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Emerging Connectivity The big story of day one…. or rather one of the big stories was the announcement that Nokia had opted for Microsoft’s WP7 platform as its primary Smartphone OS over the Android OS, rejecting Google’s effort to win the company over to their platform. According to CEO...

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) introduced a highly integrated, low power RF transceiver for operation in the global 2.4 GHz ISM (industrial, scientific and medical) frequency band. As the latest addition to ADI’s extensive RF IC product portfolio, the ADF7241 RF transceiver is designed with emphasis on flexibility, ease-of-use characteristics...

National Instruments has introduced the NI PXIe-5665, a 3.6 GHz RF vector signal analyzer (VSA) that delivers best-in-class RF performance in a cost-effective PXI form factor. The new VSA features industry-leading phase noise, average noise level, amplitude accuracy and dynamic range. The VSA’s PXI platform also facilitates peer-to-peer streaming;...

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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced Electromagnetic Professional 2011.02, a new release of its 3-D electromagnetic modeling and simulation platform for creating 3-D models and analyzing the electrical performance of packages, connectors, antennas and other RF components. Known as EMPro, the platform is tightly integrated with Agilent’s Advanced Design System for...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Qualcomm Inc. for factory test technology. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm granted Agilent a worldwide license to demonstrate and distribute products that leverage the Qualcomm technology for RF factory testing. The agreement makes Agilent...

Amphenol RF , a leader in RF interconnect solutions, announced the availability of IGS File downloads for the majority of its connectors. There are currently over 1,100 files available for immediate download, with more added on a daily basis. Visit www.amphenolRF.com to browse the extensive selection of cable connectors,...

AVX Corp. has developed a multilayer capacitor (MLC) chip series with new dielectric and internal electrode materials in a 0402 size. These materials allow for a much lower equivalent series resistance than in previous versions of RF capacitors. Designated the UQCL Series, the chips are ideal for RF/microwave applications...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced availability of the company's RF724x family of HSPA+ power amplifiers. RFMD's RF724x power amplifiers are ultra-high efficiency, single-mode 3G/4G components that reset the bar for performance in smartphones, tablets and other high-performance data-centric connected devices. RFMD's RF724x power amplifiers support ultra-high peak efficiency...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the Agilent EXT wireless communications test set for wireless device manufacturing. The new Agilent EXT includes X-Series Measurement Applications and Sequence Studio software along with enhanced Signal Studio software to support the required testing of existing and emerging communication technologies such as LTE. The EXT...