RF & Microwave Industry News

PUTIN WITNESSES SIGNING OF DUTCH/RUSSIAN MoU

On 2 November, Hans Huis in 't Veld , chairman of the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) board of management, and Nicolai Platé , vice-chairman of the Russian Academy of Sciences, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of Russian president Vladimir Putin, during his...
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MODELITHICS MODELS DIELECTRIC LAB'S CAPACITORS

Modelithics™ has completed the first phase of substrate-scalable models for Dielectric Laboratories ' (DLI) Opti-cap®, Milli-cap®, Ultra High-Q and other surface-mounted capacitors. Modelithics is now distributing free S-parameters for the components from its Web site to the DLI landing page http://www.modelithics.com/mvp/DLI/ . Modelithics also announced the availability of new...
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VALPEY FISHER ADDS TO TIMING SOLUTIONS PLATFORM

Valpey Fisher Corp. now offers a complete line of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO) and phased-locked loop (PLL) modules, adding to its extensive platform of high frequency, low phase noise timing solutions. With a frequency range of 200 to 5010 MHz, wide tunability and broad selection of package options, these VCOs...
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ESA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR GALILEO PROGRAM FINANCING

The agreement of the European Space Agency 's industrial policy and navigation program committees regarding the additional financing of Galileo's first industrial phase has been widely applauded. This initial phase consists of placing four satellites into orbit to validate the key technologies of this complex system. In its full...
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QINETIQ AND L-3 SIGN MoU COVERING ISTAR AND ISR PROGRAMS

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by L-3 Communications ' subsidiary Integrated Systems (L-3/IS), QinetiQ and QinetiQ Inc. , to collaborate on technology development around Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) and ISR programs of mutual interest. The MoU aims to capitalize on the expertise in...
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AGILENT ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH AURIGA

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with Auriga Measurement Systems to jointly develop and market integrated device-modeling systems for the semiconductor industry. The companies plan to pair Agilent's IC-CAP parameter extraction and device-modeling software and instrumentation with Auriga's test instrumentation. The first system planned is a pulsed-bias/pulsed-RF solution for...
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COLLABORATION TO PROMOTE MOBILE WIMAX TECHNOLOGY

Motorola Inc. and Intel Corp. have announced plans to collaboratively foster greater industry momentum for WiMAX and to advance the use of mobile WiMAX technology, based on the proposed IEEE 802.16e standard, for both fixed and wireless broadband applications. As members of the WiMAX Forum the companies plan to...
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MIT AND NOKIA CENTER ON MOBILE RESEARCH

Nokia Research Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have announced a research collaboration to advance the state of the art in mobile computing and communications technologies. As a result a new research facility – the Nokia Research Center Cambridge – will...
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