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New Literature Nylon Resin Brochure This eight-page brochure describes the company’s Capron® XFI™ series nylon resins for large-part (automotive panels, tractor decks and hoods, and lawn tools) and thin-wall (cellular telephones, battery housings, pagers and hand-held electronics) applications. Product photographs are included. AlliedSignal Plastics, Morristown, NJ (888) 565-9835. Product...

Web Update RF and Microwave Products This enhanced Web site details a broad range of categories, including new product data sheets, application notes, employment opportunities and product overviews. The site represents the company’s ongoing efforts to keep customers informed regarding the company’s continually improving production processes to meet market...

COMPONENTS Thin-film Directional Couplers The CP0805 series thin-film directional couplers feature typical coupling performance of 16 dB over a wide frequency range. The units are available in two basic configurations with five different coupling types that feature characteristic impedance of 50 W, maximum insertion loss of 0.25 dB and...

SOFTWARE Load Pull Software This Windows"-based load pull software combines the powerful capability of the latest CCMT DOS version with user-friendly Windows. The software features macro file operation and editor, a configurable tool box, integrated harmonic tuning (requires additional hardware), on-line help, multiple measurement lists, a user-defined figure of...

HARDWARE Ball Slides These ball slides provide accuracy of 0.001" at prices as low as $53 and are reliable due to good shock and impact resistance, which translates into reduced downtime and longer bearing life. Long life is further enhanced by the stainless steel balls and races, which offer...

MATERIALS PTFE Laminates The RO3200™ series woven glass reinforced, ceramic-filled polytetrafluoroethylene laminates have good characteristics, including stable dielectric constant over temperature and low dielectric loss. The laminates offer increased rigidity and improved processability over nonwoven reinforced laminates. The models RO3203™ and RO3210™ are available with electrodeposited copper as a...

ANTENNAS 28 GHz Sector Horn Antennas These sector horn antennas have been developed for LMDS and local multipoint communications systems applications. A 27.35 to 29.5 GHz unit is offered in a 90° sector model with vertical and horizontal polarization models also available. The antennas are designed as head-end or...

AMPLIFIERS 800 MHz High Power Amplifier The model HPA8 high power amplifier operates over a frequency range of 806 to 870 MHz with 12 V DC operation. The unit features a four-amplifier design with graceful degradation of output power under fault conditions. Specifications include an operating temperature range of...

DEVICES Surface-mount Schottky Mixer and Detector Diodes These quad devices are available in low, medium and high barrier designs; and as ring, crossover and bridge quads, and octoquad rings in industry-standard SOT-143 packages. These quad configurations are designated for use as low noise figure, wide dynamic range, double-balanced mixers...

Integrated Circuits GaAs MMIC Power Amplifiers The models AWT921, AWT1921 and AWT1922 high power, high gain amplifiers are designed for base station applications in the 900 MHz frequency range, the 1.61 GHz satellite communications band, and for 1.9 GHz PCS and GSM base station applications, receptively. The model AWT921...