On August 19, Veeco Instruments Inc. launched the GENxplor Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Deposition System, the industry's first fully-integrated MBE system for the compound semiconductor R&D market. The GENxplor creates high quality ...
Tags: compound semiconductor, semiconductor, Electrical, Electronics
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has introduced the GENxplor molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) deposition system, which is said to be the industry's first fully-integrated MBE system ...
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GaAs-based broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA says that its AWL9581 front-end integrated circuit (FEIC) is enabling 5GHz 802.11ac WiFi connectivity in LG Electronics' new G2 ...
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Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) has launched a power amplifier (PA) ...
Tags: Power Detector, Electrical, Electronics
POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which, through subsidiary OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA, has developed the proprietary planar-optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA says that MediaTek (a fabless semiconductor firm for wireless communications and digital multimedia) is using several Skyworks front-end solutions in its dual-core MT6572 ...
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Custom MMIC of Westford, MA, USA has added the CMD192 to its monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) product portfolio. The CMD192 is a wideband DC-20GHz GaAs MMIC distributed amplifier available in die form. It delivers greater than ...
Tags: Custom MMIC MMIC GaAs, Amplifier, Electrical, Electronics
It is reported that Vishay Intertechnology introduced two new series of 10 mm standard surface-mount 7-segment LED displays in compact, low-profile packages on August 7, 2013. Utilizing AllnGap on GaAs chip technology for high luminous ...
Tags: LED Displays, SMD 7-Segment
University of Tokyo has improved the temperature performance of 1.3μm quantum dot (QD) laser diodes bonded to silicon [Katsuaki Tanabe et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p082703, 2013]. Photonic circuits are commonly created in silicon, ...
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For second-quarter 2013, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $190.1m. This is up 3% on $184.2m last quarter (although Q1 had been impacted by ...
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For second-quarter 2013, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA has reported revenue of $23.8m, down 5.5% on $25.2m a year ago but up 4.5% on $22.4m last quarter. "Our results for the second quarter came in within our guidance range, with revenue ...
Tags: AXT GaAs GaAs substrate InP Germanium, Electrical, Electronics
Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) has launched the HMC6981LS6 power amplifier ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has acquired CAP Wireless of Newbury Park, CA and its patented Spatium RF power combining technology, which replaces travelling-wave ...
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For its fiscal first-quarter 2014 (ended 29 June 2013), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $293m, up 4.4% on $280.6m on last quarter and up 44.5% on $202.7m a-year ago. Fiscal Q1/2013 Q2/2013 ...
Tags: RFMD, Electrical, Electronics
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes analog semiconductors, components and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) says it is supplying Northrop Grumman with its GaAs-based MMIC ...
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