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transmission industry projects that the point-to-point microwave transmission
market will exceed $6 billion by 2015. The report states that demand for
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shipments, which is expected to reach nearly 3 million units. Read
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Sports Trivia Questions!
1. Who graciously switched to number 77 so Phil Esposito's number 7 could
be retired in Boston Garden?
2. What Red Sox catcher's erect posture earned him the clubhouse nickname
"Frankenstein"?
3. What comic actor scored huge sales with his Bad Golf Made Easy
instructional videos?
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Greetings {FIRST NAME},
A Message from Sam Benzacar
The Invasion of Digital
Devices
It should really be no surprise to anyone that defense system manufacturers
are attempting to remove as much analog (read: microwave) content in the
receive chain as they can between the antenna and the point at which the
signal is downconverted to baseband. Testament to this fact are the comments
from a large number of manufacturers quoted in the July issue of the Journal
of Electronic Defense. There are enormous advantages to working with a signal
in the digital domain: extraordinary amounts of signal processing can be
performed in near real-time, the systems themselves can be smaller, and the
tweaky nature of analog components can be dispensed with, to name a few.
While this is an enviable goal, and one that is all but a necessity
considering the complexity and increasing density of threats, the fact
remains that with the current state of the art in analog to digital
converters, only a single stage of those analog components can actually be
eliminated. That's because it's currently possible to sample only at an input
frequency of about 2 GHz. Above that frequency, the traditional mixing
stages, low noise amplifiers, and filters that form downconversion schemes
are still required and are likely to be for a very long time. Converters,
unlike microprocessors, don't follow Moore's Law and massive enhancements are
years in coming. On the transmit side, the picture is even brighter for
microwave manufacturers because high-power components cannot be replicated by
digital techniques, and until someone figures out how to generate RF power
with a digital device, RF power transmission will remain firmly in the
microwave camp. The signal may be digital but the devices that transmit it
will continue to be analog.
As interference to defense systems is on the increase, the need for filters
is also virtually assured. More and more frequently, we receive requests to
mitigate interference issues in systems installed in the field. This can
result from the fact that interference issues were not correctly addressed
when a system was installed or new interference has popped up since then. For
more than 20 years, we've been solving problems like these with
high-performance filters that have extremely high rejection, high power
handling ability, and exceptional ruggedness.
So if you're facing this challenge, please reach out to us at (973) 772-4242,
or by e-mail at sales@anatechelectronics.com.
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VISIT US AT MILCOM 2011
November 7 to 10
Baltimore Convention Center
MILCOM is rapidly becoming THE show for the defense industry, and while first
envisioned as a defense communications forum has dramatically expanded to
cover everything from communication to radar and EW. In addition to hundreds
of exhibitors, there are outstanding presentations as well. Anatech
Electronics will be exhibiting at Booth 800. Come visit us!
SOLVING INTERFERENCE CHALLENGES
IN MILITARY SYSTEMS
We've been solving interference issues in military communications and
satellite communications systems for more than 20 years and between our
standard product line and extensive custom design capabilities there are few
challenges we cannot meet. The following links take you to some of these
products as well as our overall military design capabilities. To address your
specific challenges, please contact us.
Custom Design Capabilities
View our extensive capabilities in the design and manufacture of custom
filters and filter-related products, and many other product types as well.
Please click here
Defense System Capabilities and Experience
This short discussion details our custom design capabilities for defense
applications, qualifications, and certifications.
Please click here
Download our Short-form Catalog
Our catalog briefly describes all of our products, and the overall
capabilities of each one.
Please click here
Answers to last month's Sports Trivia Questions
1. What Grand Slam golf tournament has the
most clubhousers sipping mint juleps? The Masters
2. Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam
events at least four times? Steffi Graf
3. What two players are tied for second behind Ty Cobb in total career runs? Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth
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