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NI Demonstrates First Real-Time OTA Prototype for Verizon 5G at 28 GHz

Prototype achieves 5 Gbit/s peak data rates, scalable to over 20 Gbit/s

Today, at the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) in San Francisco, National Instruments (NI) publicly demonstrated a real-time, over-the-air prototype aligned with the Verizon 5G specification. The 28 GHz system uses OFDM with eight component carriers in a 2x2 downlink MU-MIMO configuration, with hybrid beamforming and a self-contained subframe, yielding a 5 Gbps peak throughput that is scalable to over 20 Gbps with eight MIMO streams.


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SAGE Millimeter Releases V-Band, Dual Polarized Antenna Horn Assembly

Dual Polarized Horn Antenna: SAR-5037531530-15-S1-DP

SAGE Millimeter has released a V-Band, dual polarized horn antenna assembly covering 50 to 75 GHz. The antenna features an integrated orthomode transducer (OMT) that provides high port isolation and cross-polarization cancellation, enabling the antenna to separate a circular or elliptical polarized waveform into two linear, orthogonal waveforms. At the center frequency, the horn antenna has 15 dBi nominal gain and a typical half-power beamwidth of 28 degrees on the E-plane and 33 degrees on the H-plane.


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Peregrine Semiconductor Acquires Arctic Sand Technologies

Support's Murata’s power electronics strategy

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., a subsidiary of Murata, is acquiring Arctic Sand Technologies, an MIT spin-off that designs and manufactures low power semiconductors for DC-DC power conversion applications. The deal reflects Murata's strategy to grow its power electronics business by developing small and efficient power solutions.


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Rapid Prototyping of Printed Circuit Boards at Del Mar 2017

LPKF Laser & Electronics has announced it will exhibit at the Del Mar 2017 exhibition, which takes place May 3-4 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego, CA. LPKF provides in-house rapid PCB prototyping milling and laser systems for a variety of applications. At the show, LPKF will demonstrate the compact ProtoMat E44; our lowest cost high precision PCB milling model with an automated fiducial alignment camera included.


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IWCE to Host an Apps Center and a Wearable Technology Pavilion and Brings Students and Veterans to Event through Scholarships

International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) will host an Apps Center and a Wearable Technology Pavilion within the Exhibit Hall, March 29-30 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The new apps and wearable technologies bring the communications technology sector into the next century. The IWCE Exhibit Hall that will include more than 400 exhibitors showcasing the most innovative technologies in the communications technology industry.


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4G and 5G are changing the RF front-end industry landscape: what are the next steps?

 “The RF front end modules and components market for cellphones is highly dynamic”, asserts Claire Troadec, Activity Leader, RF Devices & Technologies at Yole Développement (Yole). And she adds:” From being worth US$10.1billion last year, it is expected to reach U$22.7 billion in 2022.” Such high growth is definitely something that players in other semiconductor markets would envy: a market that will more than double in six years! However, the growth is not evenly distributed… 


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