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Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a 50 V laterally diffused MOS (LDMOS) RF power transistor designed to deliver 50 percent higher output power than competing UHF TV broadcast solutions. Demonstrating industry-leading RF figures of merit, the MRF6VP3450H device offers the highest output power in its class for UHF applications while...

The April ARMMS RF and Microwave Society conference , sponsored by Plextek and held at Milton Hill House, near Oxford, UK, was particularly significant — for the introduction of a new panel session and also for the fact that for the first time it was oversubscribed, with all of...

SUSS MicroTec AG has installed its PM300WLR advanced 300 mm wafer-level reliability (WLR) test system at a leading Japanese manufacturer of semiconductor devices, where it will be used for testing the reliability of current and next-generation devices. As the technology and design of semiconductor devices advance, the need to...

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Bureau Veritas ADT, Taiwan's leading WiMAX(tm) testing and certification company, awarded Agilent a contract for Mobile WiMAX Protocol Conformance Test (PCT).

AWR® and TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. , a leading RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced Project JumpStart, a program designed to provide first-time AWR and TriQuint customers with a low cost introduction to the benefits of design and fabrication of gallium arsenide (GaAs) microwave monolithic integrated circuits...

Merrimac Industries Inc. announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nitronex Corp. to develop new highly integrated power amplifiers using Merrimac’s proprietary Multi-Mix® multilayer circuit technology and high-power gallium nitride (GaN) transistor technology from Nitronex. GaN device technology is highly sought as a higher-power...

CTIA Wireless 2008 – Wireless & You April 1- 3, Las Vegas For us wireless geeks, what could be better than attending the largest wireless show in the US in glitzy Las Vegas? Whether you are into broadband convergence, enterprise, advertising, social networking or entertainment, CTIA is the global...

William J. Pratt and Powell T. Seymour Recognized For Distinguished Careers

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), a leader in high performance semiconductors for signal processing applications and the market leader in data converters, announced the availability of its high speed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) behavior models for the Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software platform from Agilent Technologies. The Agilent ADS design...

Strategy Analytics' analysis of the recent deal announced by TriQuint to acquire WJ Communications concludes that TriQuint can bring WJ into its fold with little or no negative impact on profits in 2008, resulting in positive product line synergies, growth and profits longer-term. Acquiring WJ will allow TriQuint to...