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RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced the availability of a new family of laminate-based VCOs for cellular infrastructure and other high performance wireless transceiver applications. The new RFVC975x product family leverages RFMD’s expertise in the design and manufacture of low phase noise discrete VCOs, as well as RFMD’s proprietary...

Molex Inc. announced that it will feature an expanded line of RF and microwave product offerings at the 2010 IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium, Booth 1517, May 25-27, in Anaheim, CA. Molex extended its RF and microwave product capabilities with the 2009 acquisition of China-based Zhenjiang Tean Telecom &...

Cambridge Consultants , a technology product development firm known for designing breakthrough products, has achieved another milestone in its collaborative relationship with Iridium Communications Inc. In coordination with Iridium’s engineering team, Cambridge Consultants led the design process of the new Iridium 9602™ short burst data (SBD) transceiver, which is...

The sales of new devices with integrated mobile broadband connectivity, together with external USB modems, will top 100 million in 2010, as mobile broadband makes major inroads into the mass market, stimulated by new devices such as the Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad and more aggressive tariffs from mobile...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, announced that it has received the Technology Support Award from Huawei, a telecom solutions provider, in recognition of its excellence in base transceiver station (BTS) radio frequency (RF)...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced Option 028 to its PNA-X Series of microwave network analyzers. The new option allows highly accurate, source-corrected noise figure measurements of amplifiers, frequency converters and mixers up to 50 GHz. The PNA-X, configured with Option 028, is the only network analyzer in the industry to...

Reactel Inc. has supplied hundreds of thousands of RF and microwave filters, multiplexers and multifunction assemblies 10 kHz to 50 GHz. Reactel's product line includes discrete component, ceramic, cavity and high power filters and multiplexers as well as integrated multifunction assemblies. Visit Reactel at this year’s MTT Show in...

Linx Technologies Inc. , a provider of easily applied, cost-effective wireless solutions, announced its acquisition of Apex Wireless Inc. in a transaction with undisclosed terms. Based in Boulder, CO, Apex Wireless has provided RF product development, contract design and wireless consulting services since 1985. Apex specializes in high performance,...

Hittite Microwave Corp. has introduced tunable filters, which are ideal for pre-selection in multi-band communication systems, wideband radar, and in test and measurement equipment. Tunable over a 1 to 7.6 GHz frequency range, these four new, ultra-compact, varactor-tuned, MMIC filters are inherently stable and their small physical size and...

RelComm Technologies introduces a 2P2T latching transfer relay fitted with type ‘7/16’ connectors. Appropriately spaced connectors and internal geometry allows significant weight and size reduction without sacrificing performance. RelComm’s unique dual coil drive system ensures positive transfer and distribution of forces for each internal contact while minimizing power consumption...