============================== Microwaves & RF UPDATE MWRF - www.mwrf.com November 3, 2005 ============================== Greetings and welcome to your personal copy of PlanetEE's Microwaves and RF UPDATE e-newsletter. Please see below for address-change or subscribe/unsubscribe instructions. Today's Table of Contents: 1. Just What Do We Do? 2. ISL Receives SBIR Contract for Collision Avoidance 3. Modelithics Forges New DLI Cap Models 4. Keithley Offers Free I-V Testing Guide 5. Honeywell and Rockwell Team on Guided Weapons 6. EPX Launches Miniature Satcom Amplifiers 7. Cambridge Silicon Radio Sets Record Quarter 8. Happenings - Conferences ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** Agilent EEsof EDA, the leader in high-frequency EDA, is excited to welcome Eagleware-Elanix users! This addition to our product family will provide our customers with more choices than ever before to fit technical or budgetary needs. To learn more about our range of EDA solutions, click here: http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=1872A:49027F ******************************************************************* *************** 1. Viewpoint *************** Just What Do We Do? Dinner the other night with a friend, who just happens to run a microwave components and waveguide company, included a conversation on the large-scale outsourcing taking place in consumer electronics. Few consumer-level goods are NOT being manufactured in places like China and Indonesia, and even commercial and professional-level electronic equipment is being outsourced by US-based companies. My friend added that even some service calls now, such as a call for technical assistance from Dell Computer, is answered by a contractor in India. Because of their strong ties to military markets, many US-based microwave companies still rely on in-house design and manufacturing, although firms dealing with high-volume commercial markets must outsource their production to remain competitive. With so much of electronics moving offshore, the inevitable question becomes "just what do we do?" When many of the essential functions of a company have been contracted, what remains to differentiate that company? An image? Peronalities? Intellectual property? It is a question that begs discussion and I invite readers to send their comments to mailto:[email protected]. JACK BROWNE Technical Director ************* 2. News ************* ISL Receives SBIR Contract for Collision Avoidance Information Systems Laboratories (ISL) has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop and test Electric (E) field sensors and signal processing algorithms for submarine collision-avoidance systems. The period of performance for the ECAS contracts is four years with a total value, including options, of over $1 million US. Under the contract, ISL will install a set of Hydrodynamic E-field Sensors (HES) on a submarine and conduct testing and data collection to validate the performance characteristics of these sensors in an at sea environment and then develop workable noise-reduction algorithms to detect and track potential collision threats. According to Tom Teters, ISL's Vice President of Corporate Development, "Our in-house experience in Electric Field sensor and processing technology will enable us to produce superior results for the Navy and keep our submarine crews safe by reducing the risk of colliding with other vessels in acoustically unfriendly environments." Information Systems Laboratories ---> http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18723:49027F ********* 3. News ********* Modelithics Forges New DLI Cap Models Modelithics has announced completion of the first phase of substrate-scalable models for the Opti-cap, Milli-cap, Ultra High-Q, and other surface-mounted capacitors from Dielectric Laboratories, Inc. (DLI). Modelithics is now distributing free S-parameters for the components from its Web site. According to DLI President Brian DuPell, the new models are a boon to designers: "For new microwave product designs to include our growing stable of unique products, engineers increasingly are demanding models that accurately predict how our components will perform in their circuits. Modelithics has unique technology that allows designs to be as accurate and predictable as possible, so that designers know exactly what they will get when they choose DLI components." Larry Dunleavy, President of Modelithics, adds that "We're pleased to see that DLI recognizes the growing trend that RF engineers are learning to rely more and more upon simulations to shorten their design cycles." Dielectric Laboratories ---> http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18728:49027F Modelithics ---> http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18720:49027F ********* 4. News ********* Keithley Offers Free I-V Testing Guide Test-equipment supplier Keithley Instruments is offering a free applications guide "I-V Testing for Components and Semiconductor Devices" to aid engineers with critical current and voltage measurements. The applications guide contains 11 application notes on topics ranging from multipin integrated-circuit (IC) testing to DC characterization of RF transistors. For a free copy of the application guide, call Keithley at (800) 492-1955 or visit the link below. Keithley Instruments ---> http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=1871D:49027F ********** 5. News ********** Honeywell and Rockwell Team on Guided Weapons Rockwell Collins and Honeywell have announced a 50/50 joint venture to develop a new series of integrated solutions for precision guided weapons. The limited liability company (LLC), which will be known as Integrated Guidance Systems LLC, will incorporate microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) and Global Position System (GPS) technologies into their systems to achieve high levels of positioning accuracy. While offering a new integrated series of guidance products, both Honeywell and Rockwell Collins will continue to offer their existing MEMS and GPS products that are used on current precision weapons. "Rockwell Collins' GPS receivers and Honeywell's MEMS Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) are complementary technologies that will deliver very small, low-cost, highly precise guided weapons systems," said Ron Hornish, Vice President and General Manager of Sensor Systems for Rockwell Collins. "Each company is applying research and development efforts to integrate these two technologies in order to produce a superior total solution." New guidance offerings will be made possible through the combination of Rockwell Collins' military GPS receiver technology and Honeywell's MEMS IMU and navigation processing technologies using an advanced coupling process called Deep Integration that increases navigation accuracy in GPS jammed or denied environments. Honeywell ---> http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18721:49027F Rockwell Collins ---> http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=1871B:49027F ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** The search for happiness... Are you a company looking for a good engineer? Or an engineer looking for a good company? Find the right match, at http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18722:49027F ******************************************************************* ********* 6. News ********* EPX Launches Miniature Satcom Amplifiers EPX Microwave has added to their lines of solid-state amplifiers with two modular units for communications applications such as satellite communications terminals and terrestrial radios. Model C1501 provides at least 10 dB gain from 11 to 15 GHz with +20 dBm output power at 1-dB compression. It has a noise figure of 4 dB. Model C1502 achieves at least 20 dB gain from 11 to 15 GHz with +20 dBm output power and 4 dB noise figure. Both of the 50-ohm amplifiers operate from +5 VDC. EPX Microwave ---> http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=1871F:49027F ********* 7. News ********* Cambridge Silicon Radio Sets Record Quarter Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) reported record results for its third-quarter 2005 earnings. The outstanding results reflect the company's strengthened leadership in the Bluetooth silicon market, with design wins in Kyocera, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, and Sony. The firm enjoyed a 109-percent increase in revenue to $1.62 million US and an increase in operating profit of 150 percent to $44.7 million US. CSR's CEO, John Hodgson, commented, "We are delighted to have delivered record revenue, operating profit and operating cash flow, all of which have more than doubled compared to the same quarter last year." Cambridge Silicon Radio ---> http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18729:49027F ******************************* 8. Happenings - Conferences ******************************* ARMMS RF & Microwave Conference November 7-8, 2005 Harben House Hotel, Newport Pagnell, England http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18725:49027F Wireless Congress 2005: Systems and Applications November 9-10, 2005 Munich, Germany http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=1871A:49027F Automatic RF Techniques Group (ARFTG) 66th Microwave Measurements Conference December 1-2, 2005 Marriot Hotel, Washington, DC http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18724:49027F ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** For the most complete directory of microwave companies and products, visit: http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18727:49027F ******************************************************************* Read past issues of Microwaves and RF (MWRF) UPDATE e-Newsletter: http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18726:49027F MICROWAVES AND RF (MWRF) UPDATE e-NEWSLETTER CONTACTS ==================================================== Technical Director: Jack Browne mailto:[email protected] Associate Editor: Laurie Collins mailto:[email protected] Advertising/Sponsorship Opportunities: Paul Barkman at 1-908-704-2460 or mailto:[email protected] ==================================================== SUBSCRIBER INFO ==================================================== To subscribe click here: http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=1871C:49027F To unsubscribe click here: http://news.mwrf.com/u?id=A16E8FA232AD0B5B29371A4BB0F81C1F ==================================== If you need assistance in updating the information you have provided to Penton or if you have questions or comments about our privacy policies, please click on the link below. http://news.mwrf.com/t?ctl=18719:49027F ==================================== Copyright 2005 Penton Media Inc. 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