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Microstrip Bandpass Filter at S-band Using Capacitive Coupled Resonator

1. Introduction The microstrip resonator has been widely used to measure the dispersion, phase velocity, and effective dielectric constant in microstrip structures cause Because of its high Q-factor and structural simplicity, it also finds broad applications in microwave and millimeter-wave circuits such as filters; duplexers, oscillators, mixers, couplers, and...
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Arlon Displayed CLTE-XT for Multi-layer, Phase Sensitive Microwave Circuits

Arlon displayed high performance, "Best-in-Class" CLTE-XT for multi-layer, phase sensitive microwave circuits for radar, antennas and other circuits requiring high reliability at this year's EuMW. CLTE-XT represents the eXtended Technology of the existing CLTE product line. CLTE-XT is a micro dispersed ceramic PTFE composite utilizing a woven fiberglass reinforcement...
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JMD Selects MCT for Multi-layer Organic Substrates Fabrication

Jacket Micro Devices Inc. (JMD), a worldwide supplier of integrated RF modules for high performance wireless products, has selected Singapore-based MicroCircuit Technology (S) Pte. Ltd. (MCT) for large-scale fabrication of substrates and other products using JMD’s proprietary Multi-layer Organic (MLO) technology. MLO technologies use thin low loss organic materials...
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Freescale Introduces Multi-stage RFICs

Freescale Semiconductor introduced three high power LDMOS Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) that allow designers of RF power amplifiers for WiMAX base stations to reduce costs, form factors and part counts. The devices also increase performance and reliability when compared with amplifiers employing discrete RF power transistors. The new...
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Chomerics Opens New Facility

Chomerics Asia Pacific division of Parker Hannifin Corp. announced the opening of a new facility in Sriperumbudur near Chennai, India. Located adjacent to the 260 acre Special Economic Zone, the facility will enable Chomerics to better serve the rapidly growing Indian market for IT, telecom and consumer electronic products....
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Tower Wins Fab2 Deal with Top-tier US IDM

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. , a pure-play independent specialty foundry, announced that it has won a multi-million dollar per month manufacturing deal for its Fab2 at the 0.13-micron technology generation from a first-tier, US integrated device manufacturer (IDM). Under this deal, technology will be transferred during the coming several quarters...
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