Industry News

Fair-Rite Products Corp. has announced the expansion of its line of power inductive materials to include a full offering of standard components as well as custom shapes and sizes. These materials are highlighted in a new catalog and are designed to optimize performance across operating frequency and temperature to produce efficient energy conversation products.

Com-Power has announced the introduction of a new biconcial antenna that is ideal for CISPR-16-1-4 Site Voltage Standing Wave Ratio testing. Model ABM-6000 operates in the 1 to 6 GHz frequency range and features a dipole-like radiation pattern. It can be used as a transmitting or receive antenna.

HVT now offers and supports Class A Amplifiers from Prana. Solid-state amplifiers cover 10 kHz up to 6 GHz; powers up to & above 12 kWatts. Designed with unique characteristics for the EMC industry: Infinite mismatch tolerance, more linear power where needed, robust and built to last.

Crystek has introduced a new VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) that operates from 183 to 219 MHz and has a control voltage range of 0.5V -4.5V. Model CVCO55FL-0183-0219 features a typical phase noise of -123dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset and has excellent linearity. Typical output power is +8.5dBm.

AVX Corporation has announced a new series of Schottky barrier rectifier diodes uniquely packaged as lead-less chips. The new lead-less diodes’ top-bottom symmetry enables better heat transfer and current handling than SOD devices, as well as fewer mounting problems.

D.L.S. Electronic Systems has announced they are offering Qi pre-compliance and formal certification as of December 15, 2012. They are one of only two North American laboratories participating in the Qi Compliance Program.

Aeroflex has announced its new 5860 multi-strategy test system that combines analog in-circuit test and functional test capabilities in a compact, floor-standing system. This system is the first Aeroflex ATE (Automated Test Equipment) product incorporating a Virginia Panel – the industry-standard mass interconnect interface suitable for all production test requirements.

Eastern OptX has announced the commercial availability of the Series 7000 Multi-Radio Channel Replicator. This multi-radio test system replicates the propagation path of real-world applications and brings realistic outdoor test ranges into the test laboratory while reducing – and in some cases – completely eliminating time-consuming and expensive outdoor testing.

IQD Frequency Products announced their IQOV-90 series high stability low phase noise OCXOs now encompasses the full industrial temperature range standard of -40 to 85°C.