Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for the wireless connectivity and cellular mobility markets, has begun mass production of its RFX240 high-power 2.4GHz ...
Tags: RFaxis CMOS, Electrical, Electronics
On 19 June at the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 39) in Tampa, FL, scientist Myles Steiner at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reported record energy conversion efficiency of ...
Tags: Solar Cell, Electrical, Electronics, cell
Japan's Sharp Corp has used a concentrator triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell to achieve a solar energy conversion efficiency of 44.4%, exceeding the record of 43.5% for concentrating conversion efficiency set in ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA – says it has achieved Milestone 6 ...
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Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA and u2t Photonics AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes high-speed indium phosphide-based photodetectors and receivers as well as gallium ...
Tags: Fiber-optic communications, component, subsystem, Electrical, Electronics
Sol Voltaics AB of Ideon Science Park, Lund, Sweden says that the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA), the national authority for energy policy issues, has provided a $6m conditional loan (one of the largest it has ever issued to a company) to ...
Tags: Nanowire GaAs PV, Electrical, Electronics
Northrop Grumman Corp of Redondo Beach, CA, USA has developed two new 0.1μm gallium arsenide (GaAs) high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) broadband three-stage high-power amplifiers ...
Tags: Northrop Grumman, High-Power MMICs
In its latest report ‘Global and China GaAs Industry Report, 2012-2013’ market analayst firm Research In China summarizes that in first-half 2013 the biggest news in the gallium arsenide industry was Qualcomm’s ...
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Custom MMIC of Westford, MA, USA has added to its growing monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) library of standard products by launching the CMD187 wideband gallium arsenide (GaAs) MMIC amplifier die for RF and microwave ...
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To meet the growing demand for gallium in LED manufacturing in North-East Asia, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada is to invest in a new gallium chemicals facility to be located in South ...
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Fujitsu Laboratories of Kawasaki, Japan has developed compact gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT)-based transceiver module technology with an output of 10W operating at frequencies up to the millimeter-wave band. ...
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Freescale Semiconductor of Austin, TX, USA, which provides RF power technology for cellular markets, has announced a major initiative focused on demonstrating how its new and existing commercial RF power and microwave RF devices can meet ...
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In booth 2120 at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2013) in Seattle (4–7 June), wireless and optical communications component and module provider Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations USA Inc of San Jose, CA, USA ...
In booth V16 (level 10.1, Hall 10) of the ANGA-COM 2013 Exhibition & Congress for Broadband, Cable and Satellite in Cologne, Germany (4-6 June), M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes analog semiconductors, ...
Tags: VGA, Macom Electrical
In booth #930 at the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2013) in Seattle (4-6 June), M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes analog semiconductors, components and subassemblies) has launched a broadband ...
Tags: Macom, Broadband VGA