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The RF to Light 100 rose 3% last week, YTD +14% at 2421. There is a growing feeling among investors that the bull market has caught a second wind. Oil, earnings and speculation fueled the equity markets while US economic growth indicators didn't change. Fading chance of US rate...

Coaxial open-circuit standards are found in many of today’s commercially available vector network analyzer (VNA) calibration kits. 1,2 They are most commonly used as standards in calibration schemes such as short-open-load-through (SOLT). In this capacity, they are assumed to have known characteristics, that is, they are assumed to provide...

The vector signal analyzer (VSA) has several measurement advantages over a spectrum analyzer in the acquisition of bandpass RF signals, including its time-domain capture, which enables measurement of both magnitude and phase information, and its ability to display data in the time and frequency domains. 1,2 The highly sampled,...

Instrument Portfolio This short form catalog includes the company’s complete spectrum of test and measurement solutions and systems. The catalog carries a range of products for the testing of PMR, cellular mobile, cellular network, cellular interoperability, military communications, avionics, signal sources, manufacturing, R&D and parametric. Further product sections include...

IKE Micro , a build-to-print contract manufacturer serving the defense and commercial markets, announced that it was awarded a large order from a division of Tyco Electronics. IKE Micro received an order from M/A-COM , Lowell, MA, for 13,500 amplifier assemblies to support a military radar program. The order...

Jacket Micro Devices (JMD), a supplier of small, high performing RF modules, announced it has received $12 M in venture funding. New investor Intersouth Partners led the round with participation from existing investors Noro-Moseley Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds and Imlay Investments. The new round of financing will be used...

CPS Technologies , a designer and producer of metal matrix composites, has announced a strategic partnership with sp 3 Diamond Technologies Inc. (sp3), a supplier of DiaTherm™ diamond heat spreaders and diamond products for solving thermal management challenges in high performance applications. Geared towards meeting the growing market need...

Interplex NAS , a manufacturer of metal stamping, insert molding and a full line of solder and flux bearing edge clips since 1958, has announced the completion and move to its new corporate headquarters in Northvale, New Jersey. The new 54,000 square foot facility allows the company to further...

To strengthen its proximity and support capabilities to key customers, Laird Technologies , a designer and manufacturer of antennas, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, telematics and thermal management solutions, has announced that it will open a manufacturing facility in Chennai, India. Ground breaking for the 150,000 ft 2 facility is...

Vitelec Electronics Ltd. , part of Emerson Connectivity Solutions, is to combine its operation with Midwest Microwave International Ltd. , a supplier of low loss RF cable assemblies and microwave components. The merger follows Emerson's recent acquisition of Midwest Microwave Inc. of Saline, MI, US, and Midwest Microwave International...