Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale,CA,USA has agreed to acquire RED-C Optical Networks Inc,a Delaware corporation with subsidiary operations in Tel Aviv,Israel.Founded in 2000,RED-C has more ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA says that its new RF5836 provides a complete integrated solution in a single front-end module(FEM)for WiFi 802.11a/n systems. The RF5836 integrates a 5GHz power amplifier(PA),single-pole ...
Tags: Front-End Module, Power Amplifier, Mobile Devices, Consumer Electronics
GigOptix Inc of San Jose,CA,USA(a fabless supplier of semiconductor and optical components for high-speed information streaming)has signed a license agreement with IBM to incorporate IBM's silicon germanium(SiGe)millimeterwave transceiver ...
Tags: GigOptix, SiGe, semiconductor, optical components, IBM
Audio in Samsung's Galaxy S III is provided by a chip from Edinburgh-based Wolfson. The device is the WM1811'audio hub',and the design-in follows Samsung's use of the earlier WM8994 in the Wave and Galaxy S. Wolfson's audio hubs mop up ...
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New guide star laser debuts at SPIE astronomy event 26 Jun 2012 Apparatus could help observatory one day"find another Earth"–Toptica. Burning bright:ESO's portable guide star laser unit under test.A novel approach to laser guide ...
Tags: European, EOS, guide star laser system, SPIE, MPB, Toptica
Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has released a new suite of Verilog-A proprietary nonlinear device models for its gallium nitride(GaN)RF devices(available free to Cree's RF customers),developed for use with leading RF design platforms from ...
Tags: Cree, GaN, RF devices, Verilog-A RF device models, IMS
22 June 2012 Fujitsu develops first high-output,single-chip 10GHz transceiver using GaN HEMT At the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS 2012)in Montreal,Canada(17-21 June),Fujitsu Laboratories of Kawasaki,Japan presented what ...
As system complexity increases no longer is simple stimulus and response testing enough,test systems need to simulate the world around a device and testing it under realistic operating conditions and for this FPGA-based instruments come ...
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At the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada(17-22 June),Germany's Infineon Technologies AG has launched the BFx840xESD series of SiGe:C(silicon-germanium:carbon)heterojunction bipolar ...
Tags: Infineon, transistors, WiFi
Recognized as a compelling alternative to silicon for many RF applications,gallium nitride(GaN)technology has generated significant industry interest due to its performance advantages,but has faced significant challenges related to ...
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In booth 1210 at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Montreal, Canada (17-22 June), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has launched the RFVA0016 — a highly integrated broadband quarter-watt (1/4W) ...
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20 June 2012 NXP's 0.65mm x 0.44mm x 0.2mm SiGe:C GPS LNAs offer 0.60dB noise figure NXP Semiconductors N.V.of Eindhoven,The Netherlands,which provides mixed-signal and standard product solutions,has unveiled the BGU8006 low-noise ...
Tags: NXP Semiconductors, WLCSP, GPS LNAs, BGU8006 LNA
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 Avago launches wireless products for3G/4G small-cell base stations and portable GPS systems Avago Technologies(which supplies wireless components for cellular base stations,macrocells,other communications subsystems,and ...
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At the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada(17–22 June),Freescale Semiconductor of Austin,TX,USA,which provides RF power technology for cellular markets,has launched new Airfast transistors ...