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Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, continues to expand its Power Detector product line to include an extensive range of industry-leading RMS Power Detectors, Logarithmic Detectors and SDLVAs that cover the entire 50 Hz to 20 GHz frequency range with...

Long Term Evolution (LTE), the new standard for air interface for wireless handhelds, is the current “buzz” in mobile corridors, and as its name suggests, it will most likely continue to attract interest for a long time to come. While many industry professionals tend to focus on LTE Access...

AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation has unveiled the first model in its new “A” Series RF amplifier line. Model 500A250A covers 10 kHz to 250 MHz, and provides a minimum of 500 W of swept power when used with an RF sweep generator, thanks to an innovative new design that packs...

Virtualization on mobile handsets will improve phone security and stability, and increase the number of applications available to users, according to a new report, “Mobile Handset Virtualization Becoming Reality” from the Strategy Analytics Handset Components Technologies service. Virtualization—using software to emulate native hardware, so that operating systems and other...

Strategy Analytics’ latest GaAs report, “ RFMD , Skyworks and TriQuint Consolidate Market Leadership,” calculates that the overall gallium arsenide (GaAs) device market grew 9 percent year-on-year in 2008, with early estimates showing that RFMD, Skyworks and TriQuint further consolidated their leadership of the GaAs device industry, accounting for...

As one of the first major global events of the year the 2009 GSMA Mobile World Congress was not only eagerly awaited for the technology and evolutionary clues that it would divulge, but also as a barometer of the impact of the global downturn on an industry that has...

IEEE , the world’s largest technical professional society, signed a merger agreement with the honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), a nonprofit, public-service organization comprising nearly 200 university chapters. The merger, which will go into effect by mid-2009 pending final approval, will make HKN the official honor society of...

Mimix Broadband Inc. introduces a GaAs MMIC high power amplifier with +35 dBm pulsed saturated output power and 22 dB large-signal gain. This power amplifier, identified as XP1072-BD, covers 34 to 37 GHz and achieves 25 percent power added efficiency (PAE). The device is well suited for millimeter-wave military,...