RF & Microwave Industry News

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. awarded $1.4M for high-power amplifiers

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., has been awarded a contract totaling $1.4 million from a major system integrator to supply rack-mount, high-power amplifiers ("HPAs"). The HPAs will be used in an expansion of a system that relays military satellite communications around the world and that is already using similar Comtech Xicom HPAs.


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Frequency Matters, Feb 10, 2014

RF/microwave Industry Update

Frequency Matters 6Watch episode 6 (Feb 10, 2014) of the bi-weekly industry update video series, Frequency Matters. Editors David Vye and Pat Hindle host the show covering RF/microwave news, events and technical content. Catch up on the latest happenings in the industry.


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TriQuint drives LTE advances with a growing line of high-performance filters

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, announced several new premium filters for next-generation smartphones and other mobile devices. The high-performance filters utilize the company’s advanced acoustic wave filtering technologies to address some of the industry’s toughest LTE interference problems.


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Agilent simulation & modeling software selected by Nitronex for high-power GaN design

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Nitronex, a GaAs labs company and leading producer of GaN-on-silicon RF power devices, has selected Agilent to provide a complete GaN design flow that spans both device modeling and circuit simulation. The flow uses Agilent EEsof EDA’s IC-CAP model extraction software and Advanced Design System (ADS) circuit and system simulator—both market-leading platforms in RF and microwave design.


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Molex introduces electromagnetic interference absorption tape and sheets

Molex Inc. launched its innovative HOZOX™ Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Absorption Tape and Sheets, ideally suited for manufacturers of high-frequency equipment in multiple industries, including medical, consumer electronics, data/telecommunications and microwave/radio frequency.  HOZOX absorption technology utilizes a unique dual-layer design to maximize the EMI noise mitigation performance.  .


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RFS promotes Al Filoreto to eastern regional sales manager

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), the global wireless and broadcast infrastructure specialist, announced that wireless industry veteran and long-time RFS team member Al Filoreto has been promoted to eastern regional sales manager. In his new role, Filoreto’s top priorities are to widen and diversify the company’s customer base and to increase RFS’ brand name recognition in the market.


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