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Analog Devices Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Integrant Technologies Inc. (Integrant), Seoul, South Korea. An innovator in the field of high performance analog circuits designed for reconfigurable radio frequency (RF) signal processing, Integrant is a supplier of low power radio tuners...

RFMD ® , a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance radio systems and solutions for applications that drive mobile communications, is conducting a live demonstration of its Gallium Nitride (GaN) High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) high power transistor line-up for UMTS and is displaying its...

Teledyne Microwave , an industry leader in the design, development and manufacturing of microwave components and integrated subsystems, expands its product offerings through the recent acquisition of certain assets of KW Microwave , a manufacturer of defense microwave components and subsystems. Located in Carlsbad, CA, the business will operate...

Furthering its commitment to innovation in wireless and RF IC design, Analog Devices Inc. , a global leader in high performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, announced an 8 GHz phase-locked loop (PLL) synthesizer. The new ADF4108 is targeted at high frequency wireless systems, such as those used for...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, announced that it is introducing 36 new products, including three new leading performance product lines, at the 2006 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium and Exhibition. These and other Hittite Microwave products are on display,...

Philips has formed an alliance to develop Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology and products for the growing cellular infrastructure market. Philips has joined with United Monolithic Semiconductors and Fraunhofer Institut Angewandte Festkorperphysik (IAF) for collaboration in the research and development of GaN technologies. While Philips stays committed to the evolution...

At the end of this year, Version 10 of the Sonnet® 3-D planar EM analysis software is being released. This article discusses a few of the new features, including automatic generation of thick metal models for its exclusive conformal meshing, porting of Sonnet’s software to Linux, in addition to...

RFID markets, increasingly concentrated on the Gen 2 specification, show signs of a healthy transition to the next phase of RFID implementation: full integration at the enterprise level, backed by deep management commitment. When Wal-Mart’s new CEO, Rollin Ford, addressed his troops upon taking office recently, saying, “When Gen...

Industry News Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd . announced that it has acquired privately held US-based venture company SyChip Inc ., a leader in radio frequency chip scale modules (CSM). Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is an innovator in electronics and a global supplier of passive components. Murata agreed to pay...

Rosenberger of North America LLC and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement for Rosenberger to purchase assets and to license technology used by Agilent at its Santa Rosa, CA cable assembly shop. Upon completion of the sale, Agilent will obtain these products and services from...