RFiber Solutions - Electronics Buyers' Guide (EBG)

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Finniss, Richard Technical Director richard@rfibersolutions.com	Hannay, Andrew Managing Director andrew@rfibersolutions.com	Hannay, Kelso Marketing Manager kelso@rfibersolutions.com
Indurjeeth, Vinod Sales Manager vinod@rfibersolutions.com	Nandhlall, Kavitha Administrator admin@rfibersolutions.com	Shilton, Dalene Office Admin dalene@rfibersolutions.com
Van der Horst, Pierre Accounting accounts@rfibersolutions.com	Venter, Jaundre Process Engineer sales2@rfibersolutions.com

Adsantec
(Sole Agency)

Advanced Microwave
(Sole Agency)

AMTI Microwave
(Sole Agency)

Atlanta Microwave
(Sole Agency)

Broadwave
(Sole Agency)

Ceyear Test
(Sole Agency)

Cirexx
(Sole Agency)

dB Control
(Sole Agency)

EMC Pioneer
(Sole Agency)

Epoxy Technology
(Sole Agency)

Exodus Advanced Communications
(Sole Agency)

Greenray Industries
(Sole Agency)

GSI-Protek
(Sole Agency)

Herotek
(Sole Agency)

International Manufacturing Services
(Sole Agency)

Ladybug Tech
(Sole Agency)

Lightpointe
(Sole Agency)

Lilliput (Owon)
(Sole Agency)

Macom
(Sole Agency)

Microwave Photonic Systems
(Sole Agency)

OMMIC
(Sole Agency)

Optilab
(Sole Agency)

Owon SmartTest
(Sole Agency)

Passive Plus
(Sole Agency)

Piconics
(Sole Agency)

pSemi Corporation
(Sole Agency)

Reactel
(Sole Agency)

SemiDice
(Sole Agency)

Taconic Substrates
(Sole Agency)

Taylor Microwave
(Sole Agency)

UMCC
(Sole Agency)

UMS Gaas
(Sole Agency)

UTE Microwave
(Sole Agency)

With-Wave
(Sole Agency)

Section - Additional services
–+ Associations, conferences, consulting, contracting, PR, recruitment etc.
-Consulting
-Government & parastatal services
-Services, contracting & sub-contracting
Section - Components
–+ Analog integrated circuits
-Accelerometers/gyroscopes
-Amplifiers
- audio power
- audio small signal
- buffer
- chopper
- compression
- current
- differential
- digitally controlled
- instrumentation
- isolation
- log/antilog
- microphone
- operational
- programmable
- sample and hold
- sense
- track and hold
- video
- voltage controlled
- wideband
-Analog multiplexers
-Analog multipliers/dividers
-Analog switches
-Arrays
- diode
- transistor
-Comparators
-Consumer ICs
- audio
- radio
- TV/video
-Digitally controlled potentiometers
-Followers
-Function/waveform generators
-Haptic drivers
-Optocouplers/isolators
-Oscillators
-Phase locked loop (PLL)
-Special functions
-Voltage comparators
-Voltage references
–+ Cables, wires & fibres
-Cables -  Multiconductor
- computer, LAN
- instrumentation, control
- multipair
- shielded individual/overall
-Cables - coaxial
- flexible
- high temperature
- miniature
- rigid
- semi-rigid
- twin-axial
-Cables - flat
- antenna feed
- printed, ribbon
- woven
-Cables
- Audio/stereo
- Computer
- Harnesses
- Optical fibre
- Power
- Retractile
- Thermocouple
–+ Capacitors
-Capacitor networks
-Ceramic
- chip format
-Film (foil/metallised)
- chip format
- paralene
- polycarbonate
- polyester
- polypropylene
- polystyrene
- polysulfone
- teflon
–+ Connectors for boards, wires & fibres
-Special applications
- Avionics
- Shielded
- Thermocouple
–+ Digital integrated circuits
-MEMS
-Multiplexers
-Transceiver devices
–+ Discrete semiconductors & electron tubes
-Amplifier tubes
- high-frequency
- power
- small-signal
- transmitting
-Diodes
- Arrays
- Fast recovery
- FREDFET
- Gunn
- Impatt
- Noise source
- PIN
- PN junction
- Point contact
- Rectifier
- Step recovery
- Trigger
- Tunnel
- Varactor
- Zener regulator
-Electron tubes
- HV rectifiers
-Power
- MOSFET
-Transistors
- FET
- GTO thyristors
- HEMT
- HF/video
- High voltage
- Low noise
- Matched pairs
- SHF/microwave
- Small signal
- Unijunction
- VHF/UHF
-Triacs
–+ Fibre-optic system components
-Bandpass filters (optical)
-Beam expanders
-Circulators
-Connectors
-Couplers
-Couplers WDM
-Isolators
-Multiplexers/duplexers
-Optical attenuators
-Optical fibres
- glass (multi/single-mode)
- plastic
-Phase compensators
-Polarisers
-Splitters/combiners
-Switches
-Transmitter (E-O) modules
- instrumentation, sensor
- laser
- LED
- microwave (GHz) signals
- single channel
- telecom
–+ Filters, networks & delay lines
-Attenuator pads
-Filters, active
- analog continuous
- analog switched capacitor
- digital (FIR)
- digital programmable
-Filters, passive
- crystal
- dataline
- feed-through plate
- LC
- piezo-ceramic
- SAW
- video
-Matching networks
-RC networks
–+ Inductors & transformers
-Inductors
- HF suppressor chokes
- High frequency (RF,IF,etc)
- Moulded RF chokes
- Power filter chokes
- SMD chips
- Transductors
- Ultrathin
- Variable (tuning)
-Transformers - signal
- Pulse (incl trigger)
- Telecom specialised
- TV deflection
–+ Industrial electronic ICs
-Converters
- synchro
- voltage-frequency
-Current transmitter ICs
-Switch - solid-state (SSR)
- I/O switching
- intelligent power control
- proportional control
–+ Microwave semiconductors & tubes
-Diodes
- Gunn
- PIN
- tunnel
- varactor
-Electron tube devices
- Backward wave oscillators
- Cross-field amplifiers
- Klystrons
- Magnetrons
- TWTs
-Microwave ICs (MICs)
-Microwave transistors
- bipolar
- FET
- GaAs
- power
- small signal
–+ Miscellaneous components & hardware
-Ceramic parts
-Frequency control elements
- oscillator modules
- piezo-ceramic
- quartz crystals
- SAW resonators
-Thermal management components
- epoxy isolation systems
- thermal mounting pads
–+ Power supply ICs
-AC-DC converters (IC)
-DC-DC converters (IC)
–+ Protective devices
-Inrush limiters
- Fast acting
–+ Resistors
-Ceramic, bulk
-Precision
-Surface mount
- Chip
–+ Switches
-Coaxial/RF
-Rocker (lit/unlit)
-Rotary on-off
Section - Electronic design automation
–+ Electronic system design
-Hardware
- PCB manual layout - contact printing frames
- PCB manual layout - dry transfer etch-resist patterns
- PCB manual layout - etch-resist pens
- PCB manual layout - film processing chemicals
- Platforms & peripherals - digitisers
- Platforms & peripherals - high level PCs
- Platforms & peripherals - large screens
- Platforms & peripherals - PCB prototyping/router/drill
- Platforms & peripherals - plotters
- Platforms & peripherals - workstations
-PCB design
- Artwork conversion
- Autoplacement
- Autorouting
- CAM outputs
- Footprint libraries
- Phototool generation
- Schematic capture
- Turnkey CAD/CAE tools
Section - Enclosures & packaging hardware
–+ Equipment enclosures and circuit packaging
-EMC management
- Conductive coatings
- Magnetic shielding materials
- Shielding enclosures
- Shielding gaskets, fingers
- Shielding laminates
Section - Power supplies & batteries
–+ Batteries for electronic equipment
-Primary
- Lithium
-Secondary (rechargeable)
- Lithium polymer
- Lithium-ion
–+ Fixed voltage power supply units
-AC-DC converter
-DC-DC converter
-Encapsulated PCB-mounting
-Enclosed unit
-Features
- Application specific
- Custom-built
- EMI filtered
- Harmonic correction
- Milspec
- Power factor correction
- Pre-regulator
- Pre-set adjustment
- Tracking
- Universal input
-Linear-mode
-Multiple output
-Open-frame
-Output range
-                0-5 V
-              5-50 V
-          50-500 V
-        500-5000 V
-      0-50 W
-     50-100 W
-   100-200 W
-   200 W+
- EHT
- High current
-Protection
- Crowbar
- Foldback current
- Fused
- Input surge
- Input-output isolation
- Output overvoltage
- Thermal cut-out
- Undervoltage lock-out
-Regulated
-Single output
-Switched-mode
-Unregulated
–+ Power sources & conditioning
-Battery analyser/tester
-Battery chargers
-Battery management system
-Battery packs
-Constant voltage transformer
-DC-AC static inverter
Section - Production services & equipment
–+ Production test & inspection, repair services, kitting & packaging
-Components inward testers
-Curing testers
Section - Test & maintenance
–+ Laboratory test & measurement equipment
-Amplifiers
- Laboratory
-Arbitrary waveform generators
-Attenuators/variable
-Audio analysers
-Cameras, oscilloscope
-Chart papers and requisites
-Component measurements
- RLCDQ (group/single)
- Semiconductor curves
- Semiconductor parameters
-Data loggers/recorders
-Decade boxes
- R,L,C
-Delay lines
-Electrometers
-FFT (dynamic signal analysers)
-Filters, tunable
-Fluxmeters
-Frequency counters/timers
-Frequency response analysers
-Frequency synthesisers
-Function generators
-Gaussmeters
-IEEE-488 bus system
-Impedance/gain-phase analysers
-Logic analysers
- Analyser/emulator combo
- State
- Timing
-Magnetic analysers
-Magnetometers
-Meter shunts, multipliers
-Modal analysis systems
-Multimeters, bench
-Network analysers
- Scalar
- Vector
-Noise generators
-Optical measurements
- Colorimeters
- Integrating spheres
- Photometers
- Radiometers
-Oscilloscopes
- A+D
- Analog
- Digitising
- Mixed signal
-PC plug-in virtual instruments
-Phasemeters
-Pico-ammeters
-Plotters, graphic
-Power meters (wattmeters)
-Power supplies, bench
-Pulse generators
-Q meters
-Recorders, waveform (oscillographs)
-Servo analysers
-Signal generators
- Audio
- Data (bit pattern)
- HF
- Pseudo-random
- Pulse
- Sweep
- VLF, LF
-Spectrum analysers
-Test chambers
- Anechoic, RF
- Screened
-Test leads, probes
-Thermometers
-Vibration analysers
-Voltmeters
- AC (Av, rms, pk)
- Broadband
- DC
- Selective
-VXIbus systems/modules
–+ Microwave/millimetre-wave system testing
-Amplifiers
- Measurement
-Antenna test systems
-Attenuators (coaxial, waveguide)
-Carrier phase-noise analysers
-Connectors, precision
-Directional coupler/reflectometer
-EMI/RFI test systems
-Frequency counters, UHF/SHF
-Frequency synthesisers
-Measuring receivers
-Modulation analysers
-Modulators
-Network analysers
- Scalar
- Vector
-Noise figure meters
-Noise sources
-Power meters
-Signal detectors
-Signal generators
-Signal sweep signals
-Slotted lines (coax, slab, W/G)
-Spectrum analysers
-Time-domain reflectometers
–+ Radio communication system testing
-Antenna testers
-Attenuators
- RF power
- RF small signal
-Cellular radio network analysers
-Communication test sets
-Digital broadcast stream analyser
-Digital microwave analysers
-Dip meters
-Direction finders
-Directional power/VSWR meters
-Distortion meters/analysers
-Dummy RF loads
-EMI/RFI test systems
-Field strength meters
-Frequency counters RF,CW, burst
-GSM cellphone testers
-IF-SHF spectrum analysers
-Measuring receivers
-Modulation analysers
-Noise test systems
-Peak power analysers
-Power meters, RF
-Radio code analysers
-Satcoms testgear
-Scalar network analysers
-Signal generators/synthesisers
- Sweep generators
-Signal generators/synthesizers
- AF
- Artificial voice
- Frequency agile
- Microwave mm-wave
- Modulation function
- Noise
- Pulse
- RF
-Sinad meters
-Spectrum analysers/monitors
-Standard field generators
-Wave analysers
–+ Telecoms/datacoms system testing
-Digital comms
- ABR (available bit rate) emulator
- Analog datacom testers
- Codec analysers
- Digital communication analysers
- Error detectors
- Error rate measurement
- ISDN interface monitor
- ISDN system test/analysis
- Multichannel data generators
- PCM (pulse code modulation) testers
- Protocol analysers
- Pulse pattern generators
- Signal analyser/frame analyser
- Signalling test sets
- Transmission impairment measurement (TIMS)
- xDSL system testers
-Transmission measurements
- Cable crosstalk test sets
- Distortion analysers
- Level meters
- Line simulators
- Noise loading test sets
- Selective level meters (wave analysers)
- Transmission measuring sets (TMS)
Section - Wireless systems & components
–+ Fixed, mobile & satellite radio systems
-Antenna systems
- Antenna positioners
- Base station duplexers
- Cavity filters
- HF Tx/Rx antennas
- Lightning protection
- Masts/towers
- Microwave antennas
- Mobile radio antennas
- Receiver multicouplers
- Steerable satellite antennas
- Transmitter combiners
- VHF antennas
-Point-to-point links
- Comsat terminal
- Digital short-haul
- Frequency planning
- Geographic positioning (GPS)
- HF receivers
- HF transmitters
- Marine radio systems
- Remotely controlled radiocoms
- VHF/UHF/SHF multiplex
- Wireless modules/systems (telemetry)
-Portable/mobile two-way radio
- Avionics
- Base Tx/Rx VHF/UHF
- Cellular radio
- Cordless office phone
- GPS receivers
- Hand-portable Tx/Rx VHF/UHF
- Land mobile radio
- Marnet
- Mine/tunnel communication
- Mobile Tx/Rx VHF/UHF
- Portable Tx/Rx VHF/UHF
- Radio paging system
- Repeater VHF/UHF
- Taxi/fleet network management
- TETRA radio
- Trunked radio systems
–+ RF & microwave/millimetre-wave modules & subsystems
-Amplifiers
- IF
- Isolation
- Low noise
- Power
- Wideband
-Attenuators
- PIN diode
- Voltage variable
-Converters (up, down)
-Detectors
-Discriminators
-Filter modules
- Broadband
- Narrowband
- Voltage tunable
-Frequency translators
-Limiters/detectors
-Modulators
-Multiplexers
-Multipliers (frequency)
-Oscillators
- Dielectric resonator
- Gunn/Impatt diode
- Phase locked
- Power
- Varactor-tuned
- YIG-tuned
-Phase shifters (diode, ferrite)
-RFID readers
-RFID tags
–+ RF & microwave/millimetre-wave passive components
-Adapters
-Antenna systems
-Attenuators
-Cable assemblies
-Circulators, gyrators
-Connectors (microwave)
-Couplers
-DC blocks
-Delay lines
- Coaxial
- SAW
-Dielectric resonators
-Duplexers
-Filters
- Coaxial cavity
- Dielectric resonators
- Interdigital/combline
- Lumped LC
- SAW
- Tunable
- Waveguide
-Isolators
-Mixers
- Coaxial
- Strip line
- Waveguide
-Phase shifters, line stretchers
-Power splitters/combiners
-Pulse transformers
-Semirigid micro coax
-Spark gaps
-Switches
- Coaxial - manual
- Coaxial - relay
- Ferrite
- Matrix
- PIN diode
-Terminations
- Coaxial
- Waveguide
-Tuners
-Waveguides/components
-YIG devices
–+ Wireless system ICs & modules
-3G modules
-4G/LTE
-Alarm encoder radio ICs
-Analog filter ICs
-Analog signal processors
-Bluetooth
-Digital baseband ICs
-FFSK modems
-Frequency synthesizer ICs
-Global navigation satellite system (GNSS)
-GSM modules
-Low power, wide area (LPWA)
-Modem
-Single-chip RF receivers/transmitters
-Tone detectors
-Tone sequential signalling modems
-Tone sequential signalling translators
-Voice store-retrieve codec
-Voiceband scramblers
-Wi-Fi
-Wireless transceiver modules