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If changing the batteries in the remote control or smoke detector seems like a chore, imagine having to change hundreds of batteries in sensors scattered across a busy bridge. That's why Kansas State University (K-State) engineers are helping a semiconductor manufacturer implement its idea of an energy-harvesting radio. It...

David Strand, president of Strand Marketing Inc. , a Newburyport, Massachusetts-based marketing and advertising agency specializing in the high tech industry, has written a marketing brief entitled “Gearing Up for a Slow Down: 7 ideas for Marketing in a Challenging Economy.” Contained within the brief are tips on investing...

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. , a provider of innovative microwave and RF design solutions and products, announced the availability of a new floor-mounted RFID portal capable of detecting the direction of travel (DoT) of RFID-tagged items. “Given today’s evolving security and supply chain management landscape, it is not enough...

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. , a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced it is shipping the TRITIUM II PA-Duplexer Module™ family, its latest solution of RF modules for mobile handset manufacturers. The TRITIUM II PA-Duplexer Module™ family supports the CDMA 2000 (EV-DO) protocol with the following...

Releasing an update to its ‘GaAs Industry Forecast Through 2012,’ Strategy Analytics maintains its 9 percent growth forecast for 2008 with the GaAs industry growing to $3.9 B from $3.5 B in 2007. However, with a global recession impacting unit growth across nearly all the major end markets, the...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) - Asia's leading test and certification institution and USB independent test lab - selected Agilent's USB testing solution for USB compliance testing. TTA will use Agilent's USB compliance testing solution, including the DSA91304A high-performance oscilloscope, N5416A USB compliance test...

Strategy Analytics forecasts that the market for Gallium Nitride (GaN) microelectronic devices will grow at a compound annual average growth rate (CAAGR) of 98 percent through to 2012. The latest analysis concludes that military and defense applications will dominate demand for GaN devices, accounting for 55 percent of the...

OEwaves Inc. has been selected as a subcontractor to support Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors in support of a Science and Technology contract from the US Army Research Development and Development Command’s (RDECOM) Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC). The total value of the initial...

HVVi Semiconductors Inc. , a developer of silicon RF power transistors, announced the company’s first product using the revolutionary High Voltage Vertical Field Effect Transistor (HVVFET™) architecture for radar applications in the UHF band. Operating across the 420 to 470 MHz band, the HVV0405-175 offers UHF system designers a...

SiGe Semiconductor Inc. released the SE2568U ISM band high-performance power amplifier (PA) targeted at the embedded 2.4 GHz wireless LAN (WLAN) market. This new device integrates direct to battery operation and offers state of the art integration for embedded handheld and modular application. The SE2568U offers the industry's smallest...