Articles by MWJ Staff

The Puzzler - June 2010

Semiconductors/ MMICs/ RFICs Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 3 Largest pure play GaAs foundry (2 words) 8 Class of in-phase, equal power split, N-way power divid- ers combines resistive and reactive dividers (2 words) 9 A fourth metal terminal added to a FET structure and biased to improve device...
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IMS INSIDER June 3, 2010

MTT-S IMS 2010: Post-show Coverage If this page does not display correctly, go to www.mwjournal.com June 3, 2010 MTT-S IMS 2010: Making Waves in California Much of the success of the IMS is the yearly draw of engineers to the industry's premier technical content. The volunteers of the technical...
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IMS INSIDER May 24, 2010

IMS 2010 Show Coverage: Interview with IMS 2010 Chair If this page does not display correctly, go to www.mwjournal.com May 24, 2010 Interview with MTTS IMS 2010 Chair JK McKinney We were pleased that the MTTS IMS 2010 Chairman, JK McKinney, was able to find a few minutes to...
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IMS INSIDER May 25, 2010

IMS 2010 Show Coverage: ARFTG Conference Highlights If this page does not display correctly, go to www.mwjournal.com May 25, 2010 75th ARFTG Conference Highlights Ken Wong, Conference Chair Since its inception in 1972, the Automatic RF Techniques Group (ARFTG) has worked to create a constructive forum and voice for...
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IMS INSIDER May 26, 2010

A Look Inside This Year's IMS 2010 If this page does not display correctly, go to www.mwjournal.com May 26, 2010 IEEE MTT-S IMS 2010 May 23-28, Anaheim, California A Look Inside This Year's IMS 2010 Much of the success of the IMS is the yearly draw of the industry's...
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IMS INSIDER May 17, 2010

IMS 2010 Pre-show Coverage: RFIC Symposium If this page does not display correctly, go to www.mwjournal.com May 17, 2010 2010 RFIC Symposium: RF Design for New Horizons Yann Deval, 2010 RFIC General Chair Welcome to the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, which will take place in Anaheim,...
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The Book End

Discrete Oscillator Design: Linear, Nonlinear, Transient, and Noise Domains Randall W. Rhea This is Randy Rhea’s third book on oscillator design and is motivated by a decade of advancement in the state-of-the-art, his additional design experience and questions/feedback from his students. Discrete Oscillator Design: Linear, Nonlinear, Transient, and Noise...
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The Puzzler - May 2010

Amplifiers and Oscillators Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 1 PLL (3 words) 4 Short term variations of a signal with respect to its ideal position in time 6 A rate change in free running VCO frequency, when the power supply level changes (2 words) 8 Solid State Power Amplifier...
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Strategy Analytics IMS 2010 Seminar

Enabling Trends for Semiconductor Technologies in the Defense Industry
Presenter: Asif Anwar, Director Strategic Technologies Practice Date: Tuesday, 25th May 2010 The presentation will focus on enabling trends in the defense industry that are shaping the future use of GaAs, SiGe and GaN technologies in this key sector. Key topics that will be discussed include: - Communications, radar...
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