The 2025 International Microwave Symposium is being held in San Francisco this year. I was able to attend last year but not this year. Luckily, the editor of our sister publication Microwaves & RF, David Maliniak, will be covering the conference. Check out the latest from IMS 2025 along with the daily newsletter.
There will be new content and videos up after the show as well, since it takes time to do justice to the demos David will be filming. In the meantime, here are links to a few new products that we were able to write about before the conference started.
IMS 2025 @ Microwaves & RF
Spectrum Control (Booth #927) is unveiling its low-jitter, high-frequency signal source system-in-package (SiP) and 18- to 40-GHz mmWave block upconverter SiP. The stable, high-frequency, signal-source SiP is a complete system of clocks with up to four buffered (or divided) high-frequency clocks paired with synchronous system reference signals for JESD interfaces, as well as one FPGA signal.
pSemi's UltraCMOS+, which is its latest breakthrough in RF silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform technology. According to the company, is an RF SOI platform will produce pSemi’s next generation of monolithic integration with vast improvements in power handling, linearity, isolation, RON, COFF, integrated intelligence, and, ultimately, portfolio expansion.
SV Microwave will showcase its latest interconnect product lines in the Amphenol Corridor (Booth #1127) at IMS 2025. Among them is the company’s NanoRF VITA 67.3 connector system, which is designed for high-density, high-frequency modular embedded systems. The connectors support OpenVPX architectures and SOSA-aligned platforms, featuring rugged blind-mate interfaces that range up to 70 GHz in harsh environments.
Kyocera and Rohde & Schwarz demonstrated the characterization of a mmWave, phased-array antenna aimed at a variety of sensing and communication applications. The demo centers on Rohde’s ATS1800M 5G NR multi-directional mmWave test chamber, designed for over-the-air (OTA) testing with an exceptionally small footprint.