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RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance radio systems and solutions for applications that drive mobile communications, announced that it has commenced volume production shipments of its POLARIS™ 2 Total Radio Module for EDGE for GSM/GPRS/EDGE handsets to Amoi Electronics...

Published November 27, 2006 From: Mike O’Driscoll, student Dear Harlan, With regards to RF mixers, how would you define the sensitivity of a mixer? Is it possible to measure sensitivity? Dear Mike, I have always regarded sensitivity as the signal level needed for a minimum detectable signal above the...

Amphenol RF announced that it is now authorized to market the QN interface as a member of the Quick Lock Formula ® Alliance. Amphenol RF signed a QMA and QN license agreement with Huber+Suhner AG and Radiall SA earlier this year and is now QLF® certified on both the...

Following enlargement, the Abacus Group has established a clear and distinctive corporate identity throughout Europe, which has been implemented to create a better synergy between the Group’s distribution businesses across Europe and to provide a stronger platform for continued development and growth. The re-branding exercise involved renaming many of...

NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductors) has increased its holding in Singapore-based Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. Pte. Ltd. (SSMC) from 50.5 percent to 61.2 percent, for a purchase price of approximately $113 M. Concurrently, NXP's joint venture partner in SSMC, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC), has increased...

Micro-Ant Inc. is relocating its operations to a larger facility in Easton, MA. The additional space is required to accommodate the company’s growing staff and manufacturing department, and will include a 40-foot, fully-instrumented anechoic test chamber for antenna measurements. Micro-Ant is an established leader in the design and manufacture...

electronica 2006 upheld its reputation as the world's leading trade show for electronics when the fourteen halls of the New Munich Trade Fair Centre attracted a large international audience eager to discover the latest trends and developments. The biannual event took place between 14 and 17 November and occupied...

The RF to Light 100 rose 2.4% last week, YTD +15% at 2466. Nasdaq up 2.3% at 2446. Freescale shareholders approved $ 17.6b sale to private equity firms led by Blackstone Group at $ 40/share. Antitrust OK'd Level 3 Communications acquiring Broadwing Corp. Motorola's mobile devices business is very...

ITT Corp. announced it will provide comprehensive spectrum engineering support to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Joint Spectrum Center (JSC) on the Electromagnetic Spectrum Engineering Services Contract. Under the contract, ITT will provide engineering systems support, technical analysis, test support and long-term strategic planning as JSC meets national...

Technical Communities Inc. , a service provider for technical organizations that sell to US government agencies and prime federal contractors, has completed a Series D Convertible Preferred financing. While specific terms were not disclosed, the privately held company announced the financing included participation by all previous leading venture investors...