Making broadband wireless access ubiquitous 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director
Just as phones, traditional wireline and cell have become a way of life and a necessity at home, in the office, or on the road, broadband connectivity...

Dampening Cavity Resonance Using Absorber Material 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Paul Dixon
By implementing microwave absorbent material, unwanted cavity resonances are effectively dampened to prevent microwave radiation in circuits where metal housings are used as a cover....

FPGA-based Applications for Software Radio 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Angsuman Rudra
Software radio technology offers the ability to develop radio architectures with programmable intermediate frequency, bandwidth, modulation and coding schemes. Field-programmable gate array is important in multimission software radio applications like electronic warfare, radar, communications and RF testing....

Fast Multitone Analysis of RF Transceivers 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By George Estep, Pete Johnson & Vladimir Veremey
Full-chain simulations using harmonic balance and fast envelope techniques enable fast and full characterization of modern integrated radio transceiver ICs with thousands of transistors....

New Broadband EMC Double-Ridge Guide Horn Antenna 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Vicente Rodriguez
Traditionally the antenna parameter of interest to the EMC engineer was the antenna factor. The advent of higher frequency testing has brought the development of a new double-ridge guide horn design....

Big roundup in Texas at annual MTT-S show 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Texas is known for doing things on a grand scale, so it's fitting that this year's annual IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) convention...

Ultra-low distortion IF amplifier boasts 850 MHz bandwidth 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Tailored to handle multiple radio channels or to drive high-linearity, high-speed analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in receiver applications, Linear...

Test and measurement 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
8 GHz oscilloscope Tektronix Inc. has announced a new 8 GHz bandwidth TDS6000B Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) series. The product features a signal...

Products 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Design Software Signal integrity Ansoft has announced DesignerSI, a design environment that combines with Nexxim, HFSS and Q3D Extractor, to deliver system-level...

SiGe tuner slashes cost, space, power for VoIP cable phones 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Plano, Texas-based Microtune has developed a monolithic silicon tuner that promises to cut RF costs by 25%, space by 25% and power by 40% compared to...

FCC adopts new regulations for improved RFID reliability 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new regulations for the use of improved RF identification systems in conjunction with commercial...

Interference-avoiding IP extends DECT's capability in 2.4 GHz band 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Cambridge, UK-based product development consultancy Cambridge Consultants Ltd (CCL) will demonstrate new silicon intellectual property (IP) that optimizes...

Fully integrated chipset delivers total ZigBee solution 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Aiming to get an early entry into the emerging ZigBee market, Atmel has taken an initiative to develop a chipset for this upcoming alternative for wireless...

Efficiently simulating the third-order intercept point of a direct-conversion receiver 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Andy Howard
The third-order intercept point (IP3) of a receiver is a parameter often used to characterize the distortion introduced by such circuits. In this test...

Reforming military systems for the 21st century 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director
While the Defense Department continues to tap technological advances to reshape the U.S. military in to an integrated effective force for this century,...

Military satellites pose engineering challenges in DC-DC converter developmen 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Tiva Bussarakons
Electronic power conditioners (EPCs) for today's military space applications require design solutions and manufacturing processes that provide a reliable...

Data timing is critical in distributed systems 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Fred Mohamadi
A distributed system consists of autonomous computing and processing nodes linked together as a network. It is supported by software and hardware that...

Phase-coherent test system for multireceiver applications 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By John Hutmacher
Testing of receivers and baseband algorithms in phased-array radars and other multireceiver systems has long been a complicated and expensive process....

Products 
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Single-board computers Thales Computers has launched its new Fast Track COTS Delivery Program, which ensures delivery of the company's three newest and...