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WIN Semiconductors Corp. , a pure-play Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) foundry, and Presto Engineering , a semiconductor product engineering company, announced a strategic collaboration to deliver characterization and testing services for companies developing products utilizing GaAs technology from WIN. The agreement covers wafer-level and packaged part development activities, including design...

Cree Inc. announced that it has achieved a major breakthrough in the development and wide scale commercialization of silicon carbide (SiC) technology with the demonstration of high quality, 150-mm SiC substrates with micropipe densities of less than 10/cm2. The current Cree standard for SiC substrates is 100-mm diameter material....

Euroconsult , an international research and analyst firm specializing in the satellite and space sectors, forecast that the number of satellite communications terminals aboard commercial and private ships will more than double over the next decade as demand for bandwidth on the high seas continues to surge. In a...

European Microwave Week Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 1 A component frequency of the signal that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency 7 A property of some electric circuits where an increase in the current entering a port results in a decreased voltage across the same port...

The market for short-range wireless ICs is forecast to expand this year; total shipments of Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi ICs will increase approximately 20 percent compared to 2009. “Bluetooth ICs still lead the short-range wireless IC market,” says ABI Research Industry Analyst Celia Bo. “Unit shipments are...

Help may be on the way for iPhone 4 users frustrated by dropped calls with the arrival of Radio Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF MEMS), semiconductors that can improve the performance of antennas in cell phones, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp. Long plagued by technological hurdles and...

DARPA is soliciting innovative research and development (R&D) proposals in the area of Cognitive radio Low-energy signal Analysis Sensor Integrated Circuits (CLASIC), a thrust within the DARPA Adaptive RF Technology (ART) program. The goal of CLASIC is to enable monolithic, high performance, ultra high energy efficiency, signal recognition integrated...

CNT braided cable and connectors from Andrew Solutions , the CommScope Inc. division that is a leader in wireless communications systems and products, are winning over many of the world’s largest microwave OEMs as cost-effective cable solutions for connecting indoor and outdoor units in wireless backhaul networks. “CNT solutions...

electronica 2010, which will be held at the New Munich Trade Fair Center from 9 to 12 November, will cover technologies, products and applications across the whole spectrum of the electronics industry from semiconductors and EMech components, test instruments and wireless systems, to embedded devices, PCB related services, optoelectronics...

Ceragon Networks Ltd. , the provider of high-capacity, 4G/LTE-Ready wireless backhaul networks, has received new orders for its advanced FibeAir® platforms from a leading Indian operator. The company’s equipment will be deployed in a number of regions to facilitate the operator's network expansion. "We are very happy to see...