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Radiall has introduced its new cost-effective ECG cable assemblies and SpO2 interface cables for OEMs that provide patient monitoring equipment in the global marketplace. In addition to the standard range, these cables and connectors can be customized and designed in a wide variety of cable, connector and contact, and...

Endwave Corp. , a provider of high frequency RF devices and integrated subsystems, has announced the release of its EWV0800YF series of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO) with dual outputs with total frequency coverage of 7.3 to 8.8 GHz and 3.65 to 4.4 GHz. Based on 2 μm InGaP/GaAs heterojunction-bipolar-transistor (HBT)...

United Monolithic Semiconductor (UMS), a European leader in microwave and millimeter-wave MMIC solutions, is celebrating the first year of operation of its new design and customer support center in the United States. Located in Lowell, MA, United Monolithic Semiconductors USA Inc. increases UMS's presence to better serve its expanding...

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), a leader in high performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications and a provider of RF integrated circuits, is introducing a TruPwr® RF power detector for 3G and 4G mobile terminals. The ADL5505 TruPwr RF power detector is a highly accurate, easy-to-use device for determining the RMS...

Alcatel-Lucent's research arm, Bell Labs, the University of Melbourne and the Victorian State Government are partnering to establish a AU$10 M research centre that will be devoted to innovation in energy-efficient networks and technologies. Bell Labs and the University of Melbourne will share governance of the Centre for Energy-Efficient...

SELEX Galileo has concluded an agreement with ATMOS, a subsidiary of ATECH, to establish them as the Brazilian AESA Radar Centre of Excellence and Airborne Radar Systems House. The agreement is in accordance with the Brazilian Defence Strategy's intention to strengthen the country's national defence industrial capability. The agreement...

Spectrum Control Inc. , a designer and manufacturer of custom electronic products and systems, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume certain liabilities of Sage Laboratories Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ceralta Technologies Inc. Sage Labs, with operations...

Cellular and mobile broadband PC modem shipments grew more than 55 percent in 2009. In 2008, a total of 46.4 million such modems (including USB models, PC Card modems and wireless routers) shipped; in 2009, that figure grew to more than 72 million, according to the latest market data...

A Canadian horticulture research center has contracted with Raytheon Co. to install a prototype microwave frost protection system at its Ontario vineyard. Tempwave™ is a Raytheon-developed system that uses low-level microwave radiant heat to prevent frost damage to crops. Microwave energy is transmitted from towers located in an orchard...

Global mobile handset shipments totaled approximately 1.15 billion in 2009, with enhanced phones and smartphones capturing approximately 81 percent of all handset shipments, according to the latest data from ABI Research. According to Industry Analyst Celia Bo, "In recent years the major technology and application trends in handset design...