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Auriga Measurement Systems LLC announced it has acquired the DiVA Pulsed IV Instrument series from Nanometrics Industries , Milpitas, CA, for an undisclosed amount. Previously owned by Accent Optical Technologies, DiVA is a well-known supplier to the RF microwave industry and offers moderate power, low cost pulsed IV instruments....

Crane Aerospace & Electronics features a new fast-settling K-band digital attenuator, Signal Technology brand, that has four channels, an ultra-fast 50 nanosecond setting time and a serial command interface. The unit is readily adaptable into a complex RF system that has multiple device interfaces and that requires those devices...

Teledyne Microwave , an industry leader in the design, development and manufacturing of microwave components and integrated subsystems, announced a new ultra-low phase noise YIG-tuned oscillator (YTO) in a miniaturized board-mount package that provides for continuous coverage of the 3 to 8 GHz frequency band. This uniquely designed device...

Rohde & Schwarz introduced the R&S ZVL Series, the first solution to combine a full-featured vector network analyzer with a spectrum analyzer in a single portable instrument. It is also the smallest and lightest portable vector network analyzer on the market, and is available in frequency ranges from 9...

Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. (TAEC) and its parent company, Toshiba Corp., announced its first commercially available gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, June 5-7, in Honolulu, HI. The GaN HEMT is an X-band device targeted for radar and...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. announced the next generation of its world-class UltraCMOS™products at the MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The new 0.5 μm PE42693 SP9T RF antenna switch is the highest throw-count RF CMOS antenna switch available on the market today. To support more highly integrated and even...

CST - Computer Simulation Technology previewed the upcoming release of CST STUDIO SUITE™ version 2008, including the industry standard 3D EM Time Domain tool, CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®, in booth #735 at MTT-S IMS 2007. Design engineers will experience a multitude of enhancements when switching to version 2008 of CST...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced the availability of the RF386X family of gallium arsenide (GaAs) pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT) low noise amplifiers (LNA). RFMD’s new PHEMT LNAs offer capabilities from 700 to 3800 MHz and provide the best-in-class combination of low noise and high linearity performance,...

J microTechnology is showcasing three new products at MTT-S: LMS-45 Adjustable Z-Axis Stage. An adaptable pedestal adjustment for its JR-2745 probe station, and standard with the JR-2746 probe station. With the new stage, once a user sets the probe height desired for the device under test (DUT), a user...

Anritsu Co. introduced the MS2690A and MS2691A signal analyzers that have superior measurement performance and speed compared to comparable analyzers in their class. Covering the 50 Hz to 6 GHz frequency range, the MS2690A/MS2691A can be used during R&D and production to conduct highly accurate measurements on next-generation wireless...