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RF Micro Devices Inc. , a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components, recently announced the addition of four new broadband GaAs PHEMT amplifier integrated circuits (IC) to RFMD’s SUF family of products targeting multiple applications within the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market. Furthermore, given their...

Mimix Asia and TNO Defence, Security and Safety have signed an extension of the contract to manufacture, promote, distribute and market Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMIC) designed and developed by TNO. The extension of the contract covers the addition of new MMICs, especially an X-band Core chip XZ1002, which...

OMMIC announces the introduction of a new Reference Design (Application Board) at 2.5 GHz. This reference design is particularly targeted at new applications such as the 4G mobile standard Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMAX base stations in the 2.5 to 2.7 GHz band, but can also be used...

Arlon was on hand to display both TC350 and TC600, ceramic powder filled, woven fiberglass PTFE composites engineered to produce laminates with a nominal dielectric constant of 3.50 and 6.15, respectively. The ceramic fills and ceramic styles used in TC350 and TC600 typically reduce drill life compared to conventional...

Mician GmbH , Bremen, Germany, and EM Invent sp. z o.o. , Gdansk, Poland, have signed an agreement for the distribution of design tools developed by EM Invent, dedicated to the design of coupled cavity filters. Mician will be distributing EM Invent’s new tools for coupling matrix synthesis of...

EuMW 2008 sees the emergence of a new name in the European microwave market with the launch of the LYNX brand, which has been created through the collaboration of three leading microwave representative organisations – Elexo of France, Globes Elektronik of Germany and Link Microtek of the UK. Offering...

Analog Devices Inc. , a leader in semiconductors for signal processing applications, introduced the industry’s first high-performance broadband I/Q quadrature modulator to integrate automatic gain control (AGC) circuitry within a compact 6×6 mm LFCSP (lead-frame chip-scale package). ADI’s ADL5386 provides a unique combination of performance and unmatched integration levels...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced two new additions to its variable gain amplifier (VGA) product line. These innovative analog variable gain amplifiers are an ideal choice for use in for use in applications where accurate signal level...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announces nonlinear vector network analyzer (NVNA) capability for its PNA-X microwave network analyzer, establishing a new industry standard in RF nonlinear network analysis from 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz. Requiring minimal external hardware, the Agilent NVNA software effectively converts a four-port PNA-X into a high-performance nonlinear...

Anritsu Co. continues its commitment to next-generation wireless technologies with the enhancement of its LTE software and tool set. The improved software packages allow Anritsu’s MS269xA Signal Analyzer series and MG3700A Vector Signal Generator to conduct highly accurate measurements on LTE Uplink and Downlink signals. With the accuracy required...