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Absorptive Polarizers
Moxtek (Orem, UT) offers absorptive wire-grid polarizers for the blue, green, and red channels. The polarizers are designed for narrow-band applications and where back reflection is a concern. They are designed to transmit the p-polarization and absorb the s-polarization of incident light, rather than reflecting the unwanted...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
Optical Wire and Grids
Dontech (Doylestown, PA) offers optical fine wire (OFW) and micro EMI-mesh (MEM100) conductive optical grids that provide EMI/RFI shielding of electronic displays, instrumentation, and enclosures. The OFW mesh is...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
RF Module
RF Monolithics (Dallas, TX) has introduced the XDM2510H, an RF module built on the Dust Networks® IA-510(H)™ WirelessHART® system. The module provides a UART serial port for connection to sensors and an RF connector for antenna...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
Power Amplifier
The Model KMS2010 solid-state power amplifier module from AR Modular RF (Bothell, WA) covers the 1.75 to 1.85 GHz frequency range with 150 Watts of power, and is suitable for the wireless broadband network. This 52-dBm linear...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
Amplifier Filter Design Software
Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) has introduced the FilterProTM v3.0 design tool with an improved user interface and a more accurate and robust filter design engine. It can adjust passive element tolerances and...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
Wireless RF Remote Controller
Southco® (Concordville, PA) offers the EA-R01 wireless RF remote controller that controls access to multiple locked compartments from distances up to 100 feet. It features a waterproof potted construction and two...
Products RF & Microwave Electronics
Adaptor Bracket
Times Microwave Systems (Wallingford, CT) offers the LP-BFDN-CW bulkhead-to-flange universal mounting and grounding adaptor bracket for its Times-Protect™ line of RF lightning and surge protection products. The adaptor is made...
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Key-Locking Studs
Acme Industrial Co., a division of Jergens (Carpentersville, IL), has introduced a line of key-locked fasteners for aerospace, military, and electronics use with a one-piece design to provide high pull-out strength and...
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Pressure Transmitters
American Sensor Technologies (Mt. Olive, NJ) offers the AST2000 and AST20HA pressure transmitters for military and aerospace applications such as trucks, unmanned vehicles, transmissions, hydraulic pumps, fuel monitoring,...
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Linear Position Sensors
The HSTAR 750 Series hermetically sealed position sensors from Macro Sensors (Pennsauken, NJ) are high-temperature, rugged LVDT sensors for use in military and defense applications such as fuel/oil level monitoring, load...
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Rugged Notebook Computer
GammaTech Computer Corp. (Fremont, CA) offers the D14RM rugged notebook tested using the military 810G specification for protection against drop, shock, spill, and dust. It is protected by a magnesium alloy case....
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Laser Glass
SCHOTT North America (Arlington, VA) offers LG-910 eye-safe laser glass products for operation at 1.5 μm, including rods, slabs, and discs with high-laser-damage-threshold dielectric coatings. Applications include ranging and targeting on handheld, ground, fixed-wing, and rotary platforms. The glass is an erbium-ytterbium-chromium...
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Silicone Adhesive
NuSil Technology (Carpenteria, CA) has introduced SCV-2586 Ultra Low Outgassing™ silicone adhesive for applications requiring thermal stability and a broad operating temperature range in aerospace, aircraft, and electronics...
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Radionuclide Detection System
The ORTEC Products Group of AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology (Oak Ridge, TN) has introduced the ORTEC Detective Mobile, a mobile radionuclide search system that incorporates high-purity germanium detectors...
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Disconnect Switch
The SureStart™ Low-Voltage Disconnect (LVD) Switch 48513 from Cole Hersee (South Boston, MA) electronically senses battery voltage and conserves starting power by disconnecting non-critical loads, prolonging battery life by...
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Backplane Connector
Tyco Electronics (Harrisburg, PA) offers the FORTIS ZD high-speed backplane connector for military and aerospace applications that require shock and vibration protection. The connector combines a high-speed contact leadframe...
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AC-to-DC Converter
C Systems (Setauket, NY) offers the BC-751, an 800W AC-to-DC converter with eight outputs to provide power for solid-state RF amplifiers in airborne Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) applications. The converter accepts a...
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Rugged Power Converter
Schaefer (Ashland, MA) offers a rugged power converter designed for subsea mineral exploration or other deep-sea application. The design features industrial-grade components and provides up to 110W of power with an...
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Toolholders
REGO-FIX® (Indianapolis, IN) has introduced Xtended Length (XL) toolholders for aerospace applications. The toolholders provide an extended reach up to 14" and are available in the ER and powRgrip® lines. The toolholder line...
Articles Aerospace
UAV Airframes and Missions Drive Embedded Computing Choices
Every branch of the armed forces has a need for capabilities delivered from unmanned aerial vehicle/ unmanned aerial system (UAV/UAS) platforms. These unmanned vehicles have proved...
Articles Aerospace
Integrating Formal Methods into Software Toolsets for Avionics Certification
Current practice in certification of avionics systems (e.g. DO-178B1) is centered on testing. The testing process has been prescribed to incorporate a semi-formal...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Microwave Energy Transmission for Aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are used in many applications to gather intelligence without risking human lives. These aircraft, however, have limited flight time because of their reconnaissance...
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Ballistic Filter for GPS and Accelerometer Measurements
Ballistic filtering describes the dynamic equations that can be used to form Extended Kalman Filters (EKF) for the estimation of a projectile’s trajectory. The steps associated with initialization and implementing an EKF are demonstrated through a specific task. The performance of an EKF...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Procedure to Determine and Correct for Transmission Line Resistances for Direct-Current, On-Wafer Measurements
Resistances of tenths of ohms to several ohms in transmission lines have been measured in laboratory systems from the power supply to...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Channel Field Effect Transistors
Narrow bandgap semiconductors offer high carrier mobilities and low contact resistances, while wide bandgap semiconductors offer high breakdown voltages. A series of heterojunction transistors has been investigated and proved to be effective for improving both speed and power output. These devices include double...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Outdoor Synthetic Aperture Acoustic Ground Target Measurements
A novel outdoor synthetic aperture acoustic (SAA) system consists of a microphone and loudspeaker traveling along a 6.3-meter rail system. This is an extension of a prior indoor...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Portable, Rapid-Test Fuel Tank Leak Detection System
In 1988, the EPA issued Underground Storage Tank (UST) regulations for fuel storage in order to implement monthly monitoring and annual tightness testing. Monthly monitoring requires that the...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Self-Aware Computing
This project performed an initial exploration of a new concept for computer system design called Self-Aware Computing. A self-aware computer leverages a variety of hardware and software techniques to automatically adapt and...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Computational Photonics in Laser Communications Through Clouds
This work explored the concept of creating a partially coherent laser beam consisting of an array of spatially overlapping or separated Gaussian beams with possible individual...
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