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RF Antenna Switches
California Eastern Laboratories (Santa Clara, CA) offers two RF antenna switches based on the same chip die: the uPG2413T6M and the uPG2413T6Z. The small, single pole triple throw, SP3T switches, designed by Renesas...
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RF/IF Digitizer
ZTEC Instruments (Albuquerque, NM) and Astronics DME Corp. (East Aurora, NY) have developed the ZR8441 RF/IF digitizer. The digitizer comes standard with a full-featured, on-instrument spectrum analyzer. Technical specifications...
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AC-to-DC Converter
BC Systems (Setauket, NY) has launched the BC-751, an eight-output, 800W AC-to-DC converter, designed to power solid-state RF amplifiers in airborne Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) applications. The BC-751 accepts a...
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ISM Band Transceiver
RF Micro Devices (Greensboro, NC) introduces the ML2730, a single-chip integrated Frequency Shift Keyed (FSK) transceiver with integrated power amplifier (PA) and low noise amplifier (LNA). The ML2730 covers 900 MHz, 2.4...
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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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Frequency Synthesizer
Phase Matrix (San Jose, CA) offers the 20 GHz QuickSynTM microwave synthesizer that covers the 0.5- to 20-GHz frequency range (extendable down to 0.2 GHz) with 0.001-Hz resolution. The product provides major modulation...
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Reference Oscillator
Crystek (Fort Myers, FL) has introduced the RF Pocket Reference Oscillator (RFPRO Series), a frequency control product that integrates a complete True SineWave SAW (surface acoustic wave) oscillator in a rugged SMA housing....
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Power Supply Capacitors
Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products (Fairview, PA) offers Switch Mode Power (SMP) Supply capacitors with MIL-PRF-49470 approval for military QPL offerings. Designed to withstand temperatures ranging from -55 to 125 °C,...
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Gain Antennas
The OM series of gain antennas from Antenna Factor (Merlin, OR) is designed to increase the range and reliability of wireless links, while maintaining omnidirectional pattern around the circumference of the antenna. The antennas...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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Antenna Design Considerations
With the advent of prolific wireless communications applications, system designers are in a position to consider the placement and performance of an antenna system. The first step in establishing antenna...
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Power Amplifier Module
Mimix Broadband (Houston, TX) offers the XP1044-QL 3W power amplifier module housed in a 7 × 7 mm package. The linear 2-stage amplifier delivers 18.5 dB of gain and 34 dBm of power at 1 dB compression point. The input and output of the device are internally pre-matched. The device is designed for WiMAX applications between...
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RF Front-End Modules
RF Micro Devices (Greensboro, NC) offers the RF7177 and RF7178 RF front-end modules. The RF7178 module integrates a quad-band, class 12-compliant GSM/GPRS power amplifier; a pHEMT antenna switch; and receive SAW filters....
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Vehicle-Mounted Amplifier
AR Modular RF (Bothell, WA) has released the AR-75 75W auto-tuning, multi-band, vehicle-mounted tactical booster amplifier that enables troops to maintain constant communications in harsh environments. It boosts...
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Monopole Antenna
Pulse, a Technitrol Co. (San Diego, CA) has announced a set of monopole antennas that deliver Zigbee 2.4 GHz and ISM bands 868 MHz, 915 MHz, and 2.4 GHz. The antennas are alternatives to using trace antennas since they occupy...
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RFID Controller
Pepperl+Fuchs (Twinsburg, OH) has introduced IDENTControl Compact one- and two-head RFID Ethernet controllers that feature two onboard Ethernet connectors with a built-in switch. This allows for multiple Ethernet topologies...
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Choosing Your RF Design Environment Flow
You can’t build a house without blueprints. So why do so many RF design flows try to build a board without a schematic? Most often, this crude process comes about due to lack of availability of RF...
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Vector Signal Generators and Analyzers
National Instruments (Austin, TX) offers the NI PXIe-5663E 6.6-GHz, 2-, 3-, and 4-channel RF vector signal analyzers (VSA) and NI PXIe-5673E 6.6-GHz, 2-, 3-, and 4-channel RF vector signal generators (VSG)...
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RF Power Amplifier
BC Systems (Setauket, NY) has introduced the DA Module, an RF power amplifier for defense applications. The amplifier combines power supply/RF power amplifier integration, a frequency range of 25 to 1,000 MHz, and RF output...
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Power Amplifier
Hittite Microwave Corp. (Chelmsford, MA) offers the HMC-C074 and HMC-C075 connectorized power amplifiers for military and test instrumentation applications from 10 MHz to 6 GHz. The modules are specified for operation between 10...
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RF/Microwave Device Tester
The SMART^E™ 5300 general-purpose test environment from Aeroflex (Plainview, NY) is a high-speed system for testing RF and microwave devices. The DC to 40 GHz system can test, monitor, and control any device under...
Articles Aerospace
Improved Interference Rejection Using Multi-Static Radar Signal Processing
In multi-static radar (MSR), the transmit/ receive aperture is divided into a number of sub-apertures that can be placed in various locations relative to each other....
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Analysis of On-Chip Heat Distribution in the Design of RF Power Detectors and Transistor Arrays
The simulation of electromagnetic (EM) and thermal properties of semiconductor and substrate materials has been demonstrated to be particularly...
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