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The RF Energy Alliance has been launched to advance today’s power and heating solutions by equipping engineers and designers with a transformative, cost-effective and highly efficient heating and power source: solid-state RF energy.

Cree, Inc., a leader in gallium nitride (GaN) RF devices, has earned the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) manufacturing readiness level eight (MRL 8) designation. Awarded for its production of GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), this designation verifies Cree’s ability to provide assured, affordable and commercially viable production capabilities and capacities for items essential to national defense.  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. unveils a single control, SOI, single-pole-double-throw switch. The compact, 0.01 – 6.0 GHz SKY13453-385LF is intended for mode switching in pre-power amplifier cellular and dual-band WLAN transmit/receive applications. Using advanced switching technologies, it is a reflective short switch that offers high linearity, maintains low insertion loss and achieves high isolation for both switching paths. 

Aeroflex Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., announced that the TM500 family now supports aggregation of two 4x4 MIMO carriers, allowing mobile network operators to validate the performance of networks with data rates of up to 600Mb/s. 

 Indium Corp. will feature NC-26-A Ultra-Low Residue No-Clean Flip-Chip Flux at the 47t^h International Symposium on Microelectronics, organized by the International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS), Oct. 14-16 in San Diego, Calif.  

 The ChipScan-ESA analysis software from Langer EMV-Technik GmbH has been designed for the clear and comparable recording of a spectrum analyzer's measurement curves (system requirements: Windows XP and later). It allows the user to visualize measuring curves quickly and interactively, perform complex analyses and export the curves easily 

 RFMD, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, unveiled 11 new amplifiers of which six are gallium nitride-(GaN) based products to support the requirements of the new data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) 3.1.  

 Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced the U2040 X-Series wide dynamic range power sensors, consisting of four USB models for wireless and radar applications, and a dedicated LAN model for satellite testing. With the world’s widest dynamic range found in a power sensor and extremely high measurement speed, the U2040 X-Series makes fast, accurate and repeatable power measurements over a wide range of power levels, allowing engineers to improve productivity and lower cost of test. 

 Altium Ltd., a global leader in electronic design automation, native 3D PCB design systems (Altium Designer) and embedded software development toolkits (TASKING), announced the upcoming release of its professional printed circuit board (PCB) and electronic system level design software, Altium Designer 15. 

The “Solutions for RF Power Amplifier Test” and “Solutions for Implementing Envelope Tracking in Power Amplifiers” are the newest in the series of Keysight Power of Wireless application notes designed to provide a better understanding into the intricacies of the continuously evolving wireless industry and to help users accelerate development of their products.