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Focus Microwaves Corp. , a device characterization solutions provider, announced it is offering a graduate electrical engineering course at China’s Tsinghua University on advanced RF power amplifier design methods using loadpull techniques. The class, taught by RF PA design and loadpull expert John Sevic, covers RF PA design methods...

The growing sophistication of naval platforms will be offset by long production cycles and spiraling costs that will limit the overall opportunity for communications systems and resulting demand for radio semiconductors. The recently published Strategy Analytics Advanced Defense Systems (ADS) data model, “Naval Communications Platforms - Advanced Electronics Component...

Radio and microwave technologies are widely used in mass market applications such as wireless and optical networks, radio and television broadcasting, mobile communications and global positioning systems (GPS). Additionally, these technologies are employed for a wide range of applications, including RF identification and sensors, ultra-wideband communication systems, healthcare systems,...

The latest RFID forecasts from ABI Research indicate that the value of the overall market – including both traditional applications such as access control, automobile immobilization, electronic toll collection and e-ID/ID documents as well as “modernizing” applications such as animal ID, asset management, baggage handling, cargo tracking/security, contactless payment...

Telecommunication, defence, automotive, space and imaging systems require radio frequency and microwave integrated circuits using different processes, with semiconductor devices and ICs forming the core of today’s microwave and mm-wave systems. European microwave companies and research centres produce, develop and are involved in research that covers a broad range...

Since the success of GSM, wireless communication has been one of Europe’s most active technological sectors. Over the last 10 years the worldwide growth of the mobile industry has exceeded all the predictions with more than 4.6 billion mobile phone subscribers in the world today. We have moved from...

The 7th European Radar Conference (EuRAD 2010) reflects the continued activity and attraction of the radar sector in Europe and worldwide. With regards to specific needs the European radar industry is developing new equipment and systems that are capable of addressing new threats, either for military applications such as...

Perspectives on Mobile Device Front-end Integration Executive Interviews with RFMD, Skyworks, and TriQuint In our September cover story, the executives responsible for mobile device products at RFMD, Skyworks and TriQuint talk to Microwave Journal about market dynamics and how they are influencing their companies’ business and engineering decisions. Eric...

Tektronix Inc. , a manufacturer of oscilloscopes, announced the AWG7000C and AWG5000C Series of Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWG) that bring performance and usability enhancements to the industry’s most capable family of signal generation solutions. The new “C” series of Tektronix AWG instruments provides a 45 percent reduction in waveform...

RJR Polymers , a developer of high performance semiconductor packaging, announced that it has made significant advances in the development of a new generation of Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) QFN, air cavity packages that will support finer lead pitches, thinner lead frames and shorter wire bond lengths in a...