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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it will demonstrate its latest PXI Functional Test System, plus boundary scan and latest inline in-circuit test systems, at NEPCON EMT China 2014 (Booth 1G60), April 23-25, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center.

Anritsu Corporation Microwave Measurement Division (MMD) announces that the China National Institute of Metrology (NIM) Microwave Parameters Lab has selected the Anritsu VectorStar™ ME7838A 110 GHz broadband Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) system. The lab will use the advanced test solution to develop standards for on-wafer S-parameter calibration procedures.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, introduces its next-generation, UltraCMOS PE4312 DSA. Successor to the popular PE4302 – which boasts more than 35 million units shipped since its introduction – the new PE4312 enables flexible, wide dynamic-range network-infrastructure designs that require highly accurate and efficient amplitude control. This DSA upgrade is ideally suited for wireless-infrastructure devices, broadband consumer and infrastructure equipment, land mobile radios (LMRs), test-and-measurement equipment and military RF applications.

As worldwide Mobile Broadband Traffic heads toward 200 Exabytes per year, operators deploy 4G LTE, LTE-A, plead for spectrum, and try to manage usage through policy and pricing.  The physics of mobile broadband radio do not follow Moore’s Law of digital scaling, so leading-edge operators are ready to address the physical realities of small cells.  Nevertheless, the question remains; why not deploy carrier grade Wi-Fi with the small cells?

Mercury Systems Inc., a best-of-breed provider of commercially developed, open sensor and Big Data processing systems for critical commercial, defense and intelligence applications, announced it received a $3.2 million follow-on order from a leading defense prime contractor for high-performance digital signal processing modules for an unmanned airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) application. The order was booked in the Company’s fiscal 2014 third quarter and is expected to be shipped by its fiscal 2015 third quarter.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for five new gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) RF transistors from M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MACOM).

 

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Fujitsu Limited, Panasonic Corporation, and DBJ have signed a MoU in which DBJ will make an investment and provide a line of credit for a new fabless company specializing in LSI design and development, which Fujitsu and Panasonic will jointly establish.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new wideband, 10W single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch from Wavelex.

Mercury Systems Inc., a best-of-breed provider of commercially developed, open sensor and Big Data processing systems for critical commercial, defense and intelligence applications, celebrated the grand opening of its new Advanced Microelectronics Center (AMC) in Hudson, New Hampshire on Friday, April 18, 2014. New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan and representatives from the offices of United States Senators Kelly Ayotte (R) and Jeanne Shaheen (D) attended the ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by Mercury President and CEO Mark Aslett, along with other senior Mercury executives.