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TriQuint Semiconductor , an RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced the release of two new HV-HBT (high voltage-heterojunction bipolar transistor) devices created at TriQuint’s San Jose, CA design center, formerly WJ Communications. The highly efficient, highly linear devices expand TriQuint’s HV-HBT portfolio, and when paired with TriQuint’s...

Anritsu Co. introduces new options for its MS271xB series that take advantage of the economy microwave spectrum analyzers’ best-in-class phase noise of -110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset (typical, 800 MHz) and make it easier to integrate the instruments into legacy manufacturing environments. The MS271xB series has been designed...

Tyco Electronics M/A-COM 's Tim Boles presented his “A Monolithic, 1000 W SPDT Switch” research paper at the 2008 International Microwave Symposium (IMS), held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, June 17-19, 2008. Boles’ paper was presented during the conference’s Interactive Forum on June 18th. Boles...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, introduced Version 2.0 of its SignalMeister™ Waveform Creation Software, a powerful RF development tool with next-generation performance and usability. SignalMeister 2.0 features a new, “object-oriented” graphical user interface (GUI) and is the only waveform creation software on...

Trilithic ’s RF and Microwave Components division has released a solid-state non-reflective RF switch that features a frequency range of 1 MHz to 4.2 GHz. Model PS-4.2/2S-5V-TTL-R has a switching speed of 50 dB at 4.2 GHz. Insertion loss is 4 dB maximum and the operating temperature range is...

Endwave Corp. , a provider of high-frequency RF modules for telecommunications networks, defense electronics and homeland security systems, has announced the release of a new 60 GHz T/R module that targets short-range indoor communications that must transport data traffic at multi-gigabit speeds. As shown in the block diagram attached,...

Richardson Electronics Ltd. announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with HVVi Semiconductors Inc. , Phoenix, AZ, to distribute its RF power transistors, based on HVVi’s innovative, new HVVFET™ architecture. HVVi recently announced the first major advance in silicon RF power transistor design in more than 15 years....

LPKF Laser & Electronics announced the worldwide release of the new ProtoLaser S at the IEEE MTT-S 2008 exhibition in Booth 905 . The new ProtoLaser S is a fully enclosed laser system for PCB prototyping and production on-demand. This stand-alone laser-based system works directly off of CAD data...

L-3 Electron Technologies Inc. announced the introduction of its model 8928H 150 W K-band Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) amplifier. Designed for electronic countermeasure and instrumentation applications, the new broadband TWT has a remarkably small footprint and weighs less than four pounds. “The 8928H positions L-3 ETI to support our...

Applied Radar Inc. , a growing technology-based business in North Kingstown, RI, introduced its newest radar signal processor, the Titan V5 . This new product will debut at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium in Atlanta, GA, in Booth 1551 . This processor incorporates two Xilinx Virtex-5 field programmable gate...