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The demands of cost reduction and greater efficiency in cellular base station design are leading to a rapidly growing market for remote radio heads. According to a new study from ABI Research , this market is on track to exceed a value of $3 billion in 2016. Remote radio...

Nearly two months after the Japan quake and tsunami wreaked havoc on the world’s industrial supply chains, the global microelectromechanical system (MEMS) industry is back on its feet, emerging relatively unscathed after the disaster, according to new IHS iSuppli research. “To date, the supply of MEMS sensors and actuators...

Rogers Corp.’s Advanced Circuit Materials Division (ACMD) opened a new production facility April 13 in Asia, one of its largest market regions. Rogers’ new ACMD Suzhou, China manufacturing facility represents a major investment in the modern China Suzhou Innovation Park. This ACMD dedicated production facility significantly increases Rogers’ global...

Integral Systems Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, RT Logic , has been awarded more than $30 M in multiple government, military and commercial contracts during the past three months. Under the terms of the contracts, RT Logic will provide its commercial-based Telemetrix® signal processing systems that are...

RLC Electronics Inc. announces the expansion of the Terminated Single Pole Double Throw switch (STR-2 series) with a new 50 GHz version using 2.4mm connectors. This model is optimized for excellent RF performance with an insertion loss of 1.1dB max, VSWR 2:1 and an isolation of 50dB. Standard operating...

Agilent Technologies Inc. released a new version of its IO Libraries Suite software for test instrument connectivity and control. Release 16.1 adds additional support for PXI and AXIe instruments and delivers an improved user experience, making it faster and easier to connect to instruments from a wide range of...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced the DAC1627D – a 16-bit dual-channel LVDS DDR interface digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that supports output update rates of up to 1.25 Gsps. In terms of dynamic performance specifications, this new high-speed DAC is claimed to offer best-in-class single tone SFDR performance and two-tone intermodulation...

Z-Communications Inc. announces a new RoHS compliant voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) model SMV3727A-LF in S-band. The SMV3727A-LF operates at 3710 to 3744 MHz with a tuning voltage range of 0.5 to 3 V DC. This VCO features a typical phase noise of -83 dBc/Hz at 10 KHz offset and a...

AAI Test & Training , an operating unit of Textron Systems , announced it has been awarded $9.7 M to deliver an electronic warfare (EW) radio frequency (RF) simulator for the US Air Force’s EW Avionics Integration Support Facility (EWAISF). Located at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, the...

Microwave Journal is pleased to announce that Jenn DiMarco has recently been promoted to Managing Editor. In her previous role as Staff Editor, Jenn worked closely with the industry’s MARCOM professionals, Product Managers and media relations to publish their press releases and product information in Microwave Journal magazine, online...