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Jacket Micro Devices Inc. (JMD) announced that it has developed a halogen-free version of its patented Multi-Layer Organic (MLO™) packaging process. MLO is the first commercial organic packaging technology to provide high Q RF filters embedded into the layers of a LGA package. MLO utilizes advanced, low-loss polymers and...

RF Micro Devices (RFMD®), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced it will showcase its industry-leading RF product portfolio at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2008. RFMD delivered this year’s keynote address for the RFIC Symposium Plenary Session, and RFMD...

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. announced that Vishay Semiconductor Italiana S.p.A. , a high power products division of the company, has been chosen to be one of the eight initial corporate participants in the Turin Polytechnic Institute's new Business Research Center. Located in the Institute's extended campus area known as the...

TriQuint Semiconductor , an RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, released the first of its gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors for a wide range of high frequency applications including mobile base station, defense and space communications systems. TriQuint also announced opening the industry’s first GaN Foundry service for...

Anritsu Co. introduces the MT8860C WLAN Test Set, a fully integrated test solution that performs high-speed radio layer measurements on WLAN chip sets. The MT8860C combines the capabilities of a power meter, spectrum analyzer, and vector signal generator to provide designers and manufacturers with a single instrument that performs...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, announced a set of signal creation and analysis tools that extend its RF test capabilities to include WiMAX signal testing. Keithley’s new solution is built on a next-generation hardware platform that makes it simple and inexpensive to...

Plextek , a Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, has completed the design of 2 W and 4 W X-band power amplifier (PA) MMICs for a UK electronics component supplier. Both MMICs cover the entire X-band (8 to 12 GHz) and are available as bare die, packaged components or...

Molex Inc. announced that it will showcase its multi-port SSMCX in an eight position coaxial connector block on 3.00 mm pitch at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Booth 844 . The SSMCX multi-port system is designed for cable-to-board applications and comes in four- and eight-port options. Molex...

Cree Inc. announces the sample release of two breakthrough gallium nitride (GaN) HEMT transistors for use in WiMAX applications covering the 4.9 to 5.8 GHz frequency band. The new transistors, CGH55015F and CGH55030F, are the first released GaN HEMT WiMAX products specified to operate at up to 5.8 GHz,...

Narda , an L-3 Communications company, will showcase its advanced microwave integrated circuit (MIC) technology that combines microwave hybrid manufacturing with multilayer printed circuit boards and advanced digital devices in Booth 1600 . Narda's proprietary techniques enable higher levels of microwave, digital and analog functional integration than is achievable...