RF & Microwave Industry News

Pasternack announces new and improved version of The Cable Creator

Pasternack, a leading provider of in-stock and ready to ship RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has just released an improved version of their popular online tool called The Cable Creator™. This new iteration allows the user to not only design and customize special cable configurations online in a few clicks, but also purchase their designs without the need to wait for a quote from the company’s sales team.


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Peregrine expands glitch-less RF digital step attenuator portfolio

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announces the UltraCMOS® PE4314, a 75-ohm glitch-less RF digital step attenuator (DSA). This new DSA extends Peregrine’s existing glitch-less DSA portfolio to 75 ohms. The PE4314 is ideal for wired broadband applications in cable/satellite customer premises equipment (CPE) and infrastructure equipment.


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Advantech Wireless announces Advanced SapphireBlu SSPA

Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, today announced a new, significant advance in solid state power amplifier (SSPA) technology with the release of its SapphireBlu™ Solid State Power Amplifier/Power Block (SSPA/SSPB), based on second generation gallium nitride (GaN) technology.


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2016 IEEE Elevated Fellows

The IEEE recently announced its newly elevated Fellows for 2016. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year does not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total voting Institute membership.


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