Articles by Microwave Journal

Anritsu Co. introduces new options for its MS271xB series that take advantage of the economy microwave spectrum analyzers’ best-in-class phase noise of -110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset (typical, 800 MHz) and make it easier to integrate the instruments into legacy manufacturing environments. The MS271xB series has been designed...

Tyco Electronics M/A-COM 's Tim Boles presented his “A Monolithic, 1000 W SPDT Switch” research paper at the 2008 International Microwave Symposium (IMS), held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, June 17-19, 2008. Boles’ paper was presented during the conference’s Interactive Forum on June 18th. Boles...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, introduced Version 2.0 of its SignalMeister™ Waveform Creation Software, a powerful RF development tool with next-generation performance and usability. SignalMeister 2.0 features a new, “object-oriented” graphical user interface (GUI) and is the only waveform creation software on...

Plextek , a Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, has completed the design of 2 W and 4 W X-band power amplifier (PA) MMICs for a UK electronics component supplier. Both MMICs cover the entire X-band (8 to 12 GHz) and are available as bare die, packaged components or...

Molex Inc. announced that it will showcase its multi-port SSMCX in an eight position coaxial connector block on 3.00 mm pitch at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Booth 844 . The SSMCX multi-port system is designed for cable-to-board applications and comes in four- and eight-port options. Molex...

Cree Inc. announces the sample release of two breakthrough gallium nitride (GaN) HEMT transistors for use in WiMAX applications covering the 4.9 to 5.8 GHz frequency band. The new transistors, CGH55015F and CGH55030F, are the first released GaN HEMT WiMAX products specified to operate at up to 5.8 GHz,...

Endwave Corp. , a provider of high-frequency RF modules for telecommunications networks, defense electronics and homeland security systems, has announced the release of a new 60 GHz T/R module that targets short-range indoor communications that must transport data traffic at multi-gigabit speeds. As shown in the block diagram attached,...

Richardson Electronics Ltd. announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with HVVi Semiconductors Inc. , Phoenix, AZ, to distribute its RF power transistors, based on HVVi’s innovative, new HVVFET™ architecture. HVVi recently announced the first major advance in silicon RF power transistor design in more than 15 years....

LPKF Laser & Electronics announced the worldwide release of the new ProtoLaser S at the IEEE MTT-S 2008 exhibition in Booth 905 . The new ProtoLaser S is a fully enclosed laser system for PCB prototyping and production on-demand. This stand-alone laser-based system works directly off of CAD data...

L-3 Electron Technologies Inc. announced the introduction of its model 8928H 150 W K-band Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) amplifier. Designed for electronic countermeasure and instrumentation applications, the new broadband TWT has a remarkably small footprint and weighs less than four pounds. “The 8928H positions L-3 ETI to support our...