Industry News

e2v Supports Indian Distributor

To develop and support its activities in India, e2v organized a training course for its distributor, Aimil Ltd. The company sent three members of staff to run the course: Alice Reinheimer, senior applications engineer for sensors from the US office and Martin Edwards, product manager electronic tubes and Andy...
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Nordic and Nu Horizons Expand Distribution

Wireless communications specialist Nordic Semiconductor and Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. have announced a North American extension of their existing pan-Asian distribution agreement, which was agreed in October 2005. The expansion of the distribution partnership covers distribution rights in the United States, Canada and Mexico for the company’s wireless communication...
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PASCALL NOT PHASED BY THALES CONTRACT

A contract worth over $225,000 has been awarded to Pascall Electronics by Thales UK Ltd. to supply phase locked, microwave frequency signal sources, with the complete order to be delivered before the end of March 2006. Continued development has helped to stimulate new orders and Pascall's range of PLDROs...
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ERICSSON AWARDED INDONESIAN 3G CONTRACT

On 5 January, Indonesian mobile operator Natrindo Telepon Selular (NTS) awarded Ericsson a contract to build, operate and manage its new 3G/WCDMA network in Jakarta and surrounding areas. Under the two-year agreement, the company will supply both 2G and 3G/WCDMA radio network equipment and undertake the turnkey implementation of...
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RFI EXPANDS SAR TESTING FACILITIES

RFI Global Services Ltd. has extended the scope of its UKAS accredited SAR test facility to include Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) products. In order to further reduce test times and costs to customers, the company has doubled the size of its test facility and invested in more phantoms. It...
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TESTMART AND GRAPHTEC AMERICA SIGN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT

TestMart , a marketplace operator and service provider for the test and measurement industry, announced an agreement with Graphtec America Inc. , a manufacturer of precision recording and measuring instruments. The deal provides the US government and federal contractors a marketplace with special pricing on intelligent recording instruments and...
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A Design of Double T-type Microstrip Antennas for Broadband and Control of Resonance

In this article, the design and fabrication of a planar, wide band, microstrip antenna is proposed where the resonance frequency is controlled. This new configuration for a wide band microstrip antenna shows an omni-directional radiation pattern. By pr...
Patch antennas, printed on a circuit board, are suitable for integration within a communication device since they occupy a very small volume within the system, while at the same time decreasing the final product fabrication cost. The use of this kind of printed patch antenna permits concealing the antenna...
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QUALCOMM ACQUIRES BERKANA WIRELESS

QUALCOMM Inc. , a developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, announced that the company has acquired Berkana Wireless Inc. , a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor company. Berkana is a provider of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC)...
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