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Mimix Broadband Inc. , a supplier of high performance gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors from DC to 50 GHz for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications, commemorates its 10 th year of business in 2010. The company will celebrate the occasion throughout the year, including at the 2010 IEEE MTT-S International...

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) announced two new RFICs for broadband communications systems that reduce component count by more than 75 percent, without compromising performance. The ADRF6655 active mixer or ADRF6510 dual programmable filter and VGA (variable gain amplifier) integrate multiple functions and discrete devices into a single monolithic chip,...

Thanks to rapid growth in the high-end server, notebook, mobile handset and wired communication segments, the GaN power management semiconductor market is expected to reach $183.6 million in revenue by 2013, up from virtually nil in 2010, according to iSuppli Corp. iSuppli believes that during the past two years,...

e2v is demonstrating its long experience in obsolescence mitigation through an agreement with Freescale Semiconductor to extend the life of 68K-series microprocessors for military, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets. The company will ensure long-term availability of the microprocessor line by continuing manufacture for all markets following discontinuance of these...

MWJ attended the Int'l CTIA 2010 show in Las Vegas and here is a wrap up of the event and RF/microwave products we saw companies showing off at the exhibition including video highlights from the RF/microwave Zone.

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, announced it is teaming with Ember Corp. to introduce ZigBee® front-end modules (FEM) for smart grid applications that give utilities and consumers more control over how they monitor...

Thales has launched its most powerful Ka-band Traveling Wave Tube. The TH 4092 is able to deliver 500 W peak and 350 W CW, and is intended for large earth-station uplinks for Broadcast and Internet Direct to Home applications. Developed by the company’s microwave and imaging sub-systems R&D teams,...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. has introduced a family of ultra-wideband fixed attenuator pads with a unique through-die via and split ground configuration that provide improved high frequency return loss, attenuation tolerance, flatness and power handling performance. Attenuation pad values from 0 to 30 dB, and operation to 40 GHz, make...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of high performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications integrated circuits (IC), announced the expansion of its European design and manufacturing operations and the opening of a new facility located in Aix-en-Provence, France. Peregrine Semiconductor Europe (PSE) operations include RF integrated circuit (RFIC) design...