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NICTA , Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with femtocells. The test configuration used a universal radio communication tester from Rohde & Schwarz as one of the 3G devices connected to...

Alcatel-Lucent successfully completed the worldwide first LTE data call on the 800 MHz European Digital Dividend (EDD) spectrum band in a live network. The call, which was completed at the company’s 4G/LTE end-to-end solutions center in Stuttgart, Germany, involved transmitting high-definition video streaming over the air using its commercial...

The UK’s Cranfield University’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) office has secured over £100,000 to offer expertise in the development of cost-effective microwave products found in radars, radios and specialist medical and test equipment. The two-year project will see the University’s Manufacturing Department within the School of Applied Sciences, and...

TowerJazz , a specialty foundry leader, and Tanner EDA , a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, announced a joint initiative to develop Process Design Kits (PDK) for analog/mixed-signal (A/MS) designers using Tanner EDA’s HiPer Silicon™ software. This collaboration gives Tanner EDA customers access to TowerJazz’s innovative 0.18-...

Rochester Electronics , a comprehensive and authorized source for discontinued semiconductors, is actively expanding its mission critical product manufacturing capabilities to ensure a continuous supply of certified radiation hardened space-level semiconductors. An approved member of the Class V Qualified Manufacturer List (QML) by the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC),...

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Micronetics announced it now offers MW500-1828, a 1/2" hermetic package voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with a fixed tuning of 1200 MHz from 2 to 4 V tuning using a 5 V supply. This VCO’s rugged hermetic packaging makes it suitable in a range of military and other demanding applications. Output...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced an economically priced two-channel external output amplifier that provides up to 50 Vpp (Volts peak-to-peak) amplification of function/arbitrary waveforms. The instrument is designed to work in conjunction with engineers’ existing function generators to extend the voltage range and offer low-distortion outputs. The new Agilent 33502A...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced a new passive GaAs MMIC Fundamental Mixer die, the HMC773, which will allow designers to address applications from 6 to 26 GHz. The HMC773 die is ideal for microwave radio, VSAT,...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced RFMD® has received its first purchase order from a tier-one wireless base station original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for a product featuring RFMD's state-of-the-art gallium nitride (GaN) process technology. The purchase order is for RFMD's RFG1M09180 180 W GaN broadband power transistor (BPT) and...