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L-3 and Lemko Corp.  flew an ultra-light airborne 4G LTE SwarmNetwork for tactical air to ground broadband communications. The X5 aerial demonstration proved that the same high-speed data infrastructure available in fixed mounted or dismounted configurations on the ground can be further supported from the air. Lemko's solution surpasses traditional LTE coverage bubbles by the ODC SwarmNetwork providing an ad-hoc LTE network with roaming, hand-off and survivability between nodes.

UBM Tech, the electronics industry’s daily source of essential business and technical information, released the DesignCon 2014 technical program. Created by engineers for engineers, DesignCon’s award-winning technical program provides attendees with four days of intensive technical learning and networking opportunities, enabling chip, board and systems designers, software developers and silicon manufacturers to expand their design expertise. DesignCon will be held January 28-31, 2014 in Santa Clara, CA. 

Linear Technology Corp. announces the LT8614, a 4 A, 42 V input capable synchronous step-down switching regulator. A unique Silent Switcher™ architecture reduces EMI/EMC emissions by more than 20 dB, well below the CISPR 25 Class 5 limit. Even with switching frequencies in excess of 2 MHz, synchronous rectification delivers efficiency as high as 96% while Burst Mode® operation keeps quiescent current under 2.5 µA in no-load standby conditions.

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, has released the first two members of its cost-effective TriAccess™ hybrid-packaged power doubler family. These CATV infrastructure devices are the first to utilize proprietary on-die linearization for best-in-class performance including excellent gain and low distortion. TriQuint is also announcing full production of two new GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power doublers for CATV infrastructure.

In the first interview about the Agilent spinoff of the Test and Measurement group as a separate company, David Vye, Microwave Journal editor, talks with Guy Séné, president of Agilent's Electronic Measurement Group, about the reasons for the separation and impact on the company.

Rohde & Schwarz has enhanced its R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester with new options for RF tests and end-to-end testing of LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation.

The interface between the FEKO 3D electromagnetic simulator and the Optenni Lab matching circuit optimization software has been extended with a new layer of automated workflow.

UMShas announced the availability of greatly enhanced Process Design Kits leveraging the latest product innovations in Agilent’s ADS electronic design automation software.

BAE Systems’ new 45 nm ASICs for space environments pack ten times more functionality and performance into the same size as current chips, without adding significant power needs.

Anritsu Co. introduces three frequency options for its industry-leading PIM Master MW82119A Passive Intermodulation (PIM) high-power, battery-operated, portable PIM test analyzer. The new options provide wireless field engineers and technicians with the first battery-operated handheld analyzers that can accurately conduct “top of the tower” PIM measurements in the LTE 800 MHz and UMTS 2100 MHz bands, in addition to the LTE 2600 MHz band.