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Recent financial reports from companies in the microelectronics portion of the compound semiconductor industry indicate continued sharp revenue growth. The Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies Service (GaAs) viewpoint, "Compound Semiconductor Industry Review April 2011: Microelectronics," reports the latest revenue results for leading companies in the microelectronics segment...

INDUSTRY NEWS Skyworks Solutions Inc. signed a definitive agreement to purchase Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc ., an analog semiconductor company focused on enabling energy-efficient devices for consumer electronics, computing and communications markets. This acquisition expands Skyworks' portfolio with highly complementary analog semiconductor products, including battery chargers, DC/DC converters, voltage...

Today's engineer faces a range of challenges, including inadequate nonlinear device models that contribute heavily to inaccurate large-signal high frequency simulation. Because of this, designers need to know if a model they are given is suitable for their application before they commit a design to manufacture. Unfortunately, the hurdle...

A third-order intercept point (IP3) measurement technique using a network analyzer is proposed in this work. Using network analyzers to measure IP3 is becoming a trend for modern measurement instruments. 1-3 Generally speaking, extra sources and controlling programs are needed to fulfill this measurement task. The novelty of the...

Radio frequency (RF) interference in a mobile handset has many causes. Closeness of band spectrum, less spatial isolation due to smaller phone size, transmit power and transmitter noise due to filter characteristics are some of the elements that lead to unintentional interference. Because GPS service and cellular carriers exist...

In order to provide customers with a lightweight, compact, low cost alternative to high-end laboratory-grade instruments, AnaPico has developed the APSIN signal generator product line. The latest addition is the APSIN20G, which is a portable instrument that completes the product family with an instrument that extends the frequency coverage...

Spectro VNA™ vector network analyzer software brings the power of joint time-frequency domain processing to vector network analyzers (VNA). Many microwave engineers are familiar with joint time-frequency domain processing from spectrogram displays on vector signal analyzers. Spectrograms display the magnitude of a signal as a function of both time...

INTEGRATED Engineering Software has released CHRONOS, its new time domain solver and high frequency tool for modeling and simulating 3D RF and microwave applications. Its easy-to-use interface enables design engineers to model the geometry and assigns its physical properties, providing fast and accurate results in both time domain and...

Stanford Research has developed a DC to 4 GHz high performance, affordable RF source, the SG384 4 GHz RF signal generator. The SG384 uses a unique, innovative architecture (Rational Approximation Frequency Synthesis) to deliver ultra-high frequency resolution (1 μHz), excellent phase noise (-116 dBc/Hz SSB phase noise at 20...

Orange Book of Knowledge AR has recently released the fourth edition of The Orange Book of Knowledge. The book contains articles and application notes on a wide range of topics and applications, including a reference guide for coaxial connectors and cables and harmonic measurement for IEC 61000-4-3. Visit www.arworld.us...