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ADI’s single- and dual-channel RF mixers are first in industry to incorporate wideband LO amplifier, programmable RF balun and IF filter, and IF amplifier to support wideband operation for wireless infrastructure and software-defined radio applications

New Positive Gain Slope LNA, Wideband LNA, VGA and Four Directional Detectors Add to Functionality of Miniature Chip Scale Package Amplifiers

Silicon Laboratories Inc. and Hope Microelectronics, have introduced a comprehensive family of RF modules based on Silicon Labs’ market-leadingEZRadioPRO® wireless radio family. Hope Microelectronics’ new RFM23B and RFM31B modules provide cost-effective, turnkey wireless networking solutions for bidirectional and one-way link applications such as smart meters, in-vehicle anti-theft alarm systems, home automation systems, HVAC control units, ...

Jitters of significantly less than 1ps, a pull range of up to ±1600 PPM and a linearity of less than 1% are the key features distinguishing the new MEMS-based voltage-controlled oscillators (VCMOs) of the SiT380X family from SiTime. These devices are available from MSC for different applications in telecom, networking and embedded applications.

Endwave Corporation has announced the release of a new sub-harmonically pumped mixer (2 x LO) MMIC. Designed and manufactured in cooperation with WIN Semiconductor Corporation's 0.1 µm PHEMT process development, model EWM9002ZZ offers a broadband frequency performance of 67-97 GHz with LO to RF isolation of over 30 dB and a conversion loss of 12 dB.

AVX Corporation has developed new dielectric and internal electrode materials for its 0805 multilayer capacitor (MLC) chip.

ADI’s single- and dual-channel RF mixers are first in industry to incorporate wideband LO amplifier, programmable RF balun and IF filter, and IF amplifier to support wideband operation for wireless infrastructure and software-defined radio applications

Single chip integrates an ARM® processor, software defined modem and RF transceiver; supports the growing number of digital protocols

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced the DAC1627D – a 16-bit dual-channel LVDS DDR interface Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) which supports output update rates of up to 1.25 Gsps. In terms of dynamic performance specifications, this new high-speed DAC offers best-in-class single tone SFDR performance and two-tone intermodulation distortion over a broad output bandwidth of 200 MHz. The first public demonstration of the DAC1627D will be made i...

NTEGRATED Engineering Software, has released CHRONOS, its new time domain solver and high frequency tool for modeling and simulating 3D RF and microwave applications. The software has been introduced to address the challenge of the modeling and simulation of many RF applications and antennas in terms of speed, required memory, and accuracy.