Custom MMIC announces the CMD241P4, a packaged version of its popular CMD241 ultra-wideband GaAs MMIC distributed low noise amplifier (LNA).

The report "Counter-IED Market by End User, Deployment , Capability and Region—Global Forecast to 2022", the counter-IED market is projected to grow from US$1.78 billion in 2017 to US$2.03 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 2.64 percent during the forecast period from 2017 to 2022.

RFMW Ltd. and RN2 Technologies Co., Ltd., South Korea have announced a distribution agreement effective May 23, 2017

Isola Group has named industry veteran Michael White to the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer.

Analog Devices, Inc., which recently acquired Linear Technology Corporation, announces the LTC7103, a 2.3 A, 105 V input capable synchronous step-down switching regulator.

SemiGen, Inc. has purchased the former Micrometrics/Metelics fabrication facility in Londonderry, New Hampshire and will relocate operations from Manchester, New Hampshire to this location. The $2.5 million upgrade includes more than 20,000 square feet of lab and cleanroom space and much of the equipment that MicroMetrics/Metelics used for their RF diode business.

Riding the continuing strength of wireless adoption, Skyworks reported third fiscal quarter revenue of $900.8 million, 20 percent above the prior year’s quarter and 6 percent above the prior quarter. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $1.32 (GAAP), 36 percent above the prior year’s quarter, and $1.57 (non-GAAP), a 27 percent increase.

Skyworks Solutions reported its third fiscal quarter results for the period ending June 30, 2017. Revenue for the third fiscal quarter was up 20 percent year-over-year at $900.8 million, exceeding co..

Rohde & Schwarz has launched a new VNA series that provides excellent RF performance and faster measurements to the economy class. The new R&S ZNLE vector network analyzer is an easy to use, ..

Keysight Technologies has announced that Satish Dhanasekaran will succeed Mike Gasparian as president of the Communications Solutions Group. Gasparian, who has chosen to retire, will remain as an adv..

Radiocrafts AS, a leading provider of RF modules, has entered in to a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Electronics, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability, and..

Researchers at Brown University have developed a new kind of polarizing beamsplitter for terahertz radiation, which could prove useful in imaging and communications systems. The technique uses stac..

Akoustis Technologies, a manufacturer of patented single-crystal BulkONE® bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, has named John T. Kurtzweil as ..

Keysight Technologies announced that Satish Dhanasekaran will succeed Mike Gasparian as president of the Communications Solutions Group. Gasparian is retiring. Marie Hattar will assume the new role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), the role she held at Ixia, which was recently acquired by Keysight.

Depending upon the frequencies, power levels, and physical requirements, either coaxial or waveguide interconnects are used for high power RF and Microwave applications. Both technologies vary in size as a function of frequency and require higher precision materials and manufacturing processes to handle higher power levels. Generally, as a product of the way the RF energy is carried through a waveguide with an air dielectric, waveguides tend to be able to handle higher power levels than comparable coaxial technologies. On the other hand, waveguides are usually a more expensive, custom installed and a narrower band solution than coaxial technologies.

This being said, if your application requires lower cost, higher flexibility installation, greater signal routing density and medium power levels, then coaxial technologies may be the preferred choice. Additionally, there are a greater selection of components that use coaxial interconnects over waveguide interconnects due to reduced cost and size. Though broadband is generally a more straightforward installation, where high performance, ruggedness, and reliability are concerned, waveguide technologies tend to exceed coaxial. Often, these interconnect technologies are used in tandem, where the highest power and fidelity signals are routed through waveguide interconnects, when possible.

An important feature to note with coaxial technologies, is that their power and voltage related dielectric breakdown is much lower than waveguide interconnects at similar frequencies. This may be acceptable if weight and cost are high concerns. Though, issues with material out gassing and material performance changes at high temperatures and pressures may reduce coaxial technologies viability in aerospace applications.

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The mining sector will be spending more than US $2.9 billion on private communication networks by 2022. According to an ABI Research forecast, 1.5% out of total mining CAPEX will be dedicated to br..

Mercury Systems have received a $10.5M follow-on order from a leading defense prime contractor for high-performance microwave transceivers for precision guided munitions. The order was booked in the ..

Leonardo DRS announced today that it has received a contract award from the U.S. Army for up to $16 million, under an urgent operational need, to develop a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capa..

Insight SiP has been developing miniature RF modules for various applications since 2010. Recently they announced that their ISP130301 Bluetooth module is a key component of the BodyCap solution us..

Lansdale Semiconductor, Inc. announced the continued availability of the ML145170 PLL Frequency Synthesizer circuit with Serial Interface. Originally designed and built by Motorola/Freescale Semicond..