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December 2010 [Products] Top Products of 2010 Economically challenging times can spur some of the more innovative product developments. In 2010, the economic obstacles loomed large. But still, RF/microwave companies responded with products that filled many needs with combinations of higher performance, smaller size, and lower costs. The Top Products of 2010 (see table on page 94), as selected by the Editors of Microwaves & RF, represent just a small sampling of the many new products introduced during... December 2010 [Communications] Weak Growth In Mobile-Data Traffic Dampens Need For LTE LONDON, UK—According to recent research, mobile-network operators can easily meet network demands at the current growth rates without a huge investment in Long Term Evolution (LTE). They could even emerge from the initial phase of market growth with substantially improved revenue-per-byte rates and much healthier margins. In fact, global telecommunications, media, and technology adviser Analysys Mason states that measured mobile-datatraffic growth in Europe... December 2010 [Research & Development] Europe Adopts MEMS Gyros For Space Navigation CHARLOTTE, NC—Gyroscopes from Goodrich Corp. have successfully passed in-orbit testing on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer CryoSat-2 satellite during a mission to detect shifts in global ice cover. The microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) gyros, which are the smallest to ever be flown by ESA, were used to monitor the satellite’s rate of spin. They were integrated into the SiREUS rate sensor to form Europe’s first MEMS-based device to be used for... December 2010 [Components] Cables Aid Success Of Deep-Space Program STROUDSBURG, PA—Cables have contributed to the first and only asteroid dust capture from space. In a seven-year space mission, Japanese scientists confirmed that their Hayabusa space probe captured particles from the asteroid Itokawa. Those particles have been undergoing a wide variety of tests and analysis after returning to Earth this past June. “This is a world first and it is a remarkable accomplishment that brought home material from a celestial body other than the... December 2010 [Defense Electronics] TriQuint Welcomes AFRL Contract TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR has been awarded a Defense Production Act Title III gallium-nitride (GaN) manufacturing development contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). TriQuint was awarded the contract based on its success and experience developing GaN technologies and products. The goal of the contract is to increase yield, lower costs, and improve time-to-market cycles for defense and commercial GaN integrated circuits (ICs). The contract is... December 2010 [Industry News] Company News CONTRACTS Andrew Solutions—Will provide a coverage and capacity system for wireless communications in the Shanxi Province section of China’s Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan high-speed railway. Andrew will supply RADIAX radiating cable and accessories for distributing wireless signals within the tunnel and along the railway. Iridium Communications, Inc.—Has won three Defense Information Systems... December 2010 [People] People Rohde & Schwarz Appoints Bausback President/CEO SCOTT BAUSBACK has been named President and CEO of Rohde & Schwarz, Inc. He succeeds WOLFGANG SCHMITTSEIFER, who served as CEO since June 2003. Schmittseifer will return to the company’s corporate headquarters in Munich to take on new REYNARD CROWLEY responsibilities at a global level. Bausback has served as Chief Operating Officer of the company since December 2009. He brings more ... December 2010 [Education] Educational Meetings Meetings Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Jan. 6-9, 2011 (Las Vegas, NV) For more information, visit: www.cesweb.org Radio Wireless Week Jan. 16-20, 2011(Phoneix, AZ) Renaissance Glendale For more information, visit: www.radiowirelessweek.org 2011 IEEE 24th... November 2010 [Defense Electronics] Next Decade Will See Number Of New EO Satellites Double PARIS, FRANCE—Defense and security requirements will continue to drive the commercial Earth-observation (EO) satellite data market for the next 10 years. In addition, revenue growth will be fueled by the growing commercialization of the industry and the data needs of emerging EO nations and private enterprise, concludes Euroconsult’s report, “Satellite-Based Earth Observation, Market Prospects to 2019.” In the next decade, 230 EO satellites... November 2010 [Devices & ICs] Project Targets Heterogeneous SoC Solutions EUROPE-A three-year European project dubbed DOTFIVE is focusing on the RTD activities necessary to move the silicon-germanium (SiGe) heterojunction-bipolar-transistor (HBT) into the frequency range of 0.5 THz (500 GHz) at room temperature. Using those HBTs, it should be possible to evaluate the achievable performance of millimeter-wave integrated circuits (ICs). The transistors developed within DOTFIVE will be used for designing circuits that enable ... November 2010 [Research & Development] Rice Researchers Introduce Graphene-Based Amplifiers HOUSTON, TX—Rice University research into the wide-ranging capabilities of graphene could lead to circuit applications that are more compact and versatile with silicon-based technologies. Triple-mode, singletransistor amplifiers based on graphene—the one-atom-thick form of carbon whose discoverers recently won a Nobel Prize— could become key components in future electronic circuits. By combining the three modes, for example, the... November 2010 [Industry News] Broadcom Acquires Beceem Communications Semiconductor provider Broadcom corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Beceem communications, inc., a privately held company that provides fourth-generation (4G) wireless platform solutions. recently, Beceem garnered headlines by announcing a 4G multimode platform that can support Long term evolution (Lte) and WimAX 4G networks. By supporting peak broadband download speeds to 200 mb/s, this technology promises to enable true mobile-broadband... November 2010 [Industry News] Company News Contact ORBIT Communication Systems, Inc.—Has been selected by the Aircraft Operation Center (AOC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to supply its Communication Management System (CMS). The CMS will be installed on the WP-3 Orion special-mission aircraft that are operated by NOAA/AOC. The Orion requires a high degree of communications between the science crew and the flight crew. This... November 2010 [People] People Carlson Inducted Into Wireless Hall Of Fame LEROY (ROY) T. CARLSON, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., has been inducted into the Wireless History Foundation Hall of Fame. Carlson, 94, founded TDS in 1969. Initially, it comprised 10 small, rural telephone companies. In 1983, Carlson founded TDS subsidiary United States Cellular Corp., which is now the sixth-largest full-service wireless provider in the US.... November 2010 [Education] Educational Meetings Meetings ARMMS RF & Microwave Society Conference Nov. 22-23, 2010 (Northants, England) Rockingham Forest Hotel For more information, contact: Keith Clark, Program Coordinator, Surrey Satellite Technology Phone: +44 (0)1483 803855 E-mail: K.Clark@sstl.co.uk IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 Dec. 6-10, 2010 (Miami, FL) ... October 2010 [Industry News] Optical-Telecommunications Gear Recovers From Dot-Com Bust EL SEGUNDO, CA—According to iSuppli Corp., the optical telecom-network-equipment market is finally recovering from the Internet bubble a decade ago. Worldwide optical-telecom networkequipment revenue will amount to $13.5 billion in 2010—up 7.7 percent from $12.5 billion in 2009. Revenue will continue to rise during the next four years until it reaches $22.1 billion in 2014—the highest total since the market peak of $24.95 billion in 2000. While revenue... October 2010 [Industry News] UK Invests In Smart-Meter Projects BOSTON, MA AND VIENNA, AUSTRIA—Smart meters are becoming increasingly pervasive in Europe. In the UK’s largest smart-energy initiative, British Gas is planning to provide a million customers with electricity and gas smart meters along with touchscreen, in-home energy-management displays. These plans translate into major opportunities for firms like Ember. Ember-enabled smart meters with ZigBee wireless-networking technology are being deployed in some of the... October 2010 [Communications] All-In-One Telematics System Breaks New Ground LEEDS, ENGLAND—A new type of vehicle tracking system is based on a single, intelligent mobile-communications unit. The system (see figure), which comes from Masternaut, comprises a Mobile Communication Centre (MCC) that combines vehicle tracking, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation, hands-free mobile communications, and real-time job scheduling and messaging. As a result, it eliminates the need... October 2010 [Industry News] RF MEMS Startup Secures Funding DELFMEMS, a developer of microelectromechanical- systems (MEMS) switching solutions and a startup player in the field of RF components, has secured $1.9 million in venture-capital (VC) funding. This funding was supplied by A2D Invest, Alliansys, Finorpa, Inovam, Rhône-Alpes-Création, and several business angels (Nord, XMP Business Angels, and IT @ngels). The funding will be used for the delivery of standalone products for instrumentation and... October 2010 [Industry News] Company News CONTRACTS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.—Has entered into a strategic partnership with A.E. Petsche Company to provide GORE FireWire cable products for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 Lightning program, the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) next-generation strike aircraft system for the Navy, Air Force, and Marines. A.E. Petsche will manage the requirements of all program partners to ensure optimum stocking levels...  prev. page
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