Passive Components

Labtech Microwave Invests in New Machinery

Labtech Microwave , one of the UK’s leading designers and manufacturers of standard and bespoke microwave component technology, has invested in new machinery at its Presteigne microwave printed circuit board production facility, with the aim of improving processes, efficiency and manufacturing capability. This latest investment consists of a March...
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Microwave News: July 7-11, 2008

Last week’s microwave news included a healthy number of contract and agreement type announcements, but was pretty light with new product releases. Here are some of the announcements: Micronetics Inc. announced that its New Jersey-based subsidiary, Microwave Concepts , has received $4 M of advanced funding from a major...
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New Kits, Customers, Contracts and Compadres

The news for the first week of July was relatively slow compared to all the happenings announced during the week of IMS. Among the press releases, news from EDA vendors AWR and Agilent, test equipment manufacturer Cascade and defense sub-contractors Comtech, Trak, Saab and Sensis stood out. The following...
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XMA Positions Omni Spectra for the Future

XMA Corp. is proud to announce its acquisition of the esteemed Omni Spectra™ brand of microwave components. Since purchasing the CAT line from M/A-COM in 2003, XMA has carried on the Omni Spectra tradition by not only producing many of its original designs, but also drafting customized solutions for...
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Holzworth Releases Component Products at IMS 2008

Holzworth Instrumentation announced the release of new component products at IMS 2008. The company is a global provider of high performance, ultra low phase noise RF synthesizers. The addition of low phase noise components to the product line provides engineers with components that are 100 percent tested for extremely...
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Test equipment from Rohde & Schwarz supports measurements over digital I/Q interfaces

The R&S EX-IQ-Box digital signal interface module enables selected Rohde & Schwarz instruments to analyze DUTs over digital I/Q interfaces. When equipped with this module, vector signal generators deliver realistic digital baseband signals for testing transceivers or other components. The module also enables signal analyzers to perform reliable analyses of digital baseband components.
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Microphase Develops Miniature Directional RF Couplers

Microphase announces the design of two miniature directional couplers for applications in the military and telecom industry. The miniature three-port 50 and 75 Ohm directional RF couplers are specifically designed to monitor incident or reflected power within a small package design. The directional RF couplers offer superior performance over...
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