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The global economic meltdown slowed year-on-year GaAs industry growth from its previous forecast of 9 percent down to 6 percent in 2008. With the market projected to contract again 5 percent year-on-year in 2009, gains made in 2008 will be effectively wiped out and the GaAs industry is projected...

Industry News MI Technologies , a provider of advanced engineering, wireless, precision instrumentation and measurement systems, announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase the majority of the assets and have exclusive rights to all IAM System’s designs and products. Since its inception, IAM Systems has been a...

Application Notes These free application notes provide insight into solving tough measurement problems in a unique way; in both the manufacturing and design environments. Offering the best combination of speed and scalability, and created and supported by renowned worldwide measurement experts, Agilent’s X products help engineers bring innovative, higher-performing...

WiFi/WiMAX Power Dividers BroadWave Technologies has expanded its WiFi/WiMAX power divider offering to include four-, six- and eight-way configurations. Model series 151-215-XXX are 50 Ohm, DC to 6 GHz, 1 W units with SMA female connectors. Insertion loss is 1 dB nominal for the four-way configuration across the DC...

Introduction to Communication Electronic Warfare Systems; Second Edition Richard Poisel Focusing mainly on the engineering aspects of communications electronic warfare (EW) systems, this thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular Artech House book offers a current and complete introduction to the subject. The second edition adds a wealth...

Amplifiers, Oscillators and Government Electronics Download the Puzzler Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 2 The frequency interval from 1 to 2 GHz (hyphenated) 4 802.16e (2 words) 8 The matching of the modulation, coding and other signal and protocol parameters to the conditions on the radio link (2 words)...

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Germany-based Sennheiser has successfully used Agilent’s Genesys RF and microwave design software and Momentum GX electromagnetic (EM) simulator to develop a series of third-generation, wireless multichannel audio receivers for on-stage professional vocal and musical performance. Sennheiser developed its high-end receivers of the evolution...

Dynamac Inc. , a full service precision CNC machine shop emphasizing high-speed CNC robotic machining, announced the addition of the latest in sophisticated high speed robotic vertical mills providing 24/7 "lights out" production. Dynamac offers two decades of experience in machining the housings/covers for amplifiers, attenuators and oscillators for...

The following booth numbers are complete at the time of going to press. 2 W 40 GHz Attenuator Aeroflex/Inmet releases the next generation of 40 GHz, 2.92 mm attenuators with extended power handling capability of a minimum of 2 W average power. The new offering compliments the current 0.5...

The following list is complete as of August 12, 2009. Exhibitors in bold have an ad in this issue. 2comu — 508 ABF Elettronica SRL — 911 ACCEL-RF — 917 Acreo AB — 103 Advanced Control Components — 517 Aeroflex — 308 Aeroflex/KDI Inc. — 715 AFT Microwave GmbH...