IMS NEWS

• Wireless Industry Day To Debut At IMS2013

  The IEEE MTT-S 2013 International Microwave Symposium (IMS) is set to debut Wireless Industry Day, which will be held on June 5 at the Washington State Convention Center as part of Microwave Week.

• ALMA’s Thorburn And Microsoft’s Tennenhouse To Present IMS2013 Closing Ceremonies On Wireless Technology And Impact On Innovation
• Intellectual Ventures’ Global Head Of Technology Dr. Patrick Ennis Set To Kick Off IMS2013
• Richardson RFPD Announces Online Availability Of Video Presentations By Leading Innovators And Suppliers Of RF, Wireless & Energy Technologies
• IMS2012 Attendance Hits More Than 7,600 Participants

PRODUCTS TO SEE AT IMS2013

Microsemi: More Power, Less Noise

Delivering best-in-class RF, microwave and millimeter wave solutions:

• GaN Transistors – Highest output power
• KaBand LNAs – Lowest noise performance
• Control Components – Highest performance coaxial; surface mount devices

• Surface Mount Microwave PIN Diodes – Lowest parasitics

Visit us at IMS booth #1455  or  here

AR’s Newly Redesigned “W” Series

Our newly redesigned “W” Series Class A solid state amplifiers have significantly increased their value to our customers.  We have superior gain flatness, better noise figure, improved linear power margins, better efficiency, and better harmonics measured at higher powers than in previous designs.  And if that wasn’t enough we reduced the size and weight by approximately  50%.

Thick Film, Thin Film and Electronic Packages

Mini-Systems manufactures high reliability, precision Thick Film chip resistors and jumpers for frequencies to 10 Ghz. Thin Film chip resistors, resistor arrays, chip attenuators, MOS style capacitors, and RC networks, DC through 20 Ghz. Electronic Packages Alumina/Glass sidewall flatpacks. For more on Mini-Systems, visit their storefront.

Dielectric Loaded Cavity Bandpass Filter

The dielectric resonators used in the manufacturing of the dielectric loaded bandpass filters are manufactured from Titanate based ceramic substrates supported by an alumina post. These resonators typically have an unloaded quality factor (Q) of around 10,000. The extremely high Q ceramic dielectric produce superior selectivity while offering the industries best temperature stability of any passive bandpass filter. An additional benefit of the dielectric loaded filters is the overall reduction in size.

Low Cost Attenuators With Ethernet/RS-232 And Manual Control

The 50BA-series from JFW Industries is an all-new line of variable attenuator systems. These plug-and-play modules come complete with Ethernet/RS-232 interfaces as well as manual control (via Momentary Lever Actuator Switches with 7-segment digital display).

Broadband VNA: VectorStar ME7838A

Anritsu’s VectorStar ME7838A Broadband VNA is the first millimeter-wave system with stable real time leveling of power without the need for calibration software correction tables. The broadband system may be configured to include a full range of banded millimeter-wave modules extending the frequency range to 750 GHz and beyond.

OCXO for IEEE 1588v2 Applications

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the IEE have implemented standards to resolve timing issues associated with increased global mobile data traffic. Carrier Ethernet based networks needed to be established in order to compensate for the increase in traffic, and while this type of network provides better streaming and increased bandwidth, it is asynchronous packet based and can cause timing issues. The XO5x84-1588-R Series OCXO (Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator) has been specifically designed to help with this issue.

IMS ARTICLES

• How To Get Your Paper Published At IMS – Part III

  This is part of a series of guest columns by Dr. James C. Rautio of Sonnet Software, Inc.

  Last time, I went over how to make life easy for the IMS reviewer so that we can increase the chances of getting a paper accepted. It is important to devote conscious effort to making it easy for the reviewer to give high scores in the originality, clarity, quantitative, and interest categories. In this column, I concentrate on the part that I feel is most important, quantitative. Note that all four parts are formally assigned equal weights when assigning scores and other reviewers might have different opinions, so this represents only my personal views on the matter.

   

• How To Get Your Paper Published At IMS – Part II

  This is part of a series of guest columns by Dr. James C. Rautio of Sonnet Software, Inc.

  Last time, we talked about the rationale behind the IMS double-blind review system, where not only are the reviewers not known to the authors, but the authors are not (nominally) known to the reviewers. This reduces the chance of any bias on the part of the reviewer for or against any particular author. However, it also makes it harder for the reviewer to catch double publication. Now, we look at what you can do to increase chances of acceptance.

• The 6 Biggest Technology Trends From IMS2012

  Like a kid in a candy store or a car buff at an auto show, I couldn’t get enough of the enormous amount of RF and microwave technology on display at IMS2012. This year’s show offered a retrospective look at the history of RF and microwave technology (in celebration of MTT-S’ 60th anniversary), a comprehensive exhibition of today’s best designs, and glimpse of what the future has to offer through the pioneering research presented at the show. This article covers the top technology trends I observed at IMS2012.

• An IMS2012 Technology Review — In 2 Minutes Or Less

  Without fail, the RF Globalnet team returns from IMS each year with two things: 1) really sore feet (from running back and forth across an exhibit hall for three days), and 2) an enormous pile of news announcements, datasheets, handwritten notes, video footage, and other information about the exciting new RF and microwave technology we saw. Now that our feet have finally stopped throbbing, the time has come for us to translate that mountain of data into an easily scannable synopsis of all the technology on display at the IMS2012 exhibition.

• An Insider’s Look At The IMS2012 Technical Program

  To get some insight on what to expect from the Microwave Week technical program, I contacted Raafat Mansour, the technical chair of IMS2012. We discussed the record number of papers submitted this year, the hot technologies that will be represented in the technical program, and some new and interesting elements you should definitely check out.