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RFMD Announces Availability of GaN Foundry Services

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced the company has formed a gallium nitride (GaN) Foundry Services business unit to supply high reliability, high performance and price-competitive GaN semiconductor technology into multiple RF power markets. The RFMD GaN...
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Sonnet Debuts Sonnet Lite Release 12

Sonnet Software Inc. introduces Sonnet Lite Release 12, a free 3D Planar EM simulator, as a tool for learning and experimenting in high frequency RF transmission lines, circuits, packages and antennas. Sonnet Lite provides a full-wave EM analysis solution for 3D planar circuits and allows high frequency designers to...
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XMA Launches Resistive Power Divider

XMA Corp. announces the addition of its 20RP-6018-XXX 2 way Resistive Power Divider, which is rated for 2 W input power. This resistive power divider offers superior electrical performance with an insertion loss of 1.5 db NOM above the theoretical loss. This unit features compact housing with male/female connector...
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Mimix Debuts QFN Packaged GaAs MMIC Linear Power Amplifier

Mimix Broadband Inc. introduces a QFN packaged GaAs MMIC linear power amplifier with 49 dBm OIP3 and 16.5 dB small-signal gain. This power amplifier, identified as XP1039-QJ, covers 5.5 to 7.5 GHz and includes an on-chip temperature compensated power detector. The amplifier comes in an RoHS compliant, industry standard,...
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Agilent Delivers PDKs for Jazz SiGe BiCMOS Process Offerings

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of two process design kits (PDK) for Jazz Semiconductor’s 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS process offerings that are used with Agilent’s Advanced Design System 2009 EDA software. The PDKs accelerate customers’ time-to-market for IC development in automotive collision avoidance, high-data-rate networks, emerging HDTV wireless standards...
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RFMD Showcases Portfolio of RF Communications Components

RF Micro Devices , a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components, announced it will showcase its broad portfolio of RF communications components and unveil its gallium nitride (GaN) Foundry Services at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2009, June 9-11, in Boston, MA. RFMD will...
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