Online hands-on training in programmable analog design
Aug 18, 2004
Anadigm is launching an online personal training program that will provide participants with a hands-on, small group setting in which they can start designing and implementing complex analog circuits with field programmable analog arrays (FPAAs)....
EMI measurement is a standard feature on spectrum analyzers
Aug 18, 2004
Agilent Technologies has added three detectors to its PSA series high-performance spectrum analyzers for performing electromagnetic interference (EMI) precompliance measurements on devices. ...
High-speed ADCs are pin-compatible, offer high dynamic performance
Aug 18, 2004
Maxim Integrated Products has introduced a high-performance family of pin-compatible 12-bit, 10-bit, and 8-bit analog-to-digital data converters (ADCs) with speed grades up to 250 Msps. However, according to Maxim, the 12-bit ADC will initially offer a speed of 170 Msps....
New Product Data Book Available on Vishay Electro-Films Products Featuring Single and Multilayer Substrates
Aug 12, 2004
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. has published a new and comprehensive data book of Vishay Electro-Films thin film products. The data book provides technical information on single and multilayer substrates including high-density interconnects, hybrid resistors/capacitors, microwave components, inductors, and high-TCR sensors....
Fundamental balanced mixer is optimized for down conversion
Aug 12, 2004
Mimix Broadband Inc.'s gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)
fundamental balanced mixer is optimized for use as a down-converter....
Power amplifier module streamlines design, reduces cost of WLAN systems
Aug 12, 2004
SiGe Semiconductor in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has announced a 5 GHz power amplifier module for access points, PCMCIA cards, laptop computers and other client devices compliant to the 802.11a WLAN standard. ...
New LDMOS UHF pallet amplifiers target digital/analog broadcast applications
Aug 12, 2004
Distributor Richardson Electronics is offering two new LDMOS UHF pallet amplifiers designed and manufactured by RF Engineered Solutions, Ltd. (RES). The LDU25 provides 25 W CW power for analog applications and 5 Wrms for digital video broadcast applications. The LDU60 is rated at 60 W (min) CW, 60 W peak sync in common amplification and 20 Wrms for DVB-T. Both products feature Freescale RF power devices....
MINT RF tester handles North American GSM/GPRS testing
Aug 5, 2004
Centro de Tecnología de las Comunicaciones, S.A. in Spain has announced that MINT (Mobile Communications Integrated Tester) has been selected by PVG (PCS 850/1900 Validation Group) as one of the reference platforms to carry out GSM RF conformance testing according to NAPRD.03 (North America Program Reference Document)...
Novel textile antennas open new frontiers to system designers
Aug 5, 2004
N. Kingstown, R.I.-based high tech research and development company Applied Radar has developed a new line of electronic textile (or E-textile) antennas that promises lightweight, flexible antennas for OEM wireless and radar
products...
Surface-mount power dividers tap Wilkinson circuit
Aug 5, 2004
Florida RF Labs has released a range of surface mount power dividers that offer design engineers the benefits of 2-way, 3-way or 4-way power division...
Handheld WiFi analyzer is user-friendly
Aug 5, 2004
Comarco Wireless Test Solutions has launched a family of handheld WiFi analyzers for IT managers, systems engineers and their teams...
MMIC VCO handles widest tuning range
Jul 29, 2004
Using gallium arsenide hetero-bipolar transistors, Mimix Broadband has readied a monolithic
microwave integrated circuit voltage-controlled oscillator, which uses an off-chip resonator to generate output signals from 6 to 12 GHz...
High-sensitivity GPS/AGPS chipset eyes telematics and navigation application
Jul 29, 2004
Using 0.11 micron CMOS technology, Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. has released a new chipset for the high-sensitivity GPS/AGPS receivers required in communications systems that support telematics and navigation applications for mobile location, tracking and monitoring...
Hermetic IGBT/MOSFET gate-drive optocouplers meet military specifications
Jul 29, 2004
Agilent Technologies Inc.claims its military-specified hermetically sealed, IGBT/MOSFET gate-drive optocouplers, designed for motor-control inverter and uninterruptible power-supply applications in critical defense and aerospace equipment, is the industry first...
Microwave detection sensor complies with European CE emission requirements
Jul 22, 2004
Southwest Microwave has just released the new Model 316 microwave link, a long-range intrusion detection sensor designed to operate in narrow corridors and meet European CE emission requirements for EN300 440....
Medium-power amplifier taps E-pHEMT technology for driving wireless LANs
Jul 22, 2004
Exploiting enhancement-mode pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor and monolithic microwave integrated circuit technologies, Agilent Technologies has optimized a medium-power amplifier for use as a driver in wireless fixed-access points/base stations operating at up to 10 GHz...
Diconex releases new catalog
Jul 15, 2004
Diconex has released its new catalog on RF/mcrowave high-pwer SMT chips stripline, terminations, resistors and attenuators...
RF connector increases interconnect density
Jul 15, 2004
Mini-BNC series of RF connectors from Tyco Electronics meets the growing demand for next-generation telecom and broadband applications, which demand higher connector densities...
