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What's
new for January 2010?
As is always the case, we've
been busy this month adding plenty of new features to Microwaves101.
We ain't been slack, Cap'n Walker!

Finally the Lost
Decade is over, now let's all get back to work and pick up the pieces!
- We continued our quest to
make a more usable phase shifter resource, hopefully we'll keep
at it for another month before we get distracted. The main
page has been redesigned, and we've added several new ones.
There's a page that reveals an important
characteristic of phase shifters for phased arrays. To be
Fair and Balanced like Fox News, we've added a page on MEMS
phase shifters...
- We have a page on how to drive
multistate
simulations of digital phase shifters using Agilent's ADS.
Just try to find this information somewhere else on the world-wide
web!
- Speaking of phased arrays,
we've started separate pages on PESAs
and AESAs, with almost zero
content (feel free to contribute)! However, we humbly suggest
you take a moment and go to our PESA
page to see an alternate, solid-gold origin of the word...
- As for AESAs, we've started
a page which will eventually explain some of the tradeoffs for
common-leg circuits
which are sometimes used in T/R
modules. We also started a page on
true time delay networks.
- Thanks to Justin, we have
have a new page explaining how to feed a global positioning system
(GPS) antenna with right hand circular polarization (RHCP).
- We have started a parallel
plate waveguide page. Did you know that PPW supports TEM mode?
It turns out that this media is an enabler for teraHertz systems.
- Speaking of waveguide, have
a cartoon of what not to do with a rectangular
waveguide, thanks to JB. Let's get some more microwave cartoons
going, everyone!
- In the microwave
mortuary we have some new images from Karol, who is from Gdansk.
A cratered FPGA chip, some melted capacitors, and a blown IGBT
brick. Nice Christmas colors!
- The Unknown
Editor tried desperately to come up with some encouraging
remarks on the close of the past,"lost" decade. Most
of you must agree, this exercise was doomed to failure...
We've got some new questions--and
answers--on our Microwave
Message Board. We've have hundreds of topics posted on various
microwave engineering subjects, with many more replies; our message
board is an industry resource. Post your own questions, or help
us answer some of the ones that are already posted. Some of the
posted material may eventually get captured in our encyclopedia,
so do your part for posterity! We'll remove any postings that we
consider inappropriate.
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