Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that its acquisition of cancer diagnostics company Dako has been completed. Agilent, which paid $2.2 billion in cash for Dako (on a debt-free basis), expects the acquisition to help strengthen Agilent's position in life sciences, with a focus on product development to help in the fight against cancer.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that its ongoing collaboration with Thales has expanded the reach of X-parameters technology to wideband super-heterodyne receiver applications. X-parameters represent an entirely new category of nonlinear network parameters for high-frequency design.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Sivers IMA, a leading European manufacturer of microwave products for telecommunications, industrial, and test and measurement applications, has selected Agilent's Advanced Design System 2011 EDA platform for complete silicon-based RFIC/MMIC implementation.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that its long-term relationship with AMCAD Engineering has been extended to include a technology partnership for services related to nonlinear design and measurement of new electronic devices. AMCAD uses Agilent's Advanced Design System with simulators for nonlinear modeling, and a test system based on Agilent's PNA-X microwave network analyzer for nonlinear measurement.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the Agilent U2020 X-series, the world's fastest USB power sensors. With the peak and average power measurement capabilities of a power meter, these compact high-performance sensors allow engineers to test devices faster and with greater efficiency and accuracy.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced a USB-powered, single-pole double-throw coaxial switch, operating from DC to 18 GHz. The first-to-market microwave switch driven by a USB port, the Agilent U1810B will provide system-design and manufacturing engineers a long-operating-life solution with convenient RF switching.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today unveiled new technologies and breakthroughs for RF power amplifier design. These capabilities and more will be part of the next major release of Agilent’s flagship Advanced Design System. Agilent’s ADS 2012 is expected to ship in August.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced Agilent's next-generation U4421A MIPI D-PHY exerciser and analyzer for mobile computing applications. This new instrument gives R&D and manufacturing engineers deep insight into the CSI-2 and DSI of MIPI D-PHY designs.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the latest release of its Electromagnetic Professional software. EMPro 2012 will make it easier to create 3-D models and analyze the electrical performance of packages, connectors, antennas, and other RF and high-speed components.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced five new PNA-L vector network analyzer models, offering design and manufacturing engineers the highest performance (up to 50 GHz) in a mid-range VNA, along with lower cost and future-proof capabilities. Agilent’s new N523xA PNA-L vector network analyzers replace existing N5230C models.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the recipients of its latest Thought Leader award: Dr. Jens Frisvad and the Center for Microbial Biotechnology in the Department of Systems Biology at the Technical University of Denmark. With this award, Agilent is contributing measurement solutions and expertise to support research in food safety, specifically the metabolomics of mycotoxins (toxins made by mold).

Agilent Technologies Inc will demonstrate the recently introduced Agilent 1000B oscilloscopes at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 10-13, at the San Antonio Convention Center (Booth 413), in San Antonio. An Agilent InfiniiVision 2000 X-Series oscilloscope and an Agilent handheld DMM will be raffled off during the conference in Booth 413.

Agilent Technologies Inc. will demonstrate its newest design and test products for advanced RF and microwave research, development and manufacturing at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (Booth 1015), June 17-22, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. In addition, Agilent will present several technical programs and workshops.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the latest release of its RFIC simulation, verification and analysis software, GoldenGate 2012. Raising the bar on performance and usability, the 2012 release offers RFIC designers a host of technology enhancements for accelerated design verification, extended design-for-manufacturing solutions and improved links to system design.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced a new release of SystemVue, Agilent’s premier platform for designing communications systems. Agilent will demonstrate SystemVue 2012.06 along with a range of solutions for everything from circuit-level modeling through system verification for general RF, microwave, 4G communications, and aerospace/defense applications at DAC2012 (Booth 313), June 3-7, in San Francisco.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced the 1000B Series oscilloscopes. The four new two-channel models, with bandwidths from 50 MHz to 150 MHz, offer powerful capabilities at an attractive price for engineers, technicians and educators. Customers have told us they love our oscilloscopes, but sometimes they are beyond their budgets, said Jay Alexander, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Oscilloscope Products Division.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Frost & Sullivan recognized Agilent with the 2012 Europe Frost & Sullivan Customer Service Leadership Award for Calibration Services. “With a highly integrated team of professionals and an unswerving focus on resolving customer queries and meeting their changing requirements, Agilent has performed exceedingly well in terms of delivering the highest quality of calibration services,” said Frost & S...

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced its Bluetooth low-energy test solution on the N4010A wireless connectivity test set was verified by Texas Instruments Inc. for use with TI's integrated circuits in Bluetooth Smart and Smart-Ready devices.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today launched additional Agilent SureFISH probes, creating the largest offering of oligonucleotide-based fluorescent in situ hybridization assays on the market. Over 425 probes are now available from Agilent, including centromere probes for all 24 chromosomes, and 35 telomere probes.

Agilent Technologies Inc today introduced the oscilloscope industry's first eye-diagram mask testing capability for the differential Controller Area Network serial bus. The CAN serial bus is used extensively for control and sensor monitoring in automotive applications as well as a broad range of industrial and medical equipment applications.