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Proposed in January 2000 by the European Commission in its communication Towards a European Research Area, the creation of a European Research Area was given new impetus in 2007 with the European Commission's Green Paper on ERA. The Treaty of Lisbon introduces a legal basis for the creation of...

Seven partners from the German business and research communities are teaming up in the three-year RELY research project to explore ways of enhancing the quality, reliability and resilience of modern microelectronic systems. The focus will be on applications in transportation, medical technology and automation – sectors where microelectronics is...

To explore LTE technology and its possibilities, the independent research organisation TNO, is launching a trial in cooperation with Huawei. A test network will be set up on the outskirts of Delft, the Netherlands, with a number of market players and user groups scheduled to take part in the...

COST-TERRA, a forum spearheading a regulatory breakthrough for the European development of Cognitive Radio and Software Defined Radio (CR/SDR) technologies, is promoting more active trials of CR to identify its best feasible application, guide policy-makers to open a regulatory framework and facilitate development of the technology. After assessing several...

Engalco has released a new industry and markets report covering the following categories of connectorized microwave and millimeter-wave modules: broadband amplifiers, limiting amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, low phase-noise amplifiers, medium-power amplifiers, power amplifiers, CW-immune DLVAs, SDLVAs, "Other" DLVAs, frequency converters, frequency synthesizers and transceivers. "Amplifiers and Integrated Microwave Assemblies"...

Cambridge Consultants has released a report discussing the foremost business opportunities in wireless technologies enabled by White Space frequencies, predicting the development of the first White Space consumer devices in the next five years. The report, entitled "White Space Radio: High Street Hit or Left In the Lab?" is...

Industry News TowerJazz announced the closing of the sale of all its holdings in Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd . (HHSL), the parent company of HHNEC , one of Mainland China's leaders in the field of IC foundry service, in a HHSL share repurchase transaction for $32 M in cash....

Congress established the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to provide an opportunity for small businesses and academia – through Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) – to participate in government-funded research and development. The US Army SBIR program is the nation's largest source of early stage technology financing. This...

Figure 1 Miniature quad hybrid coupler made with the Multi-Mix® process. The following article describes a process for microwave, multi-layer integrated circuits and micro-multi-function modules (MMFM™) based on fluoropolymer composite substrates called Multi-Mix®. The fusion bonding of multi-layer structures provides a homogeneous dielectric medium for superior electrical performance at...

This year’s Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition, played host to over 29,000 attendees who converged in London to view possibly the world’s largest display of land, sea and air applications of defence and security products and technologies. The exhibition featured almost 1400 exhibiting companies representing 46 countries...