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Utilizing Time Domain (TDR) Test Methods

May 12, 2009

Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) is a very useful tool for designing transitions such as the transition between coaxial connectors and PC boards. The TDR function will display the impedance over time showing the place and nature of discontinuities that are due to impedance changes. This paper discusses the aspects of TDR measurements that are relevant to the analysis of a transition.

Agilent Opens Wireless Laboratory at Leeds University

May 11, 2009

Richard Mumford, International Editor, Microwave Journal

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Nearly thirty years of support and mutual collaboration reached its latest milestone when Agilent Technologies Inc. and the University of Leeds opened a new wireless communications laboratory equipped with Agilent instruments. The lab, located in the university’s school of electronic and electrical, will support teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate...

Centellax Expands Global Sales Team

May 6, 2009

Centellax

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Centellax Inc. , a manufacturer of high performance, low cost test equipment, announced the opening of its first international sales office in Shenzhen, China, as well as the expansion of its international sales team to meet the growing demand from their customers. Centellax made the decision to open an...

Tektronix Boosts Speed of Performance and Ultra-performance Oscilloscopes

May 6, 2009

Tektronix Inc.

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Tektronix Inc. , a provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the release of new firmware for the DPO7000, DPO/DSA70000 and DPO/DSA70000B Series oscilloscopes that provide up to 20x throughput improvements for all measurements and applications utilizing finite impulse response (FIR) filters. The most notable performance gains are...

73rd ARFTG Conference

May 1, 2009

Charles Walker, Conference Chair

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Automatic Radio Frequency Techniques Group (ARFTG) is a technical organization interested in all aspects of RF and microwave test and measurement. ARFTG was originally set up in 1972 to help the end user get the most from the latest generation test and measurement equipment. This was exemplified by the...

Aeroflex Adds Test Capabilities to Avionics Test Set

April 30, 2009

Aeroflex

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Aeroflex announced it has added IFF test modes 1, 2 and TACAN as standard features to the IFR 6015 Ramp Test Set, the company’s next generation of avionics test equipment. Compact, lightweight and weatherproof, the IFR 6015 is a battery-powered portable unit designed to test the operation of aviation...

Agilent's ADS EDA Software Expands Role in Skyworks' RF Module Design

April 30, 2009

Agilent Technologies Inc., Santa Clara, CA

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Agilent Technologies announced an expansion of the use of its Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software at Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. The two companies have customized the ADS platform for an integrated and efficient design-for-manufacturing flow. The expansion enables rapid...

April ARMMS Attracts Attention

April 28, 2009

ARMMS

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The programme for the April ARMMS Conference , which was held at Milton Hill House, Steventon, UK, covered a rich diversity of subjects in the RF and microwave sector, presented by speakers representing leading players from both industry and academia. The two-day event was sponsored by The Technology Academy,...