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Vectron International , a designer and manufacturer of precision oscillators and timing solutions for communication, industrial, military and space applications, announced the release of another high performance OCXO for its growing family of Holdover Oscillators. The OX-203 Holdover Oscillator allows the customer to specify a level of holdover in...

Atmel® Corp. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Digital Design S.A. (ADD Semiconductor), a privately held company based in Zaragoza, Spain that develops power line communication solutions. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in October. Atmel does...

Thales has acquired 100 percent of the capital of Omnisys, a Brazilian company headquartered in São Bernardo do Campo, near São Paulo. The company has been majority-owned by Thales since 2005 and already designs, develops and manufactures long-range L-Band radars under a successful industrial cooperation agreement, producing more than...

VIPER RF and WIN Semiconductors Corp. , have entered into an agreement under which VIPER RF will offer design support and specialised RF expertise to help customers develop chips using WIN Semiconductors' process technologies and design tools. VIPER RF is a UK microwave and RF consultancy and product-based company...

The Compex Wireless, the world's first wireless muscle electro-stimulator, which is used by HTC-Highroad, the cycling team of Mark Cavendish, the 2011 Tour de France sprint champion and recently crowned 2011 World Road Race Champion, employs Nordic Semiconductor’s Nordic nRF24LE1 proprietary 2.4 GHz System-on-Chips. Targeting professional athletes and serious...

NEC Corp. has announced that a year on from its launch in September 2010, order receipts for its iPASOLINK microwave backhaul series have surpassed 110,000 units from nearly 100 operators spanning 55 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. iPASOLINK is a converged flexible platform designed to meet the...

Spreadtrum Communications Inc. , a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in both 2G and 3G wireless communications standards, announced that it has completed a majority acquisition of WCDMA solutions provider MobilePeak Holdings Ltd. on September 30, 2011. The acquisition of MobilePeak allows Spreadtrum to enter...

The world economy may be teetering on the brink of a double-dip recession, but business is booming for wireless infrastructure vendors, according to ABI Research. “Base station installations in 2011 will total at least 10 percent more than anyone expected just one year ago and we also see increases...

The voting membership of the IEEE annually elects officers that serve on the top-tier IEEE governing bodies. The IEEE Board of Directors has nominated Roger D. Pollard and Peter W. Staecker as candidates for 2012 IEEE President-Elect. In addition, 38 other candidates are running for various offices in technical...

Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging Moeness G. Amin, Villanova University, Editor. Through-the-wall radar imaging allows police, fire and rescue personnel, first responders, and defense/special forces to detect, identify, classify, and track the whereabouts of people and moving objects within buildings, tunnels, etc. Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging examines this technology from the algorithmic,...