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Morgan Technical Ceramics is extending its material portfolio with the addition of a new piezoelectric material. PZT5K1 is just one of a range of Lead Zirconate Titanate materials – more commonly known as PZT – supplied by Morgan Technical Ceramics and is suitable for a wide range of demanding and challenging applications in both emerging and existing technologies.

A joint industry/academia consortium, supported by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme, has reported the successful conclusion of a three-year project and the release of its design-synthesis tool flow and related litho-friendly cell libraries and evaluation metrics. The SYNAPTIC research project includes eight partner organisations from across Europe and Brazil who have worked together to develop regularity-centric design methods and Electronics Design Automation (EDA) tools.

Vishay Intertechnology has extended its E/H series of MIL-PRF-55342-qualified thin film surface-mount resistor chips to offer an "S" level failure rate of 0.001 % per 1,000 hours in 12 case sizes. The QPL devices are qualified to TCR characteristics E, H, K, L, and M.

Yokogawa has extended the range of plug-in modules for use with its AQ2200 Series multi-application optical test system by introducing two new tunable light source modules that allow the test wavelength to be varied to suit the user’s application. The new AQ2200-131 (one channel) and AQ2200-132 (two channels) allow the user to tune the test wavelength to one of the preset DWDM (dense waveform division multiplexing) grid wavelengths.

Tektronix has unveiled its next generation of arbitrary waveform generators that offer up to 50 GS/s sample rate performance. The combination of high sample rate, long waveform memory and deep dynamic range, means the new AWG70000 Series is able to support a wide range of demanding signal generation requirements in defence electronics, high-speed serial, optical networking and advanced research applications.

New from Yokogawa the AQ6150 and AQ6151 optical wavelength meters are able to provide fast, accurate and cost-effective measurements in the telecommunications wavelength range from 1270 to 1650 nm. They are the latest additions to the company’s range of optical test instruments, and have a number of features in common with Yokogawa’s successful AQ6370 family of optical spectrum analysers.

Agilent Technologies has launched the Agilent Certified Expert recognition programme for electronic design automation experts. Eligible participants include individuals demonstrating a high level of expertise—both theoretical and practical—in applying Agilent EEsof EDA tools for both product design and modelling.

AVX has introduced a new series of microwave MLCCs with near-pure silver (Ag) electrodes, which both enhance performance and reduce costs. Providing higher conductivity than competing non-precious metal RF capacitors, the new UQ Series MLCCs feature ultra-low ESR, high Q, high self-resonance, and a capacitance range spanning 0.1pF to 1000pF. Applications for the UQ Series include RF power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, filter networks, and MRI systems.

GrammaTech, a manufacturer of software-analysis tools, has unveiled a number of new enhancements to CodeSonar’s software architecture visualisation features. The newest features include a treemap view designed to allow users to see the hierarchical structure of the code in a very information-dense form. The view uses colorisation to show the density of defects in modules so users can easily identify the most problematic parts of the code.

IQD’s new IQXT-60 series Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) is able to offer improved phase noise performance in a miniature low height package. With typical phase noise figures of -63dBc/Hz at 10Hz and -161dBc/Hz at 100kHz coupled with a low current consumption of around 5.0mA, the new model provides greater versatility.