Semiconductors / Integrated Circuits

Skyworks Ramps Low Power RF Solutions for ISM Bands

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, announced key design wins and production ramps for its growing line of power amplifiers (PAs), synthesizers, switches and silicon voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO). These products uniquely enhance the performance of analog solutions that...
Read More

Comtech Wins $1.2 M Satellite Communications Contract

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp. , received a $1.2 M order from a United States government agency for satellite communications equipment. The equipment will support the build out of a new satellite communications network. The order includes Comtech EF Data's SLM-5650A...
Read More

Expert Advice: Network Analyzers Not Just for S-Parameters Anymore

It may come as a surprise that new generation of hardware and software improvements has led to new capabilities in VNAs, taking them out of the realm of linear S-parameters and moving into much more complex measurement classes, including frequency offs...


Expert
Advice
March 2008

Joel Dunsmore - The modern age of Vector Network Analyzers (VNA) started with the introduction of the HP 8510, in 1984. This was the first, fully integrated, fully automated VNA, and was the gold-standard for measurement instruments.

Read Advice & Reply >>

Win: The first five contributors are eligible to receive a complimentary copy of the textbook: Electrical Engineering – A Pocket Reference from Artech House.



Read More