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July 2008 [Editorial] Observations From The 2008 Atlanta MTT-S Microwave engineers (and even those who write about the industry) often use the annual IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (MTT-S) symposium and exhibition, otherwise known as the International Microwave Symposium (IMS), as the equivalent of “halftime” at a sporting event. It is a time to pause and ponder about the first half of the year. And it is an opportunity to take a peek at what competitors are doing, since many companies use the midyear MTT-S as... — Jack Browne June 2008 [Editorial] Students Abroad Also Spurn Science It is widely acknowledged that US engineering companies are attracting more international than homegrown talent. The problem is that less and less US-born students are going into engineering-related fields. In fact, they are less inclined to study mathematics and science in general. This issue has largely been blamed on our education system. When it was recognized decades ago that fewer students were continuing in math and science, many argued that there should have... — Nancy Friedrich May 2008 [Editorial] Making A Mid-Year Assessment At IMS Atlanta, GA is home to this year’s Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (MTT-S) symposium and exhibition, popularly known as the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) or Microwave Week. In many ways, it is a “microwave week,” since the event literally takes a slice from many people’s schedules and gathers together an interesting combination of RF/microwave industry representatives, including friends and enemies. It is a week that “stops the world” and allows colleagues to... — Jack Browne April 2008 [Communications] WiMAX May Not Live Up To The Hype WiMAX broadband-access technology might not be able to deliver on its promises after all. The broadband technology, in both fixed and mobile forms, has been billed as the ultimate vehicle for last-mile services. Mobile WiMAX was certain to be deployed in hard-to-reach rural areas. Nobly, it also would provide a communications jumpstart in emerging markets like Africa. At the end of March, however, the Australian edition of Communications Day (... — Nancy Friedrich March [Editorial] Making Better Microwave Materials Microwave materials form the foundations for almost all high-frequency circuits and systems. Although they are often treated as commodity items, such as the FR-4 printed-circuit boards (PCBs) that are a “necessary evil” required for holding delicate metallized circuit traces and components, advances in microwave materials are as essential to the future of this industry as research and development in test equipment or semiconductor devices. In fact, without improved... — Jack Browne March 12, 2008 [Editorial] EM Simulators Have Become Mainstream Tools — Jack Browne February 21, 2008 [Materials] Fine Tuning Those Microwave Materials — Jack Browne February [Editorial] Prepare For The Worst, But Expect The Best With the bubble bursting in the home market, talk of a recession is everywhere. Remembering the telecom burst of the not-too-distant past, it is easy for people in the microwaves industry to get concerned. During that downturn, microwave companies did suffer tough losses of both profits and personnel. Yet few were wounded deeply enough to not be able to perform well in their areas of expertise. By concentrating on their strengths and focusing on relationships with ... — Nancy Friedrich February 7, 2008 [Editorial] Is WiMAX Really The Next Great (Wireless) Thing? — Jack Browne January 2008 [Test & Measurement] Where Is Test Equipment Going? This first issue of 2008 is a chance to take a fresh look at one’s life, job and industry. And with an issue theme of “Test & Measurement,” it is only appropriate to try and size up developments in RF/microwave measurement equipment and what to expect from test gear manufacturers in the next few years. “If you can’t test it, you can’t ship it,” is a time-honored adage in this industry, one that emphasizes the importance of maintaining the highest possible... — Jack Browne January 23, 2008 [Industry News] IP Infrastructure Takes On Mobile WiMAX — Jack Browne December 19, 2007 [Education] Linking Universities And The High-Frequency Industry — Jack Browne December 6, 2007 [Test & Measurement] Remembering A Master Of Time-Domain Measurements — Jack Browne November 20, 2007 [Communications] Increased Browsing Will Fuel Mobile WiMAX — Jack Browne November 2007 [Editorial] The Year That Has Come And Gone What happened to the rest of the year, you might be wondering? Why write a retrospective editorial in a November magazine? Time is very subjective, and it has been said by many much wiser (and older) than this writer that time seems to pass more quickly the older one gets. As engineers, of course, we understand that, empirically, this is nonsense. Time is simply what we measure it to be, whether in units as small as picoseconds or as long as years or the proverbial... — Jack Browne November 8, 2007 [Test & Measurement] Software Helps Solve Measurement Problems — Jack Browne October 25, 2007 [Test & Measurement] Renewed Interest In Military Electronics — Jack Browne October 2007 [Editorial] Combine Resources To Increase Reach Oftentimes, an individual or a small company is better able to foresee an industry’s future needs than larger organizations. It also is small and agile enough to properly prepare to satisfy those needs. The electronicdesign- automation (EDA) industry, for example, has survived and flourished mostly because the bigger companies acquired and therefore expanded startups that were working on what would be needed next. In any industry, however, such acquisitions are often looked... — Nancy Friedrich October 9, 2007 [Conferences] Unleashing Microwaves In Munich — Jack Browne September 27, 2007 [Devices & ICs] Technology Searching For A Fit — Jack Browne  prev. page
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