Articles by Microwave Journal

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Renesas Technology Corp. has selected Agilent’s GoldenGate EDA software to expand its RF design environment. The multi-year agreement includes product licensing and support for the GoldenGate simulator. Renesas already designs its RF circuits using Agilent’s Advanced Design System. Adding the GoldenGate simulator will extend...

Epcos AG 's recent acquisition of NXP Semiconductor 's Radio Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF MEMS) business establishes the company as the leader in a technology that promises to expand the capabilities and cut the costs and power consumption of mobile handsets, according to iSuppli Corp. Munich-based Epcos this year...

Ethertronics Inc. , a provider of standard and customized embedded antenna solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless devices, unveiled two new internal DVB-H and FM antennas designed to power an array of advanced industrial designs, mobile handsets and video products. As part of Ethertronics’ new Tavvel™ line of actively...

TRAK Microwave Corp. , a Smiths Interconnect business, announced that it has been selected by the General Dynamics-Lockheed Martin team for the US Army’s Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) program to supply Model 9000S Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Modular Time Code Processors and other support equipment. The...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced new N5161A and N5162A MXG ATE analog and vector RF signal generators for the cost-sensitive automated test equipment (ATE) environment. In addition to these new models, Agilent announced a series of enhancements to the MXG RF signal generators designed to deliver up to +23 dBm...

Bliley Technologies Inc. , a supplier and provider of crystal-based frequency control solutions for over 75 years, has announced its V-Series voltage-controlled crystal oscillators (VCXO). Bliley’s V-Series VCXO’s equip design engineers with a range of options for the timing and synchronization support of telecommunication and digital data systems. Well...

With NMDG extension kits for vector network analysers the user can characterise the nonlinear behaviour of HF components in time and frequency domain under realistic conditions, even in a non-50 Ohm environment. The NMDG NM300 extension kit supports the ZVA and ZVT Network Analysers from Rohde & Schwarz. This...

Building on its position as the leading producer of gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) RF devices, Nitronex has launched an initiative to educate the industry regarding the use of this unique technology. Nitronex’s new GaN Essentials™ education center provides visitors with a better understanding of how to evaluate performance of, and...

XMA Corp. is proud to announce its acquisition of the esteemed Omni Spectra™ brand of microwave components. Since purchasing the CAT line from M/A-COM in 2003, XMA has carried on the Omni Spectra tradition by not only producing many of its original designs, but also drafting customized solutions for...

Technicians in the cellular, PCS, GPS and digital communications fields are finding more requirements for 7-16 DIN adapters. For cellular communications, the 7-16 DIN offers technical advantages over the N or SMA connector interfaces. Capable of carrying high power at high frequencies, RF Connectors' 7-16 DINs are larger, more...