Passive Components

Skyworks Launches Energy Management Product Portfolio

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, introduced a product portfolio of energy management solutions for the wireless home. The company’s Linear Products’ business has captured several key design wins with various market leaders for automated meter reading (AMR),...
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Gowanda Announces Military-approved QPL Inductor Series

Gowanda Electronics , a designer and manufacturer of precision electronic components for power and RF applications, announces the introduction of a military-approved RF inductor series that is now on the military’s Qualified Product List per MIL-PRF-83446. Gowanda’s MLRF3013 series addresses a need in the marketplace for enhanced RF inductor...
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Tyco Electronics M/A-COM Presents at IMS 2008

Tyco Electronics M/A-COM 's Tim Boles presented his “A Monolithic, 1000 W SPDT Switch” research paper at the 2008 International Microwave Symposium (IMS), held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, June 17-19, 2008. Boles’ paper was presented during the conference’s Interactive Forum on June 18th. Boles...
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Narda to Showcase Advanced Microwave IC Technologies

Narda , an L-3 Communications company, will showcase its advanced microwave integrated circuit (MIC) technology that combines microwave hybrid manufacturing with multilayer printed circuit boards and advanced digital devices in Booth 1600 . Narda's proprietary techniques enable higher levels of microwave, digital and analog functional integration than is achievable...
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XMA to Feature 40 GHz 2 W Design

XMA Corp. is pleased to announce the newest addition to its high-performance line of Omni Spectra™ microwave components. After introducing the 40 GHz line of attenuators and terminations just a month ago, XMA is now expanding its offering with a new 2 W design: the Omni Spectra 4801-6XXX-dB family...
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Expert Advice: Tunable RF Filters: Pursuing the ‘Holy Grail’ of Acoustic Filter R&D


ExpertAdvice
June 2008

Dr. Robert Aigner
Director - R&D Acoustic Technologies, TriQuint Semiconductor

A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter with ground-breaking, standard-setting performance would offer a tuning range far beyond today’s established outer limits. Can the center frequency tuning range of BAW filters be extended beyond 2% up to 5%, or perhaps even three to four times that amount?

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