RF & Microwave Industry News

Cree adds four new GaN HEMTs for radar to Digi-Key portfolio

Cree has added four new gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) to its product portfolio at Digi-Key, the sole distributor for Cree RF components. Respectively based on Cree’s high power density 50V, 0.25μm and 0.4μm GaN on silicon carbide (SiC) foundry processes, the new X-Band and S-Band components exhibit high efficiency, high power gain, and wide bandwidth capabilities.


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XMA Corp. introduces 1.85 mm attenuators, adapters and terminations

XMA Corp., the industry leader in Microwave and RF component technology, announced the release of their new product family of 1.85mm attenuators, adapters, and terminations, expanding performance into the 65GHz, millimeter wave market.  Technical advancements within the smart phone industry, as well as aerospace, medical and Defense, are driving manufacturers and carriers of wireless devices to push for performance into the higher frequency bands.  


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AWR presents and exhibits at EDI CON 2014

AWR will be presenting and demonstrating its soon-to-be released V11 NI AWR Design Environment™ at EDI CON 2014 in Beijing, China starting April 8 and running through April 10, 2014.  V11, the first major software release in 2014, includes new features, functionality and enhancements to Microwave Office®/Analog Office® circuit design software, Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) system design software, AXIEM® 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) software, and Analyst™ 3D finite element method (FEM) EM software. Demonstrations within booth #301 will showcase V11 new features and functionality and in particular the new user-customizable PCell capability and antenna measurements within Analyst.


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