Microelectronics manufacturing capabilities including the latest state-of-the-art equipment needed to build custom computer chips and subminiature microwave devices.

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Patriot missile components including advanced radar waveguides, microwave devices, high-speed analog to digital converters, microprocessors, precision gimbals for the missile-seeker system, highly miniaturized radio frequency communications, on-board sensors, advanced signal-processing systems.

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This frequency is crowded since it is used by everything from other tablets to microwave ovens, baby monitors, Bluetooth devices, not to mention the neighbors' Wi-Fi networks.

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Hittite Microwave, a maker of integrated circuits and other high-tech devices, has enjoyed a steady increase in EPS for the last five years, carries no debt and has had strong earnings growth.

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These range from microwave ovens and laser light shows to home security systems and medical imaging devices. (CDER even regulates laser pointers but not online presentation software, if ever a true risk to human health).

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But it uses a lot of battery power, and the 2.4 GHz spectrum is also widely in use by devices like Wi-Fi networks--and cordless phones and microwave ovens can cause interference in that range.

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Nokia, the world's largest handset-maker, hopes to turn its tiny phones into universal remote-control devices, able to control everything from the television to the lights to the microwave.

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It is already possible to power small electronic devices, such as wireless sensors installed in buildings and industrial machinery, using a dedicated microwave transmitter nearby.

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