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TriQuint Semiconductor has used AWR 's AXIEM software to simulate an entire MMIC non-uniform distributed power amplifier (NDPA) on a quad-core PC with 4 Gbytes of RAM and a 32-bit operating system. It is the first time the company has been able to electromagnetically simulate an entire structure of...

Cobham SATCOM , a manufacturer of Inmarsat satellite communications equipment, announced that the HGA-7001 High Gain Antenna subsystem has been certified on the Airbus A320 (Single Aisle) family of airframes. This complements an ever growing range of airframes on which the system is deployed and confirms the general appeal...

Narda , an L-3 Communications company, introduced the model 3326B-4 four-way power divider, which operates from 6 to 18 GHz and features precise phase and amplitude balance, high port-to-port isolation, and low input VSWR. The power divider is well suited for a broad array of commercial and military applications....

AWR and United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) announced the availability of enhanced process design kits (PDK) for the UMS PH15 and PH25 advanced gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry processes. These enhanced PDKs enable designers to take full advantage of the industry-leading process capabilities of UMS within AWR’s 2009 Microwave Office® design...

For use in today’s ever smaller and thinner yet far more functional hand-held devices, the High Performance Foams Division of Rogers Corp. has introduced a new addition to the PORON® materials family – PORON® ThinStik™ Soft Seal. PORON ThinStik Self Adhesive Solution is an innovative impact sealing PORON Urethane...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Simplay Labs LLC , the company operating four of the eight global HDMI Authorized Test Centers (ATC), has selected Agilent Technologies as its High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) test solution provider. Agilent's test solution meets, or exceeds, the requirements of the HDMI Compliance Test Specification...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, announced that it has commenced pre-production shipments of high-performance gallium nitride (GaN)-based CATV hybrid amplifiers to a major US-based cable television (CATV) equipment provider. Operators of hybrid fiber...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that it has received a follow-on contract award valued at more than $1.2 M. Herley Lancaster will provide electronic components for helicopter borne radar system for the US Navy. Company CEO and President, Rich Poirier commented, "We are very pleased to be able to support...

Modelithics Inc. announces the release of its latest version (v 6.1) of the Modelithics® CLR Library™ of reliably accurate and highly scalable models for all currently supported simulators. This expanded collection of well-documented substrate and part-value scalable capacitor, resistor and inductor families from popular vendors like Johanson Technology, ATC,...

AWR 's Microwave Office high-frequency design software is allowing Creowave (Oulunsalo, Finland) to more rapidly and accurately design the precision duplexers, and bandpass, bandstop, and highpass filters used in its telecommunications test systems. First-time design success is critical to the company because its products have a very narrow time-to-market...