RF & Microwave Industry News

Skyworks and PMC-Sierra announce amended and restated merger agreement

Skyworks Solutions Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things, and PMC-Sierra Inc., a semiconductor and software solutions leader in storage, optical and mobile networks, announced that they have entered into an amended and restated merger agreement under which Skyworks has agreed to acquire PMC for $11.60 in cash per share of PMC common stock, an increase from its previous agreement to acquire PMC for $10.50 in cash per share of PMC common stock.


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Ericsson, AT&T, Altair demo 10 years of LTE IoT battery life

Ericsson has announced it will join AT&T and chipset provider Altair to demonstrate LTE Power Saving Mode on commercial LTE Internet of Things (IoT) chipset platform at the GSMA Mobile 360 Series - North America event on October 27-29 in Atlanta, Georgia. The demonstration will be held in the AT&T booth running on Ericsson networks and Altair’s FourGee-1160 Cat 1 chipset featuring ultra-low power consumption.


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Barry introduces 1750 W RF termination for basestation, broadcast, radar applications

Barry Industries announces the introduction of a RoHS compliant flange mount RF termination, T50R0-1750-1X, which dissipates 1750 W with favorable return loss over a DC to 1GHz bandwidth. Barry Industries is an ISO9001:2008 certified, ITAR registered manufacturer of high quality thick film resistors, terminations, attenuators and high temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC) packaging.


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Skyworks receives Mexico's National Export award

Skyworks Solutions Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things, announced that it received the 2015 National Export Award (PNE) from Mexico. The PNE is one of four national awards given by Mexico's federal government recognizing companies, educational institutions and organizations whose efforts have contributed to strengthening Mexico's competitiveness in international markets. Specifically, Skyworks was recognized for being a role model of innovation and efficiency in delivering high value products to global markets.


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