Articles by Pat Hindle

Anritsu Co. introduced several new products at IMS 2009 including the MA24108A/MA24118A microwave USB power sensors that provide accurate average power measurements from 10 MHz to 18 GHz over 60 dB of dynamic range. Employing a “dual path” architecture to achieve True-RMS measurement similar to a thermal sensor over...

It is not surprising that the largest category of news items we received for the show was for amplifiers but I was a little taken back that is was almost a third of the bunch. Here are some of the various show news items for amplifier products: Narda’s Multifunction...

Below are some of the new switches, filters, duplexers, dividers and other front end products being highlighted at IMS 2009 including some exciting new tunable technologies: Trilithic Inc. released a small footprint diplexer for the DC to 2000 MHz band. Featuring low pass rejections of 60 dB minimum from...

Below is a summary of the test and measurement news that we came across just prior to the start of IMS 2009: Anritsu is highlighting their VectorStar premium series of microwave vector network analyzers (VNA). VectorStar delivers best-in-class frequency coverage of 70 kHz to 70 GHz, dynamic range of...

There is a broad range of design and modeling tools/solutions being promoted at IMS 2009. Here are some of the ones we came across: In the design and modeling area, Agilent is showcasing the following: Accurate Nonlinear Device Measurements: The Agilent PNA-X Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer (NVNA), based on...

One of the latest social networking sites starting to take hold in the business world is Twitter. At IMS 2009 we are encouraging everyone to join in the action with sharing ideas and insights using Twitter. Several companies and individuals are already Twittering about the show, so I would...

You can follow the MWJ editors on Twitter by following David Vye @mwjournal and me @pathindle . Freescale’s Leonard Pelletier is also joining the action and can be followed @RFLeonard . Enjoy the show and happy Twittering!...

The International CTIA WIRELESS 2009 event is where broadband communications come to life as the event was branded as “Mobile Life”. It embodied this name as new technologies rolled out to make broadband more widely adopted and seamless but another overriding theme was “Green Technology” especially when your featured...

Satellite 2009 took place March 24-27 in Washington, DC and was dubbed Solutions Start Here. It lived up to its billing of offering a glimpse into the future of the satellite-enabled communications market and the solutions new technology will provide. The conference sessions covered enterprise, military, commercial, broadcast, government,...

Is it a plane or a car - It's Both! ANSYS worked with Terrafugia to help design the world's first flying car. I not sure how they are going to license this but having one in heavy traffic would be a big plus. MWJ Blog Post>> Subscribe to MWJ Blog feed >>