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Contents 3
Departments
Contents/Impressum 3
News 4/10
Technical feature 6
Modules 11
Microwave Components 13
EMC 14 In this issue:
Software 15
Test & Measurement 20 Technical feature:
Products 26
Wireless 29 Antenna Tuning Technology
takes Portable Handsets to the
On the cover: next level
Agilent Technologies Inc. Footprints are shrinking inside
introduced the N9342C wireless and mobile devices, which
handheld spectrum analyser has a significant impact on antenna
(HSA), a powerful and performance. 6
straightforward instrument
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surveillance of RF systems in the first antenna design software
the field 20 of its kind: The number of
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of version 1.0. 18
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4 News
ACAL appoints Paul

Agilent Technologies‘ Infiniium 90000
Webster as UK Managing X-Series Oscilloscope wins Electron d‘Or
Director for ACAL
Technology and BFi OPTiLAS
2010 Award for Innovation
Webster joins ACAL strong competition from other nominees
after more than 30 including products from Tektronix, Nati-
years in component onal Instruments and LeCroy. This is the
distribution. Before third time that an Agilent product has re-
joining the company ceived this award.
he held the position of Agilent‘s proprietary indium phosphide
Head of Product Ma- (InP) integrated circuit process enables
nagement at Electrocomponents Plc., high-frequency oscilloscope capability
where he was responsible for the im- while yielding the industry‘s lowest noise
plementation of electronics strategy floor and jitter measurement floor. Custom
throughout Europe and APAC and aluminum nitride packaging technology
the introduction of over 60000 new combines five InP chips in the front-end
products to their range. During his multichip module, which incorporates
career Webster has held senior level unique noise shielding and heat dissipa-
management roles including Vice Pre- Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that tion techniques.
sident of Marketing, EMEA for Avnet the Infiniium 90000 X-Series oscilloscope
Inc., and sales and marketing roles at has been selected as the winner of the Additional information about Agilent‘s
the Macro Group and ITT Electro- prestigious Electron d‘Or (gold electron) Infiniium 90000 X-S eries oscillo-
nic Services. award in the „Instrumentation“ category. scopes is available at www.agilent.com/
The 90000 X-Series was selected unani- find/90000X-series. Agilent‘s complete

ACAL Technology mously by a jury of experts from industry, portfolio of oscilloscopes is available in
www.acaltechnology.com the press and academic research. a variety of form factors and with band-
widths from 20 MHz to more than 90
Maxim Releases an The Electron d‘Or award competition is GHz. They offer industry-leading speci-
sponsored annually by the French elect- fications and can be used with a range of
Industrial Solutions ronics magazine ElectroniqueS to recog- powerful applications.
Guide nise innovation in 12 areas of electronics.  Agilent Technologies
The Agilent 90000 X-Series won against www.agilent.com
Maxim Integrated
Products introduced
an Industrial Solu- Renesas joins Symbian Symbian Hardware Abstraction Interface
tions Guide compri- (SHAI), which will make hardware adap-
sing tutorials, system Foundation to further tation easier than ever before.
diagrams, and recom- innovate Mobile Chipsets  Renesas Electronics Corporation
mended solutions ta-
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for Symbian Platform
dustrial systems. In addition to this Renesas Electronics Corporation and
Hittite Microwave
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has expanded its library of online re- nounced that Renesas has joined the Sym- License to IBM
sources for industrial designers, put- bian Foundation, bringing its advanced
ting a new set of interactive diagrams mobile chipset technologies and expertise Millimeterwave Technology
and application notes at their finger- to the Symbian ecosystem. The availabi- Hittite Microwave Corporation an-
tips. Applications covered in the so- lity of Renesas chipsets that support the nounced it has acquired a license from
lutions guide include programmable Symbian platform enables OEMs world- IBM to manufacture and market silicon
logic controllers, sensors, motor con- wide to create Symbian-compliant devices IC millimeterwave transceivers developed
trol, security DVRs, IP cameras, and that fully meet the needs of network ope- by IBM. Also covered by the license are
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trial solutions, visit www.maxim-ic. and 81-86 GHz IC intellectual property.
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technology and cutting-edge multimedia wave technology.
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6 Technical feature
Antenna Tuning Technology takes Portable

Handsets to the next level
Footprints are
shrinking inside
wireless and mobile
devices, which has a
significant impact on
antenna performance.
Portable system
designers need to
contend with very
small antennas that
must support voice
calls from 824 to
2170 MHz (or more), Figure 1: A traditional passive internal antenna covers the mobile TV bandwidth with very high
VSWR (left) whereas a narrow tunable antenna can be moved in frequency to cover the same
different modulation bandwidth with significantly better VSWR (right).
schemes, high data
rates, and mobile need to be low-loss, highly lin- A „tunable“ internal antenna function of the desired receive
ear, able to handle very high RF would cover a narrow section frequency.
TV channels ranging signal levels of 30 Vpk or +40 of the 470 to 862 MHz band-
from 470 to 862 Because an open-loop system
dBm, and consume low power. width that is quickly retuned does not measure the operation
MHz - all in a thinner as the desired receive channel of the antenna in real time, it
Fortunately, electronically- changes, ensuring that most
form factor. tunable devices that are robust cannot take into account envi-
of the signal power captured ronmental conditions. In a mo-
enough and use proven high- by the antenna actually ends
volume technologies are al- bile device, the environment is
up in the receiver. The UHF constantly changing as a cellu-
ready available, and they will band for DVB-H mobile TV is
enable mobile handset design- lar subscriber walks, drives, or
divided into 48 channels that moves his or her fingers (the so-
ers to embed mobile TV an- are 8MHz apart. In order to
Many of the latest portable tennas and take voice and data called ‚head and hand‘ effect).
wireless designs constrain the provide high-quality mobile re- To address the needs of cellu-
performance to the next level. ception, the antenna will need
antenna to a historically small lar frequencies that are detuned
area, and, in many cases, the 16 or 32 tuning states. Figure 1 due to low efficiency or envi-
Antenna Tuning compares the input impedance
antennas are literally wrapped ronmental conditions, adap-
around peripheral functions Challenges of an embedded mobile TV tive closed-loop antenna tun-
in the handset. This approach As mobile handset antennas antenna with fixed matching ing can be used (Figure 2). Here,
often makes the antenna more are wrapped and re-pathed, and one with a tunable match- a mismatch sensor tracks the
susceptible to detuning by en- they lose efficiency. Fortunately, ing circuit. Note the VSWR of antenna‘s operation by meas-
vironmental effects and lowers some of this lost performance the antenna without tuning is uring power that is reflected
the antenna‘s efficiency. As an can be recovered with antenna 6:1, but with tuning circuitry, back to the antenna (VSWR)
added challenge for mobile tuning, in which the system matching is very good at better and makes necessary adjust-
TV, when an antenna is con- uses dynamic impedance tun- than 2:1 across the entire band. ments to the impedance tuning
strained to a very small form ing techniques to optimize the So, to achieve satisfactory per- circuitry. In this way, a closed-
factor such as this, it cannot antenna performance for both formance, the only real options loop antenna tuner tracks the
receive all of the required TV the frequency of operation and for handset designers incor- optimal frequency and matches
frequencies at high efficiency environmental conditions. This porating mobile TV is to use for the antenna in all use cases.
without some sort of reliable same type of antenna tuning an external whip antenna or a The tuning algorithm forces the
tuning technology. can be used to track mobile narrowband tunable antenna. tunable elements to constantly
To be viable in a portable device, TV channels with an embed- Mobile TV is a receive-only track and adjust to the optimal
antenna tuning technologies ded antenna. system, so an open-loop an- setting as environmental con-
For mobile TV applications, tenna tuning method (Figure ditions change.
Tero Ranta the achievable bandwidth and 2) is required. Here, the center It is clear why tuning technol-
Rodd Novak input match is directly related frequency of the antenna is ogies are necessary for em-
Peregrine Semiconductor to the physical size of the an- tuned based on a look-up table bedded mobile TV antennas,
www.psemi.com tenna and the mobile phone. for the tunable component as a but how necessary is antenna

Technical feature 7
The most challenging compo-

nent requirements have been
power handling and linearity,
especially in the presence of
GSM signals. Although GSM
antennas transmit at power
levels up to +33 dBm, under
mismatch conditions the tun-
able component must be able
to handle RF signal levels up
to 30 Vpk or +40 dBm.
Numerous materials and tech-
nologies have been proposed
over the years to implement
tunable antennas and filters,
Figure 2. Open-loop (left) and closed-loop (right) antenna tuning but these techniques have not
tuning for cellular frequen- ing a conducted measurement Tuning Solutions been able to overcome techno-
cies? Absorption loss in the in a controlled impedance en- logical and marketability hur-
body, mismatch loss in the vironment. While the case for antenna dles, so they are not suited for
antenna, ripples in the RF fil- tuning technology has been high-volume production.
ter passband, and reduction in In order to meet these new strong for some time, the chal-
output power due to low effi- stringent power specifications, lenge has been the absence of DuNE-Technology
ciency all combine to severely adaptive antenna tuning may a high-performance, electron- In response, designers at Per-
reduce the power radiated out be the only option for mobile ically-tunable reactive compo- egrine Semiconductor have
of the handset. nent that is low loss and has a leveraged proven UltraCMOS
handset designers. An antenna
wide enough tuning ratio to process and HaRP design inno-
tuner forces the antenna to ap-
handle both cellular and mo- vations to develop DuNE(tm)
These effects are directly vis- pear 50 Ohms despite envi-
bile TV frequencies. technology, a patent-pending
ible to the consumer as a de- ronmental effects, so the rest
crease in battery life, degra- of the system operates opti- Since it is connected to the an- design methodology that is
dation of call quality, and an mally, which significantly im- tenna, any tuning circuit used being used to develop Digit-
increase in dropped calls. To proves the TRP. Even though needs to be extremely linear ally Tunable Capacitors (DTCs).
guard against these problems, an antenna tuner causes addi- so as not to generate harmon- This solid-state DTC can be de-
many network operators are tional insertion loss when the ics or intermodulation distor- signed to meet the challenges of
adopting radiated power re- antenna is at 50 Ohms (VSWR tion. The tunable element, such both cellular handset and mo-
quirements for handset anten- 1:1), adaptive antenna tuning as variable capacitor, needs to bile TV antenna tuning. It is a
nas. For example, Total Radi- will significantly improve the have a tuning ratio of at least fully integrated way to imple-
ated Power (TRP) and Total overall insertion loss from the 3:1 or better. In addition, the ment a variable capacitor with
Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS) spec- tuner input to antenna input whole circuit must have power digital control whose basic de-
ifications are now being tested compared to uncorrected sit- consumption of less than 1 mA. sign can be adapted for open-
by simulating actual use cases uation (Figure 3), and provide Finally, the tuning circuitry loop (mobile TV) and closed
with head and hand configu- performance improvements in must be small, rugged, and reli- loop (cellular) antenna tuning
rations rather than testing the the power amplifier (PA) and able. It needs low insertion loss applications.
phone in free space or perform- RF filters as well. and a high quality factor (Q). Because they are manufac-
tured on the UltraCMOS proc-
ess, the DuNE DTC products
can integrate the digital func-
tions (CMOS control, digital
processing, serial peripheral
bus, tuning algorithm), ana-
log functions (mismatch sen-
sors, charge pumps, biasing
circuitry), as well as RF pas-
sive (high Q capacitors), and
RF active (switches, ESD pro-
tection) circuitry in addition
to the DTC core. And, thanks
to a fully insulating sapphire
substrate, UltraCMOS field
effect transistors (FETs) can
be stacked to handle high
Figure 3. Simulation of an adaptive closed-loop antenna tuner showing insertion loss RF power levels, unlike bulk
improvement with the antenna tuner (blue) compared to not having the antenna tuner (red). CMOS and silicon on insula-

8 Technical feature
Figure 4: The DTC circuit for cellular applications is available

in a flip-chip form for low parasitic inductance, and it measures
1.36 x 0.81 mm.
Figure 5: Measured 5-bit DuNE DTC showing very linear

tuning characteristic and a capacitance range from 1.15 to 3.4
pF (3:1)
on the application, these self- units per week to the handset
contained UltraCMOS RFICs industry. DuNE DTCs for cel-
communicate directly with the lular applications are sampling
cellular transceiver and base- now, and they are expected to
band or the mobile TV receiver be in volume production in late
chipset. They integrate a digital 2010. Ultimately, DuNE tech-
communication interface and nology allows for monolithic
all the other required func- integration of the complete
tionality monolithically on the adaptive antenna tuner system,
die, which minimizes lines and which promises to help hand-
connections between devices. set designers meet and beat the
This new technology is based challenging antenna perform-
on proven building blocks and ance and size requirements of
process technologies that are the future.
already shipping millions of  Peregrine Semiconductor
Figure 6: DuNE DTC with Q designed to be 60-70 at 900 MHz.

tor (SOI) technologies. As a re- In addition to >+38 dBm of
sult, a DuNE DTC‘s power han- power handling in 50 Ohms
dling can be scaled from +20 (Figure 7) and switching speed
dBm to more than +40 dBm, of better than 5 µs, this new
easily withstanding the high technology meets other neces-
RF power levels encountered sary specifications for a cellu-
in GSM and WCDMA opera- lar antenna tuning circuit. For
tion without degrading the Q instance, the power consump-
or tuning ratio. tion is about 100 µA.
DuNE for Mobile The Future of Antenna

Handsets Tuning
For cellular applications, DuNE We expect the footprint for mo-
DTCs (Figure 4) are being de- bile handset circuitry will con-
signed with capacitance val- tinue to shrink and perform-
ues from 0.5 pF to 10 pF, with ance demands will continue to
typical tuning ratios ranging grow. Fortunately, DuNE tech-
from 2:1 to 10:1 with 5 bits or nology addresses all of the re-
32 states of resolution (Figure quired performance points for Figure 7. The level of the 3rd harmonic as a function of input
5). Typical Q values range from embedding tunable antennas in power is largely independent of capacitance state and meets the
40 to 80 at 1-2 GHz (Figure 6). mobile handsets. Depending -36 dBm GSM specification up to +40 dBm of input power

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AR appoints Joseph Diesso Marketing
Manager of AR RF/Microwave M/A-COM Technology Solutions and
Instrumentation Mimix announce Merger Agreement
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. and Mimix Broad-
AR RF/Mic- Microwave Corp. where he ser- band, Inc. (Mimix) jointly announced that their respective
rowave Inst- ved as Vice President of Sales corporate parents have signed a definitive merger agree-
rumentation & Marketing. ment that will add Mimix and its subsidiaries to the M/A-
is pleased to COM Tech family of companies. Mimix is a leading fab-
In addition he has held posi- less supplier of high performance gallium arsenide (GaAs)
announce the tions in Applications and Sys-
appointment semiconductors from DC to 50 GHz for RF, microwave
tems Engineering for presti- and millimeter-wave applications. Pursuant to the merger
of Jos eph J. gious microwave companies.
Diesso to the position of Mar- agreement, Mimix Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries will
Mr. Diesso holds a BSEE and join M/A-COM Tech as subsidiaries of M/A-COM Techno-
keting Manager. Mr. Diesso MBA degree in marketing and
comes to AR with over 30 years logy Solutions Holdings, Inc. The transaction is subject to
has taken numerous advanced customary closing conditions and is currently expected to
of experience in the marketing courses in both marketing and
& sales of RF/Microwave de- close in late May 2010. Financial terms were not disclosed.
sales. His varied and extensive
vices, components and assem- experience will make him an
blies. He has held positions of M/A-COM Technology, www.macomtech.com

asset to AR‘s worldwide orga-
Vice President of Business De- nization.
velopment and Vice President
of Programs during his em- Agilent received Frost and and handsets. Additional in-
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tion at high efficiency, including WLAN, Module delivers 18 dBm of linear output power
Zigbee, Smart Energy/Advanced Mete- for higher efficiency and lower EVM for
ring Infrastructure (AMI) and Home RF Micro Devices, Inc. announced avai- 11n applications. Additionally, integra-
Area Networks (HANs). lability of the RF5365 WiFi front end ted 2170 MHz filtering and harmonic
module (FEM). The highly integra- attenuation reduce the need for a high
RFMD‘s highly integrated RF6515 FEM ted RF5365 FEM satisfies the need for loss/attenuation filter at the FEM output,
integrates a 20 dBm PA, harmonic trans- aggressive size reductions for typical increasing output power at the antenna.
mit filtering and a double-pole, double- 802.11b/g front-end designs and grea-
throw (DPDT) switch. The RF6515 also tly reduces the number of components An integrated Rx balun eliminates requi-
features an integrated balun, which pro- outside the core chipset. rements for tuning components between
vides a balanced 50 ohm match for the Rx the FEM and the SoC, and a direct-to-
and Tx signal paths. The RF6515 is pa- RFMD’s RF5365 FEM integrates a battery connection eliminates the need
ckaged in a 3.5 mm x 3.5 mm x 0.5 mm 802.11b/g power amplifier with a single for additional DC circuitry. Finally, an
package, which is industry-leading and pole three throw (SP3T) switch for 2.4 integrated power detector increases im-
five times smaller than competitive offe- GHz to 2.5 GHz ISM band applications. munity to power supply, temperature
rings, significantly minimizing customer By integrating SP3T switch functiona- and VSWR fluctuations and improves
product footprints and greatly reducing lity, the RF5365 is able to route WLAN the accuracy of the part’s closed loop
assembly costs and external component and Bluetooth receive/transmit signals power control. The RF5365 is fully tes-
counts. RFMD‘s RF6515 was designed to two system-on-chip (SOC) transcei- ted and packaged in a small 2.5 mm x
in collaboration with Ember. Used to- vers, accommodating a common imple- 2.5 mm QFN package.
gether, RFMD‘s RF6515 and Ember‘s mentation in high-performance consu-
EM250 deliver industry-leading per- mer electronics and handset/handheld  RFMD

12 Modules
Miniature Surface-Mount VSAT Frequency
Synthesizer, Drop-in Replacement Hi-Rel Phase-Locked Oscillator for
VSAT Applications
kHz step size, +7 dBm output
power, low spurs (<-60 dBc) tures +7 dBm output power,
and +5 VDC supply voltage low spurs (<-60 dBc) and
with extremely low power con- +5 VDC supply voltage. The
sumption (<60 mA). Locked to THOR-13050 is housed in a
an external 10 MHz reference, small connectorized package
the ZLX-1450 exhibits extre- (2.5” x 1.1” x 0.4”).
mely low phase noise (<-100
THOR units are available in
dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz).
fixed to >30% bandwidths
ZLX units are available from 50 from 1 to 18 GHz. Custom
to 4000 MHz as fixed frequency units feature external refe-
up to octave bandwidths. Cus- rences from 5 to 125 MHz or
The ZLX-1450 frequency syn- tom units feature external re- The THOR-13050 phase- optional internal references,
thesizer from EM Research ferences from 5 to 125 MHz locked oscillator from EM select supply voltages (+5, +8
operates in the VSAT Block I or optional internal referen- Research operates fixed or +12 VDC) and 10 kHz to
I.F. frequency band from 950 ces, select supply voltages (+3, at 13050 MHz for mixing 10 MHz step sizes. Hermeti-
to 1450 MHz housed in a mi- +3.3 or +5 VDC), 10 kHz to with the VSAT downlink cally-sealed units are availa-
niature, drop-in replacement, 10 MHz steps sizes and opti- frequency band of 14 to ble with wide operating tem-
surface-mount package (0.60” onal wide operating tempera- 14.5 GHz to produce an I.F. perature ranges (-40 °C to
square). The unit features 500 ture range (-40 °C to +85 °C). of 950 to 1450 MHz. The +85 °C or optional -55 °C to
THOR-13050 features a hi- +105 °C) and high-vibration
Surface-Mount VSAT Frequency rel, rugged design with ope- tolerance.
rating temperature range of  EM Research, Inc.
Synthesizer, exceptional Phase Noise -30 °C to +70 °C. The unit fea- www.emresearch.com
kHz step size, +7 dBm output
power, +5 VDC supply voltage
with low power consumption VSAT Frequency Synthesizer, Ultra-
(<150 mA). The HFS-2150 Miniature Surface-Mount Package
is housed in a small surface-
mount package (1.25” x 1” x supply voltage with extremely
0.24”). low power consumption (<55
HFS units are available in fixed mA). Locked to an external 10
to greater than octave band- MHz reference, the SLX-1450
widths from 50 to 8000 MHz. exhibits low phase noise (<-85
Custom units feature external dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz) and opera-
The HFS-2150 from EM Re- references from 5 to 125 MHz tes over -30 °C to +70 °C.
search operates in the VSAT or optional internal references,
Block III I.F. frequency band select supply voltages (+5, +8 SLX units are available from 50
from 950 to 2150 MHz fea- or +12 VDC), 10 kHz to 10 to 6000 MHz as fixed frequency
turing exceptionally low phase MHz step sizes and optional The SLX-1450 from EM Re- up to octave bandwidths. Cus-
noise (<-110 dBc/Hz @ 100 wide operating temperature search operates in the VSAT tom units feature external refe-
kHz). The unit features 200 range (-40 °C to +85 °C). Block I I.F. frequency band rences from 5 to 125 MHz, se-
from 950 to 1450 MHz in an lect supply voltages (+3, +3.3 or
ultra-miniature surface-mount +5 VDC), 10 kHz to 10 MHz
package of 0.5” square. The step sizes and optional wide
Cost-Effective Surface-Mount VSAT unit features 25 kHz step size, operating temperature range
Frequency Synthesizer +7 dBm output power, +5 VDC (-40 °C to +85 °C).
The LX-1750 from EM Re-
search is a cost-effective fre-
quency synthesizer operating consumption (<60 mA). Lo- ferences from 5 to 125 MHz or
in the VSAT Block II I.F. fre- cked to an external 10 MHz re- optional internal references, se-
quency band from 950 to 1750 ference, the LX-1750 exhibits lect supply voltages (+3, +3.3 or
MHz housed in a miniature extremely low phase noise (<- +5 VDC), 10 kHz to 10 MHz
surface-mount package (0.75” 100 dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz). LX step sizes and optional wide
square) The unit features 500 units are available from 50 to operating temperature range
kHz step size, +7 dBm output 6000 MHz as fixed frequency (-40 °C to +85 °C).
power and +5 VDC supply vol- up to octave bandwidths. Cus-  EM Research, Inc.
tage with extremely low power tom units feature external re- www.emresearch.com

Microwave Components 13
1000 - 2000 MHz enhancing the VCO‘s durability and ma-

king integration of a VCO into any ap-
RedBoxVCO plication an easy, plug-and-play option.
Crystek‘s CRBV55CW-1000-2000 Red- Engineered and manufactured in the
Box VCO operates from 1000 MHz to USA, the model CRBV55CW-1000-2000
2000 MHz with a control voltage range of features an input voltage of 10 V, with
1.0 ~ 20.0 V. This VCO features a typical a max current consumption of 25 mA.
phase noise of -100 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz Pulling and Pushing are minimized to
offset and has excellent linearity. Output 15.0 MHz and 5.0 MHz/V, respectively.
power is typically +5.5 dBm. Crystek‘s Second harmonic suppression is -10
RedBox line comprises VCOs enclosed dBc typical.
in a robust aluminum enclosure (1.25“  Crystek Corporation
x 1.25“ x 0.58“) with SMA connectors, www.crystek.com
5800 MHz
Coaxial Resonator
Oscillator (CRO) Custom RF/microwave
connectors and cable
assemblies
Tested on a 40GHz
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CO55CXT-5800-5800 Coaxial
Resonator Oscillator (CRO)
employs frequency doubling,
2x fundamental technology to
reach new performance levels
of low phase noise and harmo-
nics, while minimizing current
consumption in the process.
The CVCO55CXT-5800-5800 Focusing on quality, we’re one of the leading makers
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axial VCO features a typical
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10 kHz offset and has excel- helps us ensure the uniformity of our cables. This
lent linearity. The model CV- precision manufacturing is backed up by testing on
CO55CXT-5800-5800 is pa- advanced 40GHz network analyzers. We create over
ckaged in the industry-stan- 1 million connectors monthly, but minimum orders
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rf & wireless
Artist: Cynthia CSO: Leon AE: Jennifer ADP: 10698 Coaxial connectors
14 EMC
Pre compliance Test Solution to reduce Test

Margins, ensure Devices meet Regulatory
Limits
Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced the
N/W6141A Electromagnetic Compatibil-
ity measurement application for its X-Se-
ries signal analysers. Ideal for R&D engi-
neers in the aerospace/defense, automo-
tive and communications industries, the
EMC measurement application enables
easier, more accurate pre-compliance
emissions testing of prototype electrical
components, sub-assemblies and systems.
It is the only pre-compliance test solution
on the market today that helps users re-
duce test margins, while ensuring their Some of the key features available in Ag- an X-Series measurement application, the
devices meet all regulatory limits. ilent’s new EMC measurement applica- application can be easily transferred be-
tion include: tween X-Series signal analysers (the PXA,
Agilent’s new N/W6141A EMC measure- MXA and EXA) with transportable licens-
ment application allows R&D engineers • signal lists (e.g., delta to limit) that can ing. Support for this application across the
to evaluate the electromagnetic interfer- be used to mark, sort or delete signals
entire X-Series platform, coupled with the
ence (EMI) performance of their designs. to quickly reduce the measured signal
platform’s common algorithms, ensures
Its excellent sensitivity and measurement list to only those signals that are out of
consistent, repeatable results.
accuracy enables identification of low- specification;
level signals and guarantees more precise • real-time detectors for measuring peak, The Agilent X-Series signal analysers rep-
measurement of signals against commer- quasi-peak and the EMI/RMA average resent an evolutionary approach to signal
cial (CISPR 16-1-1) and MIL-STD limits amplitude of selected signals to max- analysis that spans instruments, meas-
with pass/fail and delta indicators. It also imise emissions using real-time measurements and software. These analysers
enables easy differentiation of ambient sig- urements; and provide a consistent framework for sig-
nals from device emissions. A frequency nal analysis and the flexibility to address
scan can be used to continuously search • the ability to re-measure signals in the business and technical requirements across
and measure signals, while a strip chart signal list for easy verification of failed multiple products and programs -- now
display and real-time detectors enable signal emissions repairs. and in the future.
views of intermittent emissions over time. The EMC measurement application sup-
This allows the engineer to easily identify ports a hardkey and softkey manual user 
out-of-limit device emissions. interface and SCPI remote interface. As www.agilent.com
New Antenna is approximately 75% smaller with no reduction in key

electrical performance
another advance in antenna techno- strength immunity testing. The size re-
logy. Model ATR26M6G-1 (26 MHz - 6 duction minimizes field loss that can
GHz/5,000 watts) is a wide band, high result from “room loading.” The broad
gain antenna with a proprietary design frequency range addresses existing RF
that combines AR’s “bent element” ap- susceptibility requirements as well as
proach with additional innovations. anticipated future developments and is
The result is an extremely versatile an- matched to work with AR’s “W,” “S” and
tenna that provides a size reduction of “A” Series RF power amplifiers. The ro-
approximately 75% without sacrificing bust design can accommodate the high
key electrical performance such as gain power levels necessary to generate signi-
and bandwidth. The antenna’s size and ficant E-fields. The ATR26M6G-1, which
performance make it uniquely suited is tough and durable enough to with-
for use in both traditional applications stand the rigors of outdoor use, can also
and in new compact chambers. be calibrated for RF emissions testing.
The ATR26M6G-1 features a reduced
AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation has profile and extremely low VSWR, ma-  AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation
unveiled a new antenna that represents king it an excellent choice for high-field- www.ar-worldwide.com

Software 15
New Signal Studio for 3GPP LTE and VSA

Software Capabilities
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the

availability of key enhancements to its
Signal Studio for 3GPP LTE and 89600
Vector Signal Analysis (VSA) software.
The Signal Studio software runs the 3GPP December 2009 ver-
on Agilent’s signal generators sion of the standard and new allocation, UE power control, 1) downlink control channel
and emulators. The VSA soft- features for eNB and UE re- UE scheduling and UE random decode and auto-configura-
ware runs on Agilent’s analysis ceiver stimulus. In particular, access also is provided. tion, and
platforms. Geared toward en- updated eNB conformance
gineers performing design and test configurations allow en- Agilent’s 89600 VSA software 2) UE-specific resource signal
verification of LTE components gineers to perform all eNB Rx features a number of new ca- (RS) analysis.
and evolved Node B (eNB) and conformance tests (using inst- pabilities for LTE modulation Downlink control channel de-
user equipment (UE) transmit- ruments such as Agilent’s PXB analysis including support for coding and auto-configura-
ters and receivers, the new ca- baseband generator and chan- the 3GPP December 2009 stan- tion provides new tables that
pabilities will help engineers nel emulator and MXG vector dard and associated eNB and the engineers can use to ve-
keep pace with the evolving signal generator). UE transmitter conformance rify information sent on the
LTE standard. The enhance- test updates. New in-band control channel. Designed for
ments also will allow engineers Support for automatic down- emissions and spectrum flat- LTE TDD, the UE-specific RS
to more accurately test their de- link DCI channel coding elimi- ness traces have been added, analysis allows designers to ex-
signs to standard requirements nates the tedious task of manu- both with pre-set limit lines amine UE RS allocations sepa-
and beyond. Enhancements to ally generating DCI messages for uplink conformance testing. rately or as a group.
Agilent’s Signal Studio 3GPP in downlink signals. Automa-
LTE software for both FDD tic generation and configura- The software also adds two new 
and TDD include support for tion of DCI based on PDSCH analysis tools: www.agilent.com
About Signal Studio for 3GPP LTE About 89600 VSA

Agilent’s Signal Studio for 3GPP LTE is a powerful software The 89600 VSA software is the industry’s premier vector
tool that creates standards-based uplink and downlink LTE signal analysis software for R&D. Providing advanced ge-
signals for use with the Agilent ESG and MXG vector signal neral-purpose and standards-based tools for evaluating
generators and PXB baseband generator and channel emu- signal spectrum, modulation and time characteristics, it
lator. The waveform playback mode of the software creates gathers the data needed to find and resolve physical layer
physical layer LTE signals with transport channel coding signal problems. This advanced software is compatible with
ideally suited for measuring EVM, ACLR and CCDF of over 30 Agilent signal analyzers, scopes, and logic analy-
power amplifiers as well as measuring BLER and functio- zers. The software runs on Windows-based PCs or in PC-
nal characteristics receivers and baseband chipsets. based instruments.

16 Software
3D Design Software speeds response time

for RF-Connector specialist
A sizeable proportion of
the coaxial RF connector
business is for custom
parts, and the strong
competition in this sector
means that success relies
heavily on a connector
vendor’s responsiveness to
customer requests.
One of the most successful and longest-

established manufacturers in this market
is San-tron. Around 70% of its business
is producing custom parts, and a key ele-
ment in securing these orders is the abi-
lity to produce engineering samples ra-
pidly. San-tron will typically design a new
connector within just three working days,
thanks in part to an automated design pro-
cess using the Concerto high-frequency
electromagnetic design software, from
Cobham Technical Services.
San-tron uses the concerto simulation pakage to help create new designs, such as
Single simulation-optimisation these 40 GHz connectors for K band applications
stage
Requests for custom parts are often dri-
ven by a need for improvements in cost
or performance, and often both. By using
Concerto software, with its built-in auto-
matic parameter optimisation program,
San-tron is almost invariably able to find
the best connector geometry in a single
simulation-optimisation stage. From there,
the company typically fabricates a small
number of prototypes, based on the op-
timised design, but with minor mecha-
nical variations. The results of electrical
tests on these allow San-tron to assess the
effects of tolerances in manufacture and
material properties. The final design is
then realised in finished samples for cus-
tomer evaluation.
Just three working days

The complete design stage of this process
is usually performed within just three
working days. This includes a full three-
dimensional simulation and multi-para-
meter optimisation exercise that takes bet-
ween 30 minutes and a couple of hours,
depending on the complexity of the pro- Model of one of San-tron´s coaxial RF connectors using the Conerto simulation
duct. Concerto’s computation efficiency package

Software 17
allows this to be performed on a stan- tromagnetic design functionality that is chusetts and its own manufacturing facili-
dard office laptop. suitable for smaller-scale design problems. ties in both Ipswich and Suzhou, San-tron
Before this design process was introdu- Having been in business for more than 50 has the resources to meet market demands
ced, San-tron employed analytic compu- years, San-tron is one of the longest esta- for high quality and competitive pricing,
ter software to estimate the VSWR of a blished manufacturers of RF coaxial con- and will handle applications that require
proposed connector design. Designing a nectors. It makes connectors and cable as- volumes from a hundred components to
new connector using this approach typi- semblies in a wide variety of standard con- hundreds of thousands.
cally necessitated three or four physical figurations from SMA through LC styles,
prototyping iterations. and is renowned for its technical ability,
This approach became impractical as San- and flexibility of manufacture and sup-  Cobham Technical Services
tron’s business grew, and as it became in- ply for application-specific components. vectorfields.info@cobham.com
volved in higher frequency applications. With its headquarters in Ipswich, Massa- www.cobham.com/technicalservices
San-tron designs several hundred connec-
tors every year. Many of these are mecha-
nical variations on field-proven connectors
in its standard range, and do not require
electrical changes. But, in-depth design MECA DELIVERS HIGH FREQUENCY
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One recent Concerto-aided design pro-
ject involved a panel-mounting connector
for operation up to 40 GHz, following a
customer request to lower the costs of an
existing connector that it used. Concerto’s
ability to optimise a design helped San-
tron’s Chief Engineer Fred Hull to proto-
type an idea virtually that reduced the bill
of materials from five component parts to
four, while still matching performance.
“It would be extremely difficult and expen-
sive to produce a high-frequency connec-
tor like this without design automation,”
says Fred Hull of San-tron. “I would pro-
bably need to machine and test a dozen
prototypes before I could lock in a rea-
sonable performance optimum, and that
process would be far too slow and too ex-
pensive for today’s marketplace. Concerto
gives us the means to obtain the optimum
geometry in a matter of a couple of hours.”
The two-dimensional variant of

Concerto
San-tron chose Concerto as its main de-
sign tool because of its excellent price/
performance ratio. The two-dimensio-
nal variant of Concerto would have been
suitable for most of the company’s coaxial
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be very expensive however, and after re-
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18 Software
Antenna Magus version 2.0 –

the first antenna design software of its kind
The number of tenna design software. Anten-
nas designed using its software
antenna topologies can be used in a wide variety
in the Antenna of applications at various fre-
quency bands, including, but
Magus database not limited to, telecommuni-
has almost doubled cations, mobile devices, ae-
rospace, satellite, automotive,
since the release of radio astronomy and defence.
version 1.0. FEKO (www.feko.info) is a
There are now 113 popular comprehensive computational
antennas available to be de- electromagnetics code (CEM
signed for a wide variety of code) used widely in the tel-
objective values. Some of the ecommunications-, automo-
more popular additions are the bile- , space- and defence-in-
bi-quad, the axial choke horn, dustry. FEKO offers several
Antenna Magus V 2 includes a new tool to assist engineers with solution techniques (MoM,
the travelling wave waveguide
arry synthesis MLFMM, PO, UTD and FEM)
slot array, various patch arrays,
the Vivaldi and the probe fed “The response of the market to ber of antennas run > 100 enabling the analysis of a very
cheese. Antenna Magus Version 1.0 has times faster broad spectrum of EM prob-
been very positive. We have re- • Exporting reports and nu- lems e.g. 3D antenna design,
Many other aspects of An- antenna placement on electri-
tenna Magus have been im- ceived a lot of valuable feed- meric graph data
proved with additional func- back from customers that has • Side-by-side comparison of cally large structures, micros-
been used in developing the an- antenna “info docs” trip-antennas, microstrip-cir-
tionality. One addition is the
new Antenna Array Synthesis tennas and improvements im- • More modeling options when cuits, EMC, biomedical and
tool which was added to assist plemented in Antenna Magus exporting to FEKO and CST scattering. FEKO has a well
Version 2.0,” stated Sam Clarke, MICROWAVE STUDIO established global distribution
engineers with array synthesis. and technical support network.
This tool designs spacings and Managing Director, MAGUS • Substrate library redesign
excitation tapers for a variety (Pty) Ltd. “We are confident • Selection of antennas also ex- EMSS was started in 1994 as
of different array topologies, that version 2 will add as much port to TICRA’s CHAMP, an an engineering company con-
based on performance requi- value to the end-user as the in- additional CEM tool sulting in general electromag-
rements such as gain, beam- troduction of this tool did in • Major user interaction im- netic problems. EMSS (USA)
width or squint angle. The array version 1.0” provements Inc. and EMSS GmbH serve
design can be simulated with Highlights of Antenna customers in North America
Antenna Magus Version 2.0 is (US, Canada and Mexico) and
isotropic elements or with any Magus 2.0 immediately available and can Europe respectively.
one of several typical patterns.
The designed spacings, exci- • Antenna Array Synthesis tool be purchased through any CST
tation taper and patterns are • 113 antennas in the database or FEKO reseller.  Computer
ready for export to FEKO and • Major analysis speedups of MAGUS (Pty) Ltd. (www.an- Simulation Technology
CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®. over 50 antennas. A num- tennamagus.com) develops an- www.cst.com
Antenna Magus V 2 features a database of 113 designed

antennas wich can be exported to CST Microwave Studio An antenna array designed in Antenna Magus Version 2

Software 19
Antenna Analysis now available in AWR’S 2010 release

of AXIEM 3D PLANAR EM Simulation Software
U nconstrained capacity ex-
hibited by NLn(N) solver
scaling (N is # of unknowns)
Unconstrained line width
versus thickness ratio
Robust results from DC to
daylight
• Advanced hybrid meshing
technology
Mixed element meshing of
triangles and rectangles
G eometrically-aware and
optimized
True thick metal support
• Antenna analysis and post-
processing
Antenna measurements, in-
cluding gain
Patterns for linear, circular,
and elliptical polarizations
Current visualization
• Numerous source/excita-
tions including auto-cali-
brated internal ports
AWR Corporation announced design problems, such as scan Key features of AXIEM • Parametric studies, optimi-
that antenna analysis is now blindness, can now be discov- 2010: zation, and tuning
available in the 2010 release ered and corrected. • 3D visualization and anima-
of its AXIEM 3D planar elec- • Seamless integration with tion
tromagnetic (EM) simulation Post-processing such as an- Microwave Office and An- AXIEM version 2010 is part of
software. tenna patterns for linear, circu- alog Office software
lar, and elliptical polarizations, the AWR Design Environment
AXIEM 2010 includes new etc., numerous antenna meas- • Proprietary full-wave planar (AWRDE), which is now ship-
features and capabilities that urements (including gain), as EM solver technology ping to supported customers.
are ideal for large, planar, an- well as current visualization/
tenna designs such as arrays animations are now part of the Open-boundary method-of- 
AWR
with many elements. Critical 2010 release. moments (MoM) approach www.awrcorp.com/AXIEM
Agilent Technologies’ latest 3D EM Simulation Software accelerates High-

Frequency, High-Speed Design
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced Electromagnetic Pro- • faster finite element method (FEM) simulations through
fessional (EMPro) 2010, a new release of its 3D electromag- meshing improvements and use of symmetry planes;
netic (EM) modeling and simulation software for analysing • built-in acceleration of finite difference time domain (FDTD)
the 3D EM effects of IC packages, connectors, antennas and simulations utilising graphics processor unit (GPU) hard-
other RF components. Used in the development of high-fre- ware;
quency and high-speed electronic devices, the new release • enhanced FEM accuracy through the use of new sheet ports
features significant improvements in simulation speed and and material property models;
design efficiency. • improved design efficiency with a new bondwire compo-
nent, ODB++ file support for printed-circuit-board designs,
“EMPro’s speed, accuracy, and efficiency improvements go and several other new user interface features; and
a long way in meeting the needs of today’s high-frequency, • Microsoft Windows 7 support in addition to Microsoft
high-speed device designers,” said Marc Petersen, product Windows XP, Vista and Linux support.
marketing lead in Agilent’s EEsof EDA organisation. “These
improvements also provide a significant benefit to users of More information about EMPro 2010 and Agilent’s 3D EM de-
our Advanced Design System software, who are using EMPro sign flow is available in a new five-minute video on YouTube.
within their design flow.” Some of the new capabilities now
available in EMPro 2010 include:  Agilent Technologies, www.agilent.cm

20 Test & Measurement
Handheld Spectrum Analyser makes Infield

Measurements easier, faster, more precise
Inc. introduced the
N9342C handheld
spectrum analyser
(HSA), a powerful
and straightforward
instrument The task planner makes
designed for automating your test easy
RF technicians
and engineers
performing light control, the instrument‘s
screen can be easily viewed
installation, day or night. For added flex-
maintenance and ibility, the N9342C HSA can
be remotely controlled via a
surveillance of RF USB/LAN connection and free
systems in the field N9342C HSA PC software. A
dedicated user key and cus-
tomisable frequency channel
table, frequency/amplitude
correct and limit allow the user
to personalise the instrument
The N9342C HSA makes field bility, which cuts test setup time setup. Other key features of the
testing easier by providing by 95 percent and allows users N9342A HSA include:
faster, more precise measure- to boost their work efficiency,
ments, ease of use, and a range automates routine measure- • a built-in optional 7 GHz
of user customisation and er- ment tasks. Such capabilities tracking generator
gonomic features. Agilent‘s make the N9342C HSA ideal • a built-in optional GPS re-
N9342C HSA provides fast for customers in a variety of ceiver and GPS antenna that
and accurate measurement of markets, including aerospace/ provides precise location in-
RF and microwave defense, microwave and satel- formation
equipment and RF lite communication, wireless
environments from communication and broad- • an optional spectrum moni-
100 kHz to 7 GHz, casting, spectrum regulation, tor with spectrogram record
tunable to 9 kHz. and general-purpose spectrum and playback functions
RF and microwave analysis. • optional support for an op-
equipment meas- tional Agilent USB power
urements include The N9342C HSA provides a set sensor that offers high-ac-
transmitter and of standard, one-button meas- curacy, power measurement
component test, re- urements including ACP, OBW up to 24 GHz
ceiving path signal and channel power, which help • an optional user data sani-
monitoring and an- characterise signal quality. An tation feature for security
tenna tuning. RF optimised keypad design al- purposes
environment meas- lows access to most measure- • an optional 8 GHz directional
urements include ment functions within just antenna that enables users
band clearance, sig- two button pushes. A rugged, to hunt for interference; and
nal coverage and in- fanless design makes it well
terface hunting. The suited for tough field environ- • a built-in power connec-
HSA‘s outstanding ments, while a unique optional tor for an Agilent active RF
RF performance three-in-one ergonomic back- probe that ensures precise in-
ensures first-time pack ensures comfort and pro- circuit measurements.
measurement accu- vides true hands-free operation.
racy, while a unique Moreover, with automatic LCD  Agilent
Task Planner capa- brightness and keypad back- www.agilent-technologies.com

Tst & Measurement 21
Yokogawa launches DL850 ScopeCorder

The new Yokogawa DL850 is the next generation of the the sample rate, display, and
memory handling speeds as
company‘s highly successful family of ScopeCorders: versatile its predecessor.
instruments that combine the benefits of a high-speed A key feature for electrical mea-
oscilloscope and those of a traditional data acquisition recorder surements is the isoPRO (1 kV
isolated input module which,
in a single, portable instrument. when combined with the 100
The DL850 ScopeCorder is an MS/s acquisition speed and
ideal tool for measuring physi- the 12-bit resolution, makes
cal and electrical parameters in the DL850 ideally suited to
application sectors such as the measurements on high-speed
automotive industry, mechat- switching invertors: a core tech-
ronics, transport, power elect- nology in today‘s alternative
ronics and alternative energy. A energy sector.
dedicated version for the auto- The DL850 ScopeCorder can
motive industry - the DL850V accommodate up to 128 chan-
Vehicle Edition - includes a mo- nels of assorted types including
dule for monitoring the CAN isolated, simultaneously samp-
in-vehicle serial bus. led modules. For users who do
not require the highest sample
Compared to earlier Scope- rates, a new 16-channel multi-
Corder units, the DL850 fea- plexed module or a choice of
tures higher-speed acquisition three universal voltage input
over a larger number of chan- modules allow speed to be tra-
nels, the ability to carry out prehensive range of PC inter- With acquisition speeds up to
real-time recording, a power- facing capabilities for wider 100 megasamples per second
ful user interface, and a com- functionality and ease of use. (MS/s), it achieves ten times to be continued page 22
De-skew correction enhances accuracy of oscilloscope-based

powermeasurements
High-frequency power measurements tage and current channels in combina-
can now be carried out with greatly en- tion with the auto de-skewing function
hanced accuracy using a de-skew correc- provided as partof the /G4 option.
tion signal source, along withvoltage and The unit produces an output voltage from
current probes, in conjunction with the 0 to 5 V and an output current of 0-100
/G4 power measurement option on the mA (for low-current measurements) or
Yokogawa ranges of digital and mixed- 0-1 A (for high-current measurements).
signal oscilloscopes. It has a fall time of approximately 25 ns
Even though power measurement using (low current) or250 ns (high current).
an oscilloscope is fundamentally less ac- The fixed time difference between vol-
curate than using a digital power meter, tage and current is 2.3 ± 0.5 ns (low cur-
it offers much higher bandwidth. It is rent) or 14.5 ± 1.0 ns (high current). Its
particularly suitable for measuring high- power supply of 5 V DC/100 mA is taken
frequency switching losses inswitched- from the oscilloscope via a USB cable.
mode power supplies. It also provides The de-skew correction signal source
a power measurement capability using switching devices and high-frequency supports through-type current trans-
a general-purpose product which has waveforms. formers and a variety of clamp-on cur-
other uses, an option that may be more To correctly measure power-supply para- rent probes.Yokogawa is the market lea-
acceptable to users who are not ready to meters such as power, impedance, power der in precision power measurement,
invest in a true power meter or have li- factor, watt-hours and ampere-hours and is the only test and measurement
mited budgets for test equipment. from the voltage and current under ana- manufacturer to offer both a complete
The de-skew correction signal source is lysis, the voltage and current signals must range ofpower meters/analysers and di-
an accessory which is specifically desig- be applied to the signal input terminals gital oscilloscopes with power measure-
ned to maximise the measurement accu- of the oscilloscope with no difference in ment capabilities.
racy of oscilloscopes when they are used the transfer time.The signal source cor-
for power measurements involving fast rects the potential delays between vol-  Yokogawa

10 MHz to 40 GHz Synthesized Signal Generator

Hittite Microwave Corpora- swept modes in frequency
tion is announcing the HMC- and/or power. Integration of
T2240, a 10 MHz to 40 GHz multiple units within a pro-
Synthesized Signal Genera- duction test environment is
tor which provides the high- easy and affordable.
est output power, lowest har- The HMC-T2240 is com-
monic levels and broadest fre- pact and lightweight, mak-
quency range compared with ing it well suited for inte-
any signal generator of its size gration within various test
and cost. environments while improv-
ing overall productivity and
Ideal for use in automated equipment utilization. The
test and measurement envi- compact size and high out-
ronments, research, and de- quencies. Phase noise is -96 environments. An installa- put power capability of the
velopment laboratories, the dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz offset at 10 tion disk that accompanies HMC-T2240 ensures a sim-
HMC-T2240 is a compact GHz. The HMC-T2240 also each unit includes all of the pler test configuration, while
and lightweight frequency delivers frequency resolu- drivers required to remotely the broad frequency range of
generator that delivers up to tion of 1 Hz and fast switch- control the device as well as 10 MHz to 40 GHz allows the
+29 dBm @ 1 GHz of CW out- ing speed of 500 µs. a user friendly GUI interface user to sweep across many mi-
put power in 0.1 dB steps over compatible with Windows XP, crowave and millimeterwave
a 60 dB dynamic range. Har- This versatile signal generator Windows 7, Windows Vista frequency bands with a sin-
monic rejection is better than features multiple interfaces operating systems. gle synthesizer.
-30 dBc and spurious products (USB, GPIB and Ethernet)
are better than -60 dBc at in- and innovative control soft- User control is facilitated via  Hittite Microwave
teger frequencies and better ware ensuring carefree inte- pull down menus that allow Corporation
than -45 dBc at fractional fre- gration within multiple test programming of single or www.hittite.com
ded off against higher 16-bit surement and analysis tools of sitions. Another unique func- maintained for longer obser-
voltage resolution, better ac- a modern digital oscilloscope, tion is the ‚dual capture‘ fea- vation periods.
curacy and wider input ranges. including cursors, waveform ture, which allows both high- The DL850 ScopeCorder uses
parameter calculations, mathe- speed and low-speed rates to
With its modular architecture, matics and DSP channels, fast familiar oscilloscope controls,
be configured. In this mode, triggers, and analysis functions,
the DL850 ScopeCorder will Fourier transforms and more. the DL850 continuously logs
handle nearly every type of In most cases, users will be able so that the higher performance
data at the slow speed until a is achieved without additional
electrical or physical signal. to analyse data immediately
trigger condition is met. At the complexity.
Users can arbitrarily combine and get results with no need for
eight different modules out of offline post-processing. higher sample rate, the Scope-
Corder acquires a transient Yokogawa‘s designers originally
a range of 15 unique module conceived the ScopeCorder as
types, supporting direct input Yokogawa perfected deep me- waveform, with multiple wave-
forms for multiple triggers, all an oscilloscope that also has
of popular sensors like thermo- mory, and the ScopeCorder has the powerful advantages of a
couples, accelerometers, strain its share of it: up to two billion while continuously logging at
the low speed rate. recorder including unatten-
gauges, tachometers and more. points of data can be recorded ded operation, enabled in the
For electrical measurements, continuously at 100 MS/s on DL850 by functions such as
an RMS coupled mode makes each channel. Regardless of me- Electro-mechanical systems de- ‚action on trigger‘ or ‚action
it possible to monitor and trig- mory size, the ScopeCorder‘s mand a different set of measu- on stop‘. The DL850 ScopeCor-
ger off changes in RMS levels. GIGAZoom2 engine allows the rement techniques than pure der can also automatically send
user to smoothly zoom in and electrical systems, and the
The DL850 incorporates a large out of a signal, even while ac- an e-mail, print captured data,
DL850 delivers higher vertical sound an alarm, and save data
(10.4-inch) LCD display, an quisition is in progress. resolution, channel count, iso-
internal hard disk drive, and to a file when it detects a fault
lation, filtering, and abundant condition. Whether observa-
a thermal printer. Three USB The unique architecture of the acquisition memory compa-
ports, an Ethernet port, an DL850 ScopeCorder automation times are microseconds
red to general-purpose oscillo- or months, the ScopeCorder
e-SATA port, a video port, a tically allocates its memory to
scopes. This makes it ideal for will remain operational and
GPIB port, and a SD-card slot best accommodate the user‘s
viewing small changes, even ac- save data until the user is ready
populate the unit‘s left side test strategy. Once the desired
panel. On the right side, the sample rate is set, Yokogawa‘s ross large dynamic ranges, and for it. For further information
DL850 has room for eight input exclusive ‚history‘ feature in- monitor more signals simulta- about the DL850V visit www.
modules. telligently utilises the remain- neously. It also means that there scopecorder.net
der of the available memory - is no need for external signal  Yokogawa
As a diagnostic tool, the DL850 allowing the user to view and conditioning components, and Test & Measurement
ScopeCorder offers all the mea- save previously captured acqui- that high sample rates can be www.tmi.yokogawa.com/ea

Test & Measurement 23
Field Generation Test System is fully-shielded

to prevent EMI Interference
• Model ATH800M5GA High • Model 40T18G26AM2 Tra-
Gain Horn Antenna, 0.8 - 5 veling Wave Tube Amplifier,
GHz, 1500 Watts 18 - 26.5 GHz, 40 Watts CW
• Model ATH2G8 High Gain (Rack 2)
Horn Antenna, 2.5-7.5 GHz, • Model 40T26G40AM2 Tra-
2800 Watts veling Wave Tube Amplifier,
• Model ATH7G18 High Gain 26.5 - 40 GHz, 40 Watts CW
Horn Antenna, 7.5-18 GHz, (Rack 2)
2800 Watts • Model SC1000M4 System
• All internal Interconnect Controller, DC - 40 GHz
cables between system com- (Rack 1)
ponents • Model DC7530 Dual Direc-
• 21 in (53.34 cm) rack space tional Coupler, 18 - 26.5 GHz,
available for user installed 300 Watts (Rack 2)
equipment (Rack 1) • Model DC7620 Dual Direc-
• Emco Model 2090 Antenna tional Coupler, 26.5 - 40 GHz,
Controller (Control room 300 Watts (Rack 2)
desk) • Model ATH18G27 High Gain
• Emco Model 2070 Antenna Horn Antenna. 18 - 26.5 GHz,
Tower 350 Watts
• Model ATH26G40 High Gain
• Desktop PC, preloaded with
Horn Antenna, 26.5 - 40 GHz,
SW1007software
240 Watts
• Color laser printer • All internal interconnect
The AS18013 System can be cables between system com-
AR RF/Microwave Instrumen- 2.5-7.5 GHz, 200 Watts CW upgraded to expand the fre- ponents
tation has designed a complete (Rack 1) quency coverage to 40 GHz.
field generation test system that • Model 300T7z5G18M4 Tra- The AS18013-UG-40 upgrade  AR RF/Microwave Instru-
is fully shielded, making it ideal veling Wave Tube Amplifier, consists of the following pro- mentation
for use in an anechoic chamber 7.5-18 GHz, 300 Watts CW ducts: www.ar-worldwide.com
without being susceptible to or (Rack 2)
causing interference. Model
• Model SC1000M3, System
AS18013 houses a variety of
Controller, DC-18 GHz New versatile AR Laser Field Probes
field generation equipment in
two air-conditioned EMI-shiel- (Rack 1) AR RF/Microwave Instru-
ded equipment racks. Among • Model PM2003 Three chan- mentation has introduced
the included equipment is the nel Power Meter two new laser-powered E-
SC1000M3 system controller • Model PH2010 Power Heads, Field probes. Model FL7040
which allows manual and re- 30 MHz-40 GHz (2 MHz - 40 GHz) and model
mote signal routing of RF si- • Model FM7004M1, Field Mo- FL7060 (2 MHz - 60 GHz)
gnals to and from up to four nitor (Control room desk) are so versatile they do the
amplifiers, including feedback work of multiple probes with range; and because they are
from dual directional couplers. • Model FP7060/Kit Field outstanding accuracy and
Probe, 27 MHz-60 GHz, 0.7- laser-powered, they provide
An additional control room linearity for the most de- the added convenience of
rack cabinet of desk configura- 300 V/m manding field monitoring re- never having to replace or
tion is also provided to house • Signal Generator, 100 kHz- quirements. They contain an recharge batteries.
the field measurement and an- 40 GHz, internal microprocessor that
tenna height control equipment. • Model DC7144A Dual Direc- provides advanced control The new probes are the latest
Equipment housed in the two tional Coupler, 0.8-4.2 GHz, and communication func- additions to AR’s extensive
shielded racks includes: 400 Watts (Rack 2) tions while automatically selection of probes, making
correcting for measurement it the largest family of pro-
• Model DC7280A Dual Di- bes in the industry.
• Model 240S1G4M4 Solid rectional Coupler, 2-8 GHz, drift caused by temperature
State Amplifier, 0.8-4.2 GHz, 350 Watts (Rack 1) changes.
240 Watts CW (Rack 2)  AR RF/Microwave
• Model DC7450M1 Dual The two models cover an ex- Instrumentation
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veling Wave Tube Amplifier, GHz, 3000 Watts (Rack 2)

High performance spectrum analysis with

new compact and economical analyzer
The FSC spectrum spectrum analyzer consumes
only 12 W. It can be installed in
analyzer recently vehicles to perform field mea-
introduced by surements such as monitoring
satellite communications links.
Rohde & Schwarz
delivers all of the Using the R&S FSC is easy and
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of a professional accessed via hardkeys or a ro-
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sults can be managed, evalua-
The R&S FSC handles all basic ted and documented with the
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measurement and power mea- plied with the unit. The R&S
surement. With a frequency FSC is compatible with all other
range starting at 9 kHz and instruments in the Rohde &
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and production. either 3 GHz or 6 GHz. It is a firmware update, effectively
the perfect instrument for users The 3 HU, ½ 19’’ R&S FSC ana- eliminating the need for an ad-
The R&S FSC proves that users who need basic functions such lyzer is very suitable for instal- ditional power meter base unit
don’t have to forgo quality as noise marker, frequency lation in small and mobile test for this application. The R&S
when they choose an econo- counter, modulation depth systems. Depending on the ap- FSC spectrum analyzer is now
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ves top RF performance met- ment of pulsed signals. In both nerator or two R&S FSC ana- out a tracking generator).
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Teledyne Relays has introduced the RF300D/RF303D & RF300DD/

RF303DD series
These new ultraminiature gnals, the relays are excepti- for the sensitive RF303 ver-
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internal discrete silicon dio- switching repeatability over and switching performance
des for coil transient suppres- a life of 10 E 7 operations at is offered over a temperature
sion (D) and polarity rever- signal level. range of -55 °C to +85 °C.
sal protection (DD). The di- Applications include test & For a copy of the data in-
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Endwave launches Dual-

In a hole
Output VCOs to 8.8 GHz for rugged
Frequency
Control?
Crystals and
oscillators for:
Down-hole drilling
Military & aerospace
High shock
High reliability / medical
Wildlife tracking
Endwave Corporation has announced Harsh industrial
applications
the release of its EWV0800YF series of
voltage-controlled oscillators with dual
outputs with total frequency coverage of
7.3 to 8.8 GHz and 3.65 to 4.4 GHz.
Based on 2-µm InGaP/GaAs quency drift with temperature
HBT technology, the MMIC is typically only 750 kHz/°C
oscillators feature on-board di- for a wide operating tempe-
vide-by-two prescalers to create rature range of -40 to +85 °C.
a second tuned output range at The higher-frequency model
one-fourth the frequency of the EWV0802YF tunes across a
fundamental outputs. fundamental-frequency range
of 7.8 to 8.8 GHz with +13 dBm Golledge offer a range of high reliability,
For exampl e, t he mo d el ultra-miniature crystals and oscillators specifically
EWV0801YF tunes with a fun- typical output power and a di-
vided-by-two output-frequency designed for extremely harsh environments.
damental frequency range from
7.3 to 8.3 GHz with typically range of 3.90 to 4.4 GHz with These high reliability frequency products offer high
+13 dBm output power and a +9 dBm typical output power. temperature operation up to 200°C and higher,
divided frequency range of 3.65 It matches the excellent phase- and high shock survival. Full military testing is
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from the carrier in either band, mance of the EWV0801YF in
with subharmonic levels of ty- terms of pushing, pulling, and
pically -42 dBc and second- frequency drift with tempera- No 1 in the UK for Frequency Control
harmonic levels of typically ture. Both oscillators are sup-
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26 Products
Miniature 0402 Schottky detector diode

ble low barrier Schottky diode circuits. The SMS7621-040LF
designed for sensitive detec- is also available in a variety of
tor applications up to 10 GHz. plastic packages and configu-
rations that include an SOT-23
The low capacitance of this (the SMS7621-001LF), a small
diode (0.25 pF) combined footprint SC-79, and a minia-
with its low total resistance (18 ture SC-70.
Ohm typical at 5 mA) make the
SMS7621-040LF particularly  Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
well suited for sensitive detector www.skyworksinc.com
About Skyworks
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an innovator of high reliability
analog and mixed signal semiconductors. Leveraging core
technologies, Skyworks offers diverse standard and custom
linear products supporting automotive, broadband, cellu-
lar infrastructure, energy management, industrial, medi-
cal, military and mobile handset applications. The Com-
pany‘s portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, detectors,
diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids,
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. has sitive detector, sampling and infrastructure RF subsystems, mixers/demodulators, phase
introduced a new miniature mixer circuits. Skyworks‘ new shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combin-
0402 Schottky detector diode general market diode is de- ers, receivers, switches and technical ceramics.
for handset, WLAN, CATV signed for high volume com-
Satcom, land mobile radio, in- mercial and industrial OEMs, Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Skyworks is worldwide
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Creowave launches low PIM filters

Creowave is delighted to an- lighted the importance of IM
nounce that the company is level of base stations. When
extending its filter collection the IM performance of base
with high-class low PIM fil- stations is measured it is very
ters. The filters are launched important to make sure that
to the audience at European the IM results of test systems
Microwave Week 2010 that are not measured. For these
the company participates in needs Creowave Oy has de-
this autumn between 26th veloped low PIM filtering so-
September and 1st October. lutions that allow the meas-
urement of the actual per-
“I am very delighted to launch formance of the base stations”,
the low PIM filters at the concludes Jyrki Koski.
event. I am very proud of
our achievements because we Creowave is the leading com-
have taken remarkable devel- pany in providing Radio Fre-
opment steps recently and the quency & Microwave Elec-
low PIM filters are the result tronics solutions for extreme filters, Band Pass filters and owave stand 39 at European
of this hard work”, comments environments. The business High Pass filters. In addition Microwave Week in Paris or
the CEO of Creowave, Jyrki area of Radio Testing pro- to Radio Testing, the com- contact Jyrki Koski by mail:
Koski. “The low PIM filters vides radio testing and filter- pany operates worldwide also jyrki.koski@creowave.com.
are an expected and needed ing solutions for telecommu- within the business areas of
extension to the range of fil- nications industry. The range Professional Radio and Indus-  Creowave Oy
ters because the increased of filters consist of Diplex- trial Measurement. For more sales@creowave.com
number of bands have high- ers/Duplexers, Band Stop information visit the Cre- www.creowave.cm

Products 27
RFS unveils HYBRIFLEX, the first lightweight

aluminum hybrid feeder cabling solution for
Remote Radio Heads
consumption at their cellular preconnectorized solutions
sites — an important step to- and services are available to
ward achieving their CO2 re- heip standardize the RRH
duction objectives,“ concludes cabling process.
Kaeumle. • To ensure an extremely light-
HYBRIFLEX‘s unique design weight cable, the armor is
and structure offer additionab aluminum. Aluminum also
important benefits: To simplify offers the fragile fiber optic
inventory management of cable cables inside more protection
accessones, HYBRIFLEX is than polyethylene tubes and
designed according to stand- at a much lower cost than
ard RE feeder diameter. This cable trays.
means commonly available RFS Incorporating the grounding
CELLFLEX LCF 1,4-inch and function, which is critical to
LCF 718-inch feeder accesso- RRHs, also eliminates the need
ries can be used in all HYBRI- for and cost of cable grounding.
FLEX installations.
• For maximum flexibility, HY- 
Radio Frequency Systems
BRIFLEX can be connector- (RFS)
With HYBRIFLEX, its revo- typically in half — but means ized on-site. Alternatively, www.rfsworld.com
lutionary new RRH hybrid RF transmission, power and
feeder cabling solution, Radio grounding cables must all be
Frequency Systems (RFS), the brought to the RRH on the
global wireless and broadcast tower or rooftop.
infrastructure specialist, be-
comes the first company to Recognizing operators‘ chal-
combine optical fiber and DC lenges, RFS developed HYBRI-
power for Remote Radio Heads FLEX, which aliows operators
(RRHs) in a single lightweight to connect up to three sectors
aluminum corrugated cable. with a single composite opti-
RFS‘ patented solution enables cal fiber and power cable with
the cabling expenditure reduc- the grounding function incor-
tions, ease-of-installation and porated directty in the cable.
operational efficiency mobile “RFS‘ innovative single-cable
operators need to evolve their architecture allows operators Today’s fast moving environment
networks while limiting their to reduce the number of RRH requires manufacturers to have an in-
power consumption and car- cables required from nine to depth knowledge and understanding
bon footprint at cellular sites. one,“ explains Marc Kaeumle, of their customers’ needs.
Vice President, RE Transmis- At Syfer we have the range of
Upgrading technology, reduc- sion and Distribution at RFS. experience, and the breadth of
ing operating expenditures “Along with decreasing the bad product range, to provide intelligent
(OPEX) and decreasing CO2 on the tower or rooftop, HY- solutions – promptly.
emissions at cellular sites are BRIFLEX dramatically simpli-
constant challenges for op- fies and cuts the cost of installa- Innovative, World-Class
erators around the globe. As tion while enabling significant Ceramic Components
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erators are deploying a dist- lation of stripped fiber optic
nbuted base station architec- cable pairs directly to the RRH
ture where RRHs are installed eliminates the need for expen-
next to the antenna on the sive junction boxes and limits
tower or rooftop rather than wind bad. In addition, by ena-
deploying old-style macro base bling simple, flexible and cost-
stations. Installing RRHs dose effective deployment of RRHs www.syfer.com
to antennas reduces costs by dose to antennas, HYBRIFLEX
cutting power consumption — helps operators reduce power

28 Products
Scanning the market for high voltage, high capacitance radials
range is the 8171M series ex- suppliers of IECQ-CECC ap-
tending to 5 kV with capaci- proved radial lead capacitors,
tances of 3.3 nF (C0G) and 18 available for products up to
nF (X7R). For specialist appli- 200 V, often mandatory for Eu-
cations, Syfer offers custom de- ropean aerospace applications.
signs up to 10 kV, on demand. In addition, Syfer can offer
additional screening, such as
Standard ranges are RoHS 100% burn-in. All catalogue
compliant, and supplied with parts are readily available in
tin terminations. For ap- production volumes, on lead
plications currently exempt times from 6 weeks.
from the RoHS directive, tin-
lead wire versions are avail-  Syfer Technology Limited
able. Syfer is one of very few www.syfer.com
High Power 1206 Chip Termination

Barry Industries, Inc. an-
nounces their new High
The demand for high voltage niques. Although larger in size Power 1206 Chip Termina-
components, particularly for than equivalent surface mount
tion. This 50 ohm termina-
high reliability applications, is devices, radial capacitors can
tion has an input power rat-
increasing. In many industries, take less board space as they
ing of 40 watts, continuous
high voltage power supplies are side mounted. They can
wave. Its compact size, .120”
are essential, especially in the also be less susceptible to me-
medical, telecoms, communi- chanical damage and vibration. x .060” on .015” BeO makes
cations, military and aerospace it ideal for miniature elec-
sectors. To meet this expand- Devices are offered in both tronics. It offers a frequency tom Resistors, Terminations
ing demand, Syfer Technology C0G/NP0 and X7R dielec- range of DC to 18 GHz, and and Attenuators in a variety
has extended its range of high trics, and take advantage of has an input return loss of 20 of substrate and metalliza-
voltage radial capacitors. Syfer‘s expertise in multilayer dB, 1.20:1. It is RoHS Com- tion options. Barry provides
ceramic technology. The range pliant, and offers a metalli- full LTCC Foundry and De-
In addition, for long term re- starts with the 8111M series, zation scheme of matte tin, sign capabilities to 65 GHz
liability and product continu- in voltages up to 630 V offer- over nickel, over silver. and beyond.
ity reasons, traditional and ing capacitances from 4.7 pF to
new designs are often manu- 270 pF (C0G) and up to 500 V Barry also offers a full line of 
Barry Industries, Inc.
factured using conventional in capacitances from 100 pF to Low and High Power Cus- www.barryind.com
through-hole assembly tech- 8.2 nF (X7R). At the top of the
Microminiature SMT Crystals are ideal in space

constrained applications
Euroquartz has announced the release +60 °C (±5ppm available), ±10ppm from
of its latest ultra-miniature AT-cut crys- -20 to +70 °C and ±15ppm from -40 to
tals covering the frequency range 16 to +85 °C. Drive level is 50 to 100 µW ma-
60 MHz in fundamental mode. The new ximum while shunt capacitance is 2 to 4
X22 crystals are housed in a micromini- pF typical, 5 pF maximum with load ca-
ature 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.6mm surface mount pacitance series or from 9 to 32 pF. Sto-
package making them ideal for use in rage temperature range is -50 to +105 °C.
miniaturised hand-held equipment such Supplied on standard EIA tape and reel,
as PDAs, GPS, PCMCIA and similar the new X22 crystals are capable of with-
high density applications where space standing reflow soldering conditions of
is at a premium. 260 °C for 10 s maximum (twice) or 230
°C for 180 s once.
Offering very low ageing of less than
±2ppm per year at 25 °C, specifications
include calibration tolerance at 25 °C of 
Euroquartz Ltd/F
±10ppm, ±20ppm and ±30ppm and fre- requency Products Ltd.
quency stability of ±10ppm from -10 to www.euroquartz.co.uk

Wireless 29
Belden has extended its range of Hirschmann products to include

the first 300 MBit/s WLAN Access Point for Ex-Zone 2
tion facilitates uninterrupted ritization of voice or video streams. The
connections while passing BAT300 FX2 supports all encryption and
from one radio cell to another. authentication methods compliant with
The integrated IP router can IEEE 802.11i and 802.1x/EAP as well as
be used to form up to eight WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES and LEPS.
subnetworks, and analog or It also comes with WLAN port filters
DSL modems can be connec- and protocol filters, a radius server and a
ted for WAN routing or re- firewall with intrusion detection. Rogue
mote maintenance. The net- AP detection is also available via back-
work can be managed using ground scanning and WLAN monitor.
web interface, Telnet, TFTP, The Access Point can be installed indoors
FTP or SNMP V2 and the or out, for instance on walls or masts. The
redundancy methods Rapid dimensions of the robust metal housing
With the new Hirschmann BAT300 FX2, Spanning Tree and VRRP ensure a high are 261 x 189 x 55 mm (W x H x D).
Belden is marketing the world‘s first ATEX- level of network availability. The quality
certificated WLAN Access Point with sup- of service functions as specified by IEEE 
Belden
port for the new IEEE 802.11n transmis- 802.11e facilitate features such as prio- ww.beldensolutions.com
sion standard. This enables WLAN net-
works with data rates up to 300 Mbit/s to
be installed even in hazardous areas rated Belden meets the new European 5 GHz standard
Ex zone 2. The integrated MIMO antenna
technology (multiple input multiple out- implementing more stringent requi-
put) ensures a stable wireless connection. rements for dynamic frequency selec-
Other features of these Access Points in- tion (DSF). The new DSFIII mechanism,
clude extensive management, security and which has a substantially higher samp-
quality of service functions plus layer 3 ling rate than previous versions, is desi-
IP routing. gned to prevent interference of civilian
The BAT300 FX2, which can be used both and military equipment. To accomplish
as Access Point and Access Client, is desi- this, the WLAN devices periodically
gned to operate at temperatures in range monitor the channel they are sending
-30 °C to +50 °C and also fulfills all shock- on and, if necessary, change channels
resistance, vibration-resistance and elec- HiLCOS 8.00 is Belden‘s new WLAN automatically.
tromagnetic compatibility requirements firmware that fulfills all the require-
ments of the new EN 301893 V1.5.1 The HiLCOS 8.00 firmware will be stan-
(EN 50155). The high level of operating se-
standard, which regulates the opera- dard equipment on all access points of
curity is facilitated by the LAN ports‘ M12
tion of WLAN devices in 5 GHz envi- the BAT54 and BAT300 series from the
connections (10/100 BASE-TX) plus a re-
ronments. Hirschmann product range delivered
dundant power supply with two 24 V DC
after July 1, 2010. You can also update
and one 48 V DC connections supporting With this new EN 301893 V1.5.1 WLAN your existing devices by downloading
power-over-Ethernet compliant with IEEE standard, which will come into effect HiLCOS 8.00 free of charge from: www.
802.3af. The Access Point‘s wireless mo- across Europe on July 1, 2010, the Eu- beldensolutions.com/wirelesslan.
dule operates either in the 5 GHz or 2.4 ropean regulatory authority ETSI is  Belden
GHz waveband. The fast roaming func-
ICASA approval of E-Band Radio System

Renaissance Electronics Corporation/ services provider, they offer a full port-
HXI has recently received word that folio of telecommunications products
HXI‘s E-Band Gigalink system has re- and services that are cost effective, fast
ceived (ICASA) Independent Commu- to deploy, flexible, upgradable, and re-
nications Authority of South Africa ope- deployable. HXI Gigalink E-Band sys-
rational approval certification to deploy tems supplement these core offerings
in South Africa. This E-Band Radio sys- by expanding true capacity and opera-
tem is used in wireless back haul appli- tional range.
cations. High Performance 1.25 Gbps
E-Band Radio Link with a Frequency  Renaissance Electronics/HXI
Range of 71-76 GHz. HXI has partnered sales@hxi.com
with a premiere wireless products and www.hxi.com

30 Wireless
Connection Kit for Wireless Base Stations provides protection

of Cable-to-Transceiver Interface
Radiall USA, Inc. introduces its new levels are IP65, with IP67 optionally
R2CT connection kit, which provides a available, with a durability of 100 ma-
waterproof, sealed connection for fiber- ting cycles minimum and a temperature
to-the-antenna (FTTA), remote radio range from -40 °C to +85 °C. The mated
head equipment, and similar outdoor connection has a retention force of 200
applications where a protected inter- N. The kit uses a receptacle attached to
face is needed. The field-installable kit the equipment panel and a plug assem-
provides low-cost sealing at the tran- bly over the cable. The plug and recep-
sceiver-to-cable interface and ensures tacle use a double bayonet locking sys-
robust mechanical and environmental tem to allow a toolless, hand-tightened
performance. The kit is designed for connection. The plug assembly inclu-
optical systems using SFP transceivers des a protection cap that can be used
and duplex LC-terminated fiber-optic for pulling cable. The R2CT connection
cable. The kit can be reused, allowing kit can easily be used with other con-
cables and transceivers to be changed nectors and interfaces, such as RJ-45 or
in the field, including front-panel swap- USB connections.
ping of transceivers. The kits can also be  Radiall USA, Inc.
assembled over existing cables. Sealing www.radiall.com
6-way Mini Multi Sector Antenna

for COFDM
this reason, COFDM systems
are being used for National Se-
curity, Police and Military ap-
plications where it is vital that
integrity of video and data links
is maintained under the most
imposing situations.
Unusually small for this

type of antenna
The new model, MSA6-
2.4V/1795, has 6 antennas
and is unusually small for this
type of antenna. It is contai-
ned within a rugged housing
measuring just 300 mm x 155
mm diameter (12 inches by 6.5
inches). Five of the antennas
are sectors, each with up to 9
dBi peak gain and azimuth be-
amwidth of 120 degrees. up-looking to provide com-
plete hemispherical coverage.
High level of overlap This increases the practical
applications and maximizes
Cobham Antenna Systems, Mi- especially in high multi-path They provide a high level of operational flexibility for the
crowave Antennas has designed environments such as dense overlap so that the COFDM antenna for rapid deployment
a miniature Multi Sector an- urban areas. radio can use 3 to 4 sectors‘ as well as temporary and fixed
tenna in the 2.0-2.7 GHz band worth of data at any time for installation.
for use with COFDM radios. It is possible to virtually eli- recombination to ensure that
minate fade even in non line- localized transient fading is
COFDM provides significant of-sight (NLOS) situations eliminated, which is especially
benefits over conventional ana- through the use of spatial an- associated with mobile appli-  Cobham Antenna Systems
logue microwave transmissions, tenna diversity schemes. For cations. The sixth antenna is www.cobham.com

Our products have always outlasted
and outperformed the competition,
now we’re giving them another problem.
We’ve shrunk our “S”amplifiers giving you more power with an even greater price-performance ratio.
Our new 0.8 to 4.2 GHz “S” Series solid-state amplifiers are giving the competition a lot to worry about. These new,
smaller amplifiers simply give you more for your money than any amp on the market.
They’re lighter, more portable, and up to 50% smaller. Yet they’re available with all the power you need – up to 800 watts.
Our new design is more efficient. These amplifiers use less energy, which is good for you, good for the environment,
and bad for our competition.
Our “S” Series amps are smarter, too. When you need more power, you can add additional amplifiers, instead of tossing
out your amp and starting all over. And you can use the amps independently, even in different locations,
for those tests that don’t require as much power. This is a unique, flexible, money-saving feature that we call Subampability™.
Our competitors have some other choice words for it. But that’s their problem.
www.ar-europe.ie/contact.php
European Microwave Week, November 9-12.
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