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RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced that RFMD® has production released the RF3932, a 75 W, highly efficient gallium nitride (GaN) RF unmatched power transistor (UPT) that delivers superior performance versus competing GaAs and silicon power technologies. The release of the RF3932 follows the recent release of the 140...

Rapid Chinese TD-SCDMA rollouts and the often-maligned GSM/GPRS/EDGE equipment markets have benefited the base station RF power amplifier and RF power device markets. GSM/GPRS/EDGE RFPAs and devices are still shipping in the millions. The Asia-Pacific region is presently accounting for more than 50 percent of the RF power semiconductor...

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced three separate clock buffer families that offer improved clock signal quality with the industry's lowest additive jitter: the CDCLVC11xx, CDCLVD12xx/21xx and CDCLVP12xx/21xx families. These buffers are targeted at a variety of communication applications with frequency support of up to 2 GHz (LVPECL), 800 MHz...

CPI International Inc. (CPII) announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which CPI International (CPI) will be acquired by an affiliate of Veritas Capital Fund IV (Veritas Capital) for $19.50 per share in cash. The purchase price reflects a premium of approximately 35 percent over the closing...

Micro-particles, Differential Evolution (DE) and developments in Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology were the highlights of the APC Novacom sponsored November ARMMS conference, which was held in Corby, UK, on 22 and 23 November. Of the 14 papers that were presented, the one titled, Improved infrared temperature measurement of RF...

Nujira has released its first PA platform for military communications, halving the power dissipation for a transmitter covering an entire frequency octave. The Nujira military PA platform uses an RFMD RF3934 PA device together with a Coolteq.h envelope tracking (ET) modulator module. The performance of this platform was compared...

Cassidian 's TETRA radio network has provided a cross-border communication solution for German and Swedish authorities in what is claimed to be the world’s first operational trial of its kind. The trial was conducted during a cooperation exercise between German and Swedish authorities on the southern Baltic Sea, whereby...

Antenova Ltd. has announced that, based on its gigaNOVA® range of standard antennas and RADIONOVA® RF Antenna Modules, which offer a broad range of drop-in antenna solutions, the company is increasing its focus on the wireless Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Embedded Device markets. “The M2M market is set to experience...

Radiall USA Inc. has expanded its extensive range of TestPro RF cable assemblies with the new, affordable and high-performance TestPro 3. The company’s current TestPro range has excellent performance with a frequency range of DC to 20 GHz, but the TestPro 3, with its robust center contact retention, offers...

Endwave Corp. , a provider of high frequency RF solutions and semiconductor products for the telecommunications, satellite communications, electronic instruments and defense and security markets, recently reported financial results for its third quarter, which ended on September 30, 2010. Revenues for the third quarter of 2010 were $4.1 M....