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Cadence Design Systems Inc. announced that Fairchild Semiconductor has named Cadence as its primary EDA partner following the signing of a multi-year agreement for key Cadence® mixed-signal technology. Fairchild selected Cadence for its proven ability to provide an interoperable, mixed-signal design and verification solution using Cadence Virtuoso®, Encounter®, Incisive®...

Exalt Communications announced that South Metro Fire Rescue Authority (South Metro) in Colorado has upgraded its mobile emergency communications network with Exalt EX-4.9i microwave radio systems. South Metro provides fire and emergency services over 176 square miles in Douglas and Arapahoe counties, serving communities such as Centennial, Cherry Hill,...

Sabritec , a custom connecting devices manufacturer, announced the release of its new high power connectors and contacts. Sabritec’s High Power connectors utilize the superior performing Hypertac Hyperboloid® contact technology, ideal for harsh and demanding environments with low contact resistance. These connectors provide higher current ratings with smaller contacts...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the release of its RFIC simulation, verification and analysis software -- GoldenGate version 4.4. This release extends Agilent's leadership in advanced node RFIC design with enhanced performance, new key stability and yield analyses, and RF extensions to mixed-signal simulation. In addition, the new release brings...

TeliaSonera launched what is claimed to be the world’s first, fastest and largest commercial LTE (4G) service. The service in Stockholm was supplied by Ericsson and was completed well ahead of schedule. Ericsson provided TeliaSonera with an LTE system, including LTE radio base stations, which are part of the...

Link Microtek , a specialist supplier of microwave components and systems, has introduced a new liquid identification system that could enable airport authorities to lift restrictions on passengers carrying bottles of liquid in their hand luggage. Known as EMILI 1+, the system uses an innovative microwave sensing technique to...

The GSMA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Manchester to establish an m-Health Innovation Centre in Manchester, which will act as a UK focus for m-Health activity. The goal of the Association’s m-Health initiative is to foster innovative mobile applications and services in healthcare that...

Lamhroe – a recent spinout of Queen's University Belfast’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) – has been contracted by OMMIC , a Paris-based III-V semiconductor foundry, to design GaAs MMIC circuits. The collaboration aims to produce GaAs MMICs for use in a range of wireless communications,...

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TriQuint Semiconductor has used AWR 's AXIEM software to simulate an entire MMIC non-uniform distributed power amplifier (NDPA) on a quad-core PC with 4 Gbytes of RAM and a 32-bit operating system. It is the first time the company has been able to electromagnetically simulate an entire structure of...