============================== Microwaves & RF UPDATE PlanetEE - www.planetee.com/ MWRF - www.mwrf.com/ May 5, 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. What About BPL Pollution? 2. Rogers To Unveil New Material at MTT-S 3. Active Models Support Nonlinear Simulation 4. Salerno University Upgrades Antenna Test Lab 5. Report Puts Bluetooth In Driver's Seat 6. Spectrum Control Diversifies Web Sites 7. Wireless Access Chips May Save Millions 8. Book Review 9. Happenings - Conferences ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** Keithley's On-line Seminars CD Keithley's Making Measurements with Confidence CD, which is available free of charge, is a collection of on-line seminars on measurement methods. This CD offers practical and helpful techniques for obtaining the most accurate and precise measurements possible. For additional information on Keithley call 1-800-935-5595 or to request your Free CD go to: http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=927D:FFCBF ******************************************************************* *************** 1. Viewpoint *************** What About BPL Pollution? Broadband communications represents a potentially high-growth market for years to come. The infrastructure solutions for broadband services are many, including wireless access and fiber optics, with no clear winners. One of the more intriguing competing technologies, broadband powerline (BPL) communications, takes advantage of the existing powerline infrastructure to send high-speed data from point to point and into subscribers' homes. On the surface, it appears to be an almost ideal solution, provided that BPL can deliver the data rates needed for true broadband communications services. But there is concern, especially among users of the HP and VHF spectra, including amateur radio aficionados, from BPL radio pollution. Although not resolved, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has noted in its adoption of BPL rules last year that BPL is a source of interference for existing HF and VHF operators. If you have concerns, please share your thoughts by contacting me at: mailto:[email protected]. JACK BROWNE Technical Director ************* 2. News ************* Rogers To Unveil New Material at MTT-S New and improved, thinner RO4350B will be on display at the Rogers Corp. (Rogers, CT) booth at the upcoming Microwave Theory and Techniques Symposium (MTT-S) next month in Long Beach, CA. Designed for high-speed digital and test applications, the new material features dielectric loss of only 0.004, good plated through-hole reliability, and consistent dielectric constant at various data rates. Rogers Corp. ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9280:FFCBF ********* 3. News ********* Active Models Support Nonlinear Simulation Computer-aided-engineering (CAE) model developers Modelithics have created a new nonlinear transistor library to complement their library of capacitor, inductor, and resistor models. The new library, which is now available for use with the Advanced Design System (ADS) suite of CAE tools from Agilent Technologies (Santa Rosa, CA), includes small-signal models for low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) as well as LDMOS power transistor models for high-power amplifiers (HPAs). The library contains models for a wide variety of industry-leading BJT, JFET, MOSFET, MESFET, and pHEMT transistors from major vendors, including: Cree, Agilent, Excelics, Infineon, ON Semi, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Philips, and Rohm, with more to be added continuously. Modelthics ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9284:FFCBF Agilent Technologies ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9289:FFCBF ********* 4. News ********* Salerno University Upgrades Antenna Test Lab MI Technologies (Suwannee, GA) announced that is has been selected by the University of Salerno (Fisciano, Italy) to supply and commission a state-of-the-art antenna measurement, acquisition, and analysis system for an existing anechoic chamber located on the University campus. Under terms of the contract, MI Technologies will install a cylindrical near-field test facility that will feature the MI-3000 Acquisition and Analysis Software. The system will be used to validate existing transform algorithms for optimizing the amount of time taken to acquire near-field data using spiral techniques. According to Dr. Carlo Rizzo, European Operations Manager for MI Technologies, "We have just recently signed a formal agreement with the Department of Electronics, University of Salerno, which will allow us to share new algorithms intended to drastically reduce acquisition time for near-field data in all three geometries (planar, cylindrical and spherical). The University of Salerno has an impeccable track record concerning the development of new near-field techniques for antenna measurement applications." MI Technologies will install the system and perform the acceptance test. MI Technologies ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9281:FFCBF ********** 5. News ********** Report Puts Bluetooth In Driver's Seat Bluetooth technology is replacing wire harnesses in automotive applications, according to findings from research firm ABI Research (Oyster Bay, NY). The company's latest study, "Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), notes that many telematics and navigation systems over the past year have moved towards using Bluetooth. As ABI Research senior analyst Dan Benjamin comments, "The automotive industry regards Bluetooth as an acceptable compromise because users get their network connectivity, while automakers do not have to deal with installing costly cellular radios, or the hassles of managing customer accounts or dealing with wireless carriers." But the report states that next-generation collision avoidance systems and even intelligent traffic systems will make use of DSRC in the form of alternative technologies to Bluetooth. ABI Research ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9285:FFCBF ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** CHECK HIRING TRENDS: FREE Copy of The Oxford Index Log on now for this quarterly survey of demand trends for high-end consultants in your industry. From Oxford Global Resources, specializing in high-tech consultants for mission-critical projects. Oxford: The Right Talent. Right Now.(R) http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=927A:FFCBF ******************************************************************* ********* 6. News ********* Spectrum Control Diversifies Web Sites Spectrum Control (Fairview, PA) has launched three new product websites under its umbrella corporate site. The three new sites address electromagnetic interference (EMI) and surge products, RF and microwave components, and power control products. Spectrum Control ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9282:FFCBF Spectrum Control, EMI/surge products ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=928C:FFCBF Spectrum Control, RF/microwave products ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9288:FFCBF Spectrum Control, Power Distribution ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9287:FFCBF ********* 7. News ********* Wireless Access Chips May Save Millions TrueAdvantage (trademarked) Wireless Access Solutions from Agere Systems (Allentown, PA) are networking chips that Agere claims can potentially save wireless service providers worldwide up to $300 million per year in T1/E1, Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH), and Ethernet leased line backhaul costs. The solutions include APP network processors, a link layer processor (LLP), and framing and mapping devices, as well as reference designs, software, and hardware development systems. The products enable the convergence of 2G, 2.5G, and 3G network applications into a single solution by integrating the various protocols. Among the first customers, 3G wireless equipment supplier NEC has selected the Agere APP500 network processor for its wireless access equipment. Agere Systems ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=927C:FFCBF ********* 8. Book Review ********* Passive RF and Microwave Integrated Circuits Written by erstwhile Microwaves & RF contributor Leo G. Maloratsky, Passive RF and Microwave Integrated Circuits (ISBN: 0-7506-7699-X) focuses on passive and control components, with coverage on more than 20 novel transmission lines. Aimed at designers of integrated circuits (ICs) and microwave integrated circuits (MICs), the text provides details on designing couplers, power dividers, filters, diode switches and attenuators, limiters, phase shifters, ferrite devices, isolators, circulators, and more complex subassemblies. Copies are $69.99. Newnes, an imprint of Elseview ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=9286:FFCBF ******************************* 9. Happenings - Conferences ******************************* Lead-Free QuickStart Seminar Sponsored by Indium Corporation of America May 17-18, 2005 Libertyville, IL http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=927E:FFCBF How To Write Grants and Understand The Evaluation Process May 31, 2005 Washington DC Convention Center Washington, DC Call Kim Hovda at (703) 894-1096 for information http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=927B:FFCBF Microwave Theory & Techniques Symposium (MTT-S) June 12-17, 2005 Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach, CA http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=928B:FFCBF IEEE Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium (formerly the GaAs IC Symposium) October 30 - November 2, 2005 Palm Springs, CA http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=928A:FFCBF Wireless Congress 2005: Systems and Applications November 9-10, 2005 Munich, Germany http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=927F:FFCBF ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** CHECK HIRING TRENDS: FREE Copy of The Oxford Index Log on now for this quarterly survey of demand trends for high-end consultants in your industry. 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