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In collaboration with Microwave Journal’s Technical Education Training Series, John Coonrod of Rogers Corp.’s Advanced Connectivity Solutions will present a one-hour webinar on “The Impact of Plated Through Hole Via’s on RF Performance,” on Thursday, April 6, starting at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET.

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. announced that Sierra Wireless is leveraging a broad suite of Skyworks' 3G/4G connectivity solutions to power their AirPrime® HL Series wireless modules targeting machine-to-machine (M2M) and device-to-cloud applications. In total, Sierra Wireless is utilizing 17 Skyworks devices spanning high performance multimode, multiband power amplifiers, transmit/receive front-end modules, RF switches and DC-DC converters.

MaxLinear, Inc. and Exar Corp. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which MaxLinear has agreed to acquire Exar for $13.00 per share in cash. This price for each share of Exar represents a 22 percent premium over the Company’s closing price of $10.62 on Tuesday, March 28.

With worldwide data demand outpacing the frequency, bandwidth and power capabilities of our current communications infrastructure, Felix Ejeckam and Ty Mitchell, both experts in gallium nitride (GaN)-on-Diamond technology have joined forces to create Akash Systems, Inc., a company committed to revolutionizing the future of fast, affordable satellite communications.

Teledyne Technologies Inc. and e2v technologies plc jointly announced the successful completion of the previously announced acquisition by Teledyne of e2v by means of a Scheme of Arrangement.

Rohde & Schwarz will supply test and measurement solutions to Qualcomm Technologies to produce engineering samples of its SDR051 5G RF transceiver in readiness for 5G deployment.