RF & Microwave Industry News

Anritsu introduces first all-in-one base station simulator

Anritsu Co. introduces the Signaling Tester MD8475B, the world’s first all-in-one test solution supporting up to four component carrier aggregation (4CC CA) and 2x2 MIMO in a single test box. Integrated with the SmartStudio GUI, the MD8475B lowers cost-of-test and reduces space requirements compared to conventional solutions that require several test instruments, providing engineers with a highly efficient tool to conduct tests on chipsets, modules, and mobile platforms integrating the most recent LTE-Advanced specifications.


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Innovative Integration announces new Rugged Digital Transceiver

The K706 Digital Transceiver from Innovative Integration supports two antenna inputs and four independent channels of DDC, two channels of DUC, and one spectrum analyzer embedded in a Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA. It supports monitoring and/or recording of wide- or narrow-band spectra or channelized IF band data. The analog front-end is modularized via an FMC site which, fitted with an FMC-1000, employs dual 1 GHz 14-bit ADCs and DACs. The product supports contiguous recording at 160 MByte/s to internal 1.8” SATA drives until running out of disk space.


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Fairview Microwave announces new lines of VCOs

Fairview Microwave Inc., a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, releases an all new product line of voltage controlled oscillators covering select bands from 10 MHz to 11 GHz. A comprehensive and growing portfolio of VCOs from Fairview includes over 60 different models in true surface mount and coaxial packaged versions available off-the-shelf from stock.


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