RF & Microwave Industry News

RFS enables faster network deployment with high-performance jumper cables

Mobile operators worldwide can now deploy LTE, 5G and small cell networks faster with a new family of jumper cables equipped with next-generation connectors from Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), the global wireless and broadcast infrastructure specialist. Based on the 4.3-10 interface standard, the new addition to the RFS product portfolio leverages RFS innovations in Passive Intermodulation (PIM) and cable corrugation to deliver jumpers with the highest voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) and PIM performance available in jumper cables with similar connectors.


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Remtec's new technologies for metallized ceramic sensors, detectors and analyzers

Remtec Inc. has expanded its process capabilities and developed new techniques to manufacture high performance metallized ceramic sensors in a variety of diverse applications. These include motion/velocity and acceleration systems, electrical measurement (capacitance and resistance), medical monitoring, diagnostic and detection, optical such as light sources, infrared detectors and fiber optics, liquid and gas flow, biosensors, temperature and thermal conductivity as well as wireless sensors.


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MACOM designs Ka-Band MMIC power amplifier with NI AWR Design Environment

MACOM designers used NI AWR Design Environment™ software inclusive of Microwave Office circuit design software, AXIEM 3D planar EM simulator, Analyst™ 3D FEM simulator, and APLAC harmonic balance (HB) simulator to successfully design and simulate a 4 W Ka-band PA using a 2 mil thick 0.15 um GaAs pseudomorphic high-electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) process.


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Alcatel-Lucent and Trilliant deploy IP utility network

 Alcatel-Lucent and Trilliant, a global leader in smart communications platforms, are to deploy an IP-based data network for the Washington Gas Light Company that will increase the efficiency and safety of gas distribution, and help strengthen service responsiveness for 1.1 million customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia in the United States. 


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