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Tiger Microwave, the Chinese manufacturer of connectorised RF and microwave components, has appointed Link Microtek and Globes Elektronik as its exclusive representatives for the UK and Germany, respectively. Formed in 1992, Tiger Microwave manufactures a wide variety of components for the commercial and military sectors, including power dividers, directional...

Swedish-based manufacturer of high performance cables, Habia Cable AB has received the GOST-R certificate that will help the company to sell its products into the Russian market. The manufacturer, which is part of the Beijer Alma group of companies, has a global presence in more than 40 countries and...

The recent one-day Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Seminar on RF and microwave IC design held at Savoy Place, London, UK, featured the latest in IC design and technology. The content reflected the current trends of higher operating frequencies, increased levels of integration and low cost, low power...

Arcadian Networks , a wireless communications carrier serving energy companies with dispersed assets (electric, gas and water utilities, and oil and gas companies), announced that it has entered into a business partnership with FreeWave Technologies in order to enhance and diversify its existing wireless communications platform. FreeWave Technologies, a...

Tyco Electronics announced it has received a $2 M contract award from Raytheon Missile Systems to produce products for Raytheon’s precision-guided, long-range Excalibur artillery projectile. Tyco Electronics will produce M/A-COM telemetry transmitter modules, Global Positioning System (GPS) antennas and telemetry antennas to support Excalibur and contribute to the projectile’s...

TRAK Microwave , a Smiths Interconnect business, and University of South Florida (USF), College of Electrical Engineering, have jointly won a full matching grant from the Florida High Technology Corridor program ( www.floridahightech.com ). The grant sponsors research programs aimed at “Measuring and Modeling of Phase Noise Conversion in...

n Gimat has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the US Navy to prototype a low cost, miniaturized tunable filter for use in X-band active electronically steered antenna (AESA) array based radar systems. This is a two-year contract with a funding of $750,000. Microwave...

Cadence Design Systems Inc. , a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced that it has acquired Chip Estimate Corp. , a leader in delivering IC planning and enterprise-level IP reuse management solutions. Founded in 2003, Chip Estimate products enable electronics design teams to predict the die size, yield,...

TriQuint Semiconductor and WJ Communications Inc. announced a definitive agreement for TriQuint to acquire WJ. WJ is a supplier of radio frequency solutions for wireless infrastructure and will expand TriQuint’s reach into this market. Under the terms of the agreement, TriQuint will acquire by merger all outstanding shares of...

Ansoft Corp. has released new versions of Nexxim®, the company's high-capacity circuit simulation software, and Ansoft Designer®, its integrated schematic and design management software. The products include new statistical analysis and transient simulation capabilities that allow engineers to rapidly simulate high-speed serial channel behavior. This eliminates prototype iterations that...