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RF & Wireless News Richardson RFPD and RECOM Power Team-Up for Global Distribution Richardson RFPD, Inc. announced it has entered into a global distribution agreement with RECOM Power. A high-quality manufacturer for more than 35 years, RECOM‘s DC/DC converter modules are used by power electronics design engineers around the world. Over the past two decades, it has become common practice for OEMs to purchase DC/DC converters as a finished module, instead of designing each converter circuit themselves. This trend also applies to all segments of the electronics industry, including industrial automation, transportation engineering, telecommunications, data technology, measurement technology, and medical electronics. Richardson RFPD‘s worldwide field sales engineering teams are now assisting circuit designers in integrating RECOM converter modules into inverter designs. For technical information or to buy RECOM products, please visit the RECOM storefront on the Richardson RFPD website. ■ Richardson RFPD, Inc. www.richardsonrfpd.com. Worldwide agreement between Analog and Richardson RFPD Analog Devices, Inc. announced that it has entered into a worldwide sales distribution agreement with Richardson RFPD, Inc. As one of the leading distributors of RF and microwave components, Richardson RFPD will support the design-in of ADI‘s high-performance RF ICs along with the company‘s full range of analog, mixed-signal and digital signal-processing products. ADI‘s RF ICs and signal-processing technology are available now through Richardson RFPD‘s North and South America offices and are expected to be available through Richardson RFPD‘s offices in Europe, Middle East, Greater China, Asia Pacific and Japan in the first half of 2012. ADI delivers world-leading data converters, amplifiers, MEMs, DSPs and power management ICs and a portfolio of highperformance RF ICs covering the entire RF signal chain from leading function blocks such as PLLs, mixers and power detectors, to highly integrated short-range single-chip transceiver solutions. Together, these technologies form a complete design and play a fundamental role in converting, conditioning, and processing real-world phenomena in a wide array of applications. ■ Analog Devices, Inc. www.analog.com Wireless AR-50 Booster Amplifier is now JITC certified with PSC-5D and PRC-117G radios AR Modular RF has received additional JITC Certification on it‘s AR-50 booster amplifier for the PRC-117G radio. Which means that the market leading 50-watt, automatic tuning, multi-band tactical booster amplifier (30 - 512 MHz) has JITC certification for use with both the PSC-5D and the PRC-117G transceivers. The AR-50 booster amplifier boosts tactical radio signals from handheld and backpack multi-band VHF/UHF tactical radio equipment employing legacy, proprietary Agilent Technologies Inc. and Lime Microsystems today announced a custom pairing of test equipment, transceiver technology and control software that constitutes a new method for testing and evaluating advanced wireless systems. The evaluation platform, which includes a suite of test equipment and software, saves today‘s digital and softwaredefined radio designers development time and cuts optimization cycles, helping to speed new products to market. The Lime Microsystems evaluation platform and associated control software allows users to adjust the transceiver‘s uplink and downlink frequencies from 300 MHz to 3.8 GHz, with no gaps, and to set the on-chip channel filters to accommodate all cellular standards. With Agilent test equipment and emerging JTRS waveforms. It provides 50 watts of output with as little as 3 watts input and offers two antenna ports dedicated to line-of-sight (LOS) or UHF Satellite (SATCOM). The system also provides a switchable low-noise amplifier and a multiposition RF output level control. The small, compact, lightweight unit can run from either battery power or 12 V or 24 V vehicle power systems. ■ AR Modular RF www.arworld.us. Agilent Technologies and Lime Microsystems Create New Method for Testing Advanced Wireless Systems and the transceiver from Lime, customers can generate digital IQ signals using a pattern generator, convert these signals to RF, and analyze the RF signals with Agilent‘s Vector Signal Analyzer software on an Agilent Spectrum Analyzer or wideband oscilloscope. This setup is supported by a comprehensive set of Agilent software tools (including the company‘s popular Signal Studio), coupled with the Lime user interface, for optimizing the RF parameters on a given standard or frequency band, providing a simple and fast method for configuring the Lime transceiver. ■ Agilent Technologies www.agilent.com ■ Lime Microsystems www.limemicro.com 50 hf-praxis 3/2012
RF & Wireless Wireless Broadband LP-WBX-N series of Lightning and Surge Protection products for RF Communication Networks The Times-Protect LP-WBX-N high performance lightning protector series provides exceptional protection over the 2000 - 6000 MHz frequency band, covering unlicensed WiFi bands and several licensed operating Times Microwave Systems introduces the LP-GPX-05-N Series GPS Protector The Times-Protect LP-GPX-05-N high performance lightning protector is an exceptional DC pass design for protection of GPS receivers requiring up to 5Vdc power to be supplied on the center pin for L1, L2 and L3 bands. While the bands. This DC blocked, broadband design provides superior surge protection while maintaining outstanding return loss and insertion loss performance. The LP-WBX-N series has excellent power handling capability and will withstand multiple strikes. In addition, the white bronze plated construction of the LP-WBX-N series eliminates potential galvanic corrosion issues and provides long life in hostile environments. The fully weatherized housing is sealed to IP65 allowing for outdoor installation. ■ Times Microwave Systems www.timesmicrowave.com RF path is DC blocked, the biased DC voltage protection circuit uses state-ofthe-art solid state protection technology to provide unsurpassed surge performance. The LP-GPX-05-N series is a bidirectional filter based design exhibiting excellent insertion loss and return loss characteristics from 1000 to 2000 MHz. The white bronze plated construction of the LP-GPX-05-N protector eliminates potential galvanic corrosion issues and provides long life in hostile environments. The fully weatherized housing is rated to IP65 allowing for outdoor installations. ■ Times Microwave Systems www.timesmicrowave.com AR‘s Newly-Revised 600A225 Amplifier is smaller and more powerful AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation is revising one of its amplifier families, the A225 family, making models smaller yet more powerful with wider frequency ranges. The A225 family now offers models with power up to 16,000 watts and covers 10 kHz to 225 MHz. Model 600A225, one of the newest members of the family, is a 600 watt RF power amplifier that covers the 10 kHz - 225 MHz frequency range. It‘s equipped with a digital control panel that provides both local and remote control using IEEE, RS-232, USB and Ethernet interfaces. The digital control panel uses a 3.75“ diagonal graphic display, menu-assigned softkeys, a single rotary knob, and four dedicated switches to offer extensive control and status reporting capabilities. ■ AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation www.arworld.us News AR Releases New Edition Of SW1007 EMC Software AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation has released the latest version (version 2.0) of its comprehensive EMC test software. The SW1007 software program now includes MIL STD emissions capabilities, along with the radiated susceptibility and conducted immunity capabilities that made the software so popular in the past. The new software can be downloaded free at AR‘s website, arworld.us The Model SW1007 EMC software is a standalone software application designed to operate on a PC running a Microsoft Windows operating system. The software is designed to be userfriendly yet extremely flexible. It is broken up into modules based on different types of EMC testing. Within each module there are pre-defined standards. The ability to create custom test standards is also provided. The SW1007 includes a built-in Equipment Manager. This tool allows for equipment to be entered one time and then accessed from within any of the modules. The Equipment Manager also keeps track of calibration dates and can warn the user when the calibration date of a specific piece of equipment is approaching. Request SW1007 EMC Software: www. arworld.us/html/sw1007Request.asp ■ AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation www.arworld.us New Company Website Z-Communications, Inc. is pleased to announce a new company website with enhanced functionality and updated navigation. The new site features Z-COMM‘s entire line of VCO and PLL modules accessible through an easy-to-use product selector. Users can quickly search for parts by center frequency or model number. Datasheets, mechanical drawings and application notes are provided for download. The company‘s short form product selection guide is also available for download in PDF format. ■ Z-Communications www.zcomm.com hf-praxis 3/2012 51
