Microwave Journal

Dr. Leo Young died September 14, 2006, of complications from cancer. He was 80 years old. He was a pioneer in the microwave industry and served as president of both MTT-S and IEEE. He received his BS degree in physics and math in 1946 and his MS degree in...

CPI International Inc. , the parent company of Communications and Power Industries Inc., a provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific and other applications, has recently enjoyed excellent success providing a solid-state power amplifier to SWE-DISH Satellite Systems for use in...

NXP Semiconductors is to purchase the Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. (SSMC) shares currently held by EDB Investments (EDBI) in the three months following completion of the separation of NXP from Royal Philips. SSMC is recognized as a leading manufacturer of semiconductor technology and is a manufacturing joint venture...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced that, as a result of the pending merger of Jazz Semiconductor with a wholly owned subsidiary of Acquicor Technology Inc. , RFMD expects to sell its equity interest in Jazz Semiconductor for an aggregate cash consideration of approximately $24 to $27 M. Upon...

Filtronic plc and Powerwave Technologies Inc. have revised the terms of their previously agreed transaction whereby Powerwave would acquire the majority of Filtronic’s Wireless Infrastructure division. The amended terms consist of a combination of $185 M in cash and 17.7 million newly issued shares of Powerwave common stock. This...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. announced that Broadcom has selected its WLAN 802.11n 2 x 2 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) front-end module (FEM) reference design to complement its Intensi-fi™ draft-802.11n chipsets. The proposed 802.11n Wi-Fi® specification significantly increases the wireless range and speeds the transfer of data, empowering more robust...

D2 Technologies announced that it has opened a Design Center in Maynard, MA, just outside of Boston. The center will be focused on the development of software products for mobile communication devices. Zigurd Mednieks, chief software architect, who reports to Matt Randmaa, vice president of engineering, heads the Design...

SMA Male Termination

The com - mercial grade 2001 - 7017 - 80 is a 10 W SMA male termination that operates in a frequency range from DC to 18 GHz. This model features a lightweight, passivated stainless steel body and coupling nut, gold plated beryllium copper center contact, and a black anodized aluminum heat sink. This product is ideal for test and measurement as well as both military and telecommunications volume production applications that require good long-term performance and low cost.

XMA Corp.,
Manchester, NH (603) 222-2256,
www.xmacorp.com.

Two-way Power Divider

The model PS2 - 52 - 450 / 8S is a two - way power divider that operates in a frequency range from 5 to 40 GHz. This model offers a 2.2 dB insertion loss, 13 dB isolation and 1.90 maximum VSWR. Amplitude and phase balance are 0.8 dB and ±10°, respectively. Power rating is 1 W and 2.92 female connectors are utilized.

Pulsar Microwave Corp.,
Clifton, NJ (973) 779-6262,
www.pulsarmicrowave.com.

A key milestone for 3G has been reached by Anritsu , with the completion of the first 3GPP High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) protocol conformance test case. HSUPA is a critical element in the delivery of high speed data rates on 3G mobile networks and this latest extension...