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Avago Launches Broadband InGaP HBT Gain Blocks

Avago Technologies has announced two new economical, easy to use general-purpose InGaP Hetero-Junction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) MMIC gain block amplifiers for use in a variety of wireless applications. The AVT-51663/53663 gain blocks, which operate within the DC to 6000 MHz frequency band, can be used as either a broadband...
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Valpey Fisher Creates Microwave Products Group

Valpey Fisher Corp. , a leader in low noise timing solutions, announced the creation of its Microwaves Products Group. The group will focus on the design, manufacture and marketing of high performance RF/microwave components and integrated modules for a broad range of end markets, including microwave point to point,...
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Choosing the Optimal High Frequency Coaxial Cable

Operating frequencies for coaxial transmission lines have steadily climbed from below 1 to 110 GHz and beyond over the last few decades. This has caused RF/microwave engineers to search for coaxial transmission lines capable of effectively transmitting...
Coaxial cable derives its name from the spatial relationship shared between the center conductor and the outer conductor. Figure 1 shows this "co-axial" positioning of conductors. A British engineer and mathematician by the name of Oliver Heaviside first patented the basic design of coaxial cable in 1880 (Patent Number:...
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Literature Showcase

Product Brochure To assist customers who have a need to streamline their supply chain and logistics, Delta Electronics Manufacturing now offers a broad range of coaxial cable assemblies and other connector-related, value-added component subassemblies. Deltaís cable assemblies, incorporating flexible, semi-rigid and hand-formable cables, range in size from micro-miniature to...
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Phase Matched Microwave Cable

One thing that the test and measurement, sensors, radar and wireless markets all have in common is the need for robust, high performance microwave cable assemblies. A major attribute of such cables is electrical stability, which has been achieved through the development and advancement of cable technology over many...
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Sealed Floating Blindmate Connector

With modern electronic warfare trending toward the use of portable electronic systems in the field of battle, the environmental sealing qualities of interconnects are under scrutiny now more than ever. Conditions ranging from driving rain to dust storms can wreak havoc on the performance and longevity of electronic components...
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Comparison of VNA and TDR Measurement Uncertainty Using Coaxial Cables

Individuals working in digital applications tend to prefer the Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR), while those involved in traditional RF applications consider the Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) to be a laboratory staple. The push for ever-faster data rates has fueled an analytical re-thinking of high-speed digital signaling. Contemporary wisdom views...
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