Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

Allgon Microwave , a pioneer of integrated Ethernet point-to-point microwave systems, has been awarded two significant contracts in Scandinavia. First, Generic Mobile has selected the company as a supplier of microwave radios for its wireless broadband network in Sweden. Generic Mobile is a telecom operator and the leading supplier...

NXP Semiconductors , the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, is consolidating its manufacturing operations in Europe. In order to do so the company will close its manufacturing facility in Boeblingen, Germany, by the end of 2007, with the majority of the production load being transferred to its factories...

BAE Systems has entered into a strategic partnership with 3D Plus , the leading company for 3D electronics packaging in Europe, to deliver bespoke 3D System-In-Package solutions enabling the achievement of new levels of performance, flexibility and development time for electronics solutions. The growing demand across industries to deliver...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that defense electronics firm DME Corp. is incorporating Agilent N6700 low-profile modular power systems in its Advanced Tactical Agile Communications Test Set, or ATACTS, for testing military radios in the field. Military field technicians use the ATACTS system to determine whether a radio is usable...

Strategy Analytics , the research and consulting company, released “RF Industry Review October – December 2006,” which notes that leading suppliers of RF components continued to report significant profits in Q4 on strong wireless handset and wireless system demand. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the majority of RF...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. , has received $2.8 M of orders for high power amplifiers from a provider of aviation electronics and communication systems. These amplifiers are utilized as part of satellite communications systems that provide commercial mobile airborne-to-satellite-to-ground communications...

Nitronex , a developer and manufacturer of high performance RF power transistors for the commercial and broadband wireless infrastructure markets, has teamed with Rockwell Collins to further develop the GaN on Si manufacturing infrastructure for military applications. Funded by the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), the manufacturing technology program...

Algérie Télécom, the largest telecommunications provider in Algeria, has awarded Siemens an order for the infrastructure that will enable it to set up Wireless Local Access Networks for business customers. The order, valued at around €7 M, includes 12,000 WLAN access points, WLAN end-user devices, together with WiMAX base...

Elcoteq SE , global provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) for the communications technology industry, has been awarded a multi-year contract by Redline Communications . The agreement will enable Redline to accelerate production to meet the growing global demand for its products. Specifically, Elcoteq will be the primary EMS...

MicroMetrics Inc. and Modelithics Inc. are actively collaborating to produce new nonlinear models for the MicroMetrics line of high performance limiter diodes, starting with the MP7100, 7110 and 7120 series. Available now for Agilent ADS users, the new models are valid for large-signal design allowing designers to better understand...