APPENDIX A

 

Trade Magazine Articles, and other publications from the career of John Minck:

 

 

Super-Speed Mathematics

Notre Dame Technical Review, Nov, 1950

 

Test Equipment Developments Speed Microwave Progress

Electronic Design, Nov 23, 1960

 

Noise Figure Measurement

Instruments & Control Systems, Aug, 1963

The New World of Light Emitting Semiconductors

Automotive Industries, Oct, 1971

 

Role of LEDs in Solid State Displays

Automation, Feb 1972

 

Justifying Automatic Calibration Systems

Instruments and Control Systems, Oct, 1972

 

How Accurately are you Measuring M/W Power

MWJ, March, 1975

 

How Multi-Purpose Applications Considerations Determined the Design Strategy of a New Microwave Synthesized Signal Generator

EW Communications, Mar, 1977

 

Choosing a Signal Source

ED, June, 1977

 

Microwave Measurements—Mature?

MWJ, circa 1978

 

Microwave Calendar

1979

 

Comprehensive Audio Test Equipment

Australian Electronics Engineering, Oct, 1980

 

Frequency Synthesizers

Electronic Products, Oct, 1980

 

A Technical Update on the APC-3.5 Coaxial Connector Program and Related Products for use up to 26.5 GHz and Above

circa, 1980

 

A Computer Controlled System to Calibrate Microwave Power Sensors and Attenuators

circa, 1980

 

Electronic Measuring Instruments

Wireless World, (UK), Jan 1980

 

Signal Sources—old and new—leave little room for improvement

EDN, May 13, 1981

 

A Novel K-Band YIG-tuned Harmonic Multiplier Meets Requirements of 2-26.5 GHz Synthesized Signal Generator

circa, 1981

 

New 2-26.5 GHz Synthesized Signal Generator has High Performance Pulsing built in

circa, 1981

 

Signal Generators

EE Times, March 2, 1981

 

Versatile Synthesizers find Wide Application

Canadian Electronics Engineering, June 1981

 

Some Considerations in Measuring Noise Figure of Wideband and Band-limited Components and Systems

circa, 1981

 

Signal Sources—Special Report

EE Times, Dec 21, 1981

 

Sizing up Synthesizers

Synthesizers, Their Applications, Specifications, and Definitions

New Electronics, (UK), Dec 1981

 

Microwave Measurements

Seminar Notes

1982

 

The Impact of a New Noise Figure Meter on Microwave Metrology

Pulse, May, 1982

 

Pulsed Microwave Signal Peak-Power Measurement Improves

MSN, March, 1984

 

Microwave Measurements

electronik industrie, (German), Aug, 1984

 

Checking Microwave Interface Path Deterioration Automatically

Electronic Test, Nov, 1984

 

Neue Trends der Mikrowellen-MeBtechnik

Mikrowellentechnik, (German), Aug, 1984

 

Microwave Measurement Trends

Australian Electronics Engineering, Dec, 1984

 

Microwave Measurement Trends Reflect New Developments and Technologies

MSDH, 1984

 

Design Trends Evaluated for Passive Components

MSN, Feb, 1986

 

A (Modest) Proposal to Establish a National Bureau of Standardization

MSN, May, 1986

 

Instruments Specialize in Vector Modulation

Microwaves/RF, March, 1987

 

Complex Modulation Testing of Components & Systems Accomplished Using New Tools

MSN, Feb, 1987

 

Instrument Technology Evolving to Meet Measurement Needs

Microwaves/RF, March, 1987

 

Programmable Switch/Attenuator Modifications Provide Microwave Test Solutions

Electronics Test, Oct, 1987

 

Benchtop Signal Simulation Becomes a Reality

Defense Electronics, Nov, 1987

 

Some Significant Things that have Happened to RF in the Last 10 Years

RF Design, Oct 1988

 

Shaping the Future of Signal Simulation

Defense Electronics, Mar, 1989

 

Signal Simulator Hops 3000 MHz in less than 250ns

Microwaves/RF, April, 1989

 

Automated Calibration System for Excess Noise Sources Assists Metrology Labs

Microwave Product Digest, Feb, 1990

 

Trends in Microwave Testing

Evaluation Engineering, Dec, 1989

 

Microwave Measurements, 1970 to 2000

MSN, Jan, 1990

 

Understanding Measurement of RF and Microwave Pulsed Power

MWJ, Nov, 1991

 

Digital Progress, Fast ICs Challenge RF/Microwave Test

Evaluation Engineering, Feb, 1992

 

A New Circuit Architecture for Synthesized Signal Generators

Microwave Engineering Europe, Mar/Apr, 1992

 

Simulating Communications Systems

T&MW Communications, April, 1992

 

Increasing the Up-time of Digital Microwave Radios

Telematics, (India), Oct, 1992

 

Dynamic Ghost Simulation

Broadcast Engineering, Feb, 1993

 

Receiver Signal Simulation Improves Time to Market

T&M World, Sept, 1993

 

Multi-Parameter Test System Checks PLLs and Oscillators

Microwaves/RF, Dec 1996

 

Signal and Network Analyzers Span the Spectrum from audio to light

EDN, Jan. 2, 1997

 

Garage gives Birth to Measurement Giant

Microwaves/RF 40 th anniversary issue, Aug, 2001

 

 

Lectures and Technical Papers:

 

 

Assistance Available from a Manufacturer

NCSL Conference, Nov 14, 1973

 

Computer Instrumentation—Make or Buy?

IEEE Show, 1973

 

A Management Strategy for Calibration Labs

NCSL Conference, circa 1974

 

The National Measurement System—A Hidden Giant

NCSL Conference, circa 1975

 

New Instrument Trends for Electronic Warfare

AOC Show, Sept, 1975

 

New Trends in Electronic Instrumentation

Society of Military Engineers, Feb, 1976

 

How Our Stanford Park Products are Used—13-part series

SPD Park Press, employee newsletter, 1977

 

Design and Measurement Considerations for a 15 Mbps Fiber Optic Data Link

AOC Conference, April, 1978

 

Instrument Directions in the Eighties—From Dumb to Smart to Wise

June, 1980

 

Uses for the Microwave Spectrum

FE Training Lecture, circa 1980

 

How our SPD Products are Used

SPD Park Press, employee newsletter, circa, 1982

 

Stanford Park Division Profile

Training and Orientation Lecture, Nov, 1990

 

An Introductory Guide to the Hewlett-Packard Company

Microwave Instruments and Practices, Nov, 1991

 

Everything You Wanted to Know About Microwave Things,

But Not So Much You'd Have To Get Too Familiar

With James Clerk Maxwell

SR112 Fundamentals Training, 1994

 

 

Application and Product Notes:

 

 

PN 438-2, When is a Power Meter Not a Power Meter

Aug, 1991

 

AN332, Microwave Switching from SPDT to Full Access Matrix

 

AN332-1, More Coaxial Switching

 

AN43, Continuous Monitoring of Radar Noise Figure

Co-author, Marco Negrete

 

AN 57, Noise Figure Primer

 

AN 64-1, Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Power Measurements

 

AN, Fundamentals of Interference in Wireless Networks

Anritsu, 2003

 

AN, Practical Tips on Measuring Interference

Anritsu, 2003

 

RF Interference and 2.4 GHz Wireless LAN

Proxim contract, circa 1998

 

Agilent Technologies and Communications: Six Decades of Measurement Contributions

Brochure promoting Agilent part of HP, 2000