RF components, including amplifiers, attenuators, detectors, linearizers and switches, as well as the Ax Cascade computer-aided scientific amplifier design element. Specifications are listed. Outline drawings are provided. Amplifonix, Philadelphia, PA (215) 464-4000.   Duplexer and Bandpass Filter...

News From Washington Raytheon Awarded $54 M for Army Communications Programs Raytheon Electronic Systems has received a contract from the US Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM), Fort Monmouth, NJ, which is valued at $44 M. The contract provides for Raytheon's development, manufacture, installation and provision of logistics support...

International Report HOT BIRD 3 Scheduled for September Launch The European Television Satellite (EUTELSAT) provider's HOT BIRD 3 television (TV) broadcast satellite was scheduled to be launched in September aboard an Ariane rocket fired from Kourou, French Guyana. HOT BIRD 3 was developed by the Franco-British Matra Marconi Space...

The Commercial Market First Global Personal Satellite Communications Service Introduced COMSAT Personal Communications has announced global coverage for its Planet 1SM personal communications service, which uses portable, notebook-sized satellite telephones to provide voice, fax and data communications worldwide. The service is carried over four International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT)-3...

The Book End  Wireless and Personal Communications Systems Vijay K. Garg and Joseph E. Wilkes Prentice Hall PTR 445 pages; $68 The emerging personal communications service (PCS) will enable users to transfer all forms of information economically between any desired location. This book describes the personal communications network (PCN)...

Versatile PCS/DCS Patch Antennas Cushcraft Corp. Manchester, NH Today's personal communications service (PCS) and digital communications system (DCS) operators need to expand coverage and capacity while controlling infrastructure costs. The microcells, picocells and repeaters require a low cost, high performance antenna to provide concentrated coverage for PCS and DCS...