RF & Microwave Industry News

Compact low profile low power series of smart RF amplifiers from Empower RF

Empower RF is pleased to announce the release of the low power series of its next generation family of RF amplifier systems. Leveraging our patented architecture, these broadband RF and microwave amplifiers are housed in a compact 3U air cooled chassis and are equipped with feature rich software control, making these amplifiers configurable to a wide variety of applications requiring digital modulation, multi-tone/multi-carrier, pulsed and AM/FM/CW.


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Barry Industries and Modelithics develop broadband 5mm C-QFN package model to 40 GHz

Barry Industries and Modelithics, Inc. have published a report detailing the broadband performance of Barry's 5 mm high temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC) quad-flat-no-leads (QFN) package to 40 GHz. Barry Industries is an ISO9001:2008 certified ITAR-registered manufacturer of high quality thick film resistors, terminations, attenuators and high temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC) packaging.


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Keysight releases latest Advanced Design System software, ADS 2016

Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduced the latest release of its powerful Advanced Design System (ADS) software, ADS 2016. The software improves design productivity and speeds circuit and electromagnetic simulation performance. ADS 2016 provides new RF printed circuit board, laminate, module, and silicon RFIC products, as well as technologies, capabilities and other enhancements.


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LPKF launches entirely new flex drilling and cutting laser

Electronics manufacturing equipment manufacturer and laser specialist LPKF Laser & Electronics is launching an entirely new laser drilling and cutting system specifically tailored to the needs of the flexible circuit industry. The LPKF MicroLine 5000 is a UV laser based flex drilling system with a large working area of 21" x 24" and is available in two different laser power classes, depending on customer needs.


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Optimal+ announces big data analytics support for NI semiconductor test system

Optimal+, a global big data analytics provider for the semiconductor industry, announced that it has collaborated with NI, a leading provider of platform-based test systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, so that the entire suite of solutions from Optimal+ will be supported by NI’s Semiconductor Test System (STS) via the Optimal+ Proxy starting in Q1 2016.


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