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CEL introduced low cost pHEMTs for Ku- and Ka-Band satellite receivers. These CEL pHEMTs are drop-in replacements to the Renesas pHEMTs, also offered by CEL.

LeddarTech Inc. and Integrated Device Technology, Inc. will jointly develop and supply LIDAR ICs, a key sensor for self-driving vehicles. The LCA2 IC is a receiver that will enable high performance and low cost LIDARs, supporting the sub-$100 target for 2D and 3D flash LIDARs.

Skyworks Solutions Inc. announced that Steven C. Machuga has been promoted to vice president of worldwide operations. Machuga has been with Skyworks since 1999 and most recently served as vice president of external manufacturing and operations engineering.

Peregrine Semiconductor announces the UltraCMOS® 12 technology platform. Now in production, this next-generation RF SOI platform boasts the industry’s lowest RONCOFF performance level of 80 fs—a 25-percent improvement over the last generation, and was developed in collaboration with GLOBALFOUNDRIES.

Qorvo® has joined the China Mobile 5G Innovation Center, an alliance created to develop 5G solutions for China, the world’s largest wireless communications market. The innovation center is promoting industry collaboration on 5G development and the migration from 4G, including use cases such as self-driving cars, the IoT and VR/AR.

MACOM completed its acquisition of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation on January 26, 2017. The deal strengthens MACOM’s portfolio for the data center market, adding OTN framers, MACsec Ethernet networking components and a single-lambda PAM4 platform.

Custom MMIC, a leading developer of performance driven monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), has added new category to their rapidly expanding standard product offerings. Custom MMIC’s new GaAs MMIC Low Phase Noise Amplifier family offers previously unattained phase noise performance. Phase noise is a critical requirement which defines the performance level of most radars and communications systems.

Qorvo® has earned continued Trusted Source Category 1A accreditation through 2018 from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The company is one of only five accredited suppliers for both gallium nitride (GaN) and gallium arsenide (GaAs).

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) announced that the company has been honored with the 2017 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award “for sustained innovation and leadership in the development of high-performance data converter technology and products.” This award was established in 1985 to recognize outstanding innovation by organizations across the world, and recipients are honored for their resolve to discover, extend, or complement technological advancements in education, industry, research and service in IEEE fields of interest.

Responding to MACOM’s repeated and strong public statements about its lawsuit against Infineon Technologies over rights to GaN on Si technology, Infineon publicly responded with its side of the case.