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At present, market demand for miniaturization of SMT components is satisfied at the expense of poorer component insertion loss and limited levels of ultimate rejection. While high Q components offer increased range and/or reduced noise figure at the system level, miniaturized components fit mechanical constraints and tight budgets. The...

Intelligent Optimization Tool Optimizer is new intelligent tool for Vector Fields’ electromagnetic modeling and simulation software that will automatically find the best solution to a design problem. Optimizer automatically selects and manages multiple goal-seeking algorithms to eliminate the need for manual intervention and to make optimization feasible in virtually...

SMT Mixer Hittite Microwave has introduced a new HMC258LC3B GaAs MMIC sub-harmonic SMT mixer intended for microwave radios, VSAT, test and measurement, instrumentation and military applications from 14.5 to 19.5 GHz. The unit has an integrated LO amplifier housed in a 3 x 3 mm leadless RoHS-compliant ceramic SMT...

Precision Frequency Sources This catalog describes the complete line of frequency synthesizers from Programmed Test Sources Inc. (PTS). These synthesizers produce fast-switching, low phase-noise precision frequencies. With easy remote programming, they are vital in advanced measurement or production systems and also serve as stand-alone test equipment. Programmed Test Sources...

ANADIGICS Inc., a provider of semiconductor solutions in the broadband wireless and wireline communications markets, announced its new AWM6422 power amplifier (PA). By offering the AWM6422, which operates in the 2.3 to 2.4 GHz frequency band allocated for broadband mobile wireless services, ANADIGICS expands its portfolio of products for...

Raytheon Co., teamed with General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, has been selected by the US Army to develop the XM 1111 Mid-range Munition for the Future Combat System’s Mounted Combat System. Valued at $232.3 M, the 63-month contract covers system design and development. “This award establishes Raytheon as...

Honeywell announced that it is developing a revolutionary system for the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) that could dramatically improve the military’s intelligence analyzing capabilities by allowing analysts to evaluate images from satellites, ground cameras and surveillance aircraft more precisely and quickly than ever before. The Honeywell Image Triage...

Northrop Grumman announced that the LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) pod has achieved more than two years of operational availability consistently above 95 percent among all US customers. LITENING AT systems are currently deployed with the US Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard, Marine Corps, Air Combat Command and...

THE ADVENT of micowave ferrites and continued advances in microwave techniques have ushered a whole new era into the use of microwave components in systems design. Devices which heretofore were impossible are now realities; switching speeds, modulation rates in microwave components far exceeding those that were even dreamed of...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) has entered into a definitive agreement with Filtronic Plc to acquire its wholly owned subsidiary, Filtronic Compound Semiconductors Ltd. (FCSL), for approximately £12.5 M in cash. The acquisition price includes the purchase of FCSL’s six-inch GaAs wafer fabrication facility at Newton Aycliffe, UK, which...