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LPKF Laser & Electronics announced the worldwide release of the new ProtoLaser S at the IEEE MTT-S 2008 exhibition in Booth 905 . The new ProtoLaser S is a fully enclosed laser system for PCB prototyping and production on-demand. This stand-alone laser-based system works directly off of CAD data...

L-3 Electron Technologies Inc. announced the introduction of its model 8928H 150 W K-band Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) amplifier. Designed for electronic countermeasure and instrumentation applications, the new broadband TWT has a remarkably small footprint and weighs less than four pounds. “The 8928H positions L-3 ETI to support our...

Applied Radar Inc. , a growing technology-based business in North Kingstown, RI, introduced its newest radar signal processor, the Titan V5 . This new product will debut at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium in Atlanta, GA, in Booth 1551 . This processor incorporates two Xilinx Virtex-5 field programmable gate...

Jacket Micro Devices Inc. (JMD) announced that it has developed a halogen-free version of its patented Multi-Layer Organic (MLO™) packaging process. MLO is the first commercial organic packaging technology to provide high Q RF filters embedded into the layers of a LGA package. MLO utilizes advanced, low-loss polymers and...

RF Micro Devices (RFMD®), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced it will showcase its industry-leading RF product portfolio at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2008. RFMD delivered this year’s keynote address for the RFIC Symposium Plenary Session, and RFMD...

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. announced that Vishay Semiconductor Italiana S.p.A. , a high power products division of the company, has been chosen to be one of the eight initial corporate participants in the Turin Polytechnic Institute's new Business Research Center. Located in the Institute's extended campus area known as the...

TriQuint Semiconductor , an RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, released the first of its gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors for a wide range of high frequency applications including mobile base station, defense and space communications systems. TriQuint also announced opening the industry’s first GaN Foundry service for...

Anritsu Co. introduces the MT8860C WLAN Test Set, a fully integrated test solution that performs high-speed radio layer measurements on WLAN chip sets. The MT8860C combines the capabilities of a power meter, spectrum analyzer, and vector signal generator to provide designers and manufacturers with a single instrument that performs...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, announced a set of signal creation and analysis tools that extend its RF test capabilities to include WiMAX signal testing. Keithley’s new solution is built on a next-generation hardware platform that makes it simple and inexpensive to...

Plextek , a Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, has completed the design of 2 W and 4 W X-band power amplifier (PA) MMICs for a UK electronics component supplier. Both MMICs cover the entire X-band (8 to 12 GHz) and are available as bare die, packaged components or...