Microwave Journal

A new report from Strategy Analytics, “GaAs Semiconductor Market Grows to Over $3.6 B in 2007,” concludes that total GaAs device market exhibited year-on-year growth of 17% in 2007, beating the lackluster growth observed in the mainstream semiconductor market, and in-line with previous Strategy Analytics expectations. Overall the market...

Mimix Broadband Inc. , a fabless semiconductor company, announced that it has secured $10 M of additional investment in its fourth round of institutional financing. The investment from GaAs Labs and participation in the round by existing investors will allow Mimix to pay off debt and provide working capital...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of high-performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, and MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., an Asian-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications, announced that the final qualification phase has begun in the process technology transfer of Peregrine’s...

A new disaster monitoring satellite — designed to provide detailed images of any part of the world at times of need — has passed stringent thermal vacuum tests, within the UK’s largest thermal vacuum chamber, at the Science and Technology Facilities Council ’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The UK-DMC-2 satellite,...

AR Modular RF has announced the award of a five-year General Services Administration (GSA) contract to supply booster amplifiers for use with tactical military radios. The GSA schedule contract, which represents AR’s continued momentum as a recognized supplier to the federal government, will make it easier for government agencies...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the release of the first commercially available HiSIM2.4 Model Extraction Package for DC and RF parameters for advanced complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device models. The package, for use with Agilent’s Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program (IC-CAP) software platform, provides an easy-to-use, efficient and...

Rohde & Schwarz celebrated the fifth anniversary of its case study competition with an international twist. For the first time, two teams from Singapore representing the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University joined around 200 students from Germany for the preliminary rounds. The young finalists competing in...

Buffalo, NY -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to provide eight Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) systems to support the Electronic Warfare (EW) self-defense ground station, of the EADS A400M transport aircraft. Under the terms of the $28.2 million contract, Northrop Grumman will provide eight CEESIM radio frequency...

Endwave Corp., a provider of high-frequency RF modules for telecommunications networks, defense electronics and homeland security systems, announced the award of an 18-month production contract from The Boeing Co. to supply broadband frequency converters used in the modernization of the United States Air Force's Airborne Warning and Control System...

AVX Corp. , a manufacturer of advanced passive components and connectors, has pledged a $140,000 donation to various charities and funds to help disaster recovery, risk reduction and reconstruction activities in the earthquake-affected areas of the Sichuan Province in China. The contributions from AVX and its employees have benefited...