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Tektronix Inc. , a worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced it has created the world’s first Methods of Implementation (MOI) for the new Ultra-wideband (UWB) WiMedia PHY Test Specification Version 1.2 and released a new version of UWB Analysis software for DSA/DPO70000 series oscilloscopes that provides...

Plextek , the Cambridge, UK-based electronics and communications design consultancy, has formed a specialist Defence Group focussed specifically on defence contracts and liaison with the UK MoD. The Defence Group has been set up as part of a strategic initiative to help raise the company’s visibility in the supply...

SELEX GALILEO has opened its new Electronic Warfare Operational Support (EWOS) facility in Lincoln, UK, dedicated to the delivery of EWOS capability and products. Located at Alpha Court, on the western outskirts of Lincoln, the 1100 m 2 facility, which includes a 200 m 2 Radio Frequency screened laboratory,...

Crane Aerospace & Electronics used Flomerics' Flotherm thermal simulation software to develop an unusual heatsink that works in the vertical or horizontal orientation. The heatsink is for a DC power subsystem for a commercial airliner. Developing an entirely new heatsink geometry that would have met the performance requirements would...

Acceleware Corp. , a developer of acceleration solutions for high-performance computing applications, in conjunction with Schmid & Partner Engineering AG (SPEAG), announced that Korea’s Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) is adopting their combined simulation solution to conduct the testing and certification of all cellular handsets in Korea. RRL is mandated...

Accellera , the electronics industry organization focused on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) standards, announced that its Board of Directors answered electronic design verification tool users’ requests by approving the formation of a new verification standards committee. The Verification Intellectual Property (VIP) Technical Subcommittee (TSC) is chartered to define standard...

New 45-GHz Optical/93-GHz Electrical Module Allows Engineers to Increase Productivity, Speeds Design Improvements

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a WVAN Wireless Library that helps prevent unnecessary wafer spins, thus accelerating deployment of next-generation 60 GHz wireless video area networks (WVAN) for high-volume consumer video equipment. The library is for use with Agilent’s Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. The Agilent WVAN Wireless Library...

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today introduced a WVAN Wireless Library that helps prevent unnecessary wafer spins, thus accelerating deployment of next-generation 60 GHz wireless video area networks (WVAN) for high-volume consumer video equipment.

After 37 years of service to HP and Agilent, John Barr will be retiring at the end of this month. Barr joined HP in 1971 after graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has held numerous roles in R&D including RF component designer, software engineer and then advanced...