Articles by Microwave Journal

Acceleware Corp., a developer of high-performance computing (HPC) applications, and Synopsys Inc., a developer of software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, announced a new hardware solution that enables up to 20-times faster electromagnetic simulation of optoelectronic devices such as CMOS image sensors. The solution, which links Synopsys’s...

As the wireless handset market surpasses one billion units shipped per year, application processors are an increasingly important enabler of multimedia capabilities in high-end smartphones and feature phones. However, according to a recent study from ABI Research, this growing market will face several key challenges over the next several...

The US National Football League (NFL) has awarded Anritsu Co. a $500,000 contract to supply it with 36 MS2721B Spectrum Master™ handheld spectrum analyzers. The NFL’s Game Day Frequency Coordinators (GDC) will use the MS2721B spectrum analyzers to research, troubleshoot and analyze the RF spectrum at the league’s 32...

Saab Microwave Canada Ltd. has been awarded a service contract for support, repair and overhaul of the Canadian Navy’s Sea GIRAFFE 150 HC, a surveillance radar installed on the Halifax Class Frigates. Saab has been a service partner to the Canadian Navy since the early 1990s and this new...

NEC Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. have signed a framework contract with Italian mobile phone operator Wind for the supply of NEC's advanced PASOLINK NEO® point-to-point wireless access systems. Wind is one of the leading fixed-line, mobile and Internet operators in Italy, with more than 15 million mobile customers and...

To improve the security of more than eight million people and eventually cover an area of 3,600 km2, EADS Defence & Security has been awarded India’s first public security TETRA radio network contract by the police of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The new network will cover the region...

The Colombian Navy has acquired the Terma SCANTER 2001 surface surveillance radar for its Almirante Padilla Class Frigates. The radars will be part of a modernization program for the vessels and delivery will be in the first quarter of 2008. These radar systems are specifically designed to meet the...

Spectracom Corp. announced that the US Air Force's Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Wing has approved its NetClock 9383 precision GPS time server for synchronizing military networks. The 9383 is a network timing appliance that incorporates a Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) to meet requirements for reliability and security. With this...

Flomerics celebrates its 20th anniversary as an independent company this year. Flomerics is among among the oldest companies involved in computer aided engineering, and has just completed a fiscal year where it has achieved a new high in revenue and seen its worldwide customer base grow to over 2,500...

SiGe Semiconductor Inc. has announced two radio-frequency (RF) front-end modules for new wireless multimedia services in client access applications, including game consoles, desktop and laptop computers, and home access points. The SE2547A and SE2548A are complete 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN RF front-end modules providing all the functionality required between the transceiver...