RF & Microwave Industry News

RFS announces 4.3-10 field-installable connectors

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), the global wireless and broadcast infrastructure specialist, announced the availability of a field-installable 4.3-10- style connector as a supplementary offering to the existing factory-fit jumper orientations. The compact RF connectors are the ideal complement to RFS’ industry-leading foam dielectric coaxial cables and feature optimized PIM stability to meet industry demands.


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Quantenna Communications selects Azimuth’s Spider to deliver video and data distribution

Azimuth Systems Inc., a leading provider of automated, real-world mobile performance test solutions, announced that Quantenna Communications Inc., a leading developer of 802.11ac and 802.11n semiconductor solutions for the next generation of ultra-reliable Wi-Fi networks, has selected the Azimuth’s scalable automated RF platform, Spider™, for its wireless development and product testing, and for its system verification within its ecosystem of carriers, home networking, and consumer electronics vendors.


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Silicon Labs reduces cost and complexity of timing technology for coherent optical market

Silicon Labs introduced a family of jitter-attenuating clocks that simplifies 100G/400G coherent optical line card and module design by providing a high-frequency, flexible clocking solution that significantly reduces system-level cost and complexity. Silicon Labs’ new Si534xH coherent optical clocks replace discrete timing solutions that rely on expensive, large-footprint voltage-controlled SAW oscillators (VCSOs) to provide low-jitter reference timing for data converters. Unlike VCSOs that support single, fixed frequencies, the new Si534xH clocks operate over a wide frequency range, supporting frequencies up to 2.7 GHz without the need to change bill-of-material (BOM) components.


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NI AWR Software showcased in slate of activities at IMS2016

NI AWR Design Environment™ will be showcased in a slate of activities at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2016, taking place in San Francisco May 22-27. A number of NI AWR software demonstrations on load-pull and radar systems, as well as antenna design and third-party integration flows will be on display in Booth #1529. Also being showcased is AntSyn™, a new, cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) antenna synthesis and optimization solution that enables designers to input their antenna engineering requirements and produce antenna designs as outputs.


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Acceleration of wireless to drive industry forward at IMS2016

Dr. Martin Cooper, known as “the father of the cellphone,” will deliver the plenary session address on Monday, May 23 at the IEEE MTT-S 2016 International Microwave Symposium (IMS), kicking off a week of more than 160 technical sessions focused on the latest RF and microwave innovations driving the wireless future.


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