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Jazz Semiconductor announces a PA Design Library for its 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS process, reducing design cycle time by providing validated PA cells ready for use with a custom power cell design flow. Combined with Jazz’s rich library of high quality passive devices including thick inductors and high density MiM...

Mimix Broadband Inc. introduces a QFN packaged GaAs MMIC linear power amplifier with +39 dBm OIP3 and 26 dB small-signal gain. This power amplifier, identified as XP1035-QH, covers 5.9 to 9.5 GHz and includes an integrated temperature compensated on-chip power detector. The amplifier comes in an RoHS compliant, industry...

YouForm™ high quality, low cost jacketed hand formable cables feature stainless steel SMA plugs on each end and are now available in straight and right angle configurations. The cables are 100 percent VSWR tested: 1.35 at 18 GHz for SMA straight connectors and 1.35 at 12.4 GHz for SMA...

New SMPM microminiature RF connectors from Tyco Electronics offer the same performance and convenience as the proven SMP connectors, but in a form factor that is 30 percent smaller. With a low VSWR through 40 GHz, SMPM connectors offer a versatile solution for high-density packaging, allowing center-to-center spacing of...

This year, the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium will be back to Atlanta, Georgia. It will be held on June 15-17, 2008, in conjunction with the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). It opens Microwave Week 2008, the largest worldwide RF/microwave meeting of the year. The RFIC...

RF Connectors , a division of RF Industries, introduces its new two-piece N Male connector line. The company's new product offering features a quick fitting, cable insertion type connector with a captive internal contact. Minimal cable prep required. The cable conductor easily installs into the captive contact, which is...

The PLXO series of phase-locked crystal oscillators from EM Research is now available with significantly improved performance and smaller size. With the option of a surface-mount or connectorized package, PLXO offers several outputs, including sine 7 dBm, 10 dBm, CMOS and PECL. The new smaller-sized surface-mount package (0.9” x...

The 2008 International Microwave Symposium will be held in Atlanta, GA for the first time in the 21st century. The Technical Program Committee, consisting of 241 reviewers in 31 subcommittees, worked very hard to provide the best possible technical program. Out of 762 submitted papers, 279 were selected for...

Agilent Technologies announced it will sponsor the International Microwave Symposium 2008 (IMS) MicroApps program. They are one of 26 companies preparing more than 40 MicroApps papers. Agilent's top design and measurement experts will present 15 papers on topics such as front-to-back MMIC design flow, nonlinear network analysis, wideband signal...

MFG Galileo Composites , a specialist in the design and manufacturing of custom composite radomes and reflectors, announced the completion of its installation of four 48-foot composite radomes at the US Air Force’s Cape Canaveral, Kwajalein, Diego Garcia, and Ascension GPS IIF ground stations. MFG Galileo Composites was selected...