The Source on Design and Technology for the Wireless and RF Engineer
Battery Management Systems
July 16, 2001 11:59 am | Product Releases | CommentsChristie battery management systems are the recommended choice for servicing Marathon rechargeable batteries, delivering enhanced battery life and easy, professional servicing. Christie products, such as the easy-to-use ProEase™ UNIVERSAL 60 or the high-powered RF80-K, stand out with reliable performance, more standard features, and user-friendly functionality....
Traceable Temperature and Humidity Fax Logger(tm) with Alarm
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsDickson introduces the FX430™ and FX435™ with remote probe, temperature and humidity fax/e-mail loggers with alarms. These Fax Loggers are temperature and humidity data loggers that record and send data to you via fax or e-mail. The FX430™ and FX435™ plug into any standard phone outlet and can monitor temperature ranges from 0 to 100 ° F and humidity ranges from 0 to 95% RH....
Mini B Connetor
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe FCI Electronics I/O Connector Group announces the new USB Mini-B connector. The connector has been created for the USB On-the-Go portion of the USB 2.0 market. Designed to meet the specific needs of the consumer, portable and wireless electronics markets, the new connector offers advantages in design and performance....
Bluetooth Antenna
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsKorean manufacturer AMOTECH, represented by MRC, has developed small surface mountable ceramic antennas with 3 dBi gain for use in Bluetooth and other 2.4GHz applications where small size and low weight are key factors. AMOTECH provides 3 kinds of antennas with different dimensions: 8 × 8 × 3 mm, 6 × 4 × 3 mm and 6 × 4 × 2 mm....
High Power Band Splitter
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsA series of high power filters includes a diplexer capable of splitting the UHF and GPS bands while handling 50 watts of contiguous power. This configuration has a low loss of 0.4 dBa at the UHF (225 to 400 Mhz) and GPS (1217 to 1586 MHz) bands with isolation of 50 dBc. These units include a DC through path common to all ports allowing switching bias controls to be injected from any point within the system....
6.3WATT Amplifier
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsMSI Model MSH-4716803-TC deliver 38 dBm (6.3 W) of Power, an IP3 of 49 dBm & 2nd Harmonics below -40 dBc Typ. These amplifiers are an excellent choice for point and point to multipoint systems at 3.4 to 3.6 GHz. They include a temperature compensation circuit which has a ± 1.5 gain window....
Card Bus III Eject Header Series
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe FCI Electronics I/O Connector Group is pleased to announce its CardBus III Eject Header Series. Key features of the new line include an extremely lightweight and compact header design as well as a compact size and footprint consuming minimal board space. The simplified structure and minimal components provide high reliability and cost savings....
SMPS Capacitors
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsAVX Corp. has recently introduced the SE Series MLC capacitors, designed for input and output filtering in switchmode power supplies. These SMPS capacitors are radial leaded, conformally coated and specially processed to handle high currents. Offered in X7R dielectric, the SE Series' specifications compare favorably to high CV ranges offered by other suppliers in the much less stable Y5U dielectric....
Trimmer Potentiometer
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsMurata Electronics North America introduced its new ultra small (3mm) Closed Cermet Trimmer Potentiometer. The PVG3 Series can be utilized in the high peak temperature lead-free re-flow soldering process. Currently, the PVG3 series offers two terminal shapes: J-lead (PVG3A) and Gull Wing (PVG3G)....
Cellular / CDMA Module
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe new EDX Cellular/CDMA Module™ is an add-on module to our multi-purpose tool, EDX SignalPro™. This module incorporates and significantly expands upon the cellular/PCS capabilities previously found in EDX's Network Design Module™ v3.2. The following technologies are supported in any frequency band: AMPS, TACS, NAMPS, TDMA (IS-136), GSM, CDMA (IS-95), iDEN®, GPRS, EDGE and 1XRTT (CDMA)....
Two-Capacitor Array
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsAVX Corp. has increased the capacitance range for its 0508 two-capacitor array up to 1 μF. Designated the W2A2xD Series, these cap arrays are ideal for applications requiring multiple 1 μF capacitors. This array package reduces board space by placing two components in the same board space normally occupied by one standard 0805 capacitor, and pick-and-place time is reduced by 50% when compared to discrete capacitors, making this prod...
Broadband Filter Bank
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsThis bank of three filters utilizes a broadband filter synthesis technique to realize highly selective filtering for the 1.7 GHz IF band. Typical passband range from 25 to 40 percent, bandpass flatness is less than 1.0 dBc and 2.0 nSc. Passband VSWR is better than 1.5:1.0. Skirt selectivity is greater than 35 dBc at 1....
Fixed Broadband Module
July 16, 2001 5:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsEDX Division of Comarco Wireless Technologies is announcing the release of the Fixed Broadband Module. This module is used with EDX SignalPro™ v.4.0 for Windows®, and offers enhanced capabilities to those previously found in EDX's Network Design Module. The Fixed Broadband Module offers powerful planning and design features that specifically address the needs of today's LMDS, MMDS, Wireless Local Loop, and other fixed broadband wirel...
