Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced the U1210 series handheld clamp meters, with up to 1000 A of high-current measurement capability for cables up to 2 inches in diameter. Agilent also announced an updated range of handheld instruments clad in vivid orange to highlight the company's commitment to user safety. The bright color provides greater visibility and is in line with conventional color coding that indicates caution; in typical industrial settings.

To provide greater safety protection for engineers and technicians working with high voltages and currents, the Agilent U1240B and U1250B series digital multimeters (DMMs) and U1210A clamp meters carry CAT III 1000 V, CAT IV 600 V safety ratings. The DMMs are certified to IEC 61010 and CSA standards and have passed additional high voltage (hipot) tests that exceed the standards.

In addition, Agilent's handheld DMMs and U1210A clamp meters include 4-mm-tip probes. The reduction in the length of the exposed tip is especially important in CAT IV environments, and the additional insulation further prevents dangerous arc flash if the tips are inadvertently shorted together during probing. The U1240B and U1250B DMMs also include a 30 kA high energy fuse to further protect the user against violent fuse failures during high-current measurements.

For DMM users, the bright orange enclosures are meant to serve as a vivid reminder that they have an extra layer of protection against the unknown, said Ee Huei Sin, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Basic Instruments Division. For the other models, the bright color highlights investment protection through feature sets that go beyond those of typical handhelds and put our customers a step ahead in troubleshooting, maintenance and repair in electronic, electrical and industrial applications.

Now, it is possible to get more scope than you think you can afford!

Agilent Technologies introduces the DSO1000 series oscilloscopes.

2 or 4 channels

Bandwidths of 60, 100 or 200 MHz

Maximum sample rate of 2 GSa/s

Maximum memory depth of 20 kpts

You will find specs of this oscilloscope in the attached pdf.

Don't hesitate to call our T&M team for prices and/or stock information on (31) 0172-44 60 61.

Avago Technologies' MGA-633P8 is the latest addition to the family of ultra low noise, high gain, high linearity Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Active Bias Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA). Leveraging Avago’s proprietary 0.25um GaAs Enhancement-mode pHEMT process, the device achieves Best in Class NF (0.38dB @ 900MHz) performance and is designed to be used as first stage LNA within cellular base station transceiver radio cards, tower mounted amplifiers (TMA), combiners, repeaters and remote/digital radio heads.

The MGA-633P8 is an Active Bias LNA which operates from 450MHz to 1500MHz. Additional products will be released later in the year that support frequencies within all major cellular bands: GSM, CDMA, UMTS and the next generation LTE (700MHz band in North America and 2.5GHz band in Europe and Asia). Since all of the devices will share a common footprint, pin-out, and external matching network, they provide a common PCB design to customers when used at different frequencies and therefore simplifying the PCB layout.

MGA-633P8 is housed in a miniature 2.0 x 2.0 x 0.85 mm surface mount 8-lead QFN package.

Target markets/segments are Wireless Infrastructure (LTE, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX and etc…), and other wireless systems from 400-1500MHz that requires Ultra low NF and high linearity LNA.

Economical, Easy to Use InGaP HBT Gain Block Amplifiers Ideal for WiMAX, Wireless Base Stations, Satellite TV, and Set-Top Boxes Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced two new economical, easy to use general purpose InGaP Hetero-Junction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) MMIC gain block amplifiers for use in a variety of wireless applications. Avago’s AVT-51663/53663 gain blocks, which operate within the DC to 6000MHz frequency band, can be used as either a broadband gain block or driver amplifier. These gain blocks target designers of cellular infrastructure applications, but can be also be used in a variety of other wireless applications such as Base Stations, WiMAX, WLAN, CATV, Satellite TV and set-top boxes.

Avago's AVT-51663/53663 gain block amplifiers, which are internally matched to 50-Ohms, were designed in Darlington configuration housed in an industry standard six-lead SOT-363 surface mount plastic package. The Darlington feedback structure provides inherent broad bandwidth performance resulting in a useful operating frequency range of up to 6 GHz making the AVT-51663/53663 ideal for small-signal gain cascades or IF amplification. Moreover, these new gain blocks feature easy installation and only require DC blocking capacitors, RF choke, biasing resistors and bypass capacitors for operation. Additionally, no additional RF matching components are required to achieve broadband performance.

These new gain block amplifiers were developed using advanced InGaP HBT technology that offers state-of-the-art reliability, temperature stability and consistent performance. At a typical operating condition of 5V and 37mA, the AVT-51663 delivers performance of 19.0dB gain, 24dBm Output Third Order Intercept Point (OIP3) and 12.5dBm Output Power at 1dB Gain Compression (P1dBm) and 3.2dBm noise figure at 2000MHz. The AVT-53663 operates at 5V and 48mA to deliver a performance of 19.5dB Gain, 5dBm OIP3, 15dBm P1dB and 3.2dB noise figure at 2000MHz.

Key Features: Small signal gain amplifier 50 Ohm input and output Broadband high linearity No RF matching components required

Flat broadband frequency response up to 2GHz Single, fixed 5V supply Industry standard SOT-363 package Lead-free and RoHS compliant

BFi OPTiLAS B.V. heeft een pan-Europese samenwerkingsovereenkomst getekend met Alvarion Ltd. Alvarion is één van de marktleiders in WiMAX toepassingen en draadloze netwerkoplossingen

Alvarion is leider op het gebeid van Open WiMAX oplossingen met de meest uitgebreide toepassingsmogelijkheden. De producten, die zich in de industrie inmiddels al hebben bewezen, met zowel vaste, verplaatsbare als mobiele oplossingen. Alvarion producten kunnen zonder verdere licenties worden ingezet en maken het gebruik van dure dataverbindingen geheel overbodig.

Enkele toepassingen: Point-to-point installaties en point-to-multipoint installaties, bedrijfs-VPNs ook tussen meerdere gebouwen, hotspot dekkingsuitbreiding en openbare veiligheid.

BFi OPTiLAS is pleased to announce it has extended its partnership with Anaren, Inc. for the distribution Anaren's wireless consumer electronics component line in most European countries. Anaren is a world leader in microwave/RF-based technology for the wireless infrastructure, satellite communications, defence, medical, and consumer-products sectors.

This agreement covers Anaren's range of miniature components designed for wireless consumer electronic applications such as laptop chipsets, handheld devices, among others; the product family includes such products as baluns, cross over / jumpers, couplers, and power dividers.

"BFi OPTiLAS is well-positioned to support these products based on their industry knowledge and local presence in these geographic areas,"says Mr. Kevin Maher, Corporate Sales Manager of Anaren. "As such, they are a natural choice to partner with us and help serve our addressable customer base there."
"In addition to infrastructure components we have long distributed for Anaren in Europe, we are pleased to also distribute Anaren's growing portfolio of consumer-sized components in most of the European marketplace. These products have the cost effectiveness and high-end performance that customers are looking for today," said Mr. Philippe Gruson, President of BFi OPTiLAS.
About Anaren: An innovative leader in microwave and RF technology, Anaren designs and manufactures complex components and subsystems for defence, satellite, wireless, and consumer electronics markets.

Fully Matched Compact Module Solution Provides Great Linearity and Superior Dynamic Range.
Avago Technologies are pleased to announce a new fully matched wideband variable attenuator module for use in a wide range of broadband system applications.

The ALM-38140, which is a 50MHz to 4 GHz PIN diode attenuator module, is a fully integrated solution that uses Avago’s low distortion silicon PIN diodes housed in a miniature 3.8 mm by 3.8 mm by 1.0 mm multiple-chip-on board (MCOB) package with 6-pin configuration pads.

This module is ideal for use wireless infrastructure applications such as CATV, WCDMA, VSAT, WiMAX and cellular base station applications.

Designed with broadband input and output match, Avago’s ALM-38140 does not require any external RF matching component to operate. Additionally, narrow band performance enhancement can be easily achieved by applying a single external inductor. The ALM-38140 also features high power handling capabilities (P1dB>30dBm @ 1,900 MHz), great linearity performance (IIP3: 60 dBm @ 1,900 MHz) and superior dynamic range (35 dB @ 1,900 MHz). With broadband coverage, this miniature variable attenuator module is ideal for use in automatic gain control (AGC) and temperature compensation circuitry applications which operate within the 50 – 4,000 MHz frequency range.

Avago Technologies, today announced two ultra-low noise, high gain, high linearity Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) balanced low noise amplifiers for cellular infrastructure applications. Avago’s MGA-16516/17516, which are the latest additions to its family of economical, easy to use LNAs, helps to significantly improve the sensitivity and dynamic range of cellular infrastructure applications.

Typical applications include cellular base station transceiver radio cards, tower mounted amplifiers, combiners, repeaters and remote/digital radio heads.

Avago’s MGA-16516/17516 LNAs are housed in a 4 mm by 4 mm by 0.85 mm surface mount 16-lead QFN package, and were developed using Avago’s proprietary 0.25 µm GaAs enhancement-mode pHEMT process. The MGA-16516 operates from 500 to 1,700 MHz, while the MGA-17516 operates from 1,700 to 2,700 MHz. These new LNAs will enable Avago to provide support for GSM, CDMA, UMTS and next generation LTE cellular bandwidths. The MGA-16516/17516 have been designed to be used with 3dB hybrid couplers at the input and output of LNAs typically found in the front end of cellular base stations, combiners and transceiver radio cards.

In a typical operating environment of 5-Volts and 50mA per channel, the MGA-16516 delivers a 0.45 dB noise figure, 17.5 dB gain, 11.5 dBm input Third Order Intercept Point (IIP3), and 18 dBm output power at 1 dB compress point (P1dB) at 850MHz. Under the same operating conditions, the MGA-17516 delivers enhanced performance of 0.52 dB noise figure, 17.2 dB Gain, 13.7 dBm IIP3, and 21.5 dBm output power at P1dB at 1,850 MHz.

BFi OPTiLAS to Market, Sell, and Support E-Band’s GigE Broadband Wireless Products BFi OPTiLAS, a value-added pan-European distributor with headquarters in Evry, France, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with E-Band Communications Corp., a leading developer of multi-gigabit capacity wireless communication systems based on 70/80GHz millimeter wave radio technology. BFi OPTiLAS will market E-Band Communications’ line of Gigabit Ethernet wireless products throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

"E-Band has the highest performance 70/80GHz GigE product on the market, with GigE all the time and a 10dB larger link budget than the nearest competitor," said Ernesto Prestifilippo, Business Development Director of BFi OPTiLAS’ Communications business unit. "Our channel partners are looking for the best wireless products available, and E-Band’s GigE all the time and low latency certainly meets that requirement."

E-Band’s technology provides solutions for interconnection and backhaul of 4G, WiMAX, LTE, and other mobile networks as well as Gigabit Ethernet last mile access, fibre backup, and network extension applications.

E-Band’s Layer-1 system fits easily into existing networks because E-Link acts more like a piece of fibre than a complicated network element. This allows the end customer to have a common network architecture whether they are using their own fiber, someone else’s dark fiber or E-Band’s GigE wireless links. This approach also allows for quick and easy installation into any existing network, which makes this product highly suitable for emergency and disaster recovery applications.
"BFi OPTiLAS has a proven ability to expand the GigE wireless market throughout the UK and Europe" said Kirk Byles, Vice President of Global Sales at E-Band. "Their focus on providing the right wireless product coupled with in-house design services and a history of providing outstanding pre-sales and post-sales support represents considerable value to E-Band as we welcome BFi OPTiLAS to be part of our team."

About E-Band Communications
E-Band Communications Corporation (EBCC) is a developer of ultra-high capacity wireless communications systems for the 70/80 GHz E-band spectrum. Our products use leading-edge RF MMIC technology and provide best-in-class link performance.

BFi OPTiLAS is proud to announce a Pan-European partnership agreement has been signed with Laird Technologies GmbH. This agreement covers distribution of Laird's Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) and Thermal Interface Materials (TIM) product lines.

Laird Technologies is a global leader in the design and supply of critical components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products.
Due to BFi OPTiLAS's successful distribution of Laird's EMI-Ferrite products in recent years (also known as Signal Integrity Products, SIP),adding Laird Technologies' EMI shielding materials to BFI OPTiLAS product portfolio was a natural step forward so as to serve the whole noise suppression market.
BFi OPTiLAS has great 'spec in' presence at the PCB level in a wide variety of applications and markets, and there is also the need to resolve thermal or EMI issues. This offers an enormous synergistic potential.

"We look forward to a successful long term partnership with Laird Technologies, who is a recognised global leader in Thermal and EMI solutions. These products fit perfectly in our current portfolio and strengthens our capability to offer complete solutions at the leading edge of technology" said Philippe Gruson, President of BFi OPTiLAS.

EMI Shielding Products include: board level shield, EMI-gaskets, fingerstocks, Electro-air filters, electrically conductive elastomers, and microwave absorbers, etc.
Thermal Interface Materials include gap fillers (including putties), thermally conductive insulator materials, phase change materials, thermally conductive circuit boards, thermal grease etc.

Laird Technologies' products are ideal for a wide range of applications spanning many markets including aerospace, automotive electronics, computer, data communications, industrial and instrumentation, medical, power conversion, network, telecommunications markets etc.

About Laird Technologies GmbH
Laird Technologies is a global market leader in the design and supply of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, thermal management products, mechanical actuation systems, signal integrity components, and wireless antennae solutions, as well as radio frequency (RF) modules and systems.

MAGNETICS® new XFLUX cores are distributed air gap toroidal cores made from 6.5% SiFe material. A true high temperature material, with no thermal aging, XFLUX offers lower losses than powder iron cores and superior DC Bias performance.

For technical information regarding material characteristics and core parameters, refer to the XFLUX bulletin.

BFi OPTiLAS, a pan-European RF distributor in Evry France, today announced that it has signed an distribution agreement with Melexis, a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced Mixed Signal semiconductors, sensor ICs, programmable sensor IC systems, Wireless ICs.

BFi OPTiLAS will market the Wireless IC product line throughout Europe.

"In our opinion, BFi OPTiLAS offer the best combination of industry knowledge and local presence in the areas of interest, and hence were the natural choice for us", said Dr. Andreas Laute, Business Unit Manager RF at MELEXIS.

"We are pleased to distribute the Wireless IC product portfolio of MELEXIS in the European marketplace", says Ernesto Prestifilippo, Business Development Director at BFi OPTiLAS.

"The MELEXIS products have the cost effective, high-end performance that customers are looking for today."

The LM085 grade of 200°C-rated materials is an 85 permeability material developed for high bias, low acoustic noise applications (low magnetostriction). LM085 exhibits excellent loss characteristics from 1 kilohertz to beyond 1 megahertz. LM085 demonstrates a limited rise of amplitude permeability as compared to our other higher-permeability materials, exhibiting 155% of its initial permeability at 2500 Gauss. This limited increase in permeability is applicable in the design of inductors exposed to widely varying AC flux, can tolerate limited inductance swing, and require a higher-permeability material.

For DC-biased applications, LM085 maintains 90% of its initial permeability at 14 Oersted. If considered for wideband applications, the permeability versus frequency characteristic varies by less than 10% from DC to 100 megahertz. Saturation flux density is beyond 14,000 Gauss. Temperature coefficient of permeability is -451 ppm/°C.

The LM085 material grade is immediately available in select toroidal sizes and can be sampled in specific shapes upon request. Please contact Micrometals, Inc., at (714) 970-9400 for more information or to arrange for samples to be sent for your evaluation. T94-LM085 core is currently priced at $0.376 each at 1000 pieces and lead time for production quantities is typically 8 weeks. Prices are subject to revision, please contact the Micrometals Sales Department for current pricing.

Power Module Technology, LLC. is pleased to announce it has entered into a Pan-European exclusive distribution agreement with BFi OPTiLAS.

Power Module Technology, LLC. (PMT) design, develop, manufacture broadband pallet/module amplifiers to the FM Radio Broadcast, VHF TV/UHF TV transmitter integrators, military and commercial/Industrial communications manufacturers in both domestic and foreign markets.

This agreement covers the complete range of RF & Microwave PMT product portfolio.

"In our opinion, BFi OPTiLAS offer the best combination of industry knowledge and local presence in Europe, and hence were the natural choice for us", said Mr. Bob Todd, VP Sales & Marketing of PMT.

"We are pleased to distribute the product portfolio of PMT in the European marketplace. The PMT products have the cost effective, high-end performance that customers are looking for today", said Mr. Philippe Gruson, President of BFi OPTiLAS.

About Power Module Technology, LLC.
Power Module Technology, LLC is focusing on the following key markets: Television and FM broadcast, military, commercial, industrial, and medical markets with products ranging from 200 KHz to 3.0 GHz. For additional information please visit PMT Web site

Personal tracker:
GH1201 Hand-held Tracker is a handheld terminal with GSM and GPS connectivity, which is able to get device coordinates and transfer them via GSM network. No installation is required. This device is perfectly suitable for applications where location acquirement of remote objects is needed and perfectly suites for securing company`s assets. Small size, long lifetime, mobility and universal configuration of the device ensures wide spectrum of its application: from people tracking, track control to special or secret tasks. Geo-fence function allows to set restricted geographic areas and device will send warning messages whenever the object crosses the zone (in or out). Device can be used as USB GSM modem. High GPS receiver sensitivity makes device easy to integrate in any environment where ordinary GPS receivers can not fix their position. The whole of the mentioned advantages makes this solution very attractive for companies which success depends on quality of transportation, logistics and movable object monitoring.

Car tracker:
Model FM 4100 is an advanced terminal with GSM and GPS connectivity, which is able to get device coordinates and transfer them via GSM network. This device is perfectly suitable for vehicle tracking and security applications. Track and secure trucks, cars, boats and construction machinery quickly and easily.
The device includes a lot of peripherals, which come as standard in the package, as digital and analog inputs, digital outputs, CAN bus, audio, 1-Wire interface, RS232 port. This allows to use the device in very different applications, from the most simple ones to very complex ones, which can include reading of CAN bus data, driver identification, refrigerator temperature control, alarm buttons and audio interface for the driver.

BFi OPTiLAS, thanks to its collaboration with Trek, Inc. (a designer and manufacturer of high-performance electrostatic instrumentation and high-voltage power amplifiers), recently introduced the TREK Model 900 ESD Event Detector. This detector is a diagnostic tool for manufacturing environments that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD), including electronic, semiconductor & medical device manufacturing and assembly. Electrostatic discharge events are important indicators of excessive charge accumulation in a given environment. Such charge accumulation (electrostatic charging) can be detrimental to ESD-sensitive manufacturing and assembly processes such as those found in the semiconductor industry. ESD can also be a concern in the manufacture of electronics and other devices, including sensitive medical electronics, microelectronics, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), hard disk drives, microelectronic mechanical systems (MEMS), and in various sectors of the electronic manufacturing services (EMS) industry.

Trek's ESD Event Detector is a diagnostic tool used to identify incidents of or verify suspected areas of ESD activity within a manufacturing site. A voltage-sensitive antenna on the unit can be positioned near potential problem areas (where electrostatic discharge is suspected) to monitor ESD events. Detection is conveyed via an audible buzzer and/or a visual color-coded light display which depicts intensity.

By detecting ESD events, Model 900 serves to alert manufacturing engineers to the presence of potentially harmful (and invisible) electrostatic charging. Such identification is often the first step in managing ESD. Once alerted to its presence, action can be taken to rectify the situation and thereby improve overall efficiency, yield and productivity.

Model 900 is compact, portable and is powered by batteries. A universal power adapter can be used for continuous AC line operation. Model 900 is also CE compliant. The technical design of the unit provides a wide spatial operating range with high sensitivity.

Trek's Model 900 is designed for Charge Device Model (CDM) events which are becoming the major contributor to ESD failures, in connection with increases in the automation of manufacturing processes.