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Spending on RF power semiconductors for the wireless infrastructure market has experienced significant growth in 2011. Other markets – notably the military – are seeing some moderation in growth as the global economic picture and political factors come into play. Also, gallium nitride (GaN) – long seen as the...

Linear Technology announces the LTC6945, a high performance 6GHz integer-N frequency synthesizer with outstanding -226 dBc/Hz normalized closed-loop in-band phase noise, excellent -274 dBc/Hz normalized in-band 1/f noise, a wideband phase noise floor of -157 dBc/Hz and best-in-class -102 dBc spurious output. In a typical 900 MHz application, these...

Trilithic Inc. has named Daniel Dillon as Director of Product Marketing for its Mobile Systems Applications within Trilithic's Broadband Instruments Division. In his new expanded role, Dillon will be responsible for product development and marketing of all mobile devices and software for the Broadband Instruments group. Dillon joined Trilithic...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded work by the US Army's Product Manager, Joint-Automatic Identification Technology organization to provide operations and maintenance for the Radio Frequency In-Transit Visibility (RF-ITV) system. If all options are exercised over the course of five years, the contract is valued at $126 M. RF-ITV sites...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced shipment of the latest release of its Electromagnetic Professional software, EMPro 2011.11. The updated 3D modeling and simulation platform features enhancements to further speed and improve RF design and verification. Tightly integrated with Agilent’s Advanced Design System, EMPro is used to create 3D models and...

DragonWave Inc. , a global supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, announced that it has completed the required consultation process with Italian trade union representatives for the planned acquisition of Nokia Siemens Networks’ microwave transport business. DragonWave and Nokia Siemens Networks have also determined...

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Monthly Military Update: Expert Insight View in Browser | View on Mobile December 15, 2011 A Common Measurement Platform to Address Mixed-Signal Integration Challenges in Complex Radar Systems This application note presents a common analysis platform to bridge the gap between baseband and RF designers and teams. Using Agilent's...

Hittite Microwave Corp. has introduced a new tunable MMIC bandpass filter, which is ideal for hybrid and microwave integrated circuit (MIC) applications in wideband test and measurement equipment, communication systems and electronic warfare (EW) subsystems to 38 GHz. This analog voltage tuned, solid-state MMIC filter is insensitive to environmental...

Tektronix Inc. introduced a family of compact RF and microwave power sensors/meters that feature the industry’s fastest measurement speed, cover a wide frequency range, and provide extensive power measurements from basic average power to pulse profiling. The Tektronix PSM RF Power Meter Series come fully calibrated over their entire...