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Anritsu Company announces a Network Mode for its Wireless Connectivity Test Set MT8862A, which is an instrument capable of supporting various WLAN protocol standards such as IEEE802.11ac/n/a/g/b. This makes the MT8862A the industry’s first solution capable of measuring the performance of an 802.11ac-capable WLAN device under test (DUT) in the actual operating state.

Cambridge Broadband Networks has launched a 31 GHz variant of its VectaStar point-to-multipoint solution to accelerate 5G backhaul and fixed wireless.

Molex introduced its new line of radio frequency products, BNC RF Connectors and Assemblies. Designed for leading 8K High-Speed, High Definition TV (HDTV), video equipment and camera manufacturers, the new innovation from Molex yields return loss performance that exceeds SMPTE 2082-1 standards, allowing for future bandwidth expansion without needing to change connector hardware.

Analog Devices (ADI) has acquired OneTree Microdevices, Inc., a fabless startup developing GaAs and GaN amplifiers for cable (CATV) and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure. The addition complements ADI's existing portfolio and enables ADI to supply the complete signal chain for cable infrastructure.

Pure-play foundry TowerJazz has announced a silicon photonic process (SiPho) developed for optical networking applications. The process includes several versions of single-mode silicon waveguides, high speed germanium photodetectors, p-n junction modulators and compatibility with edge and grating couplers.

MaxLinear Inc. announced a 64 GBd linear coherent transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for 400 and 600 Gbps dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) coherent systems. The MxL9162 exceeds the performance requirements of 64 GBd high bandwidth micro-intradyne coherent receiver designs for long-haul, metro and data center interconnect applications.

MACOM announced three surface-mount 64 GBd linear modulator drivers for 600G coherent optical networks. With differential inputs and single-ended outputs for use with InP and LiNbO₃ modulators, the drivers support 64 GBd and 64-QAM modulation.

The SATELLITE 2017 conference, held March 6-9 in Washington, reflected the optimism of an industry chasing the promises of broadband and the IoT, fueled by the investments of wealthy entrepreneurs. To wit, Jeff Bezos, who became rich on the success of Amazon, is parlaying that success into his reusable rocket venture Blue Origin and a vision of renewed space exploration. Microwave Journal attended SATELLITE 2017 to see what role the RF/microwave industry is playing.

TowerJazz announced the availability of H5, a 300 GHz SiGe process optimized for 400 Gbps optical communications. The H5 process joins TowerJazz’s terabit platform, comprising the earlier HX, H2, H3 and H4 processes.