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Sage Laboratories introduces its newest addition to the IFM/DFD family of products. The FDFD7409-4 is a broadband (2 to 18 GHz) digital frequency discriminator incorporating a pulse detector/processor. Processing pulse widths as narrow as 80 ns up to CW, the DFD provides fast and accurate identification of threats. With...

Adoption of 802.11n MIMO with multiple transmit streams will help boost the market for Wi-Fi power amplifier modules to twice its 2008 size despite continued pricing pressure. “As prices for single-stream 802.11n (1 x 1) chips dropped to match 802.11g, OEMs have quickly begun to switch from 802.11g to...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of high performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, announced the new PE43204 2-bit UltraCMOS™ Digital Step Attenuator (DSA). This newest addition to Peregrine’s highly popular DSA portfolio offers best-in-class performance with exceptional attenuation accuracy and linearity, making it ideal for 4G Tx/Rx...

Tektronix Inc. , a provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced it has won a contract award from the US Navy to supply Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (DPO). The $10.75 M contract has a Best Estimated Quantity (BEQ) of 5000 units over a five-year period. The Naval Inventory Control...

Integra 's ILP1214EL200 pallet is the first in a series of new high power L-band LDMOS-based pallets for pulsed operation in the 1215 to 1400 MHz frequency range. It is a 50 ohm matched two-stage high power pulsed pallet amplifier for L-band radar systems operating over the instantaneous bandwidth...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced Advanced Design System (ADS) 2009 Update 1, the industry’s first complete, front-to-back solution for monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) and RF module design. The release integrates 3-D electromagnetic (EM) analysis, wireless standards-based design verification libraries, X-parameter simulation, and statistical design and yield optimization. Advanced Design...

The high quality services to be provided in new generation mobile satellite services at Ku-band require a bi-directional high data rate satellite link to be maintained at all time. In addition to low fabrication cost and high EIRP and G/T performance, a flat profile is mandatory to preserve the...

Arlon ’s EP2 (Advanced Polyimide) is a 4th generation polyimide technology, providing a filled, dimensionally stabilized product with improved copper peel and thermal conductivity – at a reduced cost vs. standard polyimides. A patent-pending chemistry that enhances the bond of polyimide to substrate, filler and copper is the enabling...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in solutions for emerging meas-urement needs, has expanded its powerful SignalMeister™ software platform to now include RF signal analysis along with RF signal generation. First introduced in 2007, SignalMeister software is now the only software package on the market that integrates signal generation...

CML Microcircuits , an innovator and provider of low-power semiconductors for global communications markets, has introduced a high performance integrated RF quadrature/low IF transceiver IC, which features an advanced image-reject up-conversion modulation system and flexible superheterodyne receiver. The new CMX991 is designed to meet the global requirements of electronics...