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TriQuint Semiconductor (Booth 2218) will highlight its new K-band power amplifier at IMS 2011. Operating from 21.2 to 23.6 GHz, TriQuint’s TGA4533-SM offers a packaged, 1W P1dB, K-Band power amplifier with 22dB small signal gain. The high OIP3 of 41dBm from this pHEMT device supports applications in PtP radio...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. will demonstrate a component for a complete, mixed signal, base transceiver station (BTS) radio at IMS 2011 from Booth 420. The NXP BTS transceiver component demonstrator fully supports the demanding requirements of leading-edge wireless air interface standards, such as LTE Advanced, and showcases NXP’s new and...

TriQuint Semiconductor and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced results for building next-generation RF solutions. This includes enhanced TriQuint process design kits with support for Agilent's Advanced Design System 2011 EDA software and the development of an ADS RF Module PDK for TriQuint's RFIC/MMIC and RF Module integrated design flow. The...

RFMD introduces the development of its GaN unmatched power transistor (UPT) family comprised solely of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors. Using an advanced 0.5 μm GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) semiconductor process, these high performance amplifiers show excellent peak drain efficiency and flat gain over a broad frequency range...

Endwave Corp. will be showcasing several new products at IMS 2011 in Baltimore. Endwave has added a pair of integrated frequency upconverters to its line of high performance GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) products. The models EWU1509YF and EWU1809YF frequency upconverters operate over intermediate-frequency (IF) ranges of DC...

NXP Semiconductors has introduced an ultra high frequency (UHF) 600 W RF power transistor that is a LDMOS device for broadcast transmitters and industrial applications. The BLF888A is the most powerful LDMOS broadcast transistor in the market to date. For a DVB-T signal over the full UHF band from...

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. announced its Chief Financial Officer, Steve Buhaly, was named "CFO of the Year" at The Portland Business Journal 's annual awards program. Buhaly received the honor in the public company category. "Steve Buhaly is a terrific role model for our entire organization. In addition to ensuring...

Air, sea, and land electronic warfare (ASLEW) is waged within the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum to both attack and defend against enemy personnel and equipment. The Strategy Analytics Advanced Defense Systems (ADS) service report, “Space Communications Systems and Electronic Warfare,” predicts that space communications systems will play a strategic role...