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This article describes the design flow for a high speed connector using several simulation tools. The goal is to enable its first pass design without time-intensive and costly iteration steps. In addition to other simulation tools, CST MICROWAVE STUDIO® (CST MWS) is used during various stages of the design...

In the last decade, mobile phones have become an integral part of our life. Up to one billion new mobile phones are shipped each year by manufacturers. Newly introduced features and smaller form factors of mobiles require less current consumption from a battery. Battery technologies are getting more advanced,...

3G technologies are growing at a rapid pace in today’s cellular industry. The outlook for multimode devices is growing more positive year over year as 2G cellular products mature in their life cycle. Handset users today demand higher data rates than ever before, which is increasing the complexity of...

Aeroflex announced it has enhanced its Auto-Test II test function for the Aeroflex 3920 Digital Radio Test Set. The Auto-Test II application now performs test functions as prescribed by the EIA/TIA-603 standard for testing any FM Land Mobile Radio. This option allows development groups, manufacturers and field service operations...

Giga-tronics Inc. introduces a new broadband high power microwave signal generator system for high performance test and measurement applications. The GT-2620A high power microwave signal generator system, Gigatronics’ Titan System, provides significantly higher power levels at microwave frequencies than are available from stand-alone signal generators, while maintaining a calibrated...

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. , a provider of microwave and RF design solutions and products, introduced a new low cost, RoHS compliant, SPDT switch in a miniature 1 x 1 mm 6-lead PDFN package. The MASW-009444 is ideally suited for applications where low control voltage, low insertion loss, moderate...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of SystemVue 2008.12, a new platform for electronic system-level (ESL) design. The new platform delivers modeling, design-flow improvements and baseband IP libraries that can cut months from physical layer (PHY) design time for high performance communications algorithms and system architectures in both wireless...

The ZigBee Alliance and the RF4CE Consortium , founded by Panasonic Corp., Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp., have reached an agreement to deliver a standardized specification for radio frequency-based (RF) remote controls. RF remotes are faster, more reliable and provide more freedom to operate...

AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation has unveiled the first model in its new “A” Series RF amplifier line. Model 500A250A covers 10 kHz to 250 MHz, and provides a minimum of 500 W of swept power when used with an RF sweep generator, thanks to an innovative new design that packs...

Agilent Technologies Inc. expanded its mixed-signal and digital-storage oscilloscope portfolio with four new 100 MHz models in the InfiniiVision 7000 Series. The 7000 Series now offers bandwidths from 100 MHz to 1 GHz and delivers an unparalleled deep-memory waveform update rate of up to 100,000 waveforms per second. Each...