RF & Microwave Industry News

Ducommun LaBarge Technologies introduces mmWave externally biased balanced mixers

It is always a concern at high millimeter wave band that there is not enough power to drive the mixer, especially full waveguide band. Model FDB-XX-E1 series externally biased, balanced mixers is especially developed for this purpose. The mixers are offered in four waveguide bands to cover frequency spectra from 50 to 140 GHz. These mixers employ high performance GaAs Schottky beamlead diodes and balanced configuration to produce superior performance with a very low LO pumping level.


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Linear introduces 55 V IN/55 V OUT buck-boost battery charging controller

Linear Technology Corp. introduces the LTC4020, an advanced high voltage power manager and multi-chemistry battery charger designed to efficiently transfer power from a variety of sources to a system power supply rail and a battery. The device offers precision charge current regulation, ±0.5% charge voltage regulation and operates across a wide 4.5 V to 55 V input voltage range compatible with a variety of different input voltage sources. 


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Skyworks ramps SkyOne with leading smartphone manufacturers

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Skyworks Solutions Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, announced that HTC and Samsung are ramping SkyOne™, a highly customizable, fully optimized front-end solution, in several of their recent smartphone launches.  The SkyOne™ platform, which integrates all RF and analog content between the transceiver and antenna, reduces complexity, size and time-to-market for customers with demanding architectures for advanced mobile applications.


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Agile Microwave Technology adds new sales representative in New England

Agile Microwave Technology Inc. (Agile-MWT) a product innovator in RF and Microwave component and sub-system market is pleased to announce the appointment of High-tech Sales (H-t-S) as its sales representative organization for the Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont territories. H-t-S is a sales representative organization with RF and Microwave product experts that have successfully serviced the electronics industry since 1974.


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