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EPCOS, a manufacturer of passive electronic components, has decided to sell its Tantalum Capacitors Business Unit. Negotiations with Kemet, a US manufacturer of capacitors, are already in an advanced stage. For EPCOS the sale of its tantalum activities – and thus a part of its business with standard components –...

Aeroflex and Centro de Tecnología de las Comunicaciones (Cetecom Spain) have entered into a long-term, global distribution partnership under which Aeroflex will become the sole worldwide sales and support channel for Cetecom's highly regarded MINT (Mobile Communications Integrated Tester) RF conformance test platform for 2G/2.5G/3G mobile handsets. The distribution...

QinetiQ 's EMC Group is enhancing its world leading mobile test capability for providing on-site EMC evaluation and testing for all vehicle platforms and fixed installations. Most significantly, its microwave instrumentation has been updated to provide an 18 to 40 GHz capability for the evaluation of susceptibility and measurement...

On 20 October Nordic Semiconductor ASA and Nu Horizons Asia Ptd Ltd. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Nu Horizons Electronics Corp., announced the signing of a Pan-Asian partnership agreement. This agreement involves the distribution for all of Nordic's products throughout the territories of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India,...

ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has received $120 M in contracts from the Swiss defense procurement agency, Armasuisse , to provide the Swiss Air Force with advanced Link-16 connectivity for its fighter aircraft. The funding represents a continuation of work by TRS on the Florako command and control program. This is a...

On 14 November 4RF Communications announced the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary, 4RF do Brazil, and the opening of new offices in Sao Paulo. The establishment of a subsidiary in the Southern Hemisphere's largest telecommunications market is an important step in the company's global market development, and strengthens...

The network analyzer has established itself as an important tool in the development and production of RF and microwave equipment. It allows RF components to be almost completely characterized, which is otherwise only possible through considerable effort and by using several test instruments. Today, however, the demand for higher...

As wireless communications such as 3G cellular networks and wireless LAN play an increasing role in everyday life, data transfer rates, broadband communication channels and carrier frequencies are increasing. To meet these demands, the industry is turning to differential and multiport designs for RF and microwave components. During the...

As consumers adopt more data intensive applications and want access to that data in more locations, the need for high speed wireless data communications is increasing dramatically. There are a host of wireless standards emerging to satisfy this need for increased data. 2.5G/3G, Wi-Fi and WiMAX systems are all...

A few decades ago, military laboratories were the source of much of the technology that emerged in the consumer world, the most famous example being the Internet, which began as a communications network designed to function in the event of a nuclear strike. Today, some in the military believe...