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Advantech Wireless, a global leader for satellite and microwave broadband communications solutions, was selected by Raytheon to supply Transcend™ 800 microwave radio subsystem for point to point Microwave communications as part of Raytheon’s on going microwave development infrastructure.

Keysight Technologies Inc. introduced a 50 GHz frequency extension to the M9393A PXIe performance vector signal analyzer (VSA), providing frequency coverage previously unseen in modular instrumentation. 

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced the availability and full design support capabilities for a new 2W GaN driver amplifier from Qorvo. The TGA2958-SM is a packaged Ku-Band amplifier fabricated on Qorvo’s 0.15um GaN on SiC production process (QGaN15). Operating over a 13 to 18 GHz bandwidth, the TGA2598-SM delivers 2W of saturated output power with 20 dB large signal gain and > 25 percent power added efficiency. 

Zentech Manufacturing is pleased to announce the addition of the Nordson DAGE xi3400 AXI system. This new Nordson DAGE AXI system offers complete inspection of solder joints and other critical hidden features found in electronic assemblies, PCBs and packaged semiconductors. Ideal for both in-line or off-line operation, the Xi3400’s innovative algorithms enable fast and reliable automated inspection and real-time monitoring of critical process information.

In a report from ABI Research, smart watches will drive the most interest for wearables integration into the smart home even though fitness trackers were approximately two-thirds of all wearable device shipments in 2014. Recent announcements of Android Wear from Google and Apple Watch are driving integration efforts from various smart home platform vendors such as iControl, Alarm.com and Samsung’s SmartThings.

On 27 October, e2v and The University of Nottingham, UK celebrated five successful years of a major industry and academic collaboration in the field of advanced microwave technology.

Comtech PST proudly introduces another new gallium nitride (GaN) amplifier for X-Band applications. This class AB linear design operates over the full 9 to10 GHz frequency range and is ideal for use in phase array radar applications, as a TWT replacement or for a microwave communication link.

NI (formerly AWR Corp.) announces that NI AWR Design Environment™ V12 will be showcased in a full slate of events at the International IEEE Conference on Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronic Systems (IEEE COMCAS 2015), which will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2-4, 2015.

Astrodyne TDI has appointed Jeffrey A. Beck to president and CEO. He succeeds Pete Kaczmarek who has been president and CEO since September 2012.

Keysight Technologies Inc. introduced the first software plug-in for the M8070A system software for M8000 Series BER test solutions. The Keysight M8085A MIPI C-PHY receiver test solutionis designed for engineers in semiconductor and IP vendor companies who need to perform conformance and margin tests.