============================== Microwaves & RF UPDATE PlanetEE - www.planetee.com/ MWRF - www.mwrf.com/ August 25, 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. Bridging the Academic-Professional Gap 2. Free DVD Offers Tour of Microtech 3. Rockwell Collins Names ATC Cap Supplier Of Year 4. GaAs IC Suppliers To Benefit From Optical Growth 5. Power Amp Drives 25-31-GHz Satcom Systems 6. GE, Rolls-Royce Win $2.4B JSF Contract 7. Antenna Design Course Is Free 8. Book Review: The Mobile Multimedia Business 9. Happenings - Conferences ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** Agilent EEsof is the leading supplier of EDA software for high-frequency system, circuit, and modeling applications. Products include Advanced Design System, RF Design Environment, and IC-CAP. To learn more about our EDA solutions or get application-specific information, click here today click tag: http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D6F:FFCBF ******************************************************************* *************** 1. Viewpoint *************** Bridging the Academic-Professional Gap End of summer brings with it the usual host of radio and newspaper reporting on the state of undergraduate and post-graduate education. Many of these stories focus on the rising costs of education, increasing typically more than 47 percent just in the NY State university system. Perhaps a larger issue for high-frequency firms has to do with the search for good engineering talent, and the gap between what the engineering graduate knows, and what a high-frequency or other engineering firm needs. And this educational gap seems to widen each year as companies cut intern programs and as communications decrease between industry and academia. In better times, leading engineering companies would often "loan" an employee to a university to serve as a part-time professor. Clearly, there is a need in this country to forge a stronger link between engineering schools and engineering companies, but it takes willingness on both sides to make it work. When it does, both sides benefit. JACK BROWNE Technical Director ************* 2. News ************* Free DVD Offers Tour of Microtech A free Capabilities DVD from Microtech (Cheshire, CT) features a brief tour of the firm's world-class in-house manufacturing facilities. Celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, Microtech is a leader in waveguide products and boasts a long list of in-house capabilities, including CNC machining, plating, soldering, brazing, and rubber molding. For a free copy of the DVD, contact Don Effgen at (203) 272-3234 or by e-mail at mailto:[email protected]. Microtech ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D62:FFCBF ********* 3. News ********* Rockwell Collins Names ATC Cap Supplier Of Year Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, IA) recently named American Technical Ceramics Capacitor Supplier of the Year. The award was made for several factors, including outstanding sales support, excellent engineering support, reduced lead times, and flexibility to work with Rockwell Collins. Victor Insetta, President and CEO of ATC, stated that "we are very honored to receive this recognition. This honor from a truly world-class company demonstrates ATC's commitment to being the 'Engineer's Choice' and a partner in working with our customers." ATC supplies a wide range of high-performance RF/microwave capacitors and thin-film circuits, while Rockwell Collins is a leader in communications and avionics systems for commercial and military customers. American Technical Ceramics ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D67:FFCBF Rockwell Collins ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D5E:FFCBF ********* 4. News ********* GaAs IC Suppliers To Benefit From Optical Growth Growth of 27 percent is projected for the high-speed fiber-optic IC market in 2005. This optimism stems from the report "Fiber-optic Analog IC Market and Technology Dynamics," by the Gallium Arsenide & Compound Semiconductor Service at research specialist Strategy Analytics (Boston, MA). The market for high-speed fiber-optic ICs is expected to expand from a base level of $280 million in 2004. OC-48 and OC-192 links will be at the center of this growth, and the deployment of high capacity routers will also begin to stimulate OC-768 purchases. Overall, the market will grow at a CAAGR of 24 percent through to 2009. GaAs IC vendors will benefit, especially for laser drivers. The report also examines the market potential for other IC technologies, including silicon (Si), silicon germanium (SiGe), and indium phosphide (InP). Strategy Analytics ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D5D:FFCBF ********** 5. News ********** Power Amp Drives 25-31-GHz Satcom Systems Ideal for commercial and military airborne and mobile satellite communications (satcom) systems operating from 25 to 31 GHz, the MPC4-2531 is an outdoor unit (ODU) from Sophia Wireless that delivers 20 W output power. It consists of a power amplifier, monitor and control processor, and protection circuitry in a compact enclosure for outdoor use. The amplifier provides better than 45 dB gain with less than 3-dB variation across the frequency range. Sophia Wireless ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D60:FFCBF ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** For the most complete directory of microwave companies and products, visit: http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D6B:FFCBF ******************************************************************* ********* 6. News ********* GE, Rolls-Royce Win $2.4B JSF Contract General Electric (Fairfield, CT) and Rolls-Royce (Indianapolis, IN) have won a contract for $2.4 billion to supply engines for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)F-35 aircraft. The contract, which runs through 2013, includes research, development, and test equipment, with delivery of production F-136 engines scheduled for 2012. The original JSF engine contract (for about $4 billion) was awarded in 2001 to United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney unit (East Hartford, CT), but General Electric and Rolls-Royce convinced the Department of Defense (DoD) of the need for a second engine source as backup. Lockheed-Martin Corp. (Bethesda, MD) is the prime contractor for the JSF program, with the JSF scheduled for a first flight next year. General Electric ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D6D:FFCBF Rolls-Royce ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D66:FFCBF Pratt & Whitney ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D63:FFCBF Lockheed Martin ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D64:FFCBF ********* 7. News ********* Antenna Design Course Is Free Antenna specialist Radio Waves (North Billerica, MA) is offering a free Radio Waves Technical Institute (RWTI), the firm's short course on antenna design. Normally priced at $950 per person, the RWTI is scheduled for September 12th in Columbus, OH. The course covers microwave antenna system basics from design, to application, to installation of microwave antennas for licensed and unlicensed networks. To learn more about this free RWTI and reserve a space please contact Radio Waves at mailto:[email protected] or 978-459-8800. Radio Waves ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D65:FFCBF *************** 8. Book Review *************** The Mobile Multimedia Business Written by Bernd Eylert, The Mobile Multimedia Business ($99.95, ISBN: 047001234X) examines mobile communications markets and trends, and explores the types of services and applications that will drive the growth of third- and fourth-generation cellular systems for years to come. Application areas include telematics, entertainment, remote monitoring, and mobile shopping. This strictly nontechnical text is aimed at marketing professionals working to supply hardware and software for mobile communications systems; it is rich with statistics and projections. John Wiley & Sons ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D6E:FFCBF ******************************* 9. Happenings - Conferences ******************************* European Microwave Week 2005 October 3-7, 2005 Paris, France http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D6C:FFCBF Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM) October 10-11, 2005 Santa Barbara, CA http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D68: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=11D69:FFCBF Wireless Congress 2005: Systems and Applications November 9-10, 2005 Munich, Germany http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D5C:FFCBF Automatic RF Techniques Group (ARFTG) 66th Microwave Measurements Conference December 1-2, 2005 Marriot Hotel, Washington, DC http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D6A:FFCBF ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** For the Latest in Test and Measurement Read "Browne's Blog" only at http://www.mwrf.com/ ******************************************************************* Read past issues of Microwaves and RF (MWRF) UPDATE e-Newsletter: http://www.mwrf.com/ 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] ==================================================== To subscribe click here: http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=11D5F:FFCBF To unsubscribe click here: http://nls.planetee.com/u?id=92976FF2A879FA46B017108BCBB805E8 Penton's e-Newsletter homepage: http://www.planetee.com/ ==================================== Copyright 2005 Penton Media Inc. 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