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The RF to Light 100 dropped 1.6% last week, YTD +13% at 2458. NASDAQ dropped 1.9% to 2413. Finisar's stock sank 15% after lowering expectations - dragging down other F/O stocks. While the telecom service providers will need to upgrade their equipment to compete with cable, they prefer to...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the release of an on-demand eSeminar and Tool Kit CD for fixed 802.16-2004 and mobile 802.16e-2005 WiMAX applications. Further complementing Agilent's broad offering of WiMAX solutions, these resources are designed to help today's engineers more efficiently and effectively test and verify WiMAX designs and radios....

Giga-tronics Inc. , a manufacturer of instruments, subsystems and sophisticated microwave components that have broad applications in both commercial and military wireless telecommunications systems, announced a new partnership agreement with TestMart , a marketplace operator and service provider for the IT, network maintenance, and test and measurement industries. The...

The University of Alberta’s NanoFab has selected SUSS MicroTec ’s new ELAN CB6L wafer bonding equipment for its research and production activities. The NanoFab is an open access micro and nano fabrication facility, which is currently being used by over 130 research groups from the university, other Canadian universities...

The European Commission (EC) has given unconditional clearance of the planned transaction to merge the Networks Business Group of Nokia and the carrier-related operations of Siemens into a new company, to be called Nokia Siemens Networks . According to the Commission's assessment, the transaction would not restrict effective competition...

SES ASTRA , a SES GLOBAL company, has awarded the contract for the construction of its new satellite, ASTRA 3B, to the European satellite manufacturer ASTRIUM, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the third ASTRA satellite to be built by the company and as prime contractor it will design...

The RF to Light 100 rose 0.4% last week, YTD + 15% at 2477. Nasdaq rose 0.6% to 2460. Price of Zhone Technologies share catapulted 41% despite worsening balance sheet in 3Q (non cash expenditures). Insiders have been buying. Zhone's revenues (ttm) are up 33%. Quarterly financials of almost...

Fox Electronics , a supplier of frequency control products, announced the opening of a new Asia Pacific sales office in Taiwan. The new office has been established to support the rapid growth of Fox sales in the Asia Pacific region, including Taiwan and China. In announcing the new facility,...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance radio systems and solutions for applications that drive mobile communications, announced that it has commenced volume production shipments of its POLARIS™ 2 Total Radio Module for EDGE for GSM/GPRS/EDGE handsets to Amoi Electronics...

Published November 27, 2006 From: Mike O’Driscoll, student Dear Harlan, With regards to RF mixers, how would you define the sensitivity of a mixer? Is it possible to measure sensitivity? Dear Mike, I have always regarded sensitivity as the signal level needed for a minimum detectable signal above the...