Articles by Pat Hindle

Executive Interview with Joe Thomas

MWJ talks with President of M/A-COM Technology Solutions about the company's history and future.
Joseph Thomas has been serving in his most recent role as the President of M/A-COM Technology Solutions since September of 2007 when Cobham PLC acquired M/A-COM’s commercial business from Tyco Electronics*. He leads an organization that designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of radio frequency (RF) technology solutions...
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Give Us Your Opinion on Defected Ground Structures

Give Your Opinion on Defected Ground Structures

While Defected Ground Structures (DGS) may improve performance, these circuits are highly susceptible to the effects of the packaging. Publishing results which show improved performance but do not include the adverse (and real-world) effects introduced by packaging would mislead our readers and so we have made it a policy not to publish papers on DGS without measured results which include these effects. Let us know what you think of this policy by commenting on the MWJ Blog.

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Agilent Introduces End-to-End Measurement Solution for Mobile Handset Design

New Test Solution Spans Digital and RF Domains to Accelerate Development of LTE and WiMAX(tm) Wireless Devices
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the industry's first Digital Radio Frequency (DigRF) V4 test solution . It enables comprehensive stimulus and analysis for developers of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RF-IC) and baseband ICs (BB-IC) as well as integrators of wireless handsets. DigRF V4, driven by the MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface)...
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Agilent Technologies Introduces End-to-End DigRF V4 Measurement Solution for Mobile Handset Design

New Test Solution Spans Digital and RF Domains to Accelerate Development of LTE and WiMAX(tm) Wireless Devices

Agilent Technologies Introduces End-to-End DigRF V4 Measurement Solution for Mobile Handset Design

Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced the industry's first Digital Radio Frequency (DigRF) V4 test solution.

By Agilent Technologies Inc., Santa Clara, CA

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News Wrap Up - Week of Sept 29

Summary of the RF/Microwave news items for the week of Sept 29

News Wrap Up for the Week of Sept 29News wrap up

The news items for the week of Sept 29 were dominated by test and measurement as WiMAX World took place in Chicago. The show was busy but did not seem to have as much activity as last year as the WiMAX buzz has diminished a little with some struggling implementations and LTE coming on strong. Will the WiMAX buzz heat up again with some successful upcoming implementations or will LTE steal most of the headlines?

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EB Introduces Industry's First Radio Channel Emulator Platform To Take Next-Generation Wireless Testing Beyond Conformance

New emulator platform designed for wireless systems requiring wide bandwidths up to 125 MHz with MIMO for complete channel emulation of WiMAX, LTE, 4G and beyond
EB, a global technology leader in test tools for measuring, modeling and emulating radio channel environments, today announces a new radio channel emulation platform that exceeds the performance requirements for WiMAX, LTE and 4G testing to ensure that end users have the best possible wireless connection. EB Propsim F8,...
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News Wrap Up for the Week of Sept 1

Key industry reports and many new company announcements this week

News Wrap Up for Week of Sept 1News wrap up

Several key industry reports were issued this week plus many new acquisitions/agreements/contracts announced, but it was a relatively slow week for new product introductions (probably due to the Mon. holiday in the US).

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