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IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium

June 4 - 7, 2006
Miami, FL
The IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium provides a forum for all topics of frequency control, including precision atomic and optical oscillators and clocks, precision timekeeping and time transfer, resonators, sensors and transducers. International leaders gather to present their latest results in the field. The Symposium is preceded by a...
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Renaissance and MIT Collaborate on MEMS Switches

Renaissance Electronics Corp. announced it is pursuing the development of state-of-the-art MEMS switches for high end integrated systems applications. Renaissance is working with scientists and engineers at MIT , who have developed 900 MHz to 40 GHz SPST, SPDT and SP4T switches with negligible dispersion. The switching times on...
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Ask Harlan: Question of the Month

Published March 1, 2006 In an effort to better combine the editorial content of our magazine with our newly developed and retooled on-line presence, we have decided to expand Harlan’s RF and microwave engineering advice into a monthly feature that appears in Microwave Journal. Harlan has selected one question...
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Amphenol Signs QLF License Agreement

In what is truly a global undertaking, Huber + Suhner AG , Switzerland and Radiall SA , France have signed a license agreement with Amphenol Corp. , USA, to develop, manufacture and distribute QMA and QN connectors and components under the Quick Lock Formula (QLF) trademark. This trademark indicates...
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EADS Secures French Gendarmerie Network Modernisation

In a contract, worth €32 million, EADS Secure Networks has signed a four-year contract with the French National Gendarmerie (Military Police) to modernize its RUBIS secure radio communications network. Thus enabling the Gendarmerie to ensure long-term viability of its radio communications network, benefit from new applications and better respond...
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Industry Outlook

Industry status as of March 2006 The SIA has released revenue numbers for January 2006 of $17.42 billion dollars (raw numbers not 3 month moving average). The January numbers are up from $17.34 billion dollars in January of 2005 and represents a 0.5 percent growth month over month. Figure...
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Around the Circuit

Industry News QUALCOMM Inc. announced that the company has acquired Berkana Wireless Inc. , a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor company. Berkana is a provider of complementary metal oxide semiconductor radio frequency integrated circuits to the wireless industry. The addition of Berkana’s RF CMOS intellectual property, design portfolio and engineering...
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