Industry News

2009 AOC International Symposium Wrap Up

IED Defeat and UAVs still the priority
The 46th annual AOC International Symposium & Convention took place October 18-21, in Washington, DC, and was on hand to visit most of the microwave companies serving the EW world. The top priority in the EW sector is still IED defeat systems and the AOC show daily stated that...
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ZTE Selects RFMD to Support High Volume S305 Handset

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components, announced ZTE has selected two of RFMD's dual-band transmit modules to support ZTE's S305 GSM handset. The ZTE S305 is a stylish dual-band (GSM 900/1800 MHz or 850/1900 MHz) mobile handset designed for...
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Avago Introduces DC to 80 GHz Traveling Wave Amplifier

Avago Technologies , a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, introduced an ultra-broadband traveling wave amplifier (TWA) for high-speed digital communications applications that operate in the 30 kHz to 80 GHz frequency band. Avago’s AMMC-5025 amplifier provides 8 dB of small-signal gain and excellent...
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PPC Introduces Perfect Flex Line of Broadband Coaxial Cables

PPC® introduced its innovative new Perfect Flex™ line of broadband coaxial cables. By combining superior electrical performance and lasting quality, the latest addition to PPC's product portfolio is designed to be a future-ready solution for cable operators, meeting the growing need for coaxial cable and the ever-increasing demands on...
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Mikulsky Named President and CEO of Endwave

Endwave Corp. , a provider of high frequency RF solutions for mobile communications networks, announced that Ed Keible will step down as Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director effective November 30, 2009. The Board of Directors named John Mikulsky as President and Chief Executive Officer succeeding Keible. The...
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AR Debuts “A” Series Amplifiers

New innovations at AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation are enabling the company to produce smaller, more compact amplifiers with just as much power as the older, larger models. The new “A” Series amplifiers, for example, are 25 to 50 percent smaller than previous models, yet the new size does not mean...
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HRL Demonstrates Wafer-scale Graphene-on-silicon Technology

HRL scientists announced they have fabricated and demonstrated graphene-on-silicon field effect transistors (FET) at full wafer scale—a revolutionary advancement in electronics that will enable unprecedented capabilities in high-bandwidth communications, imaging and radar systems. The work is part of the Carbon Electronics for RF Applications, or CERA program, sponsored by...
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