============================== Microwaves & RF UPDATE PlanetEE - www.planetee.com/ MWRF - www.mwrf.com/ March 24, 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. Taking A Step Back 2. Vista RF Launches RF/Microwave Cable Assemblies 3. Report Predicts Rapid Growth For BPL-Access 4. Labtech Purchases Assets of Filtronics' Milton Keynes Facility 5. HRL Labs To Sell CalTech MM-Wave MMICs 6. Conexant Launches Embedded Wireless Solution 7. Inphi Tackles Data Sampling at 25 GHz 8. Agilent Accelerates EDA Simulation Software 9. Happenings - Conferences ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** Searching for True Gaussian White Noise? Noise Com has a full range of high quality Gaussian White Noise generators. The UFX-EbNo carrier-to-noise generators deliver true Gaussian noise with a crest (peak to average) factor larger than 18 dB (8:1) for cable, radio and SATCOM. The PNG Series provides true Gaussian White Noise for Baseband Digital Communications Testing. Download a free datasheet at: http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E15:FFCBF ******************************************************************* *************** 1. Viewpoint *************** Taking A Step Back Time is often hard to come by. Our modern lifestyles often demand much of our time, with pressures to meet deadlines and develop new products. Time to think is certainly important and, in the immortal words of the bard, Bob Dylan, "no time to think" leaves us with very few options. Sometimes, there is something one can do about the lack of time, and I have chosen to take action. For those readers who have read my columns over the years, this will be the last time you see the title of "Publisher/Editor" beneath my name. But I am not going away. I will stay with the magazine as Technical Director, a rather distinguished title for a man of my years. I will be working with a new Editor for Microwaves & RF, Nancy Friedrich, who comes over from Wireless Systems Design magazine. The new position allows me to continue to produce the best microwave magazine I know how to produce, but takes me away from the sales side of the business. In the process, it gives me time for different activities, side projects, and even time to think. I urge each reader, especially those with a few years under their belts, to consider how their own time is being spent. Step back for a moment and decide if personal and professional goals are being met, and if there is satisfaction in how your time is being spent. If not, it may be time to likewise consider a change. JACK BROWNE Publisher/Editor Please share your thoughts by contacting me at: mailto:[email protected] ************* 2. News ************* Vista RF Launches RF/Microwave Cable Assemblies Vista RF announced the launch of the company's new line of low-loss, high-performance RF/microwave cable assemblies designed for broadband applications in commercial and defense frequency bands. Designed for applications through 6 GHz, these cable assemblies are supplied in standard lengths of 6 and 12 in. Custom lengths are also available. The company's VCA-4000 series cables are constructed with RG-174 cable and either straight male SMA-M straight or right-angle male SMA gold-plated brass connectors. The VCA-4000 series cables, which can handl temperatures from -40 to +75 degrees Centrigrade, are priced starting at $16.95 each for quantities of nine or less. For higher-temperature applications, the firm's VCA-6000 series are constructed with RG-316 cable and SMA straight or right-angle connectors, and can handle temperatures from -70 to +200 degrees Centrigrade. They are prices from $17.15 each in quantities of nine or less. Vista RF, Inc. ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E14:FFCBF ********* 3. News ********* Report Predicts Rapid Growth For BPL-Access Market research specialist Telecom Trends International is heralding the fast growth of broadband powerline communicaitons as an access technology. The firm's newley released report, "Broadband Powerline Communications: Ready for Take-Off," states that Broadband Powerline Communications for access applications (BPL-Access) is well positioned to compete head-on with DSL and cable modem technologies for a share of the broadband access market. BPL-Access uses the electricity power grid to bring broadband signals into buildings. The report estimates that the BPL-Access services market generated $57.1 million in revenue worldwide in 2004, and projects that by 2011, BPL-Access will generate $4.4 billion in revenue worldwide. According to Naqi Jaffery, President, of Telecom Trends International, "there are no longer any serious technical limitations to the deployment of BPL for high-speed Internet access." The report adds that there is no global standard for BPL-Access, but theuseof the existing infrastructure translates into low cost of deployment and low cost for customers. Details on the report are available by e-mail at mailto:[email protected]. Telecom Trends International ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E0F:FFCBF ********* 4. News ********* Labtech Purchases Assets of Filtronics' Milton Keynes Facility Labtech Limited has purchased the assets of Filtronics' microwave components design manufacturing facility in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom for one-half million pounds sterling. As part of the transaction, Labtech has also entered into a three-year supply agreement with Filtronic Components Ltd. Labtech will operate the Milton Keynes facility as Labtech Microwave, developing custom and standard microwave components for military and satellite-communications applications. Labtech will rename its existing facility in Presteigne, Wales as Labtech Circuits with main emphasis on microwave printed-circuit boards (PCBs), monolithic-microwave-integrated-circuit (MMIC) packaging solutions, and machining for RF assemblies. Filtronic Components Ltd. ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E12:FFCBF Labtech Ltd. ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E0D:FFCBF ********** 5. News ********** HRL Labs To Sell CalTech MM-Wave MMICs HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, CA) has obtained a license from California Institute of Technology (CalTech) to sell millimeter-wave low noise and power monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) designed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) personnel. Using HRL's indium-phosphide (InP) high-electron-mobility-transistor (HEMT) MMIC process, the firm will offer 15 unique designs ranging from Ka-band frequencies to D-band frequencies. A sampling of the designs includes the models LSPA1, LSPA2, and LSPA165 power amplifiers, with as much as +12 dBm output power over selected bands from 70 to 170 GHz, and three low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), models 40LN5, 118LN3, and 200LN2, with noise figures as low as 3 dB at 90 GHz and covering a frequency range from 25 to 205 GHz. HRL Laboratories ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E19:FFCBF ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** Digital Gage Kits from Maury Microwave Corporation Maury has a new digital gage kit, replacing the previous analog design. Our new gage has a large easy to read digital read out in both US standard and/or Metric display. Verifying the critical dimensions of each connector before mating ensures measurement accuracy. For additional details, please contact our Sales Department at mailto:[email protected] or phone (909) 987-4715. For more complete information on our digital gage kits, go to the Maury website: http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E09:FFCBF ******************************************************************* ********* 6. News ********* Conexant Launches Embedded Wireless Solution Conexant Systems has teamed with Internet protocol/security specialist Interpeak to develop a wireless solution for embedded developers. The solution integrates Conexant's PRISM GT IEEE 802.11g and PRISM WorldRadio IEEE 802.11a/g wireless local area network (WLAN) chipsets and Interpeak's IPNET and IPLITE dual-mode IPv4/IPv6 TCP/IP networking protocol stacks. It allows commercial and consumer electronics manufacturers to add wireless capability to a wide range of products, including cellular phones, printers, and digital cameras. According to Urban Lindegren, vice-president of sales for Interpeak, "There is a growing need for embedded systems to wirelessly access the Internet or a wireless LAN." The flexible platform is interoperable with many major real-time operating systems including INTEGRITY, OSE, and Linux. Conexant Systems ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E13:FFCBF Interpeak ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E11:FFCBF ********* 7. News ********* Inphi Tackles Data Sampling at 25 GHz Inphi Corporation (Westlake Village, CA) announced the availability of two 25-GHz latched comparators for data sampling at 25 GHz. The firm's models 25706CP and 25707CP enable broadband and high-frequency sampling of analog signals, notably for ultrawideband (UWB) communications. Already employed in the BertScope high-speed communications test equipment from SyntheSys Research, the comparators feature less than 4 mV hysteresis. According to Tom Waschura, Chief Technology Officer of SyntheSys Research, "partnering with Inphi to incorporate their technology gives us direct access to phenomenal jitter and noise-reducing performance that directly impacts our key performance specifications." The comparators have 3-dB analog input bandwidth of 18 GHz and low offset of 1.5 mV. They support clock rates to 25 GHz and exhibit propagation delays of only 100 ps from input to output. The comparators achieve rise/fall times of 15 ps and support single-ended and differential operation. Random jitter is a mere 0.2 ps root mean square (RMS). Inphi Corp. ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E10:FFCBF SyntheSys Research ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E1A:FFCBF ********* 8. News ********* Agilent Accelerates EDA Simulation Software Agilent Technologies has announced a dramatic breakthrough in simulation speed for the core electronic design automation (EDA) frequency-domain simulation technologies found in its Advanced Design System (ADS) and RF Design Environment (RFDE) suites of software tools. As much as 50 times improvements in simulation speed have been achieved for large circuits for wireless communications and defense applications. These advanced simulation technologies will be included in the next releases of ADS and the RFDE software packages. ADS is a collection of circuit- and system-level simulation tools and RF/microwave instrument links while RFDE supports integration of the company's RF simulation tools into the Cadence Design System industry-standard analog and mixed-signal design flow. The new simulators are expected to be available beginning in June 2005. More information on beta code evaluation is available at the link below. Agilent Technologies ---> http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E0A:FFCBF ******************************* 9. Happenings - Conferences ******************************* E-Seminar on Jitter Analysis "What Works, What Doesn't, and Why" March 30, 2005, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time Register at: http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E08:FFCBF ARMMS RF & Microwave Society Conference April 18-19, 2005 Milton Hill House Hotel, Milton Hill, Oxfordshire, UK http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E17:FFCBF 2005 International Reliability Physics Symposium April 17-21, 2005 San Jose Marriott Hotel, San Jose, CA http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E18: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=5E16:FFCBF ************************ ADVERTISEMENT **************************** Tektronix Timing Error Challenge Put your EE skills to the test in the Tektronix Timing Error Challenge! Simply answer our five quiz questions and you'll have a shot at swapping the regular button-down for a classy Electronic Design t-shirt. http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E0B:FFCBF ******************************************************************* Read past issues of Microwaves and RF (MWRF) UPDATE e-Newsletter: http://www.mwrf.com/ MICROWAVES AND RF (MWRF) UPDATE e-NEWSLETTER CONTACTS ==================================================== Publisher and Editor: Jack Browne mailto:[email protected] Advertising/Sponsorship Opportunities: Jim Theriault at 1-925-736-5051 or send email to mailto:[email protected] ==================================================== To subscribe click here: http://nls.planetee.com/t?ctl=5E0E:FFCBF To unsubscribe click here: http://nls.planetee.com/u?id=92976FF2A879FA46D53A06A1D411AC91 Penton's e-Newsletter homepage: http://www.planetee.com/ ==================================== Copyright 2005 Penton Media Inc. All rights reserved.
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