In conjunction with the 2013 Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology conference (GOMACTech 13) in Las Vegas (11-14 March), RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of ...
Tags: TriQuint, GaN Ku-Band PA, Broadband Integrated Limiter/LNA
Global embedded processing solutions provider Freescale Semiconductor has shipped 175 million RF power transistors in plastic packages. According to the US-based company, over-molded plastic packaging can withstand the high heat levels ...
Microchip has developed a capacitive contactless identification system that relies on near-field effects around the human body. A $1 fob or token, carried about a person, sets up a field that extends to the wearers fingertips, allowing ...
Tags: Body's Electric, Microchip, contactless identification system
Radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor company RF Micro Devices Inc (RFMD) of Greensboro, NC, USA has introduced multiple new products to its portfolio of envelope tracking (ET) power management and power amplifier (PA) ...
With 86% of the 47 million LTE cellphone modems shipped last year, Qualcomm will certainly continue its domination in 2013, says Forward Concepts. "Samsung followed with 9% of the shipments, while tiny GCT Semiconductor managed to grab 3% ...
Held every year in February in San Francisco, the IEEE's International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) is the world showcase for innovative circuit design. This is the 60th conference, and year's theme is '60 years of (em)powering ...
Tags: IEEE, ISSCC, circuit design
Ceravision is a privately owned lighting company based in Bletchley Park, UK. Ceravision is the inventor of a range of electrodeless lamps and integrated luminaires under the trade name Alvara, the world's first High Efficiency Plasma (HEP) ...
Tags: Ceravision, Lighting Brands
Spatial pattern recognition Spatial pattern recognition (SPR) looks for relationships among defect locations on the substrate surface. When detected, spatial patterns can often lead to rapid identification of the defect's root cause (Fig. ...
Tags: MOCVD, MOCVD epitaxial process
11 Oct 2012 The high-reliability semiconductor and imaging component manufacturer is expanding in Asia,but restructuring in the UK. e2v Technologies,the UK company that makes a range of semiconductor components including high-end ...
Although 2012 turned out to be an off year for RF power amplifiers and devices for wireless infrastructure,the market still held its own,says market analyst firm ABI Research in its report'RF Power Amplifiers'.This year should be viewed as ...
Tags: RF power amplifiers, LTE, ABI Research, wireless infrastructure
Agilent Technologies Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA says it is shipping Advanced Design System 2012, its flagship RF and microwave EDA software platform. The software features new capabilities that improve productivity and efficiency for all ...
Tags: Agilent, GaAs, GaN, RF power amplifier, software platform
A drying system that provides greater efficiency than conventional convection and infrared systems for the high-speed drying of water-based patterned glue and coatings in the converting and textile industries is being introduced by Radio ...
Tags: coatings, Radio Frequency, textile industries, drying system
Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs and customizable SoCs, and subsystems) has expanded its family of radio-frequency transistors based on gallium ...
Tags: Microsemi, GaN on SiC, radio frequency transistors, HEMT
Skyworks Solutions Inc increased its share of the market for RF power amplifiers (PAs) used in cellular terminals in 2011 and first-half 2012, increasing its lead on second-ranked RF Micro Devices Inc and most other suppliers, according to ...
Tags: Power amplifiers, Skyworks, RF power amplifiers, RF Micro Devices
Wireless infrastructure GaAs device revenue boosted by shrinking cell sizes According to Strategy Analytics’ recent market report ‘Wireless Infrastructure Markets: 2011-2016’, gallium arsenide (GaAs) device revenue ...
Tags: GaAs, Wireless base-station, Lights, Lighting