RF & Microwave Industry News

Dow-Key® Microwave Corp. will be exhibiting at IMS 2014

Dow-Key® Microwave Corp. will be displaying its Ka Brand switches and next generation matrices at the 2014 International Microwave Symposium Exhibition (IMS 2014) in booth 1405 on June 3-5 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, FL. The IMS 2014 Expo will be the center of Microwave Week, June 1-6.


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RFMW, Ltd. offers small cell PAs with big performance

RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for two “small cell” power amplifiers from TriQuint. The TQP2451 and TQP2453 support 1900 MHz and 1800 MHz transmitter designs respectively. With average power output of 2.5 W, both devices include 3 gain stages, the final stage being a Doherty design for high peak power performance up to 20 W. The TQP2451 covers 1930 to1995 MHz with power added efficiency of 38 percent and <-50 ACLR. The TQP2453 offers 35 percent PAE over 1805 to1885 MHz. Both the TQP2451 and TQP2453 utilize 18 V and 5 V Vcc. Both devices are offered in a 20 x 20 mm package for 3G/4G wireless infrastructure, linearized transmitters, MIMO and heterogeneous networks applicable to small cells.


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3H Communication Systems Inc., a new highly innovative yet low cost design and manufacturing company

3H Communication Systems Inc. is a new highly innovative yet low cost  design and manufacturing company headquartered in Irvine, CA with operations in Tijuana, Mexico. 3H specializes in RF front-end systems mainly Filters, Multiplexers, Switch Filter Banks and Multi-Function Assemblies for the commercial and military markets.  3H’s second to none expertise includes designing for High Power, Low PIM and DAS sub-assemblies solutions for the LTE, WiMax, CDMA, GSM, UMTS, TDMA, WiFi and other wireless markets.


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Signal Hound BB60C real-time spectrum analyzer raises high performance bar

Signal Hound announces the Signal Hound BB60C, successor to the popular Signal Hound BB60A. The Signal Hound BB60C is a real-time spectrum analyzer and RF recorder. It has significantly enhanced performance compared to the BB60A. The BB60C has a frequency range of 9 kHz to 6 GHz, an instantaneous bandwidth (IBW) of 27 MHz, and the ability to sweep the RF spectrum at 24 GHz per second. It costs just $2,879.


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CTS debuts ClearPlex® waveguide duplexer at IMS 2014

CTS Corporation, through its subsidiary, CTS Electronic Components Inc., announces its new ClearPlex® Waveguide Duplexer, delivering performance comparable to air-cavity with 2x to 4x smaller size, for cellular infrastructure, 6-10 GHz microwave, NLOS backhaul and military communications. CTS will be displaying and demonstrating performance of these new RF ceramic waveguide filters on 3-5 June, 2014 at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Tampa, FL, USA, at booth number 322.


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