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Microsemi Corp. , a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. announced that 0916753 B.C. ULC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsemi, has accepted the tender of and is acquiring 123,438,737 Zarlink shares, representing approximately 96 percent of Zarlink’s outstanding shares,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced its 89600 WLA software, a MAC-layer complement to the company’s industry-leading 89600 VSA software. The seamless combination of vector signal analysis and wireless link analysis gives system-integration engineers and verification engineers greater visibility into the increasingly complex and dynamic interaction between the MAC and physical...

Harris Corp. has received a $16 M order from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for additional Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radios systems. The radios will supply DoD forces with networked line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight tactical communications. The field-proven AN/PRC-117G delivers unprecedented situational awareness to the battlefield through voice,...

Crane Aerospace & Electronics Power Solutions was selected by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. to supply its Transformer Rectifier Units (TRU) on the Gulfstream G650. The five 250A TRUs on each G650 provide DC bus power throughout the aircraft. Ed Fuhr, Vice President, Power Solutions for Crane Aerospace & Electronics said,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. expanded its award-winning PNA-X Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer to 67 GHz. A new 67 GHz phase-reference calibration standard, configured to work with the 67 GHz PNA-X NVNA, is also now available. Using this hardware, designers can easily characterize and model components accurately up to frequencies of...

Mobile Experts released a new report that predicts massive growth in wireless backhaul links for mobile communications. The new report, titled Backhaul for Small Cells, includes a five-year forecast for femtocells and picocells, and articulates the rationale for mobile operators to use wireless techniques for connecting small cells to...

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. , a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, released a family of broadband, digitally-controlled variable gain amplifiers (DVGA) that combine high linearity, gain and output power with a low noise figure and a broad range of output gain control. These integrated products are internally matched...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and NXP Semiconductors demonstrated Agilent’s award-winning Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer during EuMW in Manchester, UK. The NVNA, which runs on Agilent’s PNA-X Series network analyzers, will be used to characterize a high-power LDMOS transistor from NXP specifically designed for 2.45 GHz ISM band applications. The NVNA-based...

Aeroflex Ltd. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., announced a new addition to its popular PXI 3000 Series of RF modular instruments with the launch of the 3036 RF digitizer module, with frequency range extending to 13 GHz, for use in vector signal analysis of complex...

Computer Simulation Technology is previewing the new System Assembly and Modeling (SAM) environment at EuMW in booth 213. Today’s design engineers have to deal with increasingly complex systems whose performance might be affected by the interdependence of components. Consequently, the optimization of the individual components in isolation is still...