Industry News

Florida RF to Spotlight Line of High Power Terminations

Florida RF (Booth 1612) will be showcasing high power low PIM terminations at IMS 2011 in Baltimore, MD. Higher frequency spectrum usage, higher transmitter power levels and more sensitive receivers demand low passive intermodulation (PIM) distortion levels. Florida RF addresses this need with a line of high power terminations...
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AWR Announces First Winner of Design Challenge

Only one month after AWR initiated its ‘stop waiting and start designing™’ ad campaign, dozens of designers have taken up the challenge. However, it is Dr. Mark Holm of Selex, an experienced user of AWR’s Microwave Office™, AXIEM® and Visual System Simulator™ software, that is the first winner of...
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RFMD Introduces GaN Unmatched Power Transistor Family

RFMD introduces the development of its GaN unmatched power transistor (UPT) family comprised solely of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors. Using an advanced 0.5 μm GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) semiconductor process, these high performance amplifiers show excellent peak drain efficiency and flat gain over a broad frequency range...
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Modelithics Celebrates 10-year Anniversary

Modelithics Inc., a provider of high-precision measurements and models for microwave/RF design simulation would like to thank its customers and partners as it celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Entrepreneurs Tom Weller and Larry Dunleavy founded Modelithics in 2001 to better address the industry-wide need for improved simulation models for RF...
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MTT-S IMS News and Commentary Archive

June 13: NMDG Extends List of DC Pulsers and Pulsed DC Receivers Valpey Fisher Announces Miniature Hi-Rel/COTS Oscillator A.T. Wall Featured Precision-drawn Waveguide Tubing NXP Introduces Gen8 LDMOS Technology For Bandwidth Intensive Base Stations AMC Touts New Integrated Switch Matrix Technology Laser Services Touts Laser Cutting EMI and Bonding...
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Harris Receives $19.9 M Order from US Army for Falcon II

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has received a $19.9 M order from the US Army for Falcon II® AN/VRC-104(V)(3) radio systems to provide high-frequency communications in multiple variants of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs). The AN/VRC-104 is a fully integrated communications system that includes...
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Skyworks to Acquire SiGe Semiconductor for $210 M

Skyworks Solutions Inc., an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, today signed a definitive agreement to purchase SiGe Semiconductor, Inc., a leading global supplier of radio frequency (RF) front-end solutions that are facilitating wireless multimedia across a wide range...
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