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Amphenol Connex has merged with Amphenol RF, headquartered in Danbury, Conn. The combined product portfolio will be marketed and sold under the name Amphenol RF. The Moorpark, Calif. facility will continue to operate as the company’s main North American distribution center and Amphenol RF’s western regional sales office providing support to local customers.

Keysight's CXA-m signal analyzer, with a built-in tracking generator, now has 3, 7.5, 13.6 and 26.5 GHz options, making it the industry’s first modular stimulus response measurement solution and providing the industry’s highest tracking generator frequency coverage. 

Richardson Electronics Ltd. announced the launch of a new business group, Power & Microwave Technologies (“PMT”). The PMT group encompasses Richardson Electronics’ existing Electron Device Group (“EDG”) and adds new technologies and engineered solutions for the power conversion and RF and microwave markets.

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. announced that the company has enhanced its T55 series of vPolyTan™ surface-mount polymer tantalum molded chip capacitors with eight new ratings in the A, B, and T (low-profile B – 1.2 mm max.) case sizes.

Custom MMIC, a leading developer of performance driven monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), is pleased to announce the appointment of MMS Technical Sales Inc. as their new technical representative covering the New England region.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced that it has completed its acquisition of IBM’s Microelectronics business.

Cobham Wireless, a global leader in the provision of advanced wireless coverage and mobile communication systems, has announced that the industry-standard TM500 network test system now includes support for 256 QAM modulation – one of the key features of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A, also known as 4G) which is being introduced in 3GPP Release 12.

NI (formerly AWR Corp.) announces that a new 2015 edition of the eBook, RF Electronics: Design and Simulation, is now available free of charge to students, graduates, professors and industry professionals through its Professors in Partnership web portal.

Skyworks Solutions, through its subsidiary Trans-Tech Inc., unveils webCRaFT, a new web-based ceramic bandpass filter selection program.

Amphenol Invotec Ltd. has gained approval from Underwriters Laboratories for I-Tera®MT; a very low loss laminate, developed for high speed applications. I-Tera®MT laminate materials exhibit exceptional electrical properties which are very stable over a broad frequency and temperature range.