Articles by Microwave Journal

Microsemi Corp. announced that it has finalized its acquisition of Advanced Power Technology (APT) in a combined stock and cash transaction. With this acquisition, Microsemi provides customers with a broader range of high performance analog, high reliability and RF products. APT is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of high...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a reorganization of its Electronic Measurements Group (EMG), merging the company's Operations Support Systems Group (OSSG) with two other existing businesses within EMG. David Churchill, Agilent's vice president and general manager of the Design Validation Division (DVD), will head the new business unit, named Network...

Low Noise Amplifiers

The model SGL-0622Z and model SGL-0363Z are SiGe low noise amplifiers (LNA) that are targeted at high volume, power-sensitive applications. The model SGL-0622Z is a two-stage, fully matched RFIC offering good broadband performance from 5 to 4000 MHz. The model SGL-0363Z is a single-stage LNA optimized for high performance narrowband applications between 5 and 2000 MHz. Both models are available for immediate shipment.

Sirenza Microdevices,
Broomfield, CO (303) 327-3030,
www.sirenza.com.

Broadband Attenuators

The model 50MAP2G6-63SS is a broadband attenuator that covers the frequency range from 2 to 6 GHz. These attenuators are ideal for broadband wireless applications. Attenuation step size is 1 dB and maximum attenuation is 63 dB. Step sizes include 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 dB, and control is via TTL. Accuracy is ±0.3 or 3 percent of the attenuation setting. Insertion loss is 7 dB maximum. The 50MAP2G6G-63SS is supplied with SMA(f) input and output connectors and draws less than 50 mA in DC current from a -12 V supply.

Amplical Corp.,
Verona, NJ (201) 919-2088,
www.amplical.com.

The management team of BFi OPTiLAS completed a management buyout of the company, which has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the Avnet Corp. for over 10 years following the acquisition of BFI Ibexsa in 1995 and its subsequent merger with Optilas in 1998. The company has operated as...

Kulicke & Soffa Industries announced it has relocated its corporate headquarters to a new building in Fort Washington, PA. The company will maintain its current telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. The new corporate address is located at: Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc., 1005 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034....

Sonnet ® Software Inc. announces its plans to co-host the 175th birth anniversary celebration of James Clerk Maxwell at this year’s MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in San Francisco, CA. Other co-hosts include the IMS committee and Computer Simulation Technology (CST). This event will be held on the evening of...

Sonnet ® Software Inc. will co-host this event with the IMS committee and Computer Simulation Technology (CST) at this year's MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in San Francisco, CA. This event will mark the 175th birth anniversary of James Clerk Maxwell, founder of the field of electromagnetics. Dr. James C....

StratEdge , a designer and producer of semiconductor packages for microwave, millimeter-wave and high speed digital devices, along with J microTechnology and Accel-RF , announced they will be hosting a seminar on monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) packaging, testing and reliability on June 14, 2006, at the Moscone Convention...