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Tektronix Inc. , a provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the new AWG7000B and AWG5000B Series of Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWG) (visit www.tek.com/sources). The AWG B series provides a 20 percent performance boost over many of the prior AWG instruments and continues to be the world’s fastest...

Retrospective — December 1962 Introduction The demands imposed by systems requirements have made it necessary to provide components which are not only extremely reliable but which are completely described in respect to their electrical, mechanical and environmental characteristics. Many engineering societies and industry associations are active in preparing and...

The deal between Sprint and Clearwire, the one that had hung up in the past, finally closed and brought along a bunch of partners ranging from Intel and Google to Time-Warner and Comcast. The deal got good PR support too, but all the partners and press in the world...

Nitronex , a developer and manufacturer of high-performance RF power transistors for wireless infrastructure, broadband and military markets, has received Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding to further develop its GaN technology for military and aerospace applications. The two year Phase II STTR program began in the...

QinetiQ Group plc has agreed to acquire Dominion Technology Resources Inc. (DTRI), a provider of high end products and services to the US Intelligence Community. DTRI’s expertise focuses on mission architecture engineering, integration and operations support. Under the terms of the agreement, which is conditional upon regulatory clearance in...

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that its corporate learning organization for both employees and customers, Alcatel-Lucent University, has been accredited with a certificate of quality from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) as part of its Corporate Learning Improvement Process (CLIP). This certificate, first awarded to the University in 2003,...

STMicroelectronics , one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers and a world leader in MEMS and power ICs, is to be the principal sponsor of the 17 th European Microelectronics and Packaging Conference & Exhibition (EMPC 2009). The company will work with the organizer, the Italian chapter of the...

Avago Technologies announced a highly efficient, linear power amplifier for 18 to 33 GHz frequency ranges. The company is a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. Avago’s AMMC/P-6333 is a high performance driver amplifier with very high gain and power coupled with excellent input...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, announced that it has shipped more than two billion power amplifier (PA) modules since product inception near the turn of the decade. The company is an architectural pioneer of PA and complete...

As the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing gets well into its first week, a new high speed train sprinting between Beijing and Tianjin in China is supporting super-fast wireless communications onboard thanks to Andrew , the CommScope Inc. division that is a global leader in communications systems and products....