Richardson RFPD

Richardson RFPD Inc. introduces three 1 kW solid state broadband high power amplifier systems from Empower RF Systems Inc. (Empower). Part of Empower's "size matters" campaign, the devices offer unrivaled size and power advantages, are packaged in a 5 U, air cooled chassis, and deliver more than 1 kW of output power from 20 to 1000 MHz. Performance is guaranteed over the full bandwidth and temperature.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. introduces the AirPrime™ SL Series from Sierra Wireless. With programmable capabilities, these wireless modules enable shared processing to reduce the size and cost of the final product. The standard 25  x 30 mm land grid array (LGA) package allows fully automated manufacturing for high-volume production.

Richardson RFPD Inc. introduced a new 0.7-3.8 GHz ultra-low noise amplifierfrom Skyworks Solutions, Inc. The SKY67151-396LF is a GaAs, pHEMT low noise amplifier (LNA) with an active bias, high linearity, superior gain, and industry-leading noise figure performance from 0.7 to 3.8 GHz. It features Skyworks' advanced pHEMT enhancement mode process in a compact 2 mm x 2 mm, 8-pin dual flat no-lead (DFN) package.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new X-Band GaAs LNA from M/A-COM. The MAAL-010528 offers higher gain and linearity performance in the 8.0 to 12.0 GHz band than many competing parts, as well as low noise figure and excellent gain flatness. 

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for two new digital-to-analog converters (DACs)from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI). The AD9119 and AD9129 are high performance, 11-/14-bit RF DACs that support data rates up to 2.8 GSPS. The devices are based on a quad-switch architecture that enables dual-edge clocking operation.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for three new high-performance bulk acoustic wave (BAW) RF bandpass filters from TriQuint. The new BAW bandpass filters offer low insertion loss, high attenuation, greater power handling and temperature stability, and superior signal selectivity, making them ideally-suited for base station, repeaters, and other wireless infrastructure applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for five new laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor(LDMOS) power transistors from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (Freescale).  The new devices are the most recent additions to Freescale's rapidly expanding portfolio of Airfast RF power products, which includes four devicestargeting land mobile radio that are also available from Richardson RFPD.

The 1163/BBM2E3KLOis a 20 to 520 MHz amplifier which is guaranteed to deliver 125 W output power and related RF performance under all specified temperature and environmental conditions. It uses high power LDMOS transistors and offers built-in control and monitoring, with protection functions that include non-volatile memory for event recording and factory setup recovery features.

Empower RF Systems is delivering units from its “Size Matters” 1 kW power amplifier portfolio to Richardson RFPD as an integral part of a Test & Measurement promotion that Richardson RFPD is sponsoring on its website.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities of a new Xinger® III 3 dB hybrid coupler from Anaren. The X3C17A1-03WS-CT is the latest addition to Anaren's Xinger III family of surface mount couplers and Doherty combiners designed especially for today’s higher power, more compact, and hotter-running equipment.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new 18 GHz microwave phase locked loop (PLL) synthesizer from Analog Devices Inc. (ADI). The ADF41020 can be used to implement local oscillators as high as 18 GHz in the up-conversion and down-conversion sections of wireless receivers and transmitters.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new dual, 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI). The AD9250 is designed to support applications where low cost, small size, wide bandwidth, and versatility are important.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities of three new sub-miniature footprint 3 dB hybrid couplers from Anaren. The devices are the latest additions to Anaren's line of ultra low profile, 3 dB Xinger® hybrid couplers and support the group's broad, 0.8 to 6 GHz frequency range coverage.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new dual, 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI). The AD9645 includes an on-chip sample-and-hold circuit designed for low cost, low power, small size and ease of use.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new direct digital synthesizer (DDS) featuring an internal, high speed, high performance, 12-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) from Analog Devices Inc. (ADI). The AD9914 is a complete high frequency synthesizer capable of generating a frequency-agile analog sinusoidal waveform (sine wave) at up to 1.4 GHz.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability of a new high power amplifier module from Empower RF Systems, Inc. (Empower). The 1163/BBM2E3KLO is a 20 to 520 MHz amplifier which is guaranteed to deliver 125 W output power and related RF performance under all specified temperature and environmental conditions.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new 30 W (P3dB), DC to 6 GHz, discrete GaN on SiC high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) from TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (TriQuint). The T1G6003028-FS is constructed with TriQuint’s 0.25 μm process, which features advanced field plate techniques to optimize power and efficiency at high drain bias operating conditions.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces availability and full design services support for four new liquid cold plate heat sinks from PriaTherm. The four devices are light and compact, offer uniform cooling distribution under mounted power modules, and feature an aluminum alloy Al EN AW 6060 finish. Their brazed design protects against leaks.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for three single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switches designed using the 0.25µm GaN on SiC production process from TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (TriQuint). The TGS2351-SM, TGS2352 and TGS2353  switches are ideally-suited for high power switching applications.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announces availability and full design support capabilities for a new family of 1200 V non-punch-through (NPT) insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) from Microsemi Corporation (Microsemi). This new generation of IGBTs offers a dramatic reduction of twenty percent, or more, in total switching and conduction losses.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announces availability and full design support capabilities for new metalized polypropylene DC link capacitors from Kendeil™. The two series of devices, designated K31 and K32, are rated for voltages (VDC) ranging from 600 to 1300 V.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. today announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities of a new 400W SMT hybrid coupler and matching termination from Anaren. Part of the Xinger®-III line, the X3C06A4-03S is a low profile, high performance 400W, 3 dB hybrid coupler for two-way power combining/dividing.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. today announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new ½ W RF driver amplifier from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI). The ADL5324 incorporates a dynamically-adjustable biasing circuit that allows for the customization of OIP3 and P1dB performance from 3.3 V to 5 V, without the need for an external bias resistor.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for two new converters from Analog Devices Inc. (ADI). The AD5686RBCPZ-RL7 and AD7988-5BRMZRL7 devices are the latest additions to ADI's extensive range of digital-to-analog (DAC) and analog-to-digital (ADC) converters that are designed to meet a broad array of data conversion challenges and applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. introduces a pair of highly linear and efficient, fully-matched power amplifier modules designed for Picocell, Femtocell, and Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) applications from ANADIGICS Inc. Both devices are designed for WCDMA, HSDPA and LTE downlink air interfaces operating in the 2.11 to 2.17 GHz band.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. introduces a new 80 to 105 GHz balanced low noise amplifier (LNA) from United Monolithic Semiconductors S.A.S. (UMS). The CHA1008-99F is a broadband four-stage monolithic LNA designed for millimeter-wave imaging applications, and is also well-suited for commercial digital radios and wireless local area networks (LANs).

Richardson RFPD, Inc. today announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for the newest additions to the family of GaAs pHEMT digital phase shifters from M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (M/A-COM Tech). The MAPS-010145 and MAPS-010165 are, respectively, 4 and 6-bit packaged devices that maintain low phase error and minimal attenuation variation over the full 360 degrees and 3.5-6 GHz frequency range.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces availability and full design support capabilities for a pair of new InGaP HBT amplifiers from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. The MMZ09312B is a 2-stage high efficiency, Class AB InGaP HBT amplifier that is suitable for applications with frequencies from 400 to 1000 MHz. The MMZ25332B is a high efficiency InGaP HBT amplifier that is suitable for 2400 MHz ISM applications.

Richardson RFPD introduces pair of new integrated IQ modulators from ADI with immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a pair of new integrated IQ modulators from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI). The devices are the latest additions to ADI's range of quadrature modulator and synthesizer solutions that offer small footprints and require minimal external components.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a pair of new converters from Analog Devices, Inc. The AD5760 is a single 16-bit, unbuffered voltage output DAC that operates from a bipolar supply of up to 33 V and the AD9642 is a 14-bit ADC with sampling speeds of 170, 210 or 250 MSPS.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for eight devices representing the new gallium nitride (GaN) on Silicon Carbide (SiC) family of power transistors from M/A-COM Technology Solutions, Inc. This product family targets L- and S-Band applications from 960 to 3500 MHz and reinforces M/A-COM Tech's rich heritage of leadership in power hybrid technology.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new ultra-high reliability, 400 W, flanged RF resistor with brazed construction from Anaren. The G400B50W5 offers 50 Ω resistances and can handle 500 K on/off cycles, which is ideal for pulse power applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. today announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a family of easy-to-use, rugged cellular CDMA 1xRTT modems for M2M applications from Maestro Wireless Solutions (Maestro Wireless). The M100CDMA has been certified by regulatory bodies as well as Tier 1 network operators.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new family of GPS modules featuring SiRFstarIV™ GPS technology from Maestro-Wireless Solutions (Maestro Wireless). These modules are offered in flash and ROM memory versions.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for three new RF Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filters from TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (TriQuint). The high performance filters are ideally-suited for wireless infrastructure applications, including 3G standards.

Richardson RFPD Inc. has announced availability and full design support capabilities for a group of high performance quadrature modulators and demodulators for operation at frequencies up to 2.4 GHz from Analog Devices Inc. (ADI). The devices offer a combination of performance, broadband operating frequency, and flexible device architecture.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces availability and full design support capabilities for a 28-volt, 55 W, GaN on SiC HEMT, RF power transistor from TriQuint Semiconductor. The T1G4005528-FS provides 55 W RF output power (P3 dB), with greater than 15 dB of linear gain, and better than 50% drain efficiency at 3.5 GHz.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces availability and full design support capabilities for a 28-volt, 18 W, GaN on SiC HEMT, RF power transistor from TriQuint Semiconductor. The T1G6001528-Q3 provides 18 W RF output power (P3 dB), with more than 10 dB linear gain, and >60% drain efficiency at 6.0 GHz.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announces off-the-shelf availability for a complete set of key building-block RF amplifiers, each of which has been designed specifically for enhanced performance in demanding applications such as 3G/4G wireless communications systems. The product line is based on advanced semiconductor technologies, including InGaP HBT and Enhanced-Mode GaAs pHEMT (E-pHEMT).

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announces immediate availability of four new high-linearity driver amplifiers from TriQuint Semiconductor. These InGaP / GaAs HBT semiconductor devices deliver high performance across a broad range of frequencies.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces availability and full design support capabilities for a series of Enhanced Performance SMA Connectors from Carlisle Interconnect Technologies. The EPSMA (Enhanced Performance) series provides mode free performance to 27 GHz. In addition, the connectors are tuned to provide ultra low VSWR to 27 GHz (typically 1.15:1).

Richardson RFPD announces two new additions to the family of GaAs pHEMT digital phase shifters from M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. The MAPS-010146 and MAPS-010166 are, respectively, 4- and 6-bit packaged devices that maintain low phase error and minimal attenuation variation over the full 360-degrees and 8-12 GHz frequency range.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for the Xinger®-III line of components from Anaren. These low profile, high performance Xinger-III Doherty combiners are designed particularly for Doherty amplifier applications, where tightly controlled phase and amplitude imbalance as well as low insertion loss are required for maximum and low power condition.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for the Xinger®-III line of components from Anaren. The Xinger-III line of 3 dB hybrid and directional couplers are the latest additions to Anaren's popular Xinger-brand of subminiature components for wireless infrastructure applications. The Xinger-III directional couplers are one-fourth the size of the Xinger-II line and offer 37-64% lower insertion loss (down to 0.05 dB).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a family of new directional power detectors from M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (M/A-COM), featuring integrated low loss directional couplers and built-in temperature compensation circuits.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its participation and schedule of presentations at the 2013 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), to be held in Seattle, Washington, June 2-7, 2013.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces availability of the latest Silicon Carbide (SiC) power MOSFET from Cree Inc. (Cree). The second-generation SiC Z-FET™ 1200V MOSFET C2M0080120D delivers industry-leading power density and switching efficiency, at half the cost-per-amp of Cree’s previous-generation MOSFETs.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new 200 W solid state, broadband, high power pallet amplifier featuring Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (Freescale) enhanced rugged LDMOS devices.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) Q100-certified SPDT RF switch from Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (Peregrine).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at the M2M Zone at CTIA Wireless 2013. Presented by CTIA – The Wireless Association®, CTIA is a large wireless communications conference and exhibition that includes service operators, retailers, distributors, application providers, and more. The M2M Zone Conference and Pavilion showcases those companies in the dynamic M2M (machine-to-machine) segment of wireless communications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new evaluation kit for a 5W GaN MMIC power amplifier from Nitronex.

Richardson RFPD Inc. introduces the AirPrime™ 4G LTE MiniCard (MC) Series from Sierra Wireless.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the launch of a "smart filter" function on its website. The new smart filter allows users to quickly drill down through the nearly 100,000 semiconductors, systems and subsystems, M2M products, antennas, power supplies, interconnect and frequency control products, embedded solutions, passive devices, and electromechanical products using multiple search criteria.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor targeting land mobile radio from Freescale Semiconductor Inc.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced that it has received a 2012 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The Boeing Co. issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance. Richardson RFPD maintained a Silver composite performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance period.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new series of antennas from Linx Technologies (Linx). The tiny, low-cost MicroSplatch antennas represent a groundbreaking alternative to the high cost, long lead times, and limited frequency choices of chip antennas.

Richardson RFPD Inc. introduces seven new high power switches from Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Skyworks).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at the 2013 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). APEC focuses on the practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business, and it draws attendance from all facets of the industry, from manufacturers, designers and suppliers, to individuals involved in marketing and sales.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at EDI CON 2013. EDI CON is an industry-driven conference/exhibition targeting RF, microwave, EMC/EMI, and high-speed digital design engineers and system integrators developing products for today's communication, computing, RFID, wireless, navigation, aerospace and related markets.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the launch of a new website resource focused exclusively on Silicon carbide technology for energy and power applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the launch of its M2M Tech Hub, a micro-website featuring the latest products and innovations from the world's leading M2M suppliers, along with extensive technical resources and tips, and online shopping.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces availability and full design support capabilities for a range of new, high efficiency, fourth generation antennas from Taoglas USA Inc. (Taoglas).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new CloudGate M2M gateway from Option.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the launch of its Avionics & Radar Tech Hub, a micro-website featuring the latest news, innovations and new products related to avionics and radar applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the launch of a new website resource focused exclusively on Gallium Nitride (GaN).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its participation and the line-up of suppliers and products it will feature at IIC China 2013, to be held at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, China, February 28 to March 2, 2013.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced it has completed an agreement to distribute product from Lime Microsystems, an England-based manufacturer that specializes in field programmable RF transceivers (FPRFs) for the next generation of wireless broadband systems.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced it has completed an agreement to distribute Silicon Carbide power products from Cree Inc. Under the agreement, Richardson RFPD will distribute Cree's SiC Schotty diodes, MOSFETs and power modules worldwide.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at the 2013 International IC China Conference & Exhibition (IIC-China). IIC-China is the country’s annual systems design event, now in its 18th year of bringing together engineers and technology vendors.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its sponsorship of a special expert forum discussing the state-of-the-art in Gallium Nitride semiconductor technology targeting high-power RF and microwave applications. This forum will be held at EDI CON 2013 in the Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China, March 12-14, 2013. As the sponsor, Richardson RFPD has assembled a panel of experts from leading suppliers of discrete transistors and integrated circuits based on GaN technology.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a pair of 35W Gallium Nitride (GaN) radio frequency power transistors from TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (TriQuint).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for new package options on an RF power LDMOS transistor from Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (Freescale).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for two new GaAs hybrid amplifiers from ANADIGICS. The ACA2786 and ACA2788 each consist of two pairs of parallel amplifiers that are optimized for exceptionally low distortion and noise figure with input and output transient voltage protection.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at the 2012 Microwave Workshops & Exhibition (MWE). More than 400 microwave-related companies from around the world are scheduled to exhibit this year at MWE, which also features technical seminars and workshops.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at electric energy storage (ees) 2012. ees, an international trade fair for batteries, energy storage and innovative production, attracts equipment providers, manufacturers and users of electrical energy storage solutions.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for two new connector series from Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (Carlisle IT). The new series are extensions of Carlisle IT's push-on connector family.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the immediate availability of its Small Cell (Femto, Micro, Pico) New Product Selector Guide. The October 2012 Small Cell Selector Guide includes the latest semiconductors, passive devices, and frequency control devices for this dynamic application.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new internally matched, low noise amplifier (LNA) in a small 2x2mm DFN package from TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (TriQuint).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for three new devices from Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (Freescale).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities of a new 30 W GaN power amplifier from TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. (TriQuint).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the launch of its redesigned website homepage. The refreshed homepage design offers more direct, one-click access to Richardson RFPD's extensive portfolio of products and industry-leading suppliers, best-in-class design support, and purchase options.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced that strong demand has propelled sales of Fractus, S.A. (Fractus) antennas to more than 15 million units shipped worldwide.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the launch of the TriQuint GaN Tech Hub, a micro-website featuring the latest news on gallium nitride (GaN) innovations and product releases from TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new RF switch from Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. The PE42430 switch was developed on Peregrine's patented UltraCMOS® technology and combines low insertion loss with high linearity, high isolation, and small package size, making it well suited for WLAN and Bluetooth® applications in the 2.4 GHz band, as well as general broadband switching applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. introduces three new low noise amplifiers (LNAs) that are available from stock for prototype or high-volume production from Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Skyworks).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced that it has been named one of the Top 3 Best Technical Support Distributors in China in the prestigious Electronic Components Distributor Survey, sponsored by Electronics Supply & Manufacturing-China (ESM-China), an electronics management publication by Global Sources (NASDAQ: GS) joint venture, eMedia Asia Limited.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the online availability of videos of the presentations and Q&A sessions with the leading innovators and suppliers of RF, Wireless & Energy Technologies that the company hosted at its booth at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2012 in Montréal.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for two new laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistors from Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (Freescale).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the immediate availability of its 2012 Supplier Line Card. The updated, expanded Line Card features a section of 'Suppliers by Product Category' matrix tables that offers at-a-glance reference of supplier devices in the following categories:

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new family of gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC), high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), radio frequency (RF) transistors from Microsemi Corp. (Microsemi).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability of prototype reels of 600 Series capacitors from American Technical Ceramics Corp. (ATC).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at the 2012 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS). IMS, along with the RFIC symposium and the ARFTG conference, is part of Microwave Week, the largest gathering of radio frequency (RF) and microwave professionals, and the most important forum for the latest and most advanced research in these fields.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for two new high power Tx/Rx switches from M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (M/A-COM Tech). Both devices are well-suited for high power LTE, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, and military radio applications, and are offered in compact, surface mount 4mm PQFN Packages.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its participation and schedule of presentations at the 2012 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), to be held in Montréal, Canada, June 19-21, 2012.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a pair of new InGaP HBT amplifiers from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. optimized for wireless infrastructure applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new digital-to-analog converter (DAC) from Analog Devices Inc. (ADI). The AD5780 is a true 18-bit, unbuffered voltage output DAC that operates from a bipolar supply of up to 33 V, offers a relative accuracy specification of ±1 LSB maximum range, and guarantees monotonic operation with a ±1 LSB DNL maximum range specification.

Teledyne Relays Europe announces the expansion of the role of Richardson RFPD as a Pan-European distributor of Teledyne Relays and Teledyne Coax Switches products. Richardson RFPD, a distributor for specialised products, brings the technical and applications support to the market needed by customers for Teledyne products.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at International CTIA Wireless 2012. International CTIA Wireless 2012 is the premier marketplace for wireless, telecom and broadband, as well as the key vertical markets that have entered into wireless.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces it has completed a distribution agreement with PriaTherm, a European-based provider of reliable and innovative solutions in the thermal management industry. With this agreement, Priatherm provides Richardson RFPD with a source to assist its European customers with fabricated heat sinks for high power RF, as well as energy and power management, applications.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for eight devices representing the new gallium nitride (GaN) on Silicon Carbide (SiC) family of power transistors from M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. This product family targets L- and S-Band applications from 960 to 3500 MHz and reinforces M/A-COM Tech's rich heritage of leadership in power hybrid technology.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces it is now accepting subscription requests for its quarterly e-newsletter highlighting the latest new products from the leading suppliers of RF, wireless and energy technologies.

Richardson Electronics Ltd., a global provider of engineered and distributed solutions for the RF, microwave and display markets, announces the hiring of Daniel S. Nickolai as vice president of manufacturing. Nickolai will be responsible for strengthening Richardson Electronics’ manufacturing capabilities and positioning the company for future growth.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces that, effective immediately, its domain name will change to richardsonrfpd.com. Richardson RFPD will host a standalone website, www.richardsonrfpd.com, to provide electronic design engineers and buyers with improved access and streamlined navigation to the latest new products from the industry’s leading suppliers of RF, Wireless and Energy technologies. Website visitors connecting to the old, shared rell.com website will now see a link to the new richardsonrfpd.com site.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced it has completed a global distribution agreement with TRU Corp., a leader in the design, development and manufacture of custom, high performance RF/microwave interconnect solutions. TRU’s sophisticated, durable High Power cable assemblies provide power handling capabilities up to 6 times better than traditional RF assemblies.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new family of GPS modules featuring SiRFstarIV^™ GPS technology from Maestro-Wireless Solutions . These modules are offered in flash and ROM memory versions, as well as a highly-integrated GPS/Smart antenna version, to best meet varying application requirements.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for three new RF Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filters from TriQuint Semiconductor Inc..

Richardson RFPD Inc.  announced it will be joining with Analog Devices Inc. to present a free one-hour webinar explaining how to optimize infrastructure and point-to-point (PTP) radio designs using highly integrated RF ICs. The webinar will be hosted by Microwave Journal on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, beginning at 8:00 AM PT/11:00 AM ET/3:00 PM UTC. Registration is available through Microwave Journal’s Events site.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a line of high reliability DC link power film capacitors from Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a pair of new converters from Analog Devices Inc. The devices are the latest additions to ADI's broad range of digital-to-analog (DAC) and analog-to-digital (ADC) converters that meet every data conversion challenge and application, and cover every specification, including accuracy, resolution, sample rate, bandwidth, power, size and value.