IRVINE, Calif. – Pasternack, a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has just released a new line of high-speed end launch connectors. These new removable end launch connectors are perfect for signal integrity measurements, coplanar waveguide, chip evaluations, SERDES, substrate characterization, 25 GbE and test fixture applications. Pasternack’s … [Read more...]
Shielded Surface Mount RF Inductors with Higher Inductance
Gowanda Expands SML32S “1210” Series - Now Offering Inductance Values to 470 µH 15 February 2018, Gowanda, NY (USA) - Gowanda Electronics, a designer and manufacturer of precision electronic components for radio frequency and power applications, announces the expansion of its SML32S series of wirewound, shielded, molded RF surface mount inductors in the “1210” style. This … [Read more...]
First LAN Transformer Manufactured 100% by Automation Now Available as a Gigabit Version
Waldenburg (Germany), 1 February 2018 – Würth Elektronik eiSos extends its WE-LAN AQ series manufactured by full automation. The new gigabit package excels with its outstanding electrical properties and compact design. With WE-LAN AQ, the previous wound toroid cores are replaced with SMD-solderable transformers and common-mode choke elements. The low return loss … [Read more...]
EMSCAN and Advanced Test Equipment Rentals Announce New Rental Partnership
CALGARY, AB and SAN DIEGO, CA, January 24, 2018 – Advanced Test Equipment Rentals (ATEC) today announced an agreement with EMSCAN to become the exclusive rental partner of EMSCAN products, bringing greater product availability to customers with immediate needs for EMC and RF troubleshooting and design. ATEC now carries the EMxpert ERX+ high resolution EMC/EMI scanner with … [Read more...]
New Magnetic Components Catalog from Wurth Electronics Midcom Released
Watertown (USA), 11 January 2018 – Wurth Electronics Midcom is proud to announce the publication of the newest Finished Magnetic Components Catalog. The 2018 Finished Magnetic Components Catalog is the first edition from Wurth Electronics Midcom, and includes all finished transformer and toroid series available in our online catalog. This comprehensive catalog includes all … [Read more...]
Call For Authors/Bloggers – Editorial Submissions to Interference Technology Magazine
In over 45 years of publication, Interference Technology has earned a reputation for publishing only the highest quality technical articles that focus on practical and innovative technological developments in the EMC, EMI, and RFI fields. Product designers and EMC/compliance engineers have come to rely on Interference Technology as a source of quality, unbiased, non-commercial … [Read more...]
Fast Matching Circuits Design Software Added
The Altair Partner Alliance (APA) is pleased to announce the addition of Optenni’s Optenni Lab to its software offering. Optenni Lab is a software tool for the synthesis and optimization of matching circuits for multiband, broadband, multi-antenna and tunable antenna systems. Optenni Lab can also be used for demanding radio-frequency amplifier matching problems. "Matching … [Read more...]
Case Study: Poor PC Board Layout Causes Radiated Emissions
In this case study we're going look at some recent radiated emissions fault finding we performed for a customer. This highlights how one might go about the fault finding process, some of the considerations you might have when coming up with a solution, and how poor PCB layout can give you an emissions headache. Background A new customer discovered a radiated emissions problem … [Read more...]
Determining Semi-Anechoic Chamber Resonance as a Source of Radiated Emission Measurement Variation Between Chambers and Comparing to OATS Measurements
INTRODUCTION This article describes the lack of an acceptable correlation between anechoic chamber and open field test site radiated emission measurements, which were described in reference 1 in 2000, as well as a lack of correlation between chambers. It was found that emission measurements, which were over the limits in one facility, would pass in another. The lack of a … [Read more...]
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Evaluation Methods of Static Control Gloves for ESD Integrity
Static Control gloves can be classified as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce the risk of electrostatic discharge (ESD). There are several types of ESD Gloves: Nitrile, Vinyl, Latex, Rubber and humidity independent conductive carbon/nylon yarn gloves as illustrated in Figure 1 above. Due to an astounding rise in the number of non-compliant and suspect … [Read more...]
