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Application Note This application note details the benefits of using existing investment in its Advanced Design System software and test instrumentation. "Connected Simulation and Test Solutions Using the Advanced Design System" addresses the benefits of verifying designs earlier in the design process, and discusses how connected EDA tools and...

Committed to advancing the use of indium phosphide (InP) for IC applications, Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. announced it is the first company to provide InP HBT foundry services through MOSIS, a leading provider of low cost prototyping and small-volume production services for IC (and optical IC) development. By working directly...

Ultra-precision Substrates This Web site displays the latest technology to lap, polish and fabricate a variety of substrate materials to mirror-smooth finishes as precise as one-millionth of an inch. By applying a demanding set of controls, Accumet can assure exact duplicate repeatability and on-time deliveries for MIL-SPEC, science and...

MEMGen Corp. has launched the world's first micro-device design contest. The "3-D MEMS Design Challenge" is made possible by the company's proprietary EFAB™ micro-manufacturing technology, which allows micro-devices to be designed with commonly available 3-D CAD software tools and fabricated in a matter of a few weeks using the...

Workshops & Courses Applied RF Techniques in Wireless Systems Topics : Introduction to RF, single-ended and balanced S-parameters, impedance matching, graphical and analytical design methods, discrete and monolithic RF component models, Smith chart techniques, transmission lines and RF CAE, and PCB materials. Site : Nice, France Dates : April...

Although the economy has continued to impact the Bluetooth semiconductor market, it will experience high growth, according to In-Stat/MDR. With recent, adjusted outlooks of shipments by vendors, and a gradual expected up-tick in the economy in 2003, the high tech market research firm expects final 2002 chipset shipment figures...

News From Washington US Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman $181 M to Modernize ICBM Guidance Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Mission System sector was awarded a $181 M contract to continue full-rate production of the ICBM Guidance Replacement Program (GRP), which is upgrading the guidance system electronics in the Minuteman III...

In order to meet the objective of providing short-range air defense throughout Switzerland, Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Swiss Defense Procurement Agency to provide 24 Portable Search and Target Acquisition Radars (PSTAR). Typically, PSTAR interfaces with a weapons system such as a Stinger anti-aircraft missile. This...

International Report Swiss Award Portable Radars Contract to Lockheed Martin In order to meet the objective of providing short-range air defense throughout Switzerland, Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Swiss Defense Procurement Agency to provide 24 Portable Search and Target Acquisition Radars (PSTAR). Typically, PSTAR interfaces with...

The UK Defence Communications Services Agency (DCSA) has awarded BAE Systems C4ISR a contract for the supply of an additional two Dagger vehicle-borne and two Talon man-portable high capacity satellite communications systems to support British Forces' network enabled capabilities (NEC) during field operations. This will mean that following delivery...