Anritsu creates a frequency-selective portable power meter that will operate from 9kHz to 70GHz.

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NXP was showing a 1.5kW LDMOS power transistor in a plastic package at European Microwave Week in London.

Read full article: Plastic power transistor handles 1.5kW at 500MHz

Analogue Devices has teamed up with Escape Communications to transmit 10GBit/s over an E-band link. The idea was to create an link that could extend fibre-based Ethernet over up to 5km of free space – over a river or city, for example. Escape used ADI ADCs, DACs and RFD components to build the modem, which …

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Mitsubishi Electric has announced an addition to its GaN RF power transistor range. Intended for use in symmetric Doherty amplifiers in macro-cell basestations from 2.5 to 2.7GHz, MGFS53G27ET1 can deliver 220W (53.4dBm) saturated, operating from 50V. Linear gain is 18dB and drain efficiency is 74%. At the same time, at European Microwave Week in London, …

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Thanks to IDC for this one – the top five shippers of smartphones in Q2. Millions of units Samsung 77 Apple 40.4 Huawei 32 OPPO 22.6 Vivo 16.4

Read full article: Top Ten (less 5) Smartphone Vendors In Q2

Today XP Power launches the world’s smallest 40 Watt AC-DC open frame power supply, the company claims.

Read full article: XP Power’s 76.2 x 38.1 x 28.0 mm 40W AC-DC open frame power supply

Pipe manufacturer, GPS PE Pipe Systems, has won two new contracts to supply a range of its PE pipe systems to Thames Water for major AMP6 schemes…

Water storage in six key reservoirs is at 4.9 million acre-feet; 2 million acre-feet more than at the beginning of water year 2016.

The IDA has unveiled the winners of its inaugural Water Reuse and Conservation Awards, with recipients drawn from across Asia, Europe and the US.

Toshiba microcontrollers allow a single-chip, with a 32 to 64 pin-count, to control multiple motors. Driving two motors typically requires an MCU in a 100-pin type package. Toshiba’s 64-pin TXZ can control two motors thanks to the ability to detect motor position via an integrated, high-speed AD converter with a 0.5μs conversion speed. The new …

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