RF & Microwave Industry News

Agilent outfits UC Berkeley electronics lab with $300,000 of test equipment

Test & Measurement

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it  donated bench-top electronic measurement equipment worth $300,000 to the Texas Instruments Electronics Design Laboratory, which opened at the University of California, Berkeley. The new lab will provide more than 1,000 Berkeley students each year with hands-on experience applying the principles they learn in gateway electrical engineering courses such as microelectronic circuit design.


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AEM's high-reliability ferrite beads attain DSCC approval

AEM Inc. announces the immediate availability of its DSCC-approved line of ferrite chip beads designed for ultra-high-reliability applications. The HRB Series is the first and only line of ferrite beads manufactured with qualified materials and tested to compliance with DSCC drawing 03024. The DSCC drawing 03024 specifications prescribe the stringent physical, electrical and operational specifications for high-reliability ferrite chip shielding beads. 


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RFMW introduces 250-Micron discrete FET from TriQuint

RFMW Ltd. announces design and sales support for TriQuint Semiconductor’sTGF2025 high efficiency heterojunction power FET. This discrete device utilizes TriQuint’s proven standard 0.25um power pHEMT production process featuring advanced techniques to optimize microwave power and efficiency at high drain bias operating conditions.


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Weinschel announces launch of redesigned, customer-centric website

Weinschel Associates, a leading manufacturer of broadband RF and microwave products, announced the launch of its redesigned, state-of-the-art website. The launch is the culmination of months of market research, design and engineering. Weinschel Associates has taken a customer-centric approach to the redesign process, determining core features based on market demand and the results of formal usability studies.


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DAB receiver from Maxim enables SDR through its "RF to Bits" architecture

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. announced the MAX2173 RF to Bits tuner for digital audio broadcast (DAB) applications in automobiles and other mobile DAB/FM products. The industry’s first RF to Bits DAB/FM tuner integrates a radio tuner, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and digital filtering, and uses a digital I2S output to interface directly to digital signal processors (DSPs).


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