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Panasonic Corp. and Renesas Technology Corp. will concentrate their joint development functions for leading-edge SoC process technologies at the Renesas Naka site, in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, which began operation of the site’s 28 to 32 nm process development line on October 1, 2009. The two companies, by...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, announced that it has upgraded its popular RF Vector Signal Generator line for RF engineers with new capabilities that reduce signal generation times and enhance signal quality. In contrast with competitive signal generators, which typically force...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the introduction of the N9030A PXA signal analyser, the highest-performance member of the Agilent X-Series signal analysers. The PXA provides frequency coverage up to 26.5 GHz and ensures present and future flexibility through optional measurement capabilities and hardware expandability. The analyser also includes extensive code-compatibility...

Accel-RF announces a significant addition to its family of proven RF Reliability Test System Products. The new High Power RF (HiPR-AARTS) Automated Accelerated Reliability Test System will help manufacturers prove reliability for application specific devices. Manufacturers are using Accel-RF’s equipment to prove intrinsic reliability and performance degradation characteristics of...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of an add-on process design kit (PDK) with enhanced, foundry-certified features for United Monolithic Semiconductors 's (UMS) popular PHEMT processes (PH25, PH15, PPH25 and PPH15). Providing the most complete MMIC design flow available using Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) platform, the new MMIC...

WiFi/WiMAX Power Dividers BroadWave Technologies has expanded its WiFi/WiMAX power divider offering to include four-, six- and eight-way configurations. Model series 151-215-XXX are 50 Ohm, DC to 6 GHz, 1 W units with SMA female connectors. Insertion loss is 1 dB nominal for the four-way configuration across the DC...

Anritsu Co. announced it has extended the low-end frequency of its MN469xB VectorStar 4-port test sets, making the instruments the first microwave multiport Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) solutions to measure down to 70 kHz. The MN469xB series now combines DC coverage and the wide dynamic range time domain capability...

By showcasing its new R&S ZVA67, Rohde & Schwarz is presenting its first vector network analyzer for the frequency range from 10 MHz to 67 GHz. Based on the established R&S ZVA family, it is the fastest vector network analyzer in its class with the highest dynamic range. Users...

Tektronix Inc. , a provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced it has won a contract award from the US Navy to supply Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (DPO). The $10.75 M contract has a Best Estimated Quantity (BEQ) of 5000 units over a five-year period. The Naval Inventory Control...