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Avago Technologies has named Aplicacoes Eletronicas Artimar Ltda as exclusive representative for Avago products in South America. As a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, Avago leverages its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing and provides an extensive range...

The final programme for the next conference of the ARMMS RF & Microwave Society , which will be held on Monday 4 and Tuesday 5, April, at Milton Hill House, Oxfordshire, UK, has been announced. The conference will have a strong focus on both system level developments and component...

Tahoe RF Semiconductor has achieved another first pass success with the delivery of a highly integrated Specialty GPS Receiver IC with exceptional performance in a small plastic molded package. "Tahoe RF is becoming a major supplier of critical specialty RF and Analog IC solutions to multiple marketplaces,” said Irshad...

Ceragon Networks Ltd. , a wireless backhaul specialist, announced the release of the Evolution IP-10 Compact Long Haul (CLH), a reliable and cost-effective all-indoor microwave system for high capacity long distance applications. The Evolution IP-10 CLH solution will be presented at CTIA, March 22-24, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando,...

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) introduced the industry's most power-efficient four-channel, 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC). At 1.25 GSPS, the DAC3484 is 25 percent faster than the next fastest quad DAC while consuming as little as 250 mW per channel – 65 percent less than the closest competitor. The DAC3484 is...

After a strong rebound in the first part of 2010, Strategy Analytics finds revenue growth in the microelectronics segment of the compound semiconductor industry flattened in the final quarter. The recently published Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductors Service (GaAs) viewpoint, “Compound Semiconductor Industry Review January 2011: Microelectronics,” captures...

Semiconductor facilities in Japan that had suspended manufacturing activities after the earthquake cannot truly commence full production again until the aftershocks cease. Earthquakes ranging from 4 to 7 on the Richter scale will make it impossible to fully restart these fabs until the earthquakes stop happening with such frequency,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its 89600B vector signal analysis software is now able to test 802.11ac signals. This is the first dedicated 802.11ac signal analysis solution on the market. Agilent is also announcing a new SystemVue 802.11ac library, the W1917EP WLAN baseband verification library, which interoperates with the...

LPKF headquarters located in Germany recently invested 5 M Euros into purchasing a neighboring building, giving an additional 32,000 square feet for product development and production. With the new space, LPKF will combine its research and development departments and will use the existing building for manufacturing laser systems. The...

OEwaves Inc. has achieved unprecedented phase noise performance in a microchip package based on proprietary ultra-high quality factor (Q) crystalline optical resonators and the opto-electronic oscillator architecture. Capable of microwave frequencies beyond 100 GHz, such high performance microwave photonic oscillator chip revolutionizes communication system performances required by the next...