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Table Of Contents
RTSA aids in fight against corporate espionage
New instrument offers 12 GHz wireless test solution
Chip-to-chip 60 GHz wireless link wins design competition sponsored by SRC, SIA
Science fiction writer passes away at 90
GaN proponents unwrap plans at GOMACTech
New software option for mobile phone tester
RF platform cuts custom-switch development time by half
LVPECL and LVDS oscillators consume up to 50% less current
Certified wireless USB development kit reduces design complexity
First 100 MHz, HCSL-output crystal oscillator for PCI Express
Compex Offers New Web Site
Events


News

RTSA aids in fight against corporate espionage
Due to globalization, decreased employee loyalty and the increasing value of information, corporate espionage is on the rise.

New instrument offers 12 GHz wireless test solution
Teradyne Inc.’s new test instrument UltraWave offers wireless customers 12 GHz source and measurement performance, with greater parallel test efficiency to ultimately lower the cost of test.

Chip-to-chip 60 GHz wireless link wins design competition sponsored by SRC, SIA
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) has named a team of graduate students from Purdue University as winners in the SRC/SIA IC Design Challenge.

Science fiction writer passes away at 90
British science fiction legend and inventor of the idea of communications satellites Sir Arthur Charles Clarke has passed away in his adopted home of Sri Lanka.

GaN proponents unwrap plans at GOMACTech
RF semiconductor supplier and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor has placed a large commercial GaN wafer order to IQE plc, manufacturer of advanced semiconductor wafers.

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Products

New software option for mobile phone tester
Willtek Communications, a global supplier of the mobile communications industry, today announced two new options for tests and measurements on wireless devices supporting high speed downlink packet access (HSPDA).

RF platform cuts custom-switch development time by half
To simplify the task of defining and building a custom switch matrix, Agilent Technologies Inc. has designed an RF switch platform.

LVPECL and LVDS oscillators consume up to 50% less current
Fox Electronics is offering its XpressO LVPECL and LVDS oscillators with 2.5-V operation and up to 50% less current than traditional 3.3-V models

Certified wireless USB development kit reduces design complexity
Staccato Communications has announced the availability of the Ripcord development kit (DVK), an integrated development environment for native wireless USB device designs.

First 100 MHz, HCSL-output crystal oscillator for PCI Express
Maxim Integrated Products’ DS4100H is a 100 MHz, HCSL-output crystal oscillator (XO) for PCI Express(R) applications.

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Books/Web sites

Compex Offers New Web Site
Compex Corp has a more user-friendly website! Interested to learn more about the company's latest RPS-Rapid Prototyping System, which can provide direct patterned Thin Film Substrates, Duroid and Arlon within 48 hours? Visit www.compexcorp.com.


Calendar

Events
CTIA Wireless
April 1-3, 2008
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV
www.ctiawireless.com

Embedded Systems Conference
April 15-17
McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, Calif.
www.cmp-egevents.com

Next-Generation Networks and Basestations
 April 22-25
Bath, UK
www.avrenevents.com/bath2008

NIST-ATIS Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunication Systems (WSTS '08)
May 13-15
The Omni Interlocken Resort
Broomfield, Colorado
www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/080513.htm


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