admin Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) More than 100 engineers from Farmington Hills-based Robert Bosch LLC will work with Farmington Public Schools (FPS) students next year, through a program that launched seven years ago at Warner Middle School.Through A World In Motion, Farmington Schools students work with Bosch engineers on projects like fuel cell cars. (submitted photo)A World in Motion (AWIM) will expand next year, when engineers will work with students in 29 fifth grade classrooms and 21 middle school classrooms. Fifth grade students will design Jet Toy cars, while middle school students will be working with Fuel Cell cars. Students will design cars, change variables, conduct trial runs, and record data.The vision for the program is to give all students in Farmington two experiences with AWIM before they enter high school.“It is an extraordinary opportunity for our students to work directly with volunteers from a global engineering company. Our ultimate goal is to encourage and inspire students to pursue careers related to the sciences, specifically, engineering,” said Kathy Koperski, sixth grade science teacher/student council coordinator at Warner Middle School.Koperski has worked with the team at Bosch since AWIM’s inception to ensure that students continue to have access to and experience with hands-on, STEM-based (Science Technology Engineering Math) engineering. The program has been so successful it has expanded each year since it was established.A World In Motion puts Bosch engineers in Farmington Public Schools classrooms. (submitted photo)Since all AWIM programs are sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), all programs and activities utilize Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core Standards.To learn more about AWIM, visit awim.sae.org. Reported by read more

Farmington Voice Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Reported by Chances are, Farmington Hills residents will see millage requests on this year’s August primary and November general election ballots.Officials on Monday talked about asking voters for a simple renewal of the city’s parks and recreation millage, overwhelmingly approved in 2009, or increasing it to slightly under 1 mill. On an average Farmington Hills home, the increase would raise the parks and recreation tax from $49 per year to about $90.The city could also ask voters to increase the .5 mill levy to 1 mill, which would require splitting the renewal and the increase into two ballot questions. That worried city manager Dave Boyer. Boyer said voters might approve the increase but not the original millage. City attorney Steve Joppich said making the increase dependent on approving the original is not typically done, but the law allows for it.“I am concerned that two questions will confuse people, and they’ll be upset,” Boyer said.Complicating matters is a road funding ballot question, expected in November. Last year, the state attorney general’s office denied ballot proposal language for a 2.5 mill levy that would raise about $7.5 million annually for road repairs.“I think putting (a parks and recreation increase) on the ballot would jeopardize that,” council member Valerie Knol said. She suggested a five-year renewal, then coming back to voters after the road millage is done and people have been using the new community center.Council member Richard Lerner pointed out that residents have always supported parks and recreation ballot issues. He said that he is still paying less in property taxes than he was in 2008, and his taxes would remain below that level with a millage increase.“I think this can pass in August,” he said. “Could we make it work in five years? Sure, but it’ll put a strain on everything else.”Council member Samantha Steckloff said the higher property tax bill would seem substantial to residents in more recently purchased homes. The parks and recreation millage plus the road levy would amount to a “huge increase.”“People are hurting,” she said. “Most people are not through the recession.”Boyer recommended the simple 10-year renewal, which he said would “allow us to run our programs and do the things we need to do.”Council members took no official action; this issue will come up for discussion on a future agenda. read more

The City of Farmington Hills Special Services Department will host free and ticketed events on September 21 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Longacre House, a city-owned, historic home at 24705 Farmington Road.Longacre House (Facebook photo)The Victorian Garden Party, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., will include tours, light refreshments, lawn games, and a petting zoo. Pony rides will also be available for an additional fee. This event is free and open to the public; registration is not required.Tickets are on sale now for the Roaring 20’s “All That Jazz” Gala, held from 7 p.m. to midnight. Included are a strolling dinner, open bar, and entertainment. To learn more or reserve your spot, visit recreg.fhgov.com/ (activity code 110532-01) or purchase tickets at the front desk of the Costick Center, 28600 W. 11 Mile Rd. in Farmington Hills.To learn more, call 248-473-1800. Reported by Farmington Voice Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) read more

Harris Corporation has received $15 million in orders from a nation in Latin America for public safety and tactical radios and accessories. This Harris equipment will be integrated into the country’s new wireless digital voice and data network for national security applications. Harris will provide the customer with Falcon very-high frequency (VHF) and high-frequency (HF) tactical radios and portable land mobile radios and accessories. The radios will operate on the country’s Harris OpenSky® mission-critical radio system to provide federal officials and armed forces with interoperable voice and data communications to help protect strategic installations. “Harris is uniquely positioned to address converging defense and internal security missions,” said Brendan O’Connell, president, International Business, Harris RF Communication. “These new Harris tactical and land mobile radios will enhance the capabilities of this nation’s forces to coordinate their efforts to provide safety and security to its citizens.” The Falcon III® RF-7800V is a next-generation VHF tactical radio that delivers advanced mission-critical management and data capabilities to deployed personnel. The Falcon® RF-5800H is an advanced HF manpack that provides beyond-line-of-sight terrestrial communications and offers advanced encryption, enhanced frequency hopping and an internal GPS receiver. Harris P5500 portable land mobile radios deliver sophisticated features in a lightweight, compact, resilient package for public safety and mission-critical users alike. Harris RF Communications’ Falcon® family of software-defined tactical radio systems encompasses manpack, handheld and vehicular applications. Falcon III is the next generation of radios supporting the U.S. military’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) requirements, as well as network-centric operations worldwide. Harris RF Communications is also a leading supplier of assured communications® systems and equipment for public safety, utility and transportation markets — with products ranging from the most advanced IP voice and data networks to portable and mobile single- and multiband radios. For additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://harris.com. read more

Launched in 2012 to meet the demands of actors working in the domain of radiofrequencies, microwaves, wireless and fibre optic, Microwave & RF is a show centred on its market, highly qualitative and professional, but which aims to be friendly and on a human scale. The show gathered nearly 2,400 highly qualified, professional visitors. As for the year 2013, it will reunite some 90 exhibitors, manufacturers or distributors of products or technologies in the domains of instrumentation and testing, equipment, active and passive components, EMC, as well as design and simulation software and of course, sub-assemblies, systems and sub-contracting. Here is the list of the first exhibitors and partners who are already registred: AA Matech – AB2E CEM  – Actutem  – Advanten –  Aeroflex  – Air & Cosmos  – Ansys France  – AWR – Applied Wave Research  – AR France / AR Europe*  – Cobham Microwave  – Cotelec  – CST AG  – Diconex  – Electroniques  – Electronique Mag  – Elexo  – Elci Electronique Composants et Instrumentation – Equipements Scientifiques  – Eutin – High Frequency Electronics – Interference Technology – Meito  – Mesures  – Microwave Engineering Europe – Microwave Journal – Micro Systems Engineering – MSE  – National Instruments –  Radio Resource International – REE  – RF Tronic Ingenierie – Stacem  – Teseq  – XXILab  High-tech conferences: For its first edition last April, Microwave & RF had great success with its conferences, the themes of which, based on trends, were followed with interest by more than 500 attendees. For 2013, these attendees will be able to update their knowledge in terms of EMC thanks to the conferences organised by the AFCEM, over 4 specific sessions:·     EMC in new technologies: The implications of EMC in recent progress in electronics. From the chip to modern digital networks – Chairman of the session – Mr Michel Mardiguian. EMC in aeronautics – Session chair Mrs Geneviève Deville. Collaborative projects in EMC – Session chair Mr.  Jérôme Mollet. EMC in radio communications – Session chair Mr. Vincent Lamaud. Here are the first retained topics: RF and Optic for communication and detection applications – Session chair Mr. Yan Haentjens – Vectrawave. RF MEMS – Session chair Mr. Philippe Eudeline – Thales Air Systems.   The backhaul of LTE, a chance for microwaves – Session chair Mr. François Magne. Antennas for New Generation Wireless Mobile Terminals and Networks -Design, Performances. Assessment and Exposure Considerations – Session chair Mr. Benoit Derat – Art-Fi. Application and product conferences:  Presented by the exhibitors, the application conferences are a bonus which allows the visitors to comprehend a product, a methodology and a vision in a visual and concrete manner. RF & Microwave integrated test solution based on a synthetic architecture.  Find exhibitors list, conferences programme on http://www.Microwave-RF.com. read more

Toshiba has developed an on-chip Single-Inductor Multiple-Output (SIMO) DC-DC converter for IoT devices reliant on coin-type lithium-ion batteries. The new converter achieves 65% to 86% efficiency in the load range from 1 μW to 50 mW, more than 100 times wider than that of a conventional SIMO DC-DC converter, and extends the battery life of IoT devices. This convertor was announced at the IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC) 2016 in Toyama, Japan, on November 9.ICs that rely on small capacity coin-type lithium-ion batteries for power supply are increasingly used in a wide variety of IoT applications, and are required to save power by operating at minimum supply voltages in each circuit. In order to supply multiple voltages, multiple external inductors were required in a conventional DC-DC converter, but a SIMO DC-DC converter needs only one external inductor. This advantage in reducing device cost and volume has stimulated widespread R&D of SIMO DC-DC converters.Since an IoT device spends most of its life in standby mode (where power consumption is below 1 mW) and a small part of it in active mode (where power consumption is in the tens of mW), a SIMO DC-DC converters must support a wide load range with high conversion efficiency. However, conventional SIMO DC-DC converters were not designed for IoT applications, and have not been able to support such a wide load range with practical efficiency.Toshiba has improved SIMO DC-DC converter efficiency in the light load range. The highly sensitive comparator of the conventional control circuit is replaced with a new control circuit that consists of only logic gates1, reducing its power consumption. In addition, the switching frequency of switches that distribute current to output channels is reduced by a newly proposed operation mode. As a result, Toshiba’s new SIMO DC-DC converter achieves over 80% efficiency when the load power is above 5 μW and about 65% when the load power is 1 μW.Toshiba has also improved efficiency in the tens of mW load range. Conventional analog control required a relatively long wait time before channel switching to prevent interference between output channels of a SIMO DC-DC converter, degrading efficiency in this load range. The new SIMO DC-DC converter uses digital feedback control to minimize waiting time.The above architecture supports this new converter in achieving practical efficiency of 65%-to-86%, in the wide load range from 1 μW to 50 mW. The load range in which the conversion efficiency exceeds 60% is more than 100 times wider than that of conventional SIMO DC-DC converters, and the new SIMO DC-DC converter extends the battery life of IoT devices that are driven by coin-type lithium-ion batteries.Toshiba plans to use the SIMO DC-DC converter in low-power ICs for IoT devices, including Bluetooth low energy, in the future. read more

IDT is a leader in the development of circuit-level RF innovations and a trusted supplier to leading communications systems providers. Using the Smart Silicon approach to combine optimal process technologies with these innovations delivers a portfolio of differentiated RF products.The SATELLITE 2019 event brings together aerospace thought leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, engineers, end-users and enthusiasts for the largest and most important global satellite technology event of the year. The event plays a critical role in determining how satellites will shape the future of the world and the show welcomes a community of aerospace professionals from every market and field of study, hailing from more than 150 nations around the world. Compact 8-channel silicon ICs for planar phased arrays Ku, Ka and CDL frequency bands for ground and airborne terminals High-speed SPI interface and on-chip memory for rapid beam loading and update At the upcoming SATELLITE 2019 event in Washington DC from May 6-9, Integrated Device Technology (IDT) will be highlighting its beamforming solutions. Attendees can schedule meetings with IDT’s SATCOM beamforming experts during the show and visit the company’s booth (#2311) to see the most recent advancements in low cost, high-performance microwave and millimeter-wave (MMW) beam-formers, including: read more

Akoustis Technologies has introduced its first 5G small cell base station XBAW filter solution. The company also announced the shipment of first samples to China for evaluation by a new tier-1 customer – a multi-billion-dollar global leader in telecommunications and information technology. The new XBAW filter (A10149) is designed specifically for the challenging filtering needs for band n79 in the emerging 5G small cell network infrastructure deployed across China. Akoustis’ new 5G network infrastructure filter leverages its patented and proprietary XBAW technology to deliver high frequency, high power and high performance operating in band n79 spectrum currently being deployed in 5G networks. With a smaller size, low insertion loss and high out-of-band rejection, BAW filters are expected to compete favorably against existing network infrastructure filter technologies including mono-block dielectric resonator (DR), ceramic and cavity filters. Small cells are low power, short-range wireless base stations that help provide service to both indoor and outdoor settings in densely populated urban areas. Small cells are expected to play an important role in the 5G network in highly populated areas by delivering high-speed mobile broadband, low latency and better user experience. In a recent report, Zion Market Research estimated the global small cell 5G network market was valued at around $381 million in 2018 and is expected to reach approximately $3.5 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of approximately 37% between 2019 and 2025. The Band n79 5G XBAW network infrastructure filter (named A10149) features: Low insertion loss passband filter High rejection enables co-existence with adjacent 5G and WiFi UNII bandsHigh return loss Single-ended Tx/Rx ports High power rating, maximum +30dBmUltra-small form factor 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.9 mm Performance over -40C to +85CRoHS compliant, Pb-free packageThe new 5G network infrastructure filter solution is designed and manufactured using the Company’s patented and proprietary XBAW process and manufactured in the Company’s Si-MEMS Wafer Fab located in Canandaigua, NY. Akoustis has introduced several new filters over the past twelve months including the first tandem 5.2 GHz and 5.6 GHz WiFi filters, a 3.8 GHz filter for defense phased-array radar applications, a 3.6 GHz filter for the CBRS infrastructure market and Band 25 downlink and uplink filters for LTE infrastructure. The Company is also developing several new filters for the sub-7 GHz bands targeting 5G mobile device, 5G network infrastructure, WiFi CPE and defense markets.Click here to see Akoustis Filter products listed on everything RF. read more

Custom MMIC has received the 4th annual 2019 Massachusetts Manufacturer of the Year Award for the Eastern Massachusetts Middlesex District, from the commonwealth’s legislative manufacturing caucus. Over the past four years, this prestigious award has been presented to those companies that embody the entrepreneurial spirit and passion for continued growth using innovation and determination as to their guiding principles. This award is especially gratifying knowing Massachusetts is home to so many unique and successful small businesses pushing the boundaries of what is possible every day. Custom MMIC was founded in 2006 on the three basic tenets of innovation, integrity, and quality. Custom MMIC is a manufacturer of innovative high-performance RF and Microwave MMIC devices. Custom MMIC has developed strategic manufacturing alliances with trusted foundries around the world specializing in GaAs, GaN, InP, and InGaP technologies.Click here to see everything RF’s Interview with John Greichen at Custom MMIC. read more

The Alumni took advantage of a sluggish Varsity start with an 8-1 lead in the opening set behind the net attacks of Liza Calangan and the service aces of Chin Chin Lio.But the Varsity repulsed back behind the Alumni with aggressive net attacks by Therese Maravilla and Hannah Infante. Maravilla also scored on three straight service aces to give the lead to the Varsity, 14-10.Varsity racked up eight points for 11-1 scoring behind the services of Martha Araneta and backline reception of J-Anne Hachero, paving the way for Lyka Yusay and a good set up opportunity for hitters Ruth De Lumen and Jewel Maligmat.Varsity’s Martha Araneta tip-in and Maravilla’s service aces produced the biggest lead in the second set at 22-12.Alumni got a second win in the third set, and better setup by Michelle Ditching and Stephanie Ong for Lizette Tamayo, Katrina Lacson and Liza Calangan produced a 19-15 lead, but Maravilla and Infante combined to score 7 straight points to give the lead back to Varsity.In the ensuing play, spiking and reception error by the Alumni gave the Varsity the finals seat./PN STEPHEN TAN PHOTO – High School Varsity hitter Jewel Maligmat (left) spikes as Lizette Tamayo of Batch 2009 & Earlier tries to stop her, during their quarterfinal match in the 3rd St. John’s Institute Volleyball Friendship Cup.By CYRUS M. GARDEBACOLOD City — St. John’s Institute (SJI) High School Varsity will clash with Batch 2010-14 for the title in the 3rd SJI Volleyball Friendship Cup at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Msgr. John Liu Activity Center.Varsity demolished Batch 2009 & Earlier, 25-13, 25-14 & 25-23 to advance to the finals with unbeaten records. Batch 2010-14, on the other hand, won in four sets against the Aspirants Team, 25-19, 25-17, 17-25, and 25-16.Batch 2009 & Earlier and the Aspirants will also play for runner-up honors at 2 p.m. read more