AVX Corporation, a manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has released a new 2.9GHz 0805 high performance, low pass integrated thin film (ITF) SMD filter that exhibits low insertion loss and extremely sharp roll-off in high frequency (1.7GHz – 2.9GHz) wireless applications, including: mobile communications systems, microcell and picocell base stations, satellite TV receivers, […]
EMI gaskets double as environmental seals
Unique Supershield 1000 Series is a Silicone or Fluorosilicone elastomer filled with conductive metal particles providing both high EMI shielding effectiveness and an environmental seal. The Supershield family uses eight basic conducting media: Supershield 100 with carbon, Supershield 200 with nickel graphite, Supershield 300 with silver (low density), Supershield 400 with silver nickel, Supershield 500 […]
Wideband RF transceiver tunes from 300 MHz to 6 GHz
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) unveiled the RadioVerse™ technology and design ecosystem, which provides customers with integrated transceiver technologies, a robust design environment, and market-specific technical expertise to move their radio designs from concept to creation quickly. The new ecosystem’s transceiver technologies reduce radio size, weight and power (SWaP), while the design environment offers board support […]
Quad DMOS Full-Bridge PWM IC drives two stepper motors, four dc motors
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC announces a new quad DMOS full-bridge driver IC capable of driving up to two stepper motors or four DC motors. Each full-bridge output is rated up to 1.6 A and 40 V. The A5988 includes fixed off-time pulse-width modulation (PWM) current regulators, along with 2- bit nonlinear DACs (digital-to-analog converters) that allow […]
Smart Force Sensor Reference Design gives 3D info for HMI gear
Design engineers can now rapidly evaluate and deploy new human-machine interface (HMI) devices using the MAXREFDES82# smart force sensor reference design from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). Typical weigh scales provide one dimension of information, downward force. The MAXREFDES82# reference design provides both downward force and center of mass, by collecting responses from four […]
Precision waveguide twists cover 18 to 110 GHz
Pasternack, a provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, introduces a brand new family of precisionwaveguide twists operating from 18 to 110 GHz across seven frequency bands. Ideal for systems requiring a gradual turn in the polarization and waveform, these twists are designed and constructed to prevent unwanted distortion in the signal’s transmission. Pasternack’s […]
Digital variable-gain amp for RF base stations sports 38 dBm OIP3 for main gain control
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) (NASDAQ: IDTI), introduced a digital variable gain amplifier (VGA) for radio frequency (RF) base stations featuring its new KLIN™ constant linearity technology at the International Microwave Symposium, IMS2016, Moscone Center in San Francisco. With the KLIN innovation, the IDT ® F1455 family of high-gain, high-linearity transmitter VGAs maintains a high […]
Passive double-balanced, Ku -band mixer IC includes image rejection
In booth #2129 Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announces the addition of the UltraCMOS® PE41901 image reject mixer into its growing portfolio of high frequency RF SOI products. The PE41901 is a complete monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) solution, and it is the first […]
Beamforming IC covers 8 to 12 GHz for X-band radar apps
In booth #2129 Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, introduces the UltraCMOS® PE19601, a monolithic phase and amplitude controller (MPAC) solution for beamforming. This new MPAC–Beamforming device covers a frequency range of 8 to 12 GHz, and it expands Peregrine’s MPAC product family into higher […]
X-band GaN-based pulsed power amps integrate monitoring, protection
Diamond Microwave, a specialist in high performance microwave power amplifiers, has announced the launch of a new range of X-band GaN-based pulsed solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA) offering integrated monitoring and protection. The new product range features output power levels up to 300W, and an ultra-compact footprint of only 220 x 150 x 41mm excluding heatsink. […]
