At the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2016) in San Francisco (24-26 May), the current state of the RF Energy Alliance (RFEA) and the impact it has made in its first two years is being showcased by its executive director Dr ...
Tags: RF Energy, Electronics
A new highly efficient power amplifier (PA) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS could help to make possible next-generation cell phones, low-cost collision-avoidance radar for cars and lightweight microsatellites for communications, ...
Tags: Power Amplifier, Cell Phones
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAGe-102425-300, a 300W gallium ...
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ACCO Semiconductor Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a fabless provider of RF front-end components manufactured using standard high-volume bulk CMOS processes for smart-phone and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, has closed a $35m funding ...
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Analog and mixed-signal semiconductor manufacturer Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has unveiled SkyLiTE 2.0, its next-generation front-end solution powering LTE devices. The highly integrated platform provides smartphone makers ...
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GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has launched a complete chipset portfolio for 28Gbps- and 100Gbps-based solutions for ...
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GlobalFoundries of Santa Clara, CA, USA (one of the world's largest semiconductor foundries, with more than 250 customers and operations in Singapore, Germany and the USA) has announced new radio-frequency silicon solutions, further ...
Tags: Wireless Devices, semiconductor
UK-based Cobham plc (which designs and manufactures equipment, specialized systems and components for the aerospace, defense, energy and electronics industries) has established a strategic partnership to incorporate the gallium nitride ...
Advantech Wireless Inc of Montreal, Canada (which manufactures satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems) has launched the second-generation 500W, 4.4–5.0GHz gallium nitride (GaN)-based solid-state power amplifier (SSPA). The ...
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Advantech Wireless Inc of Montreal, Canada (which manufactures satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems), has launched a SapphireBlu solid-state power amplifier/power block (SSPA/SSPB), based on second-generation gallium nitride (GaN) ...
Tags: RF equipment, microwave systems
Qorvo Inc (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) says that its recently launched RFPA55X2 Wi-Fi power amplifier (PA) family is enabling many of today's leading home and ...
Tags: Qorvo, Wi-Fi Platforms, power amplifier
Strong wireless demand resulted in growth of more than 25% in the gallium arsenide (GaAs) IC market in 2015, according to The Information Network in its report 'The GaAs IC Market'. Every cell phone contains power amplifiers (PA), ...
Tags: GaAs IC Market, PA
Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for wireless connectivity and cellular mobility, has launched a new family of ultra-miniature 2.4GHz RF front-end IC ...
Tags: RFaxis CMOS, amplifier
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp is expanding its lineup of gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistors (GaN HEMTs) for use in base transceiver stations (BTS) operating in the 3.5GHz band of fourth generation (4G) mobile ...
Tags: Mitsubishi Electric, GaN HEMT, Electronics
Anokiwave Inc of San Diego, CA, USA, a provider of highly integrated silicon core chips and III-V front-end integrated circuits for emerging millimeter-wave (mmW) and active electronically scanned array (AESA) markets, has announced the ...