Mobile Experts released a new report on Wi-Fi Semiconductors, highlighting the trends in combo chips, SoCs, power amplifiers, LNAs, switches, and Front End Modules (FEMs). The report covers both access point hardware and client devices, with detailed information regarding the trends to higher levels of integration, higher level MIMO, new standards, and changes in semiconductor process technologies.
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The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Co. a $31.8 million contract to produce and deliver 464 Excalibur Ib extended-range precision projectiles.
AR’s 12500A2225A-L liquid-cooled, RF solid state CW amplifier is the new industry standard for radiated immunity testing of entire automobiles, producing 12,500 watts over the instantaneous 10 kHz to 225 MHZ frequency band with harmonic distortion less than -20 dBc. 
Pasternack, a leading provider of in-stock and ready to ship RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has just released an improved version of their popular online tool called The Cable Creator™. This new iteration allows the user to not only design and customize special cable configurations online in a few clicks, but also purchase their designs without the need to wait for a quote from the company’s sales team.
Southwest Antennas has released four new L-Band 1.35 to 1.4 GHz, 2.15 dBi Ultra Flex Omni antennas, available with several RF connector options. These new L-Band options complement the existing line of S & C-Band Ultra Flex Omni Antennas.
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announces the UltraCMOS® PE4314, a 75-ohm glitch-less RF digital step attenuator (DSA). This new DSA extends Peregrine’s existing glitch-less DSA portfolio to 75 ohms. The PE4314 is ideal for wired broadband applications in cable/satellite customer premises equipment (CPE) and infrastructure equipment.