RF & Microwave Industry News

RSS

Ardent Concepts Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance GHz connectors used in the development of next generation semiconductor applications and systems has again pushed bandwidth barriers with a 70 GHz configuration of its innovative TR Multicoax series connectors. TR 70 realizes Ardent’s mission to bring tomorrows connector solutions to market today. With exceptionally low loss, TR 70 ensures quicker, more accurate, and more repeatable functional test of cutting-edge IC applications.

Mercury Systems Inc. announced the completion of its previously reported acquisition of the embedded security, RF and microwave, and custom microelectronics businesses from Microsemi Corp.

Lockheed Martin received a $116.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for continued production of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM®-ER).

ABI Research, the leader in transformative technology innovation market intelligence, finds that smart home, beacon, wearable, and other nascent IoT applications including energy management and smart cities are to propel the wireless IoT connectivity market forward. The market’s trend toward multi-protocol connectivity IC adoption will ease development time, boost scale, and reduce complexity and cost for manufacturers across these different sectors in the years ahead.

UTAC Holdings Ltd. (UTAC), one of the leading semiconductor assembly and test services provider in Asia, announced a joint collaboration with AT&S, one of the global leading manufacturers of high-end printed circuit boards (PCBs) with headquarters in Leoben, Austria, to provide complete turnkey supply chain solutions for three-dimensional system-in-package (“3D SiP”) requirements.

Pickering Interfaces, a leading provider of modular signal switching and instrumentation for electronic test and simulation, is expanding its range of 50 Ω 600 MHz PXI RF Multiplexers with 18 different configurations including a PXI two slot 32:1 configuration.

Pasternack, a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, greatly expands their portfolio of in-stock solid state PIN diode switches covering frequencies from 10 MHz to 67 GHz. 69 unique new models of 50 ohm PIN diode switches are available in compact connectorized package styles and display impressive isolation, insertion loss, and switching speed performance.

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced that the Keysight T4010S conformance test system is now the leader in the number of validated GCF 3CA LTE test cases and band combinations of any test platform.

Harris Corp. has received an $88 million order to supply electronic jammers for U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft. The jammers protect the Navy jets from sophisticated electronic threats, including modern integrated air defense systems. The order was received during the third quarter of Harris’ fiscal 2016.

Lime Microsystems has launched a crowd-funding campaign to bring its LimeSDR software defined radio platform into full-scale production.