Microwave Journal

Passive RF and Microwave Integrated Circuits Leo G. Maloratsky Newnes — An imprint of Elsevier 368 pages; $69.99 ISBN: 0-7506-7699-X The last four decades have been marked by the rapid development of RF and microwave integrated circuits, which offer the advantages of compact, lightweight designs with enhanced performance, higher...

Log-periodic Antenna The Radiant Arrow™ AT2526 is a wideband, high gain, log periodic antenna of proprietary design. The AT2526 covers the 26 to 250 MHz frequency band and accepts up to 15 kW input, making it suitable for high field generation and large EUT testing. It also works well...

Industry News NATEL Engineering Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Scrantom Engineering Inc. , Costa Mesa, CA, a Solectron company. The new company, now known as Scrantom Inc., a NATEL company, will become an integral part of NATEL's broad capabilities in microelectronic packaging. Scrantom Inc. will...

Selection Guide The "Digital, Design and Debug Solutions 2003 Selection Guide" focuses on tough challenges in FPGA-based systems. The product set includes oscilloscopes with bandwidths ranging from 60 MHz to 6 GHz. To obtain a free copy, go to www.agilent.com/find/bi. Agilent Technologies Inc., Palo Alto, CA (800) 452-4844, www.agilent.com....

Product Data Sheet This data sheet provides complete detail on the precision noise system series, AU3200. The data sheet highlights the AU3200's complete noise characterization, system configuration and PNS in-fixture or on-wafer testing support and how to achieve maximum accuracy. Product photographs, ordering information and preliminary system specifications are...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a seven-year contract by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide enterprise-wide information technology solutions and services. The contract, valued at up to $465 M, will serve the Atlanta-based CDC and its sister organization, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry....

Raytheon Co. has received a US Navy contract for the first phase of a two-phase process to develop the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Multi-band Terminal (NMT), the Navy's most advanced satellite communication (SATCOM) system. The company's initial funding increment is $3.1 M; the program's total value is expected...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully conducted the first communication between the US air Force's Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system and a manned airborne battle management platform. The company-funded event demonstrated a new architecture concept called the Advanced Information Architecture (AIA), which would allow Global Hawk imagery and other...

Raytheon Co. has been awarded an additional $59 M to its Global Broadcast Service (GBS) contract by the US Air Force's Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, MA, extending services through December 2005. Raytheon will perform the work at various customer sites with management and administrative support out of...

The need for secure, speedy and on-demand video, voice and data — the "triple play" — has propelled cable multiple service operators (MSOs), telcos and the consumer electronics (CE) industry to develop and distribute the means to transmit this information to users worldwide. The technology firm ABI forecasts that...