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XMA Corp. Acquires Omni Spectra

XMA Corp. announces its acquisition of the esteemed Omni Spectra™ brand of microwave components. Since purchasing the CAT line from M/A-COM in 2003, XMA has carried on the Omni Spectra tradition by not only producing many of its original designs, but also drafting customized solutions for use in some...
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Accellera Continues Support for Verification and Interoperability

Accellera , the electronics industry organization focused on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) standards, announced that its Board of Directors answered electronic design verification tool users’ requests by approving the formation of a new verification standards committee. The Verification Intellectual Property (VIP) Technical Subcommittee (TSC) is chartered to define standard...
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Z-Communications Touts New Division

Z-Communications Inc. announces a new division named Z-Comm Microwave based in San Jose, CA. The division is chartered with the development and manufacture of integrated microwave, millimeter-wave assemblies and highly linear power amplifiers for the RF/microwave industry. These products are designed to be used in wireless transmission systems, WiMAX...
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RFMD Announces Strategic Restructuring

RF Micro Devices Inc. , a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced that effective immediately RFMD® is reducing its investments in wireless systems, including cellular transceivers and GPS solutions, in order to focus on core semiconductor component opportunities, including cellular front ends and...
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Agilent Introduces WVAN Wireless Library

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a WVAN Wireless Library that helps prevent unnecessary wafer spins, thus accelerating deployment of next-generation 60 GHz wireless video area networks (WVAN) for high-volume consumer video equipment. The library is for use with Agilent’s Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. The Agilent WVAN Wireless Library...
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RFID Testbed Measures Multiple Tags

Researchers have designed a system capable of simultaneously measuring hundreds of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and rapidly testing new RFID tag prototypes. "This testbed allows us to measure the signal strength of tags hidden behind other tags and to rapidly test unique antenna configurations and multiple antennas without...
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