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The US Department of Defense (DoD), through the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), has granted Tahoe RF Semiconductor Inc. , a fabless RFIC company and Wireless Electronic Design Services (EDS) provider, accreditation as a Microelectronics Trusted IC Supplier for the DoD and all other US Government customers. The DoD requires...

Emerson Network Power , a business of Emerson and a leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, announces the Johnson product line of SMA fixed commercial attenuators. This range of attenuators is manufactured from non-inductive resistors, making it an ideal choice for customers who need to precisely adjust signal levels in...

You can follow the MWJ editors on Twitter by following David Vye @mwjournal and me @pathindle . Freescale’s Leonard Pelletier is also joining the action and can be followed @RFLeonard . Enjoy the show and happy Twittering!...

Microwave History (People and Companies) Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 3 Popularized S-parameters with paper in 1965 4 Proved the existence of electromagnetic waves with spark gap 6 Discovered electromagnetic induction 7 Founded Sage Labs, Chair of 1967 Boston IMS, Distingished IEEE member 11 Developed noise figure theory 13...

Exalt Communications announced the expansion of its licensed product portfolio to include the Exalt EX-4.5r Series GigE radio systems. These systems provide unprecedented throughput, reliability and security to US Federal Government agencies and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 4.5 GHz band license holders. Exalt EX-4.5r Series systems support deployments...

Attendees of the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) will be able to participate in 30 workshops during Microwave Week. There are 11 RFIC workshops, three joint IMS/RFIC workshops, 15 IMS workshops and one joint IMS/ARFTG workshop. The workshops cover a broad range of topics from power amps to CAD optimization...

VTI Instruments Corp. announced the release of three new modules for use on the VXIbus platform. The SMP3620, SMP3625 and SMP7000 increase the flexibility of VTI's popular SMIP product family by including analog output (0 to 35 V) and custom breadboard design capabilities. The SMIP series' ability to mix...

The ZigBee® Alliance , a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, announced it is proposing use of the ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a basis for an IEC standard. The IEC...

Remtec Inc. , a manufacturer of metallized ceramic substrates and packages with Plated Copper on Thick Film Technology (PCTF®), and Microwave Packaging Technology Inc. (MPT), Anaheim, CA, a leader in the design, test and assembly of microwave modules and components, have announced a strategic alliance to integrate their core...

On the heels of launching its Facebook fan page, AWR has now joined Twitter and is also a guest-host of a monthly blog on Microwave Journal 's Web site as well. Discussions from the AWR guest blog will also be posted on AWRs Facebook and Twitter pages. The current...