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Analog Devices, Inc., which recently acquired Linear Technology Corporation, announces the LTC5552, a double balanced mixer that features wideband matching from 3 to 20 GHz.

Qorvo published a free, downloadable calculator supporting a wide range of RF matching circuit tasks. MatchCalc™ provides ideal component values for matching S1P or S2P files to the desired system or reference impedance. MatchCalc offers capabilities not available in other downloadable tools and frees RF designers to work remotely.

Silicon foundry TowerJazz is targeting the automotive market — especially advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving — with its portfolio of advanced RF and high performance analog (HPA) manufacturing processes.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. announces two new executives. Keith Bargroff was promoted to serve as the vice president of engineering, and Sumit Tomar was hired as the vice president of product marketing.

Fujitsu announced the development of a 4.5 W/mm GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) power amplifier for use in W-Band (75 to 110 GHz) applications.

Technological innovation has created unprecedented demands upon the semiconductor industry. Manufacturing has lagged this demand both in terms of output and in quality due to a failure to properly leverage data. The future leaders of semi manufacturing will be those who embrace advance data analytics in both the manufacturing and the designing of increasingly sophisticated product. 

SemiGen, Inc. has purchased the former Micrometrics/Metelics fabrication facility in Londonderry, New Hampshire and will relocate operations from Manchester, New Hampshire to this location. The $2.5 million upgrade includes more than 20,000 square feet of lab and cleanroom space and much of the equipment that MicroMetrics/Metelics used for their RF diode business.