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Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new 0.2 to 1.0 GHz, N-connectorized low noise amplifier (LNA) from Wavelex.

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Nitronex, a GaAs labs company and leading producer of GaN-on-silicon RF power devices, has selected Agilent to provide a complete GaN design flow that spans both device modeling and circuit simulation. The flow uses Agilent EEsof EDA’s IC-CAP model extraction software and Advanced Design System (ADS) circuit and system simulator—both market-leading platforms in RF and microwave design.

Molex Inc. launched its innovative HOZOX™ Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Absorption Tape and Sheets, ideally suited for manufacturers of high-frequency equipment in multiple industries, including medical, consumer electronics, data/telecommunications and microwave/radio frequency.  HOZOX absorption technology utilizes a unique dual-layer design to maximize the EMI noise mitigation performance.  .

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), the global wireless and broadcast infrastructure specialist, announced that wireless industry veteran and long-time RFS team member Al Filoreto has been promoted to eastern regional sales manager. In his new role, Filoreto’s top priorities are to widen and diversify the company’s customer base and to increase RFS’ brand name recognition in the market.

Exelis has successfully installed the latest operational software and certified mission data files for Exelis-built Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) systems in Chile, Oman, Poland, Pakistan and Turkey.

Altium Ltd. released a new range of PCB component libraries for Altium Designer supporting a wide range of Rosenberger’s board-mount connectors.

As a result of China’s relatively short-term experience in IC design, the country’s current state of indigenous IC design capability is limited by several factors including limited self generated core-IP and a generally weak knowledge of IC foundries and necessary EDA infrastructure. These new fabless IC design centers, many of whom have been in existence for less than 10 years, face a number of challenges specific to EDA use. Many enterprises have yet to establish proper CAD support departments and efficient EDA design flows. Young design engineers and CAD support teams often do not fully understand and utilize existing process design kits (PDKs) and parameterized active (transistor) and passive models. Investment in specialized EDA tools such as RF/microwave and high-speed circuit analysis, parasitic extraction, LVS/DRC and yield optimization is significantly lower than the level of investment made by design centers in North America and Europe.

Pasternack Enterprises Inc., an industry leading manufacturer and global supplier of RF and microwave products, recently launched its new website which boasts best-in-class site search functionality, one-page checkout and an updated user friendly interface.

AMETEK Inc. has acquired VTI Instruments, a leading manufacturer of high-precision test and measurement instrumentation, for $74 million.  VTI, acquired from an investor group led by Merit Capital Partners and Alerion Capital Group, has annual sales of approximately $38 million. 

RFMD, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, announced that Samsung has presented RFMD with its Quality Grand Award at a ceremony held last week at Samsung Electronics' smartphone manufacturing operations in Gumi, South Korea. The award recognizes RFMD's superior execution in product quality and customer satisfaction and was presented to RFMD on behalf of its Cellular Products Group (CPG) team.