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Peregrine Semiconductor and IBM have teamed up to develop and manufacture future generations of Peregrine’s patented UltraCMOS™ silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) process technology. When fully qualified, the next-generation UltraCMOS RF ICs will be manufactured by IBM for Peregrine in the jointly-developed 180-nanometer RF CMOS process at IBM’s 200 mm semiconductor manufacturing...

Freescale Semiconductor has entered the gallium arsenide (GaAs) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) marketplace with the introduction of four new devices designed and optimized specifically for high performance in macro base stations, repeaters and femtocells employed in wireless networks. The devices address low-noise amplifiers and transmit power amplifiers –...

With great CRM and sales practices, tracking the return on investment (ROI) of any lead-generating strategy is as simple as pressing the big red ‘report’ button on your dashboard. One problem: Has anybody actually seen this magic report button? The nature of our industry can make tracking difficult, which...

Alcatel-Lucent and EADS Defence & Security (DS) have signed an agreement in principle to jointly develop and offer a powerful mobile solution designed specifically to address the public safety market in the United States. The solution, based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) and on the public safety Project 25...

The President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Professor Christopher Snowden, and Chief Executive, Nigel Fine, have visited India to forge and further relations with India’s premiere engineering institution and strengthen the IET's presence in South Asia. At the first ever meeting of the IET’s South Asia...

IntelliNet Technologies , Melbourne, Australia, has announced that it has completed interoperability testing between its own Femtocell Gateway and femtocell access points based on picoChip ’s industry-standard picoXcell™ platform. The testing validates products against the newly adopted 3GPP standardized Iu-h interface, which allows mobile operators to select customer premise...

NEC Corp. is participating in Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. ’s (SingTel) field trials of LTE. Together with its regional partners, SingTel is Asia’s largest multi-market mobile operator, serving more than 285 million mobile customers in eight markets. The LTE field trial is scheduled to be carried out by SingTel and...

Infineon Technologies has introduced the ThinPAK 8x8, a new leadless SMD package for HV MOSFETs. It has a very small footprint of only 64 mm 2 and a very low profile of only 1 mm in height. The significantly smaller package size, combined with benchmark low parasitic inductances, provides...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has launched the HMC-T2100B, the first battery powered, 10 MHz to 20 GHz Portable Synthesized Signal Generator. Designed to fulfill signal generation needs in the field or on the bench, and priced at only...

Pulsar Microwave Corp. , established in 1987, is a supplier of passive microwave components covering the frequency range of 10 kHz to 40 GHz with both narrow band and ultra-broadband products. Included are directional couplers, power dividers/combiners, 90 and 180 degree hybrids, bias tees, I & Q networks, PIN...