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Compound foundry WIN Semiconductors' Q1 2017 revenue grew 1.9 percent over Q4, to NT$3,271 million, or $106.8 million. However, the revenue was down 0.5 percent compared to the year-ago quarter.

Mobile IoT made a significant milestone in North America as mobile network operator Verizon confirmed the launch of the first commercial nationwide LTE-M network in the U.S., covering 2.4 million square miles.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon Co. a $10 million contract modification to continue the development of hardware and software that will add GaN semiconductor technology to the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar.

Analog Devices, Inc. announced a pair of high-performance GaN power amplifier (PA) modules which offer one of the highest power-density levels in their class, thus minimizing size and weight of the subsystem. The HMC7885 and HMC7748 broadband modules target applications operating between 2 GHz and 6 GHz, including test and measurement, communications, Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) replacement, military/aerospace surveillance and countermeasures and radar.

MACOM has added three PIN diode switches to its AlGaAs family. Utilizing its AlGaAs technology to meet these demanding challenges, MACOM has designed the MASW-011094, a Ka-Band high power terminated SPDT PIN diode switch, MASW-011029, a wideband SP3T PIN diode switch and the MASW-011087, a Ka-Band SP4T PIN diode switch.

RFMW, Ltd. announces design and sales support for a Qorvo GaN on SiC transistor serving radar, mil comm, avionics, jammers and wideband amplifier applications.

Skyworks is pleased to introduce the SKY65623-682LF, a low noise amplifier (LNA) designed for applications such as wearables, asset trackers, navigation devices, action cameras and more.

Passive Plus, Inc. (PPI) offers a line of Hi-Q Capacitors available in four larger case sizes.