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Freescale Semiconductor continues to enable advanced development through rapid evaluation and prototyping with its Tower System development platform. The company recently announced two processor modules, three interchangeable peripheral modules and a number of partner-developed modules for the reconfigurable development platform. The processor modules are specific for industrial networking, automotive,...

Freescale Semiconductor introduced an RF LDMOS power transistor designed for operation from 1.8 to 600 MHz and optimized for use under the potentially-destructive impedance mismatch conditions encountered in applications such as CO2 lasers, plasma generators, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. The new MRFE6VP6300H FET is the world’s first...

IMS2010 , the annual conference and exhibition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), attracted thousands of designers, researchers, developers, academics and executives in the microwave and RF industry to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, May 23-28. Based on...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, announced that it has captured design wins at MediaTek in support of several of their next-generation platforms targeting low-cost handsets in emerging markets. MediaTek, a fabless semiconductor company...

Rosenberger Hochrfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co KG , Tittmoning, Germany, has acquired CDS DataComm of Plano, TX. The newly acquired company will be called Rosenberger CDS LLC and will continue to operate with its current management and staff in its Plano, TX facility. Details of the transaction were not disclosed....

TriQuint's ML483 is a high linearity converter combining a passive GaAs FET mixer with an integrated LO driver in an ultra small MSOP-8 package for wireless base stations and repeaters. The RFIC is able to operate across a 0.7 to 1 GHz frequency range to achieve +36 dBm input...

RF Micro Devices Inc. introduced the RF5608 WiFi RF front end module (FEM). RFMD’s feature-rich RF5608 FEM delivers superior integration and full final testing to reduce size, simplify development and lower overall cost in high-performance, dual-band applications such as mobile computing and access point WiFi applications. The dual-band RF5608...

OMMIC announces the release of a new X-band integrated Core Chip for T/R functions. This new device, called the CGY2170XUH, is the next generation of the previous X-band Core Chip. The MMIC is more versatile and consumes less power than the previous generation of Core Chips. It is ideal...

Vectron International , a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of precision frequency control and timing solutions, announced a “Super Single” oven controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO), the MX-041 for base station and test & measurement applications. The company is showcasing this new product in Booth 1615 at the...

IMST announced the latest release of its EMPIRE XCcel™ software. Despite the fact that EMPIRE already had the capability of using multicore CPUs during recent years, it now has come to pass that you may use an almost unlimited set of network-PCs for ONE simulation job; it is now...