RF & Microwave Industry News

Isola introduces certification program for PCB fabricators

Isola Group S.à r.l., a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs), announced that it has launched a new certification program for PCB fabricators. The program is open to qualifying fabricators in the United States able to demonstrate the ability to process such high-speed digital materials as Isola’s I-Tera MT and I-Speed.


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RFMD awarded $9.7M Air Force contract to produce MM Wave GaN integrated circuits

RFMD, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, announced it has signed a $9.7 million agreement with the Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to transfer and produce a 0.14 micron Gallium Nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technology. The technology will be scaled to 6-inch diameter wafers using RFMD's industry-leading 6-inch GaN-on-Silicon Carbide (SiC) manufacturing line.


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Frequency Matters, March 24, 2014

Frequency Matters, March 24, 2014Watch episode 9 (Mar 24, 2014) of the bi-weekly industry update video series, Frequency Matters. Editors David Vye and Pat Hindle discuss the key technical articles from our March Cable and Connector supplement, breaking news on the Hittite acquisition, and event summaries.


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