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HIRAI LTCC foundry service provides its featured 2D/3D hybrid fabrication technology for high Q multi-layered substrates of micro- and millimeter-wave applications. Exhibited are the millimeter-wave module that integrates a slot array antenna, a hollow layer underneath, a post-wall waveguide and an aperture coupled waveguide-to-microstrip line transition, presently under development...

Pole/Zero introduces its Extended Range Filter, a digitally tunable, two-pole bandpass filter providing continuous coverage from 30 to 512 MHz. The Extended Range Filter has been designed for integration in radio transceivers where small size and low power consumption are paramount. The filter has a 3 dB bandwidth of...

Power Module Technology introduces the PP88-108-1500, a very high power Class AB pallet amplifier providing 1500 W CW Power output. Featuring the latest generation of LDMOS transistors, the PP88-108-1500 provides the most CW FM power available anywhere in the world today. Thermal tracking bias allows the PP88-108-1500 to operate...

Attendees of The International Microwave Symposium (IMS) will hear from leading researchers on the subject of metamaterials ― one of the most compelling, and most debated, research topics in the microwave space ― in a special evening rump session entitled “Metamaterials: A Rich Opportunity for Discovery or an Over-Hyped...

Freescale Semiconductor has introduced five laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) field effect transistors (FET) for commercial aerospace applications. The expanded RF portfolio includes L-band (965 to 1215 MHz) devices and the first LDMOS FETs for aerospace applications at S-band (3.1 to 3.5 GHz). Freescale will showcase these devices...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, announced its acquisition of Axiom Microdevices , a volume supplier of CMOS-based power amplifiers for mobile phones. “The acquisition of Axiom complements our existing GaAs capabilities, bolsters our...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a microwave signal generator with ultra-high output power capability that breaks the 1 W output barrier. The Agilent PSG E8257D signal generator option 521 delivers from +24 to +28 dBm specified output power over a frequency range of 250 MHz to 20 GHz (useable down...

SiGe Semiconductor expanded its Wi-Fi product range by introducing the SE2571U Front End Module that is specifically targeted at embedded applications including cellular handsets, gaming, digital cameras and personal media players (PMP). The SE2571U has been designed to address the specific challenges faced by OEMs needing to operate "direct...

Harris Corp. , an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a 10-year, potential $736 M contract to provide a complete, end-to-end solution for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite — Series R Ground Segment (GOES-R GS) program. The Harris team will...

Below is a summary of the test and measurement news that we came across just prior to the start of IMS 2009: Anritsu is highlighting their VectorStar premium series of microwave vector network analyzers (VNA). VectorStar delivers best-in-class frequency coverage of 70 kHz to 70 GHz, dynamic range of...