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MU-DEL Awarded Five-year Contract by FAA

MU-DEL Electronics , Manassas, VA, for the second time in 12 years, has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) five-year contract by the FAA to supply the FAA with its new generation of VHF and UHF receiver multicouplers. The basic contract is valued at $9.8 M with...
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Infinera Selects Jazz Semiconductor

Jazz Semiconductor® , a leader in analog-intensive mixed-signal (AIMS) foundry solutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jazz Technologies Inc., announced that it has collaborated on the design and production of the first 100 Gb/s (Gigabits/second) integrated circuits (IC) for service provider networks. Infinera Corp. utilized Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-micron Silicon...
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TriQuint Completes Acquisition of Peak Devices

TriQuint Semiconductor , a manufacturer of wireless products, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Peak Devices Inc. , Boulder, CO, in a cash transaction introduced last month. Peak Devices is a privately held, fabless semiconductor company with a highly experienced RF team that focuses on RF discrete...
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Microwave Journal and Besser Associates Team Up

Leading microwave media source and professional training provider to offer online courses in RF fundamentals, circuit/system design and test measurement techniques
Horizon House Publications announces an alliance between Microwave Journal and Besser Associates that will provide microwave working professionals and students with a series of free online courses based on RF/microwave theory and techniques. Each installment will be presented by a Besser Associates instructor and will run for approximately 45...
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AES Acquires Altis from Infineon and IBM

Advanced Electronic Systems (AES) has agreed to buy IBM Corp. ’s and Infineon Technologies’ shares in Altis Semiconductor , with its manufacturing site in Corbeil-Essonnes, France. The terms of the agreement, which are subject to governmental and regulatory approval and works council consultation, have not been disclosed but the...
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