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Freescale Semiconductor has entered the gallium arsenide (GaAs) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) marketplace with the introduction of four new devices designed and optimized specifically for high performance in macro base stations, repeaters and femtocells employed in wireless networks. The devices address low-noise amplifiers and transmit power amplifiers –...

Infineon Technologies has introduced the ThinPAK 8x8, a new leadless SMD package for HV MOSFETs. It has a very small footprint of only 64 mm 2 and a very low profile of only 1 mm in height. The significantly smaller package size, combined with benchmark low parasitic inductances, provides...

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. , a supplier of semiconductors, components and subassemblies for use in RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications, and Mimix Broadband Inc. jointly announced that their respective corporate parents have signed a definitive merger agreement that will add Mimix and its subsidiaries to the M/A-COM Tech family...

In collaboration with the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), IEEE.tv will produce and deliver coverage of the 2010 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), to be held May 23-28 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Video coverage of select Microwave Week events and activities will...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance RF components and compound semiconductor technologies, announced the industry’s first 1.2 GHz broadband transmission products, enabling enhanced, bandwidth-driven services for CATV operators and their subscribers. The new products provide options for cable operators to upgrade...

Infineon Technologies and Fairchild Semiconductor have announced a packaging partnership for their power MOSFETs in the Infineon PowerStage 3x3 or Fairchild MLP 3x3 (Power33™) packages. The compatibility agreement is in response to the need for supply security while balancing the drive towards best-in-class efficiency and thermal performance in DC-DC...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, announces the release of a ceramic SMT packaged GaAs PHEMT SP4T (Single Pole, Four Throw) MMIC switch that is ideal for industrial sensors, test and measurement, microwave radio, military EW and space applications from...