News & Analysis
Wide Bandwidth 90º Hybrid Coupler In A Small Drop-In Package
Innovative Power Products has announced the availability of its broadband, 90º hybrid coupler Model IPP-2136. This coupler offers a 10 to 1 bandwidth at 100 Watts, in a small, 3.30 x 1.00 drop-in package.
RF Engines wins new contract with EONIC of the Netherlands
RF Engines Limited (RFEL), the specialists in high performance signal processing design work, have been contracted by EONIC of Delft in the Netherlands for the development of a novel digital downconverter to be used in one of their latest signal processing platforms.
Agilent Promotes Nitin Sood to General Manager of Automation Solutions
Agilent has announced it has promoted Nitin Sood to general manager of Automation Solutions, effective June 8. Sood will be responsible for leading Agilent's automation solutions strategy, continuity in providing customized automation solutions, and identifying new customer segments and regions prime for future growth.
Agilent Shows WiMAX Test Solutions at 2009 Europe WiMAX Forum Congress
Agilent demonstrated its full-range portfolio of WiMAX test solutions at the WiMAX Forum Congress. Agilent's solutions address the WiMAX test requirements in design verification, pre-conformance, conformance, network deployment and service assurance. These test solutions enable engineers and managers in R&D, manufacturing and service networks to create and advance WiMAX-based communications.
Agilent Offers Process Design Kits for Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS Process
Agilent Technologies has announced the availability of two process design kits for Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS process offerings that are used with Agilent's Advanced Design System 2009 EDA software. The PDKs accelerate customers' time-to-market for IC development in automotive collision avoidance, high-data-rate networks, emerging HDTV wireless standards and other high-speed applications. Agilent and Jazz will demonstrate these...
Renesas appoints SEGGER, SEVENSTAX and Thesycon as new Platinum Partners
Renesas Technology Europe today announced that it has finalized its annual Alliance Partner review process by selecting SEGGER, SEVENSTAX and Thesycon as new Platinum Partners. Within Renesas' Alliance Partner Program, Platinum Partners earn the highest level of membership and are appointed by invitation only. Potential partners are considered only after they have achieved significant success helping customers to speed up the development of their...
New boss at Amplicon
Amplicon Managing Director, Tony Gorbold, has sold his share holding in the company to Gina Citroni, the current Commercial Director and other shareholder of the business. The deal was completed on 30 April 2009. Gorbold who started his career with Amplicon in 1974, some 35 years ago, was instrumental in Amplicon’s early growth and success.
IAR Systems Announces Support for 4th Generation Stellaris Microcontrollers from Texas Instruments
IAR Systems has announced that IAR Embedded Workbench for ARMand IAR PowerPac for ARM now feature full support for the 4th generation of Texas Instruments award-winning ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris microcontroller (MCU) family.
LA Metro selects NXP’s MIFARE Plus Microcontroller IC for Ticketing
NXP has announced that Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) is the world’s first transport operator to implement NXP’s MIFARE Plus contactless technology for its automatic fare collection infrastructure. LA Metro, which already uses a MIFARE Classic-based system, is upgrading the Transit Access Pass, or TAP card, to include MIFARE Plus microcontroller smart card ICs. On an annual basis, LA Metro attracts approxi...
Link Microtek moves to bring all operations under one roof
Link Microtek, the manufacturer and supplier of RF and microwave components, subsystems and instrumentation, has successfully completed its move into new premises in the centre of Basingstoke. For the first time since it was established in 1995, the company now has all its operations – including the design and manufacturing activities of its Engineering Division – under one roof.