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NDK announces the availability of its COTS line-up of crystals, TCXOs, VCXOs, SAW devices and FCXO modules. NDK’s facilities have been qualified per MIL-STD-790 and they have QPL status. The product offerings are ideal for high reliability, demanding environments like defense communications, aerospace, down hole and maritime applications. The...

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RJR Polymers , a developer of high performance air cavity semiconductor packaging, announced the newest generation of its innovative Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) technology. Offering a low-cost, highly flexible alternative to traditional ceramic and over molded packaging options, RJR’s LCP air cavity packaging technology delivers a high degree of...

TriQuint Semiconductor , a RF products manufacturer and foundry services provider, has released a family of new highly-selective WiFi/WiMAX RF bulk acoustic wave (BAW) 4G filters. TriQuint’s BAW filters enable mobile devices to act as portable WLAN (WiFi) hotspots, and simultaneously connect directly to 4G WiMAX networks for broadband...

AWR Corp., a leader in high-frequency EDA, is showcasing the 2010 release of its product line at IMS 2010 (Booth #1318). This release includes enhancements to Microwave Office® high-frequency design software, AXIEM™ 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) analysis software and Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) communication system design and optimization software. New...

RAYSPAN Corp. , the world's only provider of metamaterial air interface solutions for wireless communications, announced the availability of MTM-SNAPTM manufacturing technology for balanced antennas. MTM-SNAPTM allows OEMs and ODMs to design high performance balanced antennas directly on the device PCB, eliminating the need for external dipole antennas. MTM-SNAPTM...

Engineers simulating electrically large structures, either for radar cross-section analysis or for antenna placement studies, benefitted from the introduction of an asymptotic solver in CST MICROWAVE STUDIO® version 2010. This solver is based on the shooting bouncing ray method. With the latest CST STUDIO SUITE 2010 service pack, significant...

An efficient sensitivity analysis for the CST MWS transient solver will be implemented in version 2011. The sensitivities can be used in the transient as well as the frequency domain solver for yield analysis and fast optimization. The latest addition to this solver will help them to speed up...

Engineers designing narrowband or high Q structures, working with the CST MICROWAVE STUDIO® (CST MWS) frequency domain solver offers some natural advantages. Additionally, it is often used to crosscheck results with the transient solver for even greater confidence. The introduction of "True Geometry Adaptation" in CST MWS version 2009...

Avago Technologies , a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, announced early prototypes have been manufactured of Avago’s proprietary five-chip family that targets the expanding 38 and 42 GHz cellular radio infrastructure and backhaul point-to-point radio markets. Based on market demand and customer feedback,...