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W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. has expanded its family of GORE® SKYFLEX® Aerospace Materials to include preformed gaskets for multi-face aircraft applications such as hole liners, flange joints, fastener seals and galley or restroom hard-mounts. These lightweight, non-hazardous gaskets ensure continuous protection between flat interfaces, around chamfers and inside...

Mercury Computer Systems Inc. , a trusted ISR subsystems provider, announced that it has completed the acquisition of LNX Corp. Based in Salem, NH, LNX designs and builds next generation RF receivers for Signals Intelligence, Communications Intelligence as well as Electronic Attack applications. Under the terms of a stock...

CommScope Inc. agreed to be taken private in a $3.9 B acquisition by the leveraged-buyout firm Carlyle Group , the biggest takeover in the telecommunications-equipment industry in at least two years. CommScope (which had acquired Andrew Corp.), based in Hickory, NC, is working to revive sales after the global...

Remcom announces expanded consulting offerings for commercial and government organizations needing electromagnetic (EM) simulation resources. Remcom Consulting provides a combination of EM modeling experts, software developers, and high performance computational resources on a per-project basis; this service is designed to help organizations that need EM expertise, but that do...

TowerJazz , a global specialty foundry leader, announced the availability of additional SiGe process design kits (PDK) for TowerJazz’s 0.18 μm SiGe process platform. The design kits target high-frequency products for optical networks, automotive radar and 60 GHz WiFi, as well as high-power front-end modules for wireless handsets. The...

The Femto Forum and international research firm Parks Associates today announced that femtocells, small wireless base stations designed to provide five bars of local wireless signal strength, are climbing up global consumers’ “want” lists as determined by the most comprehensive survey to date of consumer attitudes toward femtocells in...

ANADIGICS announced that two of its power amplifiers are being utilized by LG Electronics (LG) for the new VL600 USB wireless modem, which will be offered by Verizon Wireless. The VL600 is LG’s first product for Verizon’s 4G network enabling higher mobile data speeds with increased network throughputs. Verizon...

Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range communications technology intended to replace the cables connecting portable and/or fixed devices while maintaining high levels of security. A Bluetooth device, as well as a cell phone, is often carried by people themselves, resulting in a very compact size requirement for the Bluetooth...

A decade ago, "cell phones" were all about voice communication, an extension of the home phone for those who needed to be on the go. Global roaming was minimal at best, with multiple communications standards worldwide: GSM, TDMA and CDMA, primarily, with many devices carrying backward compatibility to AMPS....

Figure 1 iPhone 4 antennas (courtesy of intomobile. Most people have heard about the iPhone 4 antenna problems. Apple released the new phone with a novel set of external antennas that immediately had reception problems. The company cleverly used the stainless steel band around the phone as the antenna...