RF & Microwave Industry News

MACOM completes divestiture of Automotive Business

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (MACOM), a leading supplier of high-performance RF, microwave, millimeter wave and photonic semiconductor products, announced it has completed the previously announced divestiture of its Automotive business to oliv ASP Inc.(Autoliv) for approximately $100 millionin cash, plus the opportunity to receive up to an additional $30 million in cash based on the achievement of revenue-and customer order based earn-out targets through 2019.


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Linear Technology's dual step-down DC/DC controller

 Linear Technology Corp. announces the LTC3887-1, a dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with I²C-based PMBus interface for digital power system management. The LTC3887-1 differs from the previously released LTC3887 by providing a three-state PWM signal, enabling the use of DrMOS, power blocks or similar power stages. The LTC3887-1’s enhanced feature set includes a 70ms power-up time and a fast ADC mode that provides an 8ms update rate for one parameter. 


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Cobham AvComm’s 8800S has auto-test functionality for Motorola XTS® and XTL™ series radios

 Cobham AvComm, formerly Aeroflex AvComm business unit, announced automated test and alignment support for Motorola XTS and XTL series radios. Cobham AvComm’s latest product, the 8800S Digital Radio Test Set, is equipped with the application that fully automates radio testing and alignment. This ensures optimum radio performance in significantly less time, minimizing service and support costs for the end users and dealers. 


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