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ExecutiveInterviews
August 2008

Mark Hebeisen - Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Endwave Corporation

Mark talks with Microwave Journal and shares his understanding of the commercial, military and homeland security markets and the technology driving the performance of today’s RF modules and high-frequency sub-systems.


Michael Vohrer - President and CEO,
Rohde & Schwarz

As Rohde & Schwarz celebrates its 75th Anniversary, Microwave Journal’s European Editor, Richard Mumford, asks , Vohrer to trace how the company evolved from a two-man operation to a world leader with a global presence.




ExpertAdvice
August 2008

Rob Lefebvre
While user interfaces in microwave CAE software have remained relatively stable, important strides have been made in simulation technology. Today, more designs incorporate integrated chip, package, module and board systems which are more difficult to design, analyze, debug and deliver in high-volume than the typical design of 10 years ago.

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Win: The first five contributors are eligible to receive a complimentary copy of the textbook: Electrical Engineering – A Pocket Reference from Artech House.



Then: Millimeters - The New Radio Frontier

Archie W. Straiton & Charles W. Tolbert



First published in January of 1960, this article described the unique characteristics of millimeter radio waves in evaluating their use in specific applications.

50 Years of Millimeter-Waves: A Journey of Development

Wolfgang Menzel

During World War II, RF and microwave systems proved to be of major importance for both communication and radar. Consequently, intensive research was conducted in this field, resulting in major breakthroughs.

Occupied Bandwidth Measurement of Multi-FA CDMA Signal at Remote Site

Sang-Tae Kim, Jong-Soo Lim, Kyoung-Rok Cho

A Low Cost Wafer Scale Package Technology for mm-wave Applications

Kohei Fujii and Henrik Morkner, Avago Technologies

LTE ARQ and Re-segmentation

Dan Aubertin, Agilent Technologies

Digital Input Power Amplifiers for DVB-SH Repeaters

Andrew®

Retrospective: A New Philosophy for Mil-Specs on Microwave Components

Leo Gumina

Career Corner

Isaac Mendelson, ElectroMagneticCareers.com

Don’t let number of RF engineering degrees decline

A Microwave Journey, Part II: The 1960s

David Vye, Editor, Microwave Journal

Monolithic Sampler/Pulser Architecture Exceeds 100 GHz

Joel M. Libove, Brendan R. Illingworth, Steven J. Chacko - Furaxa Inc.; Hal L. Levitt, Naval Research Laboratory

Implementation of a sampling and pulse generating technology in InP, SiGe, gallium arsenide and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor integrated circuit processes

60 GHz T/R Module Enables Short-Range Multi-Gigabit Communications

Endwave Corp.

Introduction to a transmit/receive module based on a direct-conversion architecture utilizing independent Tx and Rx local oscillators

Flexible Microwave Cable Assemblies for Space Application Testing

HUBER+SUHNER AG, Herisau, Switzerland

Design of a hermetically sealed radio frequency adaptor and flexible microwave cable assemblies for thermal vacuums for space applications

Signal Analyzer Breaks 1000 Sweeps/s Barrier

Rohde & Schwarz, Munich, Germany

Introduction to a mid-range signal analyzer with up to 40 MHz of analysis bandwidth and more than 1000 sweeps per second






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