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Elektrobit Corp. (EB) has strengthened its position in the WiMAX Forum® by upgrading its membership level from regular to principal level. The company has been a regular member of the WiMAX Forum since 2005, but now as a principal member it can participate in PlugFest events and actively affect...

Sirenza Microdevices announced the production release of two new additions to Sirenza’s line of high performance products for Mobile WiMAX (802.16 e) and WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) applications. The SZM2166Z and SZM3166Z are new, high linearity power amplifiers increasing the linear power for WiMAX and WiFi Terminals to over +27...

Boeing has awarded a contract to Harris Corp. to provide the data link system for the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) precision-guided weapon. Boeing and Lockheed Martin won one of two US Air Force contracts for the competitive risk-reduction phase of the SDB II program in April...

AMI Semiconductor , a designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art mixed-signal and digital products for the automotive, medical and industrial markets, and MagnaChip Semiconductor , a designer, developer and manufacturer of mixed-signal and digital multimedia semiconductors, announced that MagnaChip will manufacture AMI Semiconductor’s 0.35-micron SmartPower technology and continue existing joint...

Microsemi Corp. has announced four additions to its DRF family of RF MOSFET drivers and hybrid RF driver/MOSFETs. Designated the DRF200 switch mode driver, the DRF1201 and DRF1202 single-channel hybrids, and the DRF1300 dual channel hybrid, the new devices are targeted at 2 to 50 MHz, high power, high...

The IEC 61000-4-3 has been used for many years as the basic test standard for radiated electromagnetic field immunity testing in order to satisfy one of many European Union requirements for the CE mark. This standard is usually used in conjunction with a product standard that will specify this...

Today’s circuit designers are tasked with creating a high performance product that will stand out in a market crowded with competition. Yet relying on standard 50 Ω MMIC “gain block” devices makes it increasingly difficult for the RF designer to differentiate the specified performance of their radio product. One...

3D electromagnetic simulation is not only being used for the well established applications of antenna and microwave design, but issues associated with EMC, EMI, ESD and shielding also mean that it is playing an increasingly important role in the product development process across a wide range of applications. To...

As cell phone manufacturers add more features to their products, there is less space for the cellular radio. What was the board area allocation for the cellular radio several years ago now must also include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® and GPS radios. In addition, there is now the added complication associated...

Fred Miller, founder of West Bond Inc., passed away on April 21, 2007, from complications a week after a fall. Over 40 years ago, in 1966, Miller bootstrapped his own company West Bond, which became West Bond Inc. in 1968, giving the microelectronic world the first X-Y-Z micromanipulator breakthrough...