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IMS2009, the annual conference and exhibition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), attracted more than 9,000 attendees from the global community of designers, researchers, developers, academics and executives in the microwave and RF industry to the Boston Convention & Exhibition...

RFHIC Corp. , a manufacturer of active RF and MW components and hybrids for wireless telecommunication markets, released Hyperthermia treatment or RF ablation purpose RF amplifier. This pallet amplifier uses GaN-on-SiC technology that is very robust against back power or other damages, and reduces the need for maintenance. Early...

OEwaves Inc. has been awarded a DARPA contract to develop and demonstrate an all-optical atomic clock with drastically reduced size, weight and power (SWAP) over state-of-the-art primary time and frequency standards. OEwaves will develop the clock with support from the Aerospace Corp. The OEwaves clock will be based on...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Varian Inc. announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Agilent of Varian, a worldwide supplier of scientific instrumentation and associated consumables for life science and applied market applications. Agilent will pay $52 cash per share of common stock for Varian...

Ericsson has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the parts of the Carrier Networks division of Nortel relating to CDMA and LTE technology in North America. The purchase is structured as an asset sale at a cash purchase price of $1.13 B on a cash and debt...

Nujira has signed a global distribution agreement with the RF, Wireless and Power Division (RFPD) of Richardson Electronics Ltd. Under the agreement, the company will market, sell and support Nujira Coolteq™ power modulators and Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) solutions in all applications and markets, most notably the cellular infrastructure and...

With the help of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG , Molex Inc. has shipped the company’s 20 millionth antenna manufactured by LDS technology. The company manufactures three dimensionally shaped cell phone antennae made using the LDS method, which was developed by LPKF. The process uses single-component injection molded parts...

Aeroflex announced the addition of new communications standards to its PXI 3000 Series modular test platform, now enabling communications test engineers to address a variety of 2G and 3G wireless data standards with a single, flexible, software-defined system. With the addition of the new Bluetooth measurement suite and the...

The Advanced Circuit Materials (ACM) Division of Rogers Corp. introduced RO4730™ LoPro™ laminates for base station, RFID and other antenna designs. RO4730 LoPro laminate materials combine low-loss dielectric with low-profile copper foil for reduced passive intermodulation (PIM) and low insertion loss. The specially formulated RO4730 LoPro thermoset resin system...

While markets for RF power amplifiers continue their slow decline in developed regions, two new developments – the massive wireless infrastructure rollout in China and the approaching wave of LTE deployments in the West – will provide a temporary lift over the next few years, according to the latest...