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Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) this year celebrates 20 years of spectrum analyzer development, having introduced its first instrument in 1986. The company now offers 33 different spectrum analyzers, ranging from portable, battery-operated instruments for the field, to comprehensive microwave signal analyzers for characterizing the performance of wireless systems. The...

Freescale Semiconductor unveiled four general-purpose broadband RF amplifiers that deliver high gain and linearity over bandwidths from DC up to 6 GHz. The amplifiers are well suited for applications ranging from WiMAX basestations to meter readers, set-top boxes, RFID readers and any application requiring a cost-effective, small-signal gain source....

Manufacturers of WiMAX output devices need a much larger signal than the typical vector signal generator can produce for WiMAX testing. These tests are done to verify the linearity of the amplifier device and the fidelity of the signal amplified. An amplifier is needed to produce these signals with...

RF Component Industry Review: July - September 2006, a new study from Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component service study, finds that nearly 60 percent of the leading suppliers of RF components reported significant profits in the third quarter of 2006, up from both the first quarter and the...

A replacement product for PTFE woven glass circuit material has been introduced that provides superior mechanical and thermal properties, uses the RO4000 ® resin system for ease of fabrication and is a cost competitive option for base station antenna applications (see Figure 1 ). The RO4230™ high frequency laminate...

At the company’s Annual General Meeting on 22 March 2007, Elcoteq SE 's Board of Directors will propose that the company's domicile and head office be transferred to Luxembourg. The purpose being to implement the company's globalization strategy and to create an effective structural basis to ensure the continuous...

The government of Taiwan has approved the application by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) to transfer 0.18 micron generation semiconductor process technology to China for production. TSMC spokesperson and vice president Lora Ho commented, “TSMC greatly welcomes the government’s decision. The addition of 0.18 micron process technology...

Unity Wireless Corp. announced that it has successfully concluded the first phase 18-month trial of the company’s patented synchronized multi source transmission technology with China’s second largest wireless carrier. Unity’s unique technology overcomes multi-path fading and economically increases existing network capacity and coverage. “After our OEM group’s great success...

Nitronex , an developer and manufacturer of high performance RF power transistors for the commercial and broadband wireless infrastructure markets, has developed a high voltage platform to support next generation wireless infrastructure applications. Leveraging the company’s existing qualified NRF1 (GaN on Silicon) technology, the new platform will take advantage...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of the 3GPP LTE Wireless Library for use with the company’s Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. The new library helps wireless-systems designers and verification engineers speed development of the evolving 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) designs for next-generation mobile communications products. The...