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Maury Microwave Corp., a global leader in calibration, interconnect, measurement and modeling device characterization solutions, announced that John Clinton has joined the company as Director of Sales, Interconnect. With more than 30 years of industry experience, Clinton will champion the Company’s cable and connector business, building upon the year-over-year growth the company has realized since entering this market space.

Skyworks Solutions Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things, announced that for $76.5 million, it has acquired the remaining 34 percent interest it did not already own in the filter joint venture it created with Panasonic in 2014.

EDI CON China 2017, a conference that brings together engineers working on high-frequency analog and high-speed digital designs, taking place April 25-27, 2017 at the Shanghai Convention Center & Exhibition Center of International Sourcing (Shanghai, China), announces the Call for Papers is open. 

Optimal+™, the leader in big data solutions for manufacturing operations in the semiconductor and electronics industries, announced the availability of Release 6.5. This latest release includes an extension of the company’s Global Ops solution to serve the needs of electronics manufacturing operations.

NI, the provider of platform-based systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, announced the world’s first MIMO Application Framework. When paired with NI software defined radio hardware, this software reference design provides a well-documented, reconfigurable, parameterized physical layer written and delivered in LabVIEW source code that enables researchers to build both traditional MIMO and Massive MIMO prototypes.

SAW filter designer Resonant expanded their licensing agreement with an unnamed, "tier one" customer to add three SAW filter designs. The new agreement covers the development and licensing of Resonant’s first integrated module design that incorporates three complex duplexers. The design will be manufactured using wafer level packaging.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced  the availability and full design support capabilities for a new passive switch from MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. The MADP-011048 uses silicon PIN diodes in a non-magnetic surface mount package. There are two sets of diode pairs, constructed in an electrically-isolated, anti-parallel configuration, that operate from 5 MHz to 400 MHz.

Dynawave, a leading design and manufacturer of RF & microwave connectors, adapters, bulk cable and cable assemblies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ultra-RF Technical Sales, as their new manufacturer’s representative in the Southern California region.

Mission Microwave Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of compact, highly efficient solid state power amplifiers and block up-converters, announced  that they have been selected through the U.S. Air Force SBIR Program for a Phase II contract to develop highly efficient and linear highpower Ka-Band solid state power amplifiers (SSPAs). The award is under SBIR program topic (AF151-150) for “Ka-Band Efficient, Linear Power Amplifiers for SATCOM Ground Terminals,” and aims to deliver greater than 70 W of linear RF power over 30 to 31 GHz, with efficiencies in excess of 35 percent. 

Mercury Systems Inc., announced that Christopher C. Cambria has joined the company as its senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, reporting to Mercury's president and chief executive officer, Mark Aslett. Cambria will lead the overall direction and management of legal and regulatory matters at Mercury, including support for mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions.