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RFHIC , a RF/MW component company with a heavy focus on GaN and GaAs technology, announced the securing of multiple significant design wins across the industry’s tier-one CATV line extenders, optical network system manufacturers and TV tuner makers in the US and Japan with the ePHEMT MMIC product line,...

TriQuint Semiconductor announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) to develop new Gallium Nitride (GaN) modules for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). TriQuint’s new GaN devices will extend the range and capabilities of UAVs that are used for reconnaissance missions over...

Cobham announced the introduction of five new advanced semiconductor microwave circuit products that bring robust and cost-effective microwave sensor alternatives to advanced electronic warfare, missile defense, communication and space systems. Fabricated at the new Cobham Sensor Systems facility in Blacksburg, VA, these gallium arsenide monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)...

Nujira will be demonstrating its latest broadband PA reference designs for cellular handsets and base stations, delivering 3G/4G amplifier efficiencies of more than 50 percent, at the IEEE MTT 2010 International Microwave Symposium, Anaheim, CA, May 23-28, 2010. Commenting, Tim Haynes, CEO of Nujira, said, "Operators are demanding lower...

Ergon Energy Corp. Ltd. , an electricity distribution company in Queensland, Australia, is deploying Ceragon Networks Ltd. ’s advanced FibeAir® solutions in a high-capacity microwave/fiber hybrid network spanning large parts of Queensland. Equipment orders for the first two phases of the project are valued at more than $1 M...

NEC Eastern Europe has signed a contract with Antenna Hungária to build a national enterprise access network in Hungary. NEC has built the network using VectaStar, a Point to Multipoint (PMP) microwave solution from Cambridge Broadband Networks. It will enable Antenna Hungária to provide high-capacity, high-quality data connections to...

EADS Defence & Security (DS) has joined forces with State Security Networks Ltd. , operator of the Finnish VIRVE network, to start testing the TETRA Enhanced Data Service (TEDS). The trials are running on a test network with the same characteristics as the live VIRVE authority network, apart from...

Plessey Semiconductors has announced that the company has successfully passed all the audits necessary to obtain certification to the internationally recognized ISO quality standards TS16949 (with no non-conformances) and ISO9001, and the environmental standard ISO14001. Certification to these demanding standards is a requirement for any manufacturer supporting the international...

Plextek ’s Director of RF Integration, Liam Devlin, will make a presentation on how to save money by using custom designed GaAs MMICs at the Microwave Applications (MicroApps) seminar taking place during the 2010 International Microwave Symposium (IMS). This year’s IMS takes place from May 23-28 in Anaheim, CA....