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The Advanced Circuit Materials (ACM) Division of Rogers Corp. has introduced RO4360™ laminates, developed for the special requirements of high-frequency amplifier designers. RO4360 laminates feature a dielectric constant of 6.15 and loss of 0.003 at 2.5 GHz. The laminates are based on a ceramic-filled, thermoset resin system reinforced by...

Vendors will ship $4 B in Wi-Fi radio chips in 2013, most of these for cellphones, notebooks, netbooks, infrastructure, home entertainment systems and wireless gaming consoles. At the same time, adoption of 802.11n MIMO with multiple transmit streams will help boost the market for Wi-Fi power amplifier modules to...

DENSO Corp. , Freescale Semiconductor and TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. have joined together to form an industry consortium to drive further development and deployment of the Distributed Systems Interface (DSI) standard. DSI is the automotive industry’s most widely adopted bus standard used to connect remotely placed sensors to the...

Avago Technologies , a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, announced a pair of dual-band power amplifier modules (PAM) for handset applications that operate in UMTS Bands 1+8 and 2+5. Housed in a 4 mm by 5mm form factor, 14-pin surface-mount package, the ACPM-7355/7357...

The Advanced Circuit Materials (ACM) Division of Rogers Corp. recently introduced its RO3730™ laminates, tailored for the special needs of high-frequency antenna designers requiring cost-effective PTFE laminates. These ceramic-filled laminate materials are reinforced by woven fiber glass with optimized glass and filler loading for excellent structural stability and outstanding...

A new version of a European Standard published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) promises significantly increased broadband capacity to meet the ever-growing demands foreseen for European communications. The latest version of the standard, which is known as ETSI Harmonized Standard EN 302 217-3 – Fixed Radio Systems;...

NEC Corp. , a provider of microwave and next generation transport solutions, has launched a new wireless and photonic solution for convergent mobile backhaul. Designed to bring the benefits of WDM technology to legacy and Ethernet transport equipment, the solution features the company’s smart microwave aggregation node (PASOLINK NEO...

Harris Stratex Networks has partnered with Zain Nigeria to launch a new network operations center (NOC) in Lagos. Zain Nigeria is a mobile operator serving 24 countries in the Middle East and Africa and the new NOC is part of a full, turnkey project completed by Harris Stratex, which...

Cobham Surveillance has been honored with its first Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade, after trebling the size of its overseas exports over the past three years. The UK business – formerly known as Domo Ltd. – develops and manufactures highly specialized digital wireless communications solutions aimed at...

Rogers Corp. , a supplier of high-frequency laminates for circuit boards in amplifiers, microwave radios, base-station antennas, and routers and switches, showcases a number of its high-performance and low-cost laminate materials for commercial and military applications at the upcoming PCB West 2009 this September 15-16 in Santa Clara, CA...