Articles by MWJ Staff

The Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies (GaAs) service report, “GaAs Device Opportunities from the SATCOM/VSAT Market: 2008-2013,” concludes that long design cycles and pent-up demand driven by the consumer sector will allow the very small aperture terminals (VSAT) market to weather the current economic storm better than...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and a provider of commercial satellites, announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide two new satellites to Intelsat, a provider of fixed satellite services (FSS) worldwide. The two satellites, Intelsat-19 and Intelsat-20, will be among the...

Escape Communications Inc., a developer of signal processing solutions for wireless communication products and systems, announced completion of a Gigabit Ethernet modem for millimeter-wave wireless transmission systems. This reconfigurable single chip modem is an all-digital modem specifically designed for compatibility with the European 250 MHz channel allocations for the...

Industry News Aeroflex and w2bi (Wireless to Business Integration) announced that they have entered into an agreement to pool their test expertise and technology for the joint development of a network certification platform for LTE mobile devices. The combination of Aeroflex’s highly successful 7100 LTE test system integrated with...

Design and Simulation Software A new version of the LINC2 Pro RF and microwave design and simulation software suite has been released by ACS. LINC2 V2.72 includes many new enhancements and upgrades, including new circuit models and simulation methods. Included among the many new enhancements are variable parameter sweeps,...

Components 14 to 18 GHz Bandpass Filter Model A65-MH004 is a 14 to 18 GHz bandpass filter. This filter has a 1 dB maximum insertion loss, 2:1 maximum VSWR, 10 W maximum operating power, and a stop band of -70 dB minimum from 0 to 11,900 MHz and 21...

E-GSM Diplexer Reactel part number 2DP-EGSM-900 is a diplexer for the E-GSM Band. This unit features passbands of 880 to 915 and 925 to 960 MHz with an in-band insertion loss of less than 1.2 dB. With 40 dB of isolation and minimum handling capability of 20 W, this...

High Gain MMICs The AE314 and AE312 are GaAs E-PHEMT MMICs with superior distortion characteristics aimed at the FTTx, CATV and broadcasting markets. The AE314 is a cascade amplifier with a typical gain of 22 dB. DC to 1 GHz, or DC to 2 GHz matching application is provided...

Detecting and Classifying Low Probability of Intercept Radar; Second Edition Phillip E. Pace This comprehensive book presents Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) radar design essentials, including ambiguity analysis of LPI waveforms, FMCW radar, and phase-shift and frequency-shift keying techniques. Moreover, it details new OTHR modulation schemes, noise radar and...

Satellite and MM Wave Applications Download the Puzzler Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 2 The process of recovering intelligence from a signal, some parameter of which was modified to carry the intelligence 4 The frequency interval from 12.4 to 18 GHz (hyphenated) 6 Joint Tactical Radio System 11 Block...