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United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS), the European leader in microwave and mm-wave MMIC solutions, has opened a new design and customer support center in the US. Based in the New England area, the center will contribute to the expansion of the company’s offering with components operating from DC to 100...

Ericsson has signed its first contract for the commercial deployment of LTE (4G) with TeliaSonera. The roll-out of the 4G mobile broadband network will cover Sweden's capital Stockholm. It is claimed that the network will offer the highest data rates ever realized, with the best interactivity and quality. The...

AVX Corp. , a manufacturer of advanced passive components and leaded solutions, has launched the latest version of its SpiTanII software that enables designers to view all basic characteristics and parameters for tantalum and Oxicap® (niobium oxide) capacitors. The company has also expanded the PSpice simulation software libraries it...

AR Modular RF has introduced a new portable, lightweight, fully automatic band-switching RF booster amplifier for single or multi-band VHF/UHF tactical radio equipment. The new model KMW1035 is a 50 W amplifier that covers the 30 to 512 MHz frequency band using six high-speed auto switching filters to assure...

TRAK Microwave , a Smiths Interconnect business, announced model OSC048, an ultra low phase noise frequency source. This device is designed and manufactured for harsh tactical radar environments and provides superior performance over dynamic environmental conditions. The 1700 MHz output provides ultra-low phase noise, spurious suppression of -85 dBc,...

L-3 Electron Technologies Inc. (L-3 ETI) announced that it has received combined orders totaling nearly $1 M for the development of a high-efficiency (> 50 percent) 600 W Ka-band communications helix traveling wave tube (TWT). The orders, which will help enhance US Air Force airborne platform communications technology, were...

Leader Tech announced the completion of its Phase II, Global EMI Shielding Technology Center expansion. Since the grand opening announcement in May of 2008, Leader Tech has benefited from a notable increase in demand for the company’s board-level EMI Shielding products. The most recent expansion includes the addition of...

Paratek and STMicroelectronics have entered into a strategic relationship to supply RF tunable products to mobile wireless markets. The two companies have been cooperating to advance the next generation of Paratek’s ParaScan™ materials technology for high-volume manufacturing and to jointly develop tunable products that improve Total Radiated Power (TRP)...

An optical photo lithography based 0.15μm GaAs PHEMT process and 2mil-substrate technology that enables high production throughput and low cost is described. The developed process achieved Imax=575mA/mm, BVgd=14V, and 753mW/mm of output power density at P-1 condition at 18GHz. Design and test results for DC to 85GHz traveling wave...

Satellites are regularly launched into Earth orbit to provide TV signals, communications services, geographic location services or to scan the planet for geological data. Some are sent to investigate neighboring planets, which just like those on timeless missions into remote corners of our solar system send data about their...