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Elcoteq SE , a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) to the communications technology industry, has entered into an agreement with the American-based PCTEL Antenna Products Group Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of PCTEL Inc. According to the agreement Elcoteq will manufacture integrated Variable Electrical Tilt (iVET) base station...

Renaissance Electronics' switch division has received a significant follow-on award for a coaxial switch in support of the Electronic Warfare (EW) Radar Signal Simulator (RSS) AN/PLM-4 test simulator used by the US Air Force; the RSS is a portable, lightweight, flexible and cost-effective radar simulator that tests Radar Warning...

Jazz Semiconductor Inc. , a California-based company in which Greensboro, NC-based RFMD® holds a major stake, announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. The underwriters of the offering will be Cowen...

During recent decades, radar systems have taken major steps forward with the development of many new major radar systems. This has been aided by the advances in technology and algorithms, including commercial high throughput low cost signal processors, MMIC T/R modules and digital beamforming. Current and future developments of...

The 2007 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS 2007) will be held as part of the MTT Wireless technical event. In addition to oral presentations and posters, RWS 2007 includes workshops, panels and a major exhibition. Others collocating in the event are the Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated...

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. announced that it has acquired privately held US-based venture company SyChip Inc. , a provider of radio frequency chip scale modules (CSM). Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is a passive components supplier. Murata agreed to pay approximately $140 M as the total consideration for outstanding shares,...

EPCOS , a manufacturer of passive electronic components, closed the deal that transfers its tantalum capacitor business to US American capacitor manufacturer KEMET effective April 13, 2006. Now that all relevant regulatory authorities have approved the transaction the closing could be finalized. The contract of sale between EPCOS and...

QinetiQ has been awarded a £2.5 M, 12 month UK MoD contract to deliver an integrated and modular, mobile command and control system. The system is based on field proven COTS components all integrated into a number of commercial vehicles; to form distinct, totally secure IT communications nodes. With...

SUSS MicroTec has announced that Microsystems Plaza (MiPlaza), a MEMS and nanotechnology research and development facility and service provider at the HighTech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has selected the company’s wafer bonding equipment for the manufacture of MEMS and biomedical devices. The two systems, consisting of a BA8...

Richardson Electronics announced a global distribution partnership with TeraVicta Technologies , Austin, TX, to distribute its complete line of MEMS-based RF switching solutions. MEMS switches provide the low insertion losses, high isolation and high linearity of electromechanical relays, with the size, power consumption and production advantages of high volume,...