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NI AWR Design Environment will be featured in the third annual NI-sponsored RF/Microwave Power Amplifier Forum being held during European Microwave Week (EuMW 2016), October 4-6 in London. Entitled Device Technologies, Characterization, Modeling and End-Use Applications, the forum takes place on Wednesday, October 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Room 6, Conference Area Level 3.

e2v, a global leader in the high-reliability semiconductor market, and Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, introduce the PE97640, an ultra-low phase noise FRAC-N phase-locked loop (PLL) for commercial space applications. Available exclusively through e2v, the PE97640 is the first new space product since e2v and Peregrine signed a strategic reseller agreement in February. Built on Peregrine’s radiation-tolerant UltraCMOS® technology, the PE97640 will be manufactured and qualified by e2v.

With the latest release of ANSYS AIM, organizations can accelerate product design through upfront simulation, mitigate late-stage design changes, and reduce the number of costly physical prototypes. Now available, ANSYS AIM 17.2 enhances engineering simulation for thermal management, extends collaboration between designers and analysts, and brings upfront simulation to Japanese engineers in their own language.

MaxLinear is sampling a three-tuner satellite receiver for personal video recorder set-top boxes. The MxL532C is compliant with DVB-S, DVB-S2, DSS and DIRECTV specifications.

Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa have signed a Letter of Intent for a long term strategic partnership in the defence and security market.

Airbus Defence and Space has opened a new logistics centre in Bremen, Germany that will meet increasing demands in military and civil fields.

EM Solutions has received multiple orders for its Ka-Band Block upconverter products for use in aeronautical satcom applications.

The Argentinian regulatory authority has chosen mobile monitoring and direction finding systems from Rohde & Schwarz to detect unwanted interference in mobile networks

The Communications & Medical Products (CMP) Division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has been awarded two contracts aggregately valued in excess of $1.5 million from an Asian integrator for the company’s 40 and 50 W Ku-Band GaN-based block up-converters (BUCs) and related accessories. 

Keysight Technologies will to demonstrate the its latest RF/uW, signal/power integrity, high-speed digital design solutions at EDI CON USA 2016, taking place Sept. 20-22 at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Mass.