20 June 2012 Toshiba launches high-gain,high-power X-band GaN hybrid IC supporting AESA&PESA radar In booth 2710 at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada(19-21 June),Toshiba America Electronic ...
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20 June 2012 Mitsubishi develops 170W,70%-efficiency GaN-on-Si PA for base-station transmitters Picture:Mitsubishi Electric's 170W,2.1GHz GaN-on-Si power amplifier. Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed a prototype 2GHz ...
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20 June 2012 First 40GHz 2.5W/mm output performance of GaN/Si HEMTs Institute for Electronics,Microelectronics and Nanotechnology(IEMN)in France has demonstrated high-power-density nitride high-electron-mobility transistors(HEMTs)on ...
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Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc(TAEC)-a subsidiary of Tokyo-based semiconductor maker Toshiba Corp-has announced a Ka-band high-power gallium nitride(GaN)microwave monolithic integrated circuit(MMIC)with what it claims is one of ...
Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has announced the qualification and production release of two new gallium nitride(GaN)processes:G40V4(a 0.25µm process with operating drain voltage up to 40V)and G50V3(a 0.4µm process with operating ...
Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has released an updated process design kit(PDK)based on Agilent Technologies'Advanced Design System(ADS)software that will provide microwave and RF design engineers with a comprehensive suite of design and ...
Tags: Cree, GaN-on-SiC, HEMT, PDK, Software
Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has announced the sample release of a high-efficiency unmatched gallium nitride(GaN)high-electron-mobility transistor(HEMT)for military and commercial S-band radar applications. Rated at 60W for frequencies of ...
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In booth 1625 at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS 2012)in Montreal,Canada(19-21 June),StratEdge of San Diego,CA,USA(which designs and produces packages for microwave,millimeter-wave,and high-speed digital devices)is ...
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18 June 2012 RFMD adds 280W GaN matched power transistor family,targeting pulsed-radar RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched the RFHA1025,a highly efficient 280W pulsed gallium nitride(GaN)RF matched power transistor ...
Tags: RFMD, GaN, GaN power transistor, the RFHA1025, IMS, semiconductor
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA says that its Foundry Services business unit has updated its process design kits(PDKs)for use with Agilent Technologies Inc's Advanced Design System(ADS)2011 electronic design ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK says that it has enhanced wafer inspection capabilities at its Cardiff facility by acquiring a new automated wafer inspection tool supplied by Nanotronics Imaging LLC of ...
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China-based Lattice Power Corp has started volume production of its new-generation gallium nitride(GaN)-based high-power LEDs on silicon substrate.The firm reckons that the development could set the stage for a sharp reduction in the prices ...
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On 11 June at the LEDforum 2012 in Guangzhou,China,LayTec AG of Berlin,Germany(which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes,focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications)received the LEDinside'Aurora ...
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Freescale Semiconductor of Austin,TX,USA,which provides RF power technology for cellular markets,has unveiled its first RF power amplifier fabricated using gallium nitride(GaN)technology.Products will initially target the cellular ...
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In booth 1815 at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Montreal, Canada (17–22 June), RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA is launching ...
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