RF & Microwave Industry News

Anaren Receives Contracts in Excess of $11.5 Million

Anaren, Inc. announced today that it has received three contracts totaling in excess of $11.5 million in follow-on orders for passive ranging subsystems to be deployed in airborne applications. These orders from a Defense OEM customer are related to a continuing long-term supply agreement for both domestic and international applications of Anaren's proprietary electronic warfare technology.


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Linear introduces low noise fully differential 1.6GHz buffer

Linear Technology announces the LTC6417, a fully differential buffer amplifier with only 1.5nV/√Hz output-referred noise. The LTC6417 is capable of driving a differential 50 Ohm load and is optimized for driving 14- and 16-bit pipeline ADCs. It can be DC- or AC-coupled at its inputs, and achieves excellent distortion performance for signals up to and beyond 600 MHz. At 140 MHz, OIP3 is 46 dBm, and HD3 is -69 dBc with 2.4 VP-P output swing into a 50Ohm load.


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Richardson RFPD introduces low insertion loss SP3T RF switch from Peregrine Semiconductor

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new RF switch from Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. The PE42430 switch was developed on Peregrine's patented UltraCMOS® technology and combines low insertion loss with high linearity, high isolation, and small package size, making it well suited for WLAN and Bluetooth® applications in the 2.4 GHz band, as well as general broadband switching applications.


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