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RFMD Expands 3G Front-end Leadership

August 8, 2008

RFMD Expands 3G Front-end Leadership News wrap up

RF Micro Devices Inc. announced it has captured a major design win on a leading handset original equipment manufacturer's (OEM) upcoming 3G multimode handset platform. RFMD® secured the design win with the industry's highest performance and most highly integrated triple-path, broadband power amplifier (PA), delivering unmatched broadband performance and TRP compliance.

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Herley Wins $7.1 M Contract for Integrated Microwave Assemblies

August 7, 2008

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Herley Industries Inc. announced that it has received a follow-on contract award of approximately $7.1 M to produce complex integrated microwave assemblies used in the upgrade of an existing electronic attack aircraft program. The award is from a major US defense contractor, and production will be at Herley New...

Cap Wireless Announces Spatium Ultra-broadband Power Amplifier

August 7, 2008

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CAP Wireless Inc. (CAP), a supplier of high-performance microwave and RF amplifiers and amplifier-based subsystems, announced the CHPA0618-1 ultra-broadband power amplifier for broadband military platforms within the defense electronics and homeland security industries. The unit incorporates gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technology into CAP’s patented Spatium™...

Trilithic Releases 6 GHz Fixed Attenuators

August 7, 2008

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Trilithic ’s RF and Microwave Components division has released a new low cost series of 2 W fixed attenuators. The XFP-6 series features a frequency range of DC to 6 GHz, with attenuation values from 1 to 40 dB. VSWR is excellent and specified at 1.25, and the attenuation...

L-3 Electron Technologies Introduces Dual-band Millimeter-wave TWT Amplifier

August 7, 2008

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L-3 Electron Technologies Inc. (L-3 ETI) announced the introduction of its model 8923H dual-band 300 W 30 GHz/175 W 45 GHz Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) amplifier. Designed for military SATCOM uplink applications, the new TWT has a remarkably small footprint and weighs less than four pounds. “The model 8923H...

Crystek Announces 200 to 239 MHz Voltage-controlled Oscillator

August 7, 2008

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Crystek 's CVCO55FL-0200-0239 voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) operates from 200 to 239 MHz with a control voltage range of 0.5 to 4.5 V. This VCO features a typical phase noise of -123 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset and has excellent linearity. Output power is typically +9.0 dBm. The model CVCO55FL-0200-0239...

Study Finds PTP Microwave Revenues to Grow Greatly as 3.5G and 4G Becomes Reality

August 5, 2008

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New York - The escalating build-outs of 3.5G and 4G mobile networks will continue to propel the point-to-point microwave industry as radio shipments with higher capacities will become the norm, a new report from Visant Strategies finds. "Growth in PTP shipments is being driven by deployment and preparation for...

2008 Antenna Applications workshop

August 5, 2008

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The Antenna Applications Symposium and its predecessor, the Air Force Antenna R&D Symposium, have for fifty years provided a unique forum for exchange of ideas and information about the practical aspects of antenna design, development, and use in systems. The Antenna Applications Symposium emphasizes antenna design and application to...

Filtronic Sells Defence Electronics Business to Teledyne

August 4, 2008

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Filtronic PLC has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Defence Electronics business to Teledyne Ltd. , a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies., for £13.0 M (on a cash free debt free basis). The Defence Electronics business designs and manufactures customized radio frequency, microwave and millimeter-wave components and subsystems for...

Harris Stratex Networks Opens Sydney Office

August 4, 2008

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Harris Stratex Networks has opened its newest office in Sydney, Australia. The company will supply operators with cost-effective wireless transport solutions to enable customers to transport high-speed, carrier-class Ethernet data, alongside traditional TDM traffic, to support network migration to next-generation IP services. Harris Stratex will also be able to...