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Industry News Microsemi Corp ., a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Zarlink Semiconductor Inc . announced that 0916753 B.C. ULC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Microsemi, has accepted the tender of and is acquiring 123,438,737 Zarlink shares, representing approximately 96...

The cellular infrastructure equipment is subject to intense pricing and size pressures. Recently, a Rubik's Cube size base station has been demonstrated. 1 Both cost and size can benefit from reducing the number of circuit elements in a function block. Low noise amplifiers (LNA), fabricated using contemporary semiconductor technologies,...

Due to the explosive growth of various wireless communication services, today's microwave communication systems often require multi-band operations. For example, global systems for mobile communications (GSM) operate at both 900 and 1800 MHz, IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11b wireless local area networks (WLAN) products operate in the unlicensed industrial,...

Cavity perturbation techniques 1,2 have been widely used for the measurement of dielectric properties at microwave frequencies. The fundamental concept of this technique is that the presence of a small volume of dielectric sample in the resonant cavity will not significantly perturb the electromagnetic field around the loaded sample...

ANTENNAS Liu, Cheng-yuan, Ying-song Li, Tao Jang and Xiao-dong Yang "Compact CPW-fed UWB Antenna with a Notched Band Characteristic," No. 8, p. 104. Mobashsher, A.T., M.T. Islam and N. Misran "Loaded Annular Ring Slot Microstrip Antenna for Wideband and Multi-band Operation," No. 9, p. 146. Popovic, Nenad and Ivana...

Wireless Design and Test Gain greater insight into wireless design and test with the new 24/7 Agilent Wireless Videos page. The site is designed to give information about wireless test for greater understanding of the wireless connectivity technologies with a full range of design and test solutions. Visit www.agilent.com/find/wirelessvideos....

New Waves: Industrial, Scientific and Medical Applications SPDT Coaxial Switch The 2EL Series SPDT coaxial switches features SMA connectors and operates at a frequency range from DC to 18 GHz and the 2ELE Series operates at DC to 26.5 GHz. Both series are available with failsafe and latching self...

Advanced RF MEMS Edited by Stepan Lucyszyn Radio frequency microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS) can offer superior RF performance over more conventional solid-state electronic devices and can help to implement advancements within a broad range of applications, from ubiquitous smart sensor networks to mobile handsets. Moreover, they can substantially reduce...

Math, Science and Logic Puzzles - for the "enginerd" in all of us Download the Puzzler (PDF) Rocket Launch Why are the European Ariane rockets launched from the Korou site in French Guiana, South America, and not from some place in Europe where the rockets are built? The Pzzls...

SRI Connector Gage , Melbourne, FL, announced two new 45 degree connectors for the RF/microwave industry: • SMA plug to SMA jack 20-921-2300-00 with performance up to 27 GHz and a VSWR 1.2: 1. Made of SST, corrosion resistant, non magnetic 303, per ASTM A484 and A582. • TNC...