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1. Introduction As wireless carriers start to move towards 4G mobile technology, it is placing huge demands on their backhaul infrastructure. The multiple, high-bandwidth, quality-sensitive services that carriers have planned for 4G technology requires an infrastructure that is packet-based, scalable and resilient, as well as cost-effective to install, operate...

I. INTRODUCTION The integrity of shielding enclosures is compromised by apertures and seams required for heat dissipation, cable penetration, and modular construction, among other possibilities [1]. These perforations allow energy to be radiated to the external environment from interior electronics, or energy coupled from the exterior to interfere with...

In a joint effort to help manufacturers build highly-optimized and differentiated products while reducing time to market and lowering cost, General Software and RadiSys Corp. announced a partnership to incorporate General Software's Embedded BIOS® with StrongFrame® Technology into the new RadiSys Procelerant® Z500 and future RadiSys COM Express modules....

Elcom Technologies Inc. announced a three year extension to an existing agreement for the company's PLL controlled oscillator design that provides extremely low phase noise and excellent MTBF. The total value of the agreement exceeds $6 M USD and reflects Elcom’s leadership in providing solutions for commercial test equipment...

Tensolite , of Carlisle Companies Inc., announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-owned Carlyle Inc. , a provider of sophisticated aerospace and network interconnection solutions. With annual sales of approximately $125 M, Carlyle is focused on manufacturing wire and cable harnesses, rack and panels, and...

AWR® and TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. , a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced Project JumpStart, a program designed to provide first-time AWR and TriQuint customers with a low cost introduction to the benefits of design and fabrication of gallium arsenide (GaAs) microwave monolithic integrated circuits...

The CVD Materials business of Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC) introduces high-purity silicon carbide (SiC) sputtering targets for physical vapor deposition (PVD) applications. The MAC SiC sputtering targets enable the deposition of high-purity SiC thin films for demanding applications such as the manufacturing of magnetic disk drive heads. Dielectric SiC...

EADS Defence & Security (DS) together with its local partner Integrated Energy Systems & Resources Inc. (IESRI), Manila, Philippines, has been awarded a contract to deliver one of the most advanced secondary radar systems for air traffic control purposes to the Philippine Air Transportation Office (ATO). The system, which...

C-MAC MicroTechnology , a leader in high-reliability electronic systems, modules and components for the automotive, aerospace, defense, high-reliability industrial, specialized communication and medical electronics industries, has enhanced its accredited UK testing facility with significant investment to provide a new solderability testing capability. Component failure at board level is often...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and NextWave Wireless Inc. , a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, announced that NextWave will use Agilent’s Wireless Networking Test Set to help accelerate the deployment of Mobile WiMAX devices based on NextWave’s chipsets. The two companies will collaborate to optimize the...