Amplifiers

New Waves: ISM Applications

Channel Simulator Agilent Technologies introduced a new statistical mode for its signal integrity Channel Simulator. The mode, offered as part of Agilent’s Advanced Design System (ADS) 2009 Update 1, is well suited for design and verification of high-speed, chip-to-chip data links found in most consumer and enterprise digital products...
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AWR and AMPSA Partner

AWR® , an innovation leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA), and AMPSA , a supplier of RF and microwave amplifier design software, announced a relationship that enables AWR to incorporate AMPSA’s Multimatch amplifier design technology as an optional module into its industry-leading Microwave Office high-frequency design software. By...
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2009 Puzzlers

Technical Cross Word Puzzles from each 2009 issue
December 2009 Puzzler Test your knowledge of RF and microwave terms with this month's Industrial, Scientific and Medical themed crossword puzzle November 2009 Puzzler Test your knowledge of RF and microwave terms with this month's Passive Components themed crossword puzzle October 2009 Puzzler Test your knowledge of RF and...
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RFMD Receives First GaN Product Purchase Order

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced RFMD® has received its first purchase order from a tier-one wireless base station original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for a product featuring RFMD's state-of-the-art gallium nitride (GaN) process technology. The purchase order is for RFMD's RFG1M09180 180 W GaN broadband power transistor (BPT) and...
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Comtech Awarded $2.1 M of Orders for Next Generation High Power Amplifiers

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. , has received $2.1 M of orders from a domestic prime contractor to develop and manufacture next generation, solid-state, high-power radio signal jamming amplifiers. These amplifiers, which include the very latest solid-state transistor and switch technology...
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RFMD Receives First GaN Product Purchase Order

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD®), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced RFMD has received its first purchase order from a tier-one wireless base station original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for a product featuring RFMD's state-of-the-art gallium nitride (GaN) process technology. The purchase order...
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