IN MY OPINION

“Be Very Careful”
By Tom Kurian, President & CEO, Renaissance Electronics Corp.

“Be very careful” — a mother’s passing comment to her kids as they head outside. The words describe a way of living that is precise, accurate, and deliberate. It involves both forethought and a heightened sense of awareness. I wrote this to build awareness in companies involved in manufacturing and trading products for defense and Sat-Com programs.

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FROM WHERE WE SIT

Uncertain Times for DefenseAnother Sad Moment For the FCC
By Barry Manz

A significant number of rooftop antenna sites owned primarily by wireless carriers exceed FCC public and occupational exposure limits, make it impossible for workers to avoid standing in front of antennas, and are inadequately posted with warnings and barriers. Read More...


CURRENT ISSUE PRODUCTS


New 6-Bit Digital Phase Shifter
The MAPS-011008 is a digital phase shifter for C-band radar applications. It facilitates easy implementation in communication antennas, phased array radars, and weather radars, and was designed specifically for 5.0 to 6.0 GHz applications.

M/A-Com Technology Solutions

DC Block Power Dividers & Combiners
Series DCB-1020 is an in phase power divider/combiner with high isolation, small size and superior performance in a single package. These units utilize microstrip construction with blocking capacitors on all ports except those that are intended to pass DC.
RLC Electronics

Surface Mount Bandpass Filter
CBP-1307C+ is a ceramic-coaxial-resonator based bandpass filter in a shielded package fabricated using SMT technology. Frequency range is from 1215 to 1400 MHz. It offers outstanding close in rejection, low insertion loss and high power handling.
Mini-Circuits

CW Immune, ERDLVA
Model ERDLVA-218-CW-LPD-100 is a CW immune, extended range detector logarithmic video amplifier (ERDLVA) designed for ultra low DC power consumption. It operates over the 2.0 to 18.0 GHz frequency range and offers a log slope of 77mV/dB into a 100 ohm video load.
PMI

UHF Input Test Coupler
The company provides a UHF input test coupler for one of the payloads in the newly launched Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-1) satellite. Insertion loss is 0.12 dB max.; coupling is 30 dB typ.; directivity is 15 dB; and VSWR is 1.25:1.
Delta Microwave

High Power Amplifier Module
Model BBM5K8CKT is a 2500 to 6000 MHz amplifier guaranteed to deliver 100W output power and related RF performance under all specified temperature and environmental conditions. It is suitable for broadband jamming and high power linear applications in the S/C bands.
EMPower RF Systems

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WHITE PAPERS

Directivity and VSWR Measurements
Return loss and VSWR measurements are complicated by the finite performance of the directional device used to measure the reflected power. The only accurate and convenient way to make return loss measurements is with a well matched high directivity directional coupler or bridge.
Marki Microwave

Switch Solutions for Systems with Low PIM Requirements
Dow-Key Microwave has invested in R&D for new RF switch products designed specifically to reduce intermodulation (IM) in coaxial switches.
Dow-Key Microwave

How to Specify RF and Microwave Filters
Covers cavity, ceramic, LC, crystal and helical filters.
Anatech Electronics

Mounting Considerations for Medium Power Surface-Mount RF Devices
Covers all factors that must be considered when mounting SMT devices.
TriQuint Semiconductor

Biasing MMIC Amplifiers
How to bias MMICs along with theory and techniques.
Mini-Circuits


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