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 ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Power Amplifier, Radar, Radio
5 June 2012 IQE acquires RFMD's MBE unit and secures seven-year wafer supply agreement Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has signed what is described as a multi-faceted agreement to acquire the entire ...
Tags: IQE, RFMD MBE, GaAs, wireless semiconductor industry
4 June 2012 Handset RF device market to grow from$3.8bn to$5bn in 2016 As handset RF front ends(containing gallium arsenide)are becoming increasingly sophisticated in the 4G era,they cost$9-11 for 4G devices,which is twice that for 3G and ...
4 June 2012 Cree launches X-band fully matched 50-100W GaN HEMTs for commercial radar and satcoms Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has launched high-efficiency X-band,fully matched gallium nitride(GaN)high-electron-mobility transistors(HEMTs)for ...
Tags: Cree Inc, GaN HEMTs, high-efficiency X-band, semiconductor, IEEE
RF and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Anadigics Inc of Warren,NJ,USA says that Tim Laverick has joined it as VP,infrastructure products,and Robert Bayruns has been promoted to VP&chief technology officer.Laverick is a business and ...
Tags: Anadigics, VP, CTO, semiconductor, microwave
A little bit of semiconductor magic made a lot of difference to RF power amplifiers,and looks like it will do the same for mains PSUs. That magic is the'two-dimensional electron gas'that forms between layers in certain semiconductor ...
Tags: GaN, semiconductor, RF power amplifiers, GaAs, SiC, PSU, JFET
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell,MA,USA(which makes analog semiconductors,components and subassemblies for RF,microwave and millimeter-wave applications)has launched an RF driver amplifier for MilCom and infrastructure ...
Tags: M/A-COM Tech, GaAs, MilCom, infrastructure applications
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 published the white paper'CMOS Wi-Fi RF Front-Ends for ...
High Power Opto LED (HPOLED) chairman KH Huang said the company has begun mass production of blue and green LED chips on silicon substrates, making it the world's third to make blue and green LED chips on silicon substrates behind Cree and ...
Tags: Market View, led chip, led diode
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched the RFSW6131,a gallium arsenide(GaAs)pHEMT single-pole three-throw(SP3T)switch designed for use in cellular,3G,LTE,and other high-performance communications systems.The device has a ...
Tags: RFMD, GaAs pHEMT SP3T symmetric switch, USA, GaAs
Plasma etch, deposition and thermal processing equipment maker SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK says that its Sigma fxP physical vapor deposition (PVD) system had been selected by a Chinese foundry dedicated to producing RF ...
Tags: SPTS PVD GaAs substrates
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 announced the sampling of its pure-CMOS, RFX8420 RF ...
Tags: Electronics, USA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has completed the sale of its vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(VCSEL)-based product lines to optical and wireless ...
Tags: Emcore Corp, product lines, VCSEL, SEDU
LayTec AG of Berlin,Germany(which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes,focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications)has announced its last call for those wishing to attend the firm's in-situ seminar ...
Tags: LayTec AG of Berlin, inSitu Monitoring, 16th International Conference
Freescale Semiconductor of Austin,TX,USA has announced a new reference design for small office/home office(SOHO)base-station applications that is partially powered by two gallium arsenide(GaAs)monolithic microwave integrated ...
Tags: Freescale, GaAs, MMICs, the Freescale GaAs MMIC devices