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As demand for vector network analyzers (VNAs) increases, Copper Mountain Technologies has hired two new employees to support the company’s growth. Masud Al Aziz and Rick Hollowell will both play strong roles when it comes to helping customers improve their radio frequency (RF) and microwave testing processes via the company’s affordable, lab-grade equipment.   

 Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced the availability of the high-fidelity digitizer application option for its U5303A 12-bit PCIe® digitizer. 

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announces the next chapter in intelligent integration—integrated phase and amplitude control at microwave frequencies.

Anatech Electronics introduced the AB915B656 rugged indoor/outdoor GSM-band cavity bandpass filter designed for both commercial and defense wireless applications that combines high rejection, low return loss and the ability to remove nearby interference. 

PPI has partnered with Modelithics to provide S-Parameter data that is currently downloadable free on the company's website.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (MACOM), a leading supplier of high-performance RF, microwave, millimeter wave and photonic semiconductor products, announced it has completed the previously announced divestiture of its Automotive business to oliv ASP Inc.(Autoliv) for approximately $100 millionin cash, plus the opportunity to receive up to an additional $30 million in cash based on the achievement of revenue-and customer order based earn-out targets through 2019.

NI (formerly AWR Corp.) announces that NI AWR Design Environment™ will be featured in the second annual National Instruments-sponsored RF/microwave power amplifier (PA) design forum at European Microwave Week 2015 (EuMW2015) on Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Keysight Technologies is hosting a complimentary 5G Symposium on Sept. 3. Keysight technical experts will discuss the test and metrology challenges regarding current and future 5G standards development, technical requirements, tools and solutions.

Dow-Key Microwave is launching a new RF/microwave switch product line for the ATE market with 10 million life cycles and 0.03 dB insertion loss repeatability; starting with SPDT switches. In the aerospace section, Dow-Key is introducing their latest C-switch; lightweight and with low insertion loss.

 Linear Technology Corp. announces the LTC3887-1, a dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with I²C-based PMBus interface for digital power system management. The LTC3887-1 differs from the previously released LTC3887 by providing a three-state PWM signal, enabling the use of DrMOS, power blocks or similar power stages. The LTC3887-1’s enhanced feature set includes a 70ms power-up time and a fast ADC mode that provides an 8ms update rate for one parameter.