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Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced a new GaAs HBT MMIC power amplifier and a wide dynamic range digital variable gain amplifier (DVGA) that are ideal for high linearity applications in cellular/3G, LTE/4G, WiMAX, military and fixed wireless...

Anaren Inc. has been selected to receive a contract valued in excess of $20 M from Thales-Alenia-Space (France) for development and production of integrated beamforming assemblies that will be deployed on the IridiumNEXT satellite payload. The contract award, expected to be finalized within 90 days, covers design services and...

Nujira has released its first PA platform for military communications, halving the power dissipation for a transmitter covering an entire frequency octave. The Nujira military PA platform uses an RFMD RF3934 PA device together with a Coolteq.h envelope tracking (ET) modulator module. The performance of this platform was compared...

Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) and Cellular South announced their collaboration to build and deploy a fourth generation (4G) mobile broadband network using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. The agreement also calls for Samsung Mobile to design and launch two LTE-enabled smartphone handsets available in 2011 in Cellular South’s 700...

Demonstrating its key role in helping drive the most advanced 3G and 4G mobile devices, ANADIGICS Inc. announced that its power amplifiers have been selected by Samsung for their highly anticipated GALAXY Tab product. ANADIGICS’ AWC6323 power amplifier (PA) is used in the Samsung GALAXY Tab offered by Sprint...

Model 1179 from Empower RF Systems is a recent addition to the company’s portfolio of building block designs incorporating the latest GaN device technologies and control functionality. The module delivers 100 W PSat over 500 to 2500 MHz at typical efficiencies of 45 percent. The new smaller size (8...