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February 2002 Cover Story
3G Around the world and back again
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By Raqibul Mostafa, Fakhrul Alam and Kyung Kyoon Bae The emergence of the 3G standard is a mandate to provide higher data rate and better spectrum efficiency. This standard is designed to overcome many of... Editorial
Who invented radio?
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By Don Bishop Editorial Director Who do you think invented radio? Harold Kinley, a contributing editor to our Wireless Telecommunications Group of magazines (of which RF Design is a member)... RF in Ernest
There are days I could really use this
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM, by Ernest Worthman technology editor eworthman@primediabusiness.com Mind control It has been the fodder for countless science-fiction books, stories and movies. Now it seems science fiction is rapidly approaching science... Features — Amplifiers
Adaptive DC power management for HBT PAs in CDMA handsets
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By James A. Roche, Richard M. Healy, Gary Hau, Ph.D., and Sara A. Caron In today's wireless handset market, extending battery life for increased standby and talk time continues to be a paramount goal. Because battery technology... Features — Embedded Technology
Debugging embedded SoC systems
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By Michael Johnson, Neil Puthuff Ever-advancing semiconductor technology has pulled together many system design elements that were once separate devices. Processors merged with peripherals.... Features — Software
software
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Instrument software tests components to 1xEV-DO In recognition of the growing acceptance of the 1xEV-DO (1x Evolution-Data Only) enhancement to the cdma2000... Features — Test and Measurement
802.11b/a - A physical medium comparison
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By John Hansen The sky appears to be the limit for wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies. WLANs provide a good fit for the usage model aimed at high-bandwidth... News
World handset RF semiconductor market grows
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM The current synchronized global economic downturn and the consequent softening in demand for wireless handsets has resulted in significant contraction...
FCC allocates additional spectrum for wireless
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order reallocating 27 MHz of spectrum transferred from...
Kudos, comments and concerns
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By Roger Lesser editor rlesser@primediabusiness.com Kudos It's always a pleasure to bring attention to individuals who warrant it. Sometimes that's not a good thing. In my last few columns, I've attempted...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Hittite Microwave opens second international office, Hittite Microwave, Chelmsford, MA, has opened a second international sales office, Hittite Microwave...
HOT WEB SITE
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Web site connects engineer, supplier GlobalSpec connects electrical, mechanical and optical engineers as well as purchasing and R&D professionals with...
Contreras wins Radio Club's President's award
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Mercy Contreras, publisher of RF Design, was chosen to receive the President's Award from the Radio Club of America (RCA). Steve Aldinger, the club's...
Survey shows wireless to lead 2002 corporate development
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM A new survey published by industry research firm Evans Data Corporation, Santa Cruz, CA, reveals that the corporate enterprise is uniformly embracing...
Companies form global communications forum
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM An industry-wide coalition, known as the Service Availability Forum, formed in December 2001 to fortify services and applications running on what it said... Literature
On the Web
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Internet community for high-speed PCB Cadence Design Systems announces the launch of www.spectraquest.com, a new online community for PCB engineers and...
literature
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM General-purpose test instruments catalog released Agilent Technologies announces the availability of its new General Purpose Test Instruments catalog.... Product of the Month
Flexible Batteries
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Power Paper has developed a power source technology that allows ultra-thin, flexible batteries to be embedded into smart labels. The power source technology... Product Focus
product focus integrated subsystems
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Radio for communications in harsh environments AeroComm introduces its family of industrial-temperature 2.4 GHz frequency-hopping spread spectrum transceivers.... Calendar/Courses
courses
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Besser Associates U.S. Defense Systems Acquisition and Management March 4-8, Mountain View, CA. Information: Besser Associates, 201 San Antonio Circle... Articles
Corrections:
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Understanding digital signal processing's frequency domain, by Steve Lyons, November 2001, pg 40 had incorrect equations. Equation(2) read:cos(2fot) =...
products
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Surface-mount LTCC, quadrature, splitters Mini-Circuits introduces its latest line of LTCC splitters. Requiring 0.25" 0.3" of PC board mounting area,...
AMPLIFIERS
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM C-band 5.6 to 6.8 GHz MMIC VCO with buffer amplifier Hittite Microwave introduces an HBT MMIC VCO with an integral output buffer amplifier packaged in...
SIGNAL SOURCES
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Cost-effective alternative to OCXO Rakon introduces a line of calibrated dual-crystal oscillators (CDXO) that offer a stability of 0.1 ppm over an industrial...
SPACE/MILITARY
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Low-noise VCO for satellite modem systems Z-Communications introduces the V590ME01 VCO for satellite modems. It delivers low phase-noise performance in...
TEST AND MEASUREMENT
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM State and timing modules Agilent Technologies announces three state and timing analysis modules for the Agilent 16700 family of logic analyzers. The 16740A,...
SEMICONDUCTORS/ICs
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Expanded FET semiconductor line Fujitsu announces the expansion of its Radio Link product offering with the introduction of the internally matched FLM5972-4F...
TX/RX
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM RFIC switch targets low-voltage, portable designs CEL has added a miniature SPDT switch to its line of NEC GaAs RFICs. The UPG2006TB features a 1.8 VDC...
FIBER OPTICS
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM 1.6 Gb/s per channel parallel optic modules W. L. Gore announces its nLIGHTEN 1.6 Gbps parallel optic modules. The modules are designed to meet the higher...
POWER
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Low-noise power supplies for varactor diode biasing Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX5026/MAX5028 SOT23 step-up DC-DC converters targeted at...
DIGITAL HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM Chips simplify development, reduce system costs Analog Devices introduces the AD977x family of dual-interpolating TxDAC+(R) converters for simpler direct...
INTERCONNECT/INTERFACE
Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM 7/16 series family of connectors Compel announces the 7/16 connector series. Operating from DC to 8 GHz, the new line complies with the IEC and CECC standards.... |
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