Microwave Engineering Europe - November 2008 - (Page 7) CONTENTS 7 4 9 12 COVER The cover illustration, courtesy of Agilent Technologies depicts the company's FieldFox Handheld RF Analyser designed to provide an integrated solution for installation and maintenance in wireless networks. EDITORIAL DIRECTOR JEAN-PIERRE JOOSTING Tel. +32 2 7400056 email: jean-pierre.joosting@eetimes.be CONTRIBUTING EDITORS COLIN HOLLAND email: colin.holland@btinternet.com JOHN WALKO email: jwalko@cmp.com EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Tom Brazil, University College Dublin, Ireland Marco Lisi, Telespazio, Italy Holger Meinel, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, Germany Marco Guglielmi, ESTEC, The Netherlands Chris Snowden, Filtronic Compound Semiconductor/ University of Leeds, UK. News Comment Cover feature: RF testing during the installation and maintenance of wireless Network Base Stations Testing a cell site’s antennas, cables, filters, amplifiers, and troubleshooting interference is critical to ensuring good QoS in a network. Although traditional handheld I&M test solutions can address this task, they fail to offer the speed, productivity and flexibility required to meet the needs of today’s RF field engineers and technicians. The FieldFox RF analyzer, with its high level of integration, calibration-ready measurements and fast test times not only provides the measurement functionality today’s Wireless Service Provider’s demand, but offers a dramatic productivity improvement as well. MEMS: MEMS commercialization: What’s taking so long? MEMS: MEMS market demands new foundry strategies MMICs An 18 to 40 GHz double balanced mixer MMIC This article describes a broadband, bidirectional mixer IC. The RF frequency range is 18 to 40 GHz, the LO 20 to 42 GHz and the IF 0.1 to 17 GHz. MMICs The ballooning RF front end in multi-standard handsets Efficient, wide-band power amplifiers support high-performance, cost-effective transmission circuits in mobile handsets, enabling them to work with multiple standards, across all frequency bands in use around the world. CMOS-On-Sapphire RF switches enable multimedia handsets Millimetre wave radio technology This article explores the technology behind e-band, and demonstrates how it enables the fastest commercial radios available today. Products Calendar 14 16 18 ADVERTISING PRODUCTION LYDIA GIJSEGOM Tel +32 (0) 2 740 00 50 email: lydia.gijsegom@eetimes.be CIRCULATION & FINANCE LUC DESIMPEL Tel +32 (0) 2 740 0055 email: luc.desimpel@eetimes.be ART MANAGER JEAN-PAUL SPELIERS Tel +32 (0)2 740 0052 email: jean-paul.speliers@eetimes.be ACCOUNTING RICARDO PINTO FERREIRA Tel +32 (0)2 740 0051 email: financial@eetimes.be SALES DIRECTOR GEERT DE VUYST Tel +32 2 740 0050 email: sales@eetimes.be PUBLISHER ANDRE ROUSSELOT Tel +32 (0)2 740 0053 email: andre.rousselot@cmp.com EUROPEAN BUSINESS PRESS A CMP COMPANY 144 Avenue Eugène Plasky 1030 Brussels - Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2 740 00 50 Fax: +32 (0)2 740 00 59 www.mwee.com VAT Registration: BE 461.357.437 RPM: Brussels Company Number: 0461357437 © 2008 E.B.P. SA, a UBM Company All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system without the express prior written consent of the publisher. The contents of Microwave Engineering Europe are subject to reproduction in information storage and retrieval systems. Microwave Engineering Europe is published ten times a year. Apply for a free copy of the journal online at www.mwee. com/subscribe/ Subscriptions: Microwave Engineering Europe is available on subscription to others at 150 Euro. Refunds on cancelled subscriptions will only be provided at the Publisher’s discretion, unless specifically guaranteed within the terms of the subscription offer. Paid subscription queries tel: +32 2 740 00 50 Printed by Perka. 24 29 32 36 42 • • • • • Microwave Engineering Europe ● November 2008 ● www.mwee.com http://www.mwee.com http://www.mwee.com/subscribe/ http://www.mwee.com/subscribe/ http://www.mwee.com
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