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Z-Communications Inc. , a leader in VCO and PLL technology since 1987, announced the appointment of Mahadevan Sridharan (Sri) as its president. Sri was previously vice president of engineering and marketing of Z-Communications. He holds a PhD degree in microwave circuit design and brings with him a wealth of...

Fairchild Semiconductor has expanded its Global Power Resource™ design centers to nine worldwide with the addition of a facility in São Paulo, Brazil. This new design center responds to the burgeoning high technology markets in South America. Fairchild is focusing on the South American region, projected by WSTS to...

Published June 7, 2006 From: Devendra Chitguppa, BEL Bangalore What is the relation between CW (unmodulated carrier power) and modulated carrier power in the case of BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 32QAM, 64QAM, 128QAM and 256QAM? Dear Devendra, The theoretical modulation losses for various schemes are a function not only of...

Published June 6, 2006 In an effort to better combine the editorial content of our magazine with our newly developed and retooled on-line presence, we have decided to expand Harlan's RF and microwave engineering advice into a monthly feature that appears in Microwave Journal. Harlan has selected one question...

Published June 6, 2006 In an effort to better combine the editorial content of our magazine with our newly developed and retooled on-line presence, we have decided to expand Harlan's RF and microwave engineering advice into a monthly feature that appears in Microwave Journal. Harlan has selected one question...

Spacek Labs Inc. applauds the stellar performance of its W-band front-end components on NASA’s CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar satellite. The company provided the LO source active X6 multiplier and both the up and downconverting mixers for the first satellite-based, millimeter-wave cloud radar. The satellite was successfully launched on April...

The RF to Light 100 rose 1% last week, YTD + 10% at 2321. ADC Telecomm shares dropped 23% after saying it would buy Andrew Corp. in deal valued at $2 B. Andrew shares remained unchanged. Shares of communications services rose broadly providing a haven amid turbulence. Most market...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it will support the US Navy 's Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) program beyond the 20-year production support contract to the year 2015. CASS is a high performance, standardized test environment that is used onboard aircraft carriers and at other locations to test and...

EADS Astrium and Lockheed Martin have signed a teaming agreement to ensure interoperability of the Global Positioning System (GPS) III and the European Galileo Satellite Navigation programs — the world’s two most important upcoming satellite navigation systems. As leading space system suppliers, the companies will perform systems engineering and...

AMD announced that it plans to expand its microprocessor manufacturing capacity over the next three years by adding additional 300 millimeter wafer production capabilities in Dresden through the implementation of three new projects. AMD’s newest fabrication facility will come online through a major transformation of the company’s existing Fab...