RF & Microwave Industry News

Skyworks Launches Family of SMT Discrete Semiconductors

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, recently introduced the industry’s smallest and lowest profile packaged silicon radio frequency (RF) Schottky diodes in a 0201 surface-mount technology (SMT) footprint. This new family of ultra-miniature and high-performance packaged diodes, which...
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Tektronix SignalVu Analyzes RF Signals Up to 20 GHz Bandwidth

Tektronix Inc. , a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced SignalVu™ vector signal analysis software for DPO7000 and DPO/DSA70000 digital oscilloscope series, enabling engineers to easily characterize and validate wideband and microwave spectral events. One of the paramount trends in today's communications and radar systems...
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EuMW Welcome Reception: Innovation and Awarding Excellence

Bridging gaps, education and innovation were the main themes of last night’s Agilent Technologies sponsored EuMW Welcome Reception. Addressing the delegates for the Week’s four conferences and the exhibitors from the European Microwave Exhibition, EuMW General Chairman, Frank van den Bogaart, commented, “Bridging gaps is our theme. The aim...
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IHP Announces SiGe PDK for Use with Agilent's ADS EDA Software

Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Frankfurt, Germany, announced the availability of a leading-edge ADS process design kit (PDK) for IHP’s 0.25 µm SiGe process (SG25H3). The PDK for IHP’s SG25H3 process technology is the result of collaboration between IHP and Agilent Technologies’ EEsof EDA division to accelerate customers’...
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ADI Enhances RF/IF Signal Chain Performance

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), a leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, introduced the ADF4350 synthesizer with on-chip voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and phase-locked loop (PLL), which is the industry’s first fully integrated synthesizer to operate over an exceptionally wide continuous frequency range. ADI also introduced a family of...
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Agilent Showcases Test Solutions for RF and Microwave, Wireless and Radar

Agilent Technologies Inc. is demonstrating its newest test and measurement solutions that speed development and deployment for microwave, RF, wireless and radar at the 2008 European Microwave Conference, The Netherlands, October 27-31, Hall 3, stand 703. Featuring industry-leading performance and functionality, Agilent's test solutions enable R&D and manufacturing engineers,...
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EMITE Releases 8x8 MIMO Analyzer Series E100

EMITE Ing announces the release of its 8x8 MIMO Analyzer® Series E100. Five years of continuous university research with over 15 papers in peer-review journals and three patents have resulted in the first MIMO Analyzer for accurate and fast MIMO measurements. With the recent inclusion of MIMO into both...
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San-tron Introduces Field-replaceable SMAs

San-tron Inc. , a manufacturer of RF coaxial connectors and cable assemblies, has announced a full line of field-replaceable SMAs for applications from DC to 26.5 GHz (and with usable performance to 31 GHz). The connector families include models for mating with 0.012-, 0.015-, 0.018-, and 0.020-in. center pins...
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Z-Comm Debuts RoHS compliant VCO in VHF-band

Z-Communications Inc. announces a new RoHS compliant voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) model SMV0290A-LF in VHF-band. The SMV0290A-LF operates from 284 to 294 MHz with a tuning voltage range of 0.3-3 VDC. This VCO features an excellent typical phase noise of -118 dBc/Hz at 10 KHz offset and a typical tuning...
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