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Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, announced that it has upgraded its popular RF Vector Signal Analyzer line with new capabilities that reduce signal acquisition and measurement times. The new Model 2820A RF Vector Signal Analyzer, which provides a 40 MHz signal...

Infineon Technologies AG introduced an industry first series of dual integrated LDMOS power amplifiers for wireless network base stations. Incorporating two LDMOS amplifiers in a single package, the new devices provide two output power stages, making them ideal for Doherty-based amplifiers and for compact designs that benefit from reduced...

Murata Electronics North America , an innovator in electronics and the largest global supplier of ceramic passive components, introduced the world's smallest radio frequency (RF) switch connector. The new SWG series allows reliable RF circuit testing throughout the entire product life-cycle yet measures only 2.0mm x 2.0mm x 0.9mm....

M/A-COM Technology Solutions >Inc. , a provider of innovative microwave and RF design solutions, is introducing three new lateral diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) devices for L-band radar and one new LDMOS device for avionics applications. The announcement was made at the 2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Microwave...

Pendulum Instruments , a company of the Orolia Group, announced a new Battery Unit option to add portability to its market-leading CNT-90XL Microwave Counter/Analyzer. The CNT-90XL Microwave Counter/Analyzer is one of the fastest microwave counters with integrated power meter on the market, and it’s graphical display offers a great...

NoiseWave 's NW346V series is the believed to be the broadest band calibrated noise standard available. The unit features a standard 15 dB nominal ENR value ideal for noise figure testing, operates with 28 V input and utilizes a V(m) output connector. Covering 10 MHz to 60 GHz, these...

Rohde & Schwarz demonstrated new capabilities for evaluating differential (balanced) devices at the International Microwave Symposium. Rohde & Schwarz R&S ZVA and R&S ZVT series of vector network analyzers (VNA) equipped with the R&S ZVA-K6 true differential option can now take advantage of the coherent signal sources to adjust...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of high performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, announced the release of its newest UltraCMOS™ RFIC, the 50-ohm PE4150 quad MOSFET core device, ideal for mixer designs requiring low conversion loss and high linearity such as portable radios operating in bands from...

Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announces that the CST MICROWAVE STUDIO® frequency domain solver will feature 3rd order and mixed elements with the 2010 release. Design engineers and researchers working on electrically small or resonant structures value the frequency domain solver of CST MICROWAVE STUDIO® as a well integrated alternative...

SUSS MicroTec Test Systems has introduced 1MX™ Technology for its line of on-wafer RF probes, the |Z| Probe®. The new technology significantly improves the high frequency performance of the |Z| Probe by minimizing unwanted signal loss, reflection, and crosstalk and by extending the frequency range. Design enhancements provide test...