RF & Microwave Industry News

3D Electromagnetic Evaluation of a Chaff Cloud

The importance of electronic warfare in the area of defense is becoming increasingly emphasized. More than the well-known "stealth" concept, a thorough understanding of available techniques in this discipline helps to increase the survival rate on the ...
A chaff cloud is made of metallic strips cut to obtain a resonant length. They are dispensed by a vehicle in the air to create a false signature in the enemy radar, masking the real vehicle return signal. Therefore, the detection and tracking become more complicated. The impact of...
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InP HBT Chipset, Enabling High-bandwidth, Real-time Oscilloscope Architecture

As serial data speeds increase, instrumentation for characterizing and debugging the next generation of protocols is required. A real-time oscilloscope family with 32 GHz of bandwidth and the lowest reported jitter and noise floor has been developed, providing engineers superb signal integrity for characterizing and debugging the fastest interfaces....
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ADI and Xilinx Unveil MS-DPD Platform

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) collaborated with industry leading programmable-logic vendor Xilinx Inc. to introduce a radio architecture development platform that helps multi-carrier cellular base station manufacturers reduce engineering resources and improve time to market. ADI’s MS-DPD (mixed-signal, digital pre-distortion) development platform simplifies the wireless infrastructure design process by allowing...
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Epic Communications Wins 2010 R&D 100 Awards

Epic Communications Inc. (Epicom), a fabless IC solution provider of RF front-end modules (FEM) and power amplifiers (PA) for WiFi, WiMAX and cellular sockets, announced that Epicom has won the 2010 R&D 100 award for its development of a single,flip chip-based complete wireless front-end integrated circuit (FEIC). Late last...
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Anaren Launches Xinger-III Brand Hybrid and Directional Couplers

Anaren Inc. announced that it has officially launched its Xinger®l-III brand line of 3 dB hybrid and directional couplers for wireless infrastructure applications. At ¼ the size of the company's previous generation parts (Xinger-II components remain popular and in production), the design and unique manufacturing processes behind the new...
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Bird Technologies Group Acquires X-COM Systems

Bird Technologies Group (BTG), a supplier of radio frequency measurement and management technology, has acquired X-COM Systems of Reston, VA. X-COM, founded in 1994, manufactures RF test equipment, deployable RF signal sources, and military digital communications equipment, primarily sold to the US Department of Defense and other government agencies....
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Auriga Microwave Receives Phase I SBIR Award

Auriga Microwave announced that it has received the contract for Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) award N093-221: Highly Efficient Transmitter for High Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) Waveforms. Under a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), Auriga will design a compact, highly efficient transmitter...
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