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Texas Instruments has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Freescale Semiconductor and NXP Semiconductors claimed the second and third spots in the company’s most recent evaluation of worldwide IEEE 802.15.4 integrated circuit vendors. The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed...

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) announced a new RF transceiver that addresses the ARIB STD-T96 protocol for wireless data transmission. Established by Japan’s ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses), the ARIB STD-T96 is specified for the automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by low-power radio equipment....

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) demonstrated the industry’s highest performance narrowband RF transceiver at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. Featuring range significantly beyond 10 km (137 dB link budget) and more than 60 dB adjacent channel rejection (20 dB more than nearest competition), the CC112x family provides an unmatched solution...

Rogers Corp. announced its new SYRON® 7000 and 7100 high-performance circuit materials, engineered for applications that demand outstanding high-temperature stability. These innovative thermoplastic circuit laminates are characterized by a considerably higher melt temperature than PTFE circuit materials, with an estimated Underwriters’ Laboratory (UL) relative thermal index (RTI) of greater...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the latest version of its flagship RF and microwave design and simulation platform, Advanced Design System 2011. The new platform debuted on YouTube and in an “Innovations in EDA” webcast with Microwave Journal that took place March 1. Advanced Design System 2011 delivers exciting new...

Agilent Technologies Inc. added a high-resolution, wide-bandwidth, 8 or 12 GSa/s modular instrument to its portfolio of arbitrary waveform generators. The new M8190A arbitrary waveform generator is able to deliver simultaneous high resolution and wide bandwidth along with industry-leading spurious-free dynamic range and very low harmonic distortion. This unique...

Hittite Microwave Corp. has launched the HMC-T2220, a new and easy to implement 10 MHz to 20 GHz synthesized signal generator that provides the highest output power, lowest harmonic levels and broadest frequency range compared with any signal generator in its class for only $9,998.00. Ideal for use in...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced the N9344C and N9343C handheld spectrum analyzers (HSA), two field-ready instruments designed for technicians and engineers who install, maintain and troubleshoot RF/microwave systems, monitor the spectrum or manage interference in the field. The new analyzers make field testing easier by providing the performance of a...

Rogers Corp. will be in full force at the upcoming Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) and Expo in the Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, March 7-9, 2011. APEC 2011 is an international conference and exhibition devoted to applied power electronics. Representatives from Rogers Power Distribution Systems (PDS)...

Since 2005 COMSOL has been hosting conferences presenting research from our users at a number of different venues throughout the world. This year's CD contains over 500 Multiphysics technical papers, presentations and animations published by users of multiphysics simulation tools from around the globe, serving as a rich technical...