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family. With the ramp of the GALAXY Note II, RFMD
extends our coverage of Samsung’s product portfolio to
include all tiers and segments. In the coming months,
we look forward to the availability of additional devices
and baseband architectures that expand our business
with Samsung to include additional PAs, incremental
switch-based content, and new high-performance Wi-Fi
front ends.”
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has
worked with Concilium Technologies and the
Department
of Electrical,
Electronic
and Computer
Engineering at the University of Pretoria, South
Africa, to develop one of the largest electrical engineering
training laboratories in the world. The lab
was officially opened by Cheryl de la Rey, vice chancellor
and principal of the University of Pretoria, and
Benoit Neel, Agilent vice president and general manager
of field operations for Europe, the Middle East and
Africa. The Agilent-Computer Aided Education Center
is a large undergraduate laboratory that has 144
workstations, each fitted with an Agilent DSOX2002A
digital oscilloscope with a built-in function generator, a
U3401A 41/2 digit dual-display digital multimeter, an
E3630A triple output DC power supply, and various RF
design and analysis software programs. It is the largest
laboratory of its kind in South Africa.
Analog Devices, Inc. announced financial results
for its third quarter of fiscal year 2012. “ADI delivered
solid results for the third quarter, with revenue
increasing by 1% and diluted EPS increasing by 6%
compared to the prior quarter. Profitability and cash
flow remained strong,” said Jerald G. Fishman,
President and CEO. “Given the economic headwinds
and uncertainty in most regions, we were encouraged
by consistent order patterns among customers and
distributors and by the resilience of our large and
broad-based industrial business, as well as the communications,
automotive, and consumer end markets.”
Mr. Fishman continued, “As a result of higher opening
backlog and stable order patterns, we are planning for
sequential revenue growth in the fourth quarter. We
expect that revenue from the industrial, communications,
and automotive end markets will be similar to
third quarter levels, in line with typical seasonal patterns.
We are expecting sequential revenue growth
from our consumer customers as is typical in the fourth
quarter and also as a result of a strong new product
cycle. In aggregate, we are planning for revenue in the
range of $685 million to $715 million for the fourth
quarter.”
Sherry Hess, VP of Marketing at
AWR Corp., recently noted that a
year has passed since AWR merged
with National Instruments: “At
IMS 2012 in June we jointly demonstrated
integration of AWR’s
Visual System Simulator (VSS)
and NI’s LabVIEW within both of
our booths—for example, applications like 802.11ac,
radar and more. At NIWeek 2012, we demonstrated
Behavioral Model Extraction: A Power Amplifier
Example, which showcased a PXI system being used
for power amplifier behavioral model extraction that
also embraces AWR’s time delay neural network modeling.
As our second year as ‘A National Instruments
Company’ unfolds, you’ll see more fruits of our joint
labors—not only on the product and technologies front,
but in the field at joint events and presentations.” Hess
serves as an Editorial Advisor to High Frequency
Electronics.
Bird Technologies is celebrating its 70th year in
business. Founded in 1942 by J. Raymond Bird, the
company has nearly 50 patents under its wings and
installations in over 130 countries, Bird has continued
to innovate its radio frequency products, systems,
services, and educational solutions. From the historic
Model 43 Thruline Directional Wattmeter, which put
Bird on the RF communications map in the early ‘50s,
to its new 7020 Series Power Sensor, the Bird name
stands for RF performance and expertise. “We’ve
always believed in developing and producing reliable
RF communications products that stand the test of
time. It’s built into every Bird product from product
design through our vertically integrated manufacturing
and test facilities and our accredited calibration
lab. It lives up to what Mr. Bird envisioned when he
first started the company,” remarked Bird President
and CEO Mark Johnson.
MITEQ Inc. appointed AR Benelux BV as the
company’s exclusive sales representatives in The
Netherlands. AR Benelux BV will represent MITEQ’s
Component and SATCOM divisions, including amplifiers,
mixers, frequency multipliers, switches, attenuators,
IF signal processing components, upconverters
and downconverters, LNAs and LNBs, and RF fiber
optic links.
Aeroflex/Inmet appointed MMS Technical Sales,
Rochester, NY, as the company’s sales representative
for upstate New York. MMS will represent Inmet’s
broad product line of surface mount resistive products
and high performance coaxial components, and provide
support to strategic customers in the region.
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