RF & Microwave Industry News

Compact 3/4W Chip Attenuator for Ku, K & Ka Bands

AV0904GA attenuatorBarry Industries, an ISO9001:2008 certified, ITAR registered manufacturer of high quality thick film resistors, terminations, attenuators and high temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC) packaging, introduces a new 0904 size chip attenuator for Ku, K and Ka Bands. The AV0904GA attenuator has been characterized to 30 GHz, features gold wirebondable I/O terminals with epoxy mount ground pads and is rated to 750 mW. Typical VSWR is 1.20:1 from DC to 18 GHz and 1.50:1 to 30 GHz.


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L-3 and Lemko fly an ultra-light airborne 4G LTE SwarmNetwork for tactical air to ground broadband communications

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.


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DesignCon 2014 announces technical program and expo highlights

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. 


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Linear introduces 42 V, 4 A (IOUT), synchronous step-down silent switcher

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.


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TriQuint expands CATV portfolio with infrastructure hybrids and GaN amplifiers

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.


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Guy Séné discusses Agilent split

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.


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