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SAW filter designer Resonant expanded their licensing agreement with an unnamed, "tier one" customer to add three SAW filter designs. The new agreement covers the development and licensing of Resonant’s first integrated module design that incorporates three complex duplexers. The design will be manufactured using wafer level packaging.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced  the availability and full design support capabilities for a new passive switch from MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. The MADP-011048 uses silicon PIN diodes in a non-magnetic surface mount package. There are two sets of diode pairs, constructed in an electrically-isolated, anti-parallel configuration, that operate from 5 MHz to 400 MHz.

Dynawave, a leading design and manufacturer of RF & microwave connectors, adapters, bulk cable and cable assemblies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ultra-RF Technical Sales, as their new manufacturer’s representative in the Southern California region.

Mission Microwave Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of compact, highly efficient solid state power amplifiers and block up-converters, announced  that they have been selected through the U.S. Air Force SBIR Program for a Phase II contract to develop highly efficient and linear highpower Ka-Band solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs). The award is under SBIR program topic (AF151-150) for “Ka-Band Efficient, Linear Power Amplifiers for SATCOM Ground Terminals,” and aims to deliver greater than 70 W of linear RF power over 30 to 31 GHz, with efficiencies in excess of 35 percent. 

Mercury Systems Inc., announced that Christopher C. Cambria has joined the company as its senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, reporting to Mercury's president and chief executive officer, Mark Aslett. Cambria will lead the overall direction and management of legal and regulatory matters at Mercury, including support for mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions.

TDK Corp. and Tronics Microsystems SA jointly announced that TDK’s wholly-owned subsidiary EPCOS AG, a leading manufacturer of electronic components, modules and systems based in Munich, Germany, and Tronics have signed a tender offer agreement pursuant to which EPCOS will launch a public tender offer for all publicly-held shares of Tronics for EUR 13.20 per share.

RFMW Ltd. and Akoustis Technologies Inc. of Huntersville, N.C., have announced a distribution agreement effective July 1, 2016. Akoustis Technologies Inc. , is a manufacturer of innovative BulkONE™ bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high band RF filters for mobile wireless and general purpose RF catalog components. RFMW Ltd. is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave components as well as specialized component-engineering support.

Marvin Test Solutions Inc., a trusted provider of globally-deployed innovative test solutions for military, aerospace, and manufacturing organizations, is marking the silver anniversary of ATEasy, its evolutionary test software suite, first released in 1991 and now in its ninth generation.

Teseq offers the CBA B RF power amplifier series with power levels up to 3 kW and a broadband range of 10 kHz to 6 GHz.

Vodafone U.K. and Huawei are conducting technical trials of a new mobile technology, 4.5G (TDD+) with LTE TDD, to significantly increase the capacity and efficiency of its 4G network in urban areas.