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Southwest Microwave’s SuperMini Board-to-Board DC to 67 GHz RF/millimeter wave blind-mate connectors optimize interconnect performance for board-to-board stacking applications.

Teledyne Relays will be showcasing their new USB/Ethernet Controlled Miniature Switch Modules at EuMW Booth 260 in Paris, France, September 6-11, 2015.

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Anite. Keysight paid approximately $600 million in cash for Anite – a leading supplier of software solutions for wireless research and development – in a deal that supports Keysight's strategy to grow in wireless and expand its software offerings.

High Speed Interconnects' flexible, cable assemblies are ready for a variety of RF/microwave applications. At the 2015 European Microwave show in Paris, France, September 6-11, HSI will be providing a live demonstration of their flexible, coaxial cable performance delivering phase stability of < 1.5° and insertion loss of < 0.9 dB per foot @ 40 GHz while wrapped around a 2" mandrel.

 The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Co. a $36 million contract to fund the certification and testing of a significant upgrade to the AN/ARC-231 Multi-Mode Communications System. The upgraded systems will provide the highest level of security for voice and data communications for more than 7,000 rotary, fixed wing and unmanned Army platforms – including Apaches, Blackhawks, Chinooks and Gray Eagles. 

Amphenol RF is pleased to introduce improved designs of our existing AMC to SMA cable assemblies. Design improvements were made to the SMA bulkhead mounting connectors allowing the non-IP67 cables to be mounted to panels with a max thickness of 3.2 mm. Cables with IP67 connectors are suitable for panels with a max thickness of 3.2 mm. 

Linear Technology Corp. announces the LTC3886, a 60V input dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with programmable loop compensation and I²C-based PMBus interface. This controller employs a constant-frequency, current-mode architecture with programmable output voltage up to 13.8V. The LTC3886 is ideal for harsh environments requiring a high input voltage range commonly found in factory automation, industrial, medical, communications and avionic applications. 

 Skyworks Solutions, Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things, announced that it is expanding production capacity in Japan to meet the growing demand for its filter technology. Skyworks is facilitizing a two-story, 405,000 square foot facility in Osaka that will house the design, development and manufacture of filter devices to complement its industry leading front-end solutions and world-class assembly, test and packaging capabilities.  

Exodus Advanced Communications is a designer and manufacturer of RF solid state high power amplifiers. We feature the latest in LDMOS, GaN and GaAsFET discrete devices and hybrid Chip & Wire on ceramic substrate technologies featuring frequency ranges from 10 KHz to 40 GHz and power levels exceeding 1 KW for modules and 10 KW for systems.

MOSIS is a low-cost prototyping and volume production Foundry service which enables it’s worldwide clients to minimize time to market for new semiconductor products.