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Industry News Atmel® Corp . announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Digital Design S.A. (ADD Semiconductor), a privately held company based in Zaragoza, Spain, that develops power line communication solutions. ADD Semiconductor, a founding member of the PRIME Alliance, specializes in the design of...
Cobham has been awarded two contracts totaling more than US $72 M during the next six years through its newly acquired Trivec-Avant business, which has become part of the Antenna Systems Strategic Business Unit. The US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has issued a $60.7 M...
Maury Microwave , in conjunction with Anteverta-mw and NXP Semiconductors , has successfully characterized a NXP 8th generation LDMOS 320 W-rated base station transistor up to 500 W using the fully active MT2000 mixed-signal active load pull system (MSALP). This base station transistor was measured at 2.14 GHz, in...
WiSpry Inc. , a manufacturer of tunable RF semiconductor products for the wireless industry, introduced its WS2018 Antenna Tuner – the industry’s lowest current consumption antenna tuner. The single-chip design WS2018 sits in the RF signal chain between the antenna and the front-end module of a mobile phone and...
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) expanded its portfolio of general-purpose, low power, rail-to-rail output operational amplifiers (op amps) with the introduction of new single and dual analog-to-digital converter (ADC) drivers that provide the industry’s highest performance-to-power ratio. The OPAx836 op amps use 33 percent less power than similar solutions while...
M/A-COM Technology Solutions , a leading supplier of high performance analog semiconductor solutions, is showcasing a broad portfolio of new products suitable for military communications at the MILCOM 2011 in Baltimore, MD, November 7 to 10. Product solutions on display in M/A-COM Tech’s Booth #1708 include: • GaN on...
Horizon House and Microwave Journal announced the pending launch of Microwave Journal China, a print magazine serving the RF & microwave and wireless electronics industry in China. The first issue is scheduled to premiere in January 2012 with content provided by leading global companies from the RF & microwave...
Giga-tronics Inc. announced an agreement with Liberty Test Equipment to offer rental and distribution of Giga-tronics’ high performance RF and microwave test and measurement equipment in the USA and Canada. Liberty Test Equipment, a leader in electronic test equipment asset management will provide rental and distribution of Giga-tronics RF...
A research team from Chalmers , a university in Sweden, has developed new techniques of cancer diagnosis and treatment with the aid of microwaves, which could play a pioneering role in the battle against cancer. These techniques could save many lives and are more effective, less invasive and simpler...
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prototype wireless sensor capable of detecting trace amounts of a key ingredient found in many explosives. The device, which employs carbon nanotubes and is printed on paper or paper-like material using standard inkjet technology, could be deployed in large...
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