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Elektrobit has sold its business activities in Kemi and Ylivieska, Finland, which form part of its Radio Network Solutions Business Unit, to Embio Oy. Forty-two employees have been transferred to Embio with corresponding terms of employment and the parties have agreed not to publish the purchase price or other...

M/A-COM , a business unit of Tyco Electronics and a provider of wireless radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter-wave components, introduced two new HBT MMIC amplifiers. The MAAM-007865-0P1R00 and the MAAM-007866-0P1R00 exhibit exceptional broadband frequency performance using only a single application circuit to cover frequency bands from 50 to...

RF Micro Devices Inc. , a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio systems and solutions for applications that drive mobile communications, announced that its RF3159 linear EDGE power amplifier (PA) is supporting Samsung's SGH-D900 "Black Carbon" mobile phone, the thinnest slider phone in the world. A...

Continental Resources, Bedford, MA, a provider of test and measurement solutions, is offering a free RF cable during the week of the 2007 IEEE Radio & Wireless Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA. The free cable must be redeemed with a broken cable of similar specifications. Visit booth #428...

Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) this year celebrates 20 years of spectrum analyzer development, having introduced its first instrument in 1986. The company now offers 33 different spectrum analyzers, ranging from portable, battery-operated instruments for the field, to comprehensive microwave signal analyzers for characterizing the performance of wireless systems. The...

Freescale Semiconductor unveiled four general-purpose broadband RF amplifiers that deliver high gain and linearity over bandwidths from DC up to 6 GHz. The amplifiers are well suited for applications ranging from WiMAX basestations to meter readers, set-top boxes, RFID readers and any application requiring a cost-effective, small-signal gain source....

Manufacturers of WiMAX output devices need a much larger signal than the typical vector signal generator can produce for WiMAX testing. These tests are done to verify the linearity of the amplifier device and the fidelity of the signal amplified. An amplifier is needed to produce these signals with...

RF Component Industry Review: July - September 2006, a new study from Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component service study, finds that nearly 60 percent of the leading suppliers of RF components reported significant profits in the third quarter of 2006, up from both the first quarter and the...

A replacement product for PTFE woven glass circuit material has been introduced that provides superior mechanical and thermal properties, uses the RO4000 ® resin system for ease of fabrication and is a cost competitive option for base station antenna applications (see Figure 1 ). The RO4230™ high frequency laminate...

At the company’s Annual General Meeting on 22 March 2007, Elcoteq SE 's Board of Directors will propose that the company's domicile and head office be transferred to Luxembourg. The purpose being to implement the company's globalization strategy and to create an effective structural basis to ensure the continuous...