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Thin Film Microwave/RF Capacitors
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsAVX Corporation Accu-P® Series thin film capacitors, the industry's highest performing RF/microwave capacitors are now available in a 0201 size. The 0201 Accu-P Series features high SRF and low ESR at high frequencies, extremely tight tolerances (± 0.02 pF), along with the consistency of all these specifications within a manufacturing lot and on a lot-to-lot basis....
PCI Backplanes
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsTracewell Systems announces the availability of two CompactPCI backplane series for industrial, data and telecommunication applications. The cPCI and H.110 Telecom backplanes combine standard architecture and high-frequency telecommunications designs for 6U board heights and are available for various slot sizes....
Transformer Series
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsEntering the Mu-Metal Transformer market, Datatronics offers its proven history of high reliability and rugged design with the 4218 transformer series. Engineered for use in harsh military environments, the 4218 series meets MIL-PRF-27 Grade 5 specifications. Military applications range from input, output, interstage, output isolation, and drivers....
Analog to Digital Converter
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsMeeting the demand for increased channel count on ADCs for optical, wired and wireless communications and all forms of data acquisition, the AD7490 is a 12-bit, 1 MSPS, 16-channel successive-approximation (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). This converter is appropriate for multi-channel applications such as optical networking where multiple temperatures are monitored for laser frequency control and power is me...
Field Tool
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsTektronix announced significant new third-generation (3G) measurement capabilities for its widely accepted portable base station field tool. Intense competition among mobile networks operators demands that they steadily upgrade their services, adding capacity for more users and more content. Next- generation architectures such as cdma2000 have emerged to answer these capacity needs, and as a result, the industry is deploying new infrastru...
Transceiver Module
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsRadiotronix introduces their EWM-900-FDTC ISM band transceiver module. It is the first modular RF product in the world to completely encapsulate a 900 MHz full-duplex audio/data transceiver into a single hybrid component. These revolutionary embedded wireless modules™ allow any engineer to design wireless products....
Jitter Filters
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsRLC Electronics' Jitter Filters are designed for use with jitter analysis systems. Modern digital networks may generate or transfer jitter. Excessive jitter can cause high bit error rates. Jitter filters are used to suppress the harmonic content of the reference clock and recovered clock signals....
OEM Switches
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsShogyo is now offering OEM designers and purchasers a wider variety of custom PCB, solder, and surface mount types switches than ever before, with lead times of less than thirty days on most orders over 1,000 units. Shogyo's switch selection now includes miniature toggle, subminiature toggle, sealed subminiature toggle, sealed surface mount toggle, miniature PC rocker paddle, subminiature rocker, sealed subminiature rocker, power rocker, ...
PLL Solution
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsVectron International (VI) has introduced a new ultra-small VCXO based phase-locked loop (PLL) solution designed to simplify a wide variety of clock recovery and data retiming, frequency translation, clock smoothing and clock switching applications. The CD-700 features a phase-locked loop ASIC with a quartz stabilized VCXO for superior stability and jitter performance....
Package Option
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsPower Integrations announced the availability of a new surface mount package option for its TOPSwitch-GX product line, the industry's highest power monolithic switcher IC family. Eight new devices, ranging in power up to 82 watts, are now offered in the standard TO-263 surface mount package, also known as the D2PAK....
Surface Mount IR Receivers
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsA new series of miniaturized, surface-mount infrared receiver modules that feature a 30-meter (98-foot) reception range has been announced by Vishay Intertechnology. The highly sensitive Vishay Telefunken TSOP52xx family is designed for use in remote controls for automotive keyless entry systems, set-top boxes, camcorders, cameras, televisions, car stereos, and portable audio equipment....
Antenna Family Expanded
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsDecibel Products, an Allen Telecom company, announced it is expanding its product line of VariTilt™ antennas, which are high performance base station arrays with integrated field adjustable electrical downtilt. The expansion will make it possible for Decibel Products to offer additional benefits, such as reduced co-channel interference, increased pattern control, and precision and efficiency in signal focus, to some of its most popular ...
EMI/RFI Filter Chokes
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsAPI Delevan announces the introduction of its new Series 8454 Surface Mount EMI/RFI Filter Chokes designed to filter out unwanted interference and noise on a data or audio signal circuit board trace. The unique low profile design combines high performance Ni-Zn cores and low capacitance windings that allow for superior attenuation characteristics over a wide frequency range....
Vertical Surface Mount Inductors
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsGowanda Electronics announces the introduction of a new series of vertical surface mount toroidal inductors — SMRF 2007 — that optimizes board real estate in RF applications. This new RF series utilizes similar technology to that developed for Gowanda Electronics' SMP 2007 series for power applications....
N-Channel MOSFET
September 28, 2001 9:40 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe first of the new generation of PowerTrench® n-channel MOSFETs from Fairchild Semiconductor delivers virtually indistinguishable overall efficiency in DC/DC converter applications to that of leading competitive devices while achieving a substantial reduction in die size. The significant reduction in die size, with a dramatic improvement in the Q G X R DS(ON) figure-of-merit, has resulted in industry-leading cost performance....
