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In the past, implementing transmitters and receivers at RF frequencies required unique and costly technologies such as SiGe BiCMOS and GaAs processes. Cost advantage, RF performance improvement and integration considerations now make CMOS a relevant and attractive technology for RF ICs implementation. Progress made in CMOS technology during the...

The largest European Microwave Exhibition to date boasted more than 300 exhibiting companies, taking up over 7,000 m 2 of gross exhibition space. Not only has the exhibition grown in size but also in status. Manufacturers are now building the show into their product development schedules and specifically targeting...

Cadence Design Systems is to open its second office in Russia. The new office will be located in Zelenograd, which is recognized as the center of the Russian semiconductor industry and has a rapidly growing number of start-ups. In 2004, the company became the first electronic design automation (EDA)...

ASE Group , the world's largest provider of independent semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly and test, has placed significant multiple orders with SUSS MicroTec for its lithography production equipment. The first order packages were booked in October and November and included several production mask aligners and coat/bake/develop clusters for...

Saab Systems has signed a contract worth $87 M with Tenix Marine to design and develop the Combat Management System (CMS) for Australia’s new Landing Helicopter Dock amphibious class of ships. The contract will see the company take responsibility for the design, development and integration of the new ships'...

Harris Stratex Networks is expanding its operations in East Africa, adding sales and engineering support in its Kenya facility and opening a new office in Tanzania. The aim is to support telecommunications suppliers in the region as they build next-generation networks. To do so they require advanced and comprehensive...

Auriga Measurement Systems LLC announced the hiring of Bruce L. Cohen as president and CEO. Cohen joins Auriga with more than 35 years of industry experience and a proven track record of leading companies to rapid revenue growth and profitability. As one of the founders of Chipcom Corp., an...

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. , a GaAs foundry supplier, introduced TQBiHEMT, its latest foundry process for wireless/RF design engineers. This new manufacturing capability combines two of TriQuint’s previous processes, offering designers one technology to integrate previously incompatible functional blocks onto a single die, reducing part count, saving board space and...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. , has received $5.6 M in orders from a domestic prime contractor to supply broadband, solid-state, high power radio signal jamming amplifiers. These amplifiers, which include the latest solid state transistor technology and provide for very...

Tyco Electronics Corp. has been selected by Raytheon Network Centric Systems as a key supplier on the Multi-Function Radio Frequency System (MFRFS). Raytheon has developed MFRFS as the common radar for Future Combat Systems manned ground vehicles. This teaming integrates Tyco Electronics' advanced MIL600 connector as the main I/O...