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RF Micro Devices, Inc. and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. announced the two companies have received all necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals to move forward with their previously announced merger of equals and have set Wednesday, December 31, 2014, as the anticipated closing date for the transaction.

ANADIGICS Inc., a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions, announced that the company is shipping production volumes of its AWL9281 front end integrated circuit (FEIC) to Huawei for the new Ascend Mate 7.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BinOptics Corp., a leading merchant provider of indium phosphide lasers for data centers, mobile backhaul, silicon photonics and access networks.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announced its acceptance as a technical committee member on the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC). The AEC provides common part-qualification and quality-system standards for the automotive electronics industry.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announced the availability and full design support capabilities for four new RF GaN on SiC power transistors from TriQuint. The T1G4004532 is a 45 W (P3 dB, at 3.3 GHz) discrete GaN on SiC HEMT that operates from DC to 3.5 GHz, offers gain of 16.5 dB (typical) at 3.3 GHz, with an operating voltage of 32 V. It is offered in flanged and flangeless packages.

RFMD, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, announced that it has earned Huawei's Supplier of the Year Award at a ceremony held today at Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen, China. The award recognizes RFMD as Huawei's best supplier of RF components, which are used in Huawei's mobile phones and infrastructure products. This is the second year in a row that RFMD has earned Huawei's Supplier of the Year Award.

To help manufacturers easily add Wi-Fi® and dual-mode Bluetooth® to embedded applications,Texas Instruments (TI) announced the WiLink™ 8 combo connectivity modules, which supports Wi-Fi in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.

ANADIGICS, Inc., a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions,  announced that the company has introduced a new product family of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs).  

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announced its third quarter 2014 financial results. 

Texas Instruments Inc. announced the election of Haviv Ilan to senior vice president of High Performance Analog (HPA), succeeding Steve Anderson, who will now lead TI Analog overall. Ilan is responsible for managing an extensive portfolio of amplifiers, data converters and interface products, as well as medical and high-reliability products.