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Avago Unveils Third Generation FBAR Quintplexer

Avago Technologies announced its next-generation quintplexer for mobile handset applications. The company is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. Leveraging the company’s innovative film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology, the miniature ACFM-7103 quintplexer provides unprecedented PCS insertion loss for best in class...
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Jazz Introduces SiGe BiCMOS Technology for Energy Efficient Analog ICs

Jazz Semiconductor , a leader in Analog-Intensive Mixed-Signal (AIMS) foundry solutions, announced its 0.18-micron Silicon Germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS platform (SBC18) enables customers to deliver next generation green, energy efficient analog ICs. Jazz's modular process technology offers significant power and efficiency savings over standard CMOS. Jazz SBC18 provides a next-generation...
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Modelithics Releases SELECT Model Library for RF Designers

As a “preview of coming attractions,” Modelithics Inc. has released a free sample model library for accurate surface-mount capacitor, inductor and resistor component representation within Virtuoso Spectre Circuit Simulator of Cadence (version IC6.1). The sample library, Modelithics SELECT™, is a collection of models selected from the Modelithics CLR Library™,...
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Anritsu Partners with WLAN Silicon Developers

Anritsu Co. introduces the MT8860C WLAN Test Set, a fully integrated test solution that performs high-speed radio layer measurements on WLAN chip sets. The MT8860C combines the capabilities of a power meter, spectrum analyzer, and vector signal generator to provide designers and manufacturers with a single instrument that performs...
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Avago Debuts 4x6 mm Dual Band WiFi Front End Module

Avago Technologies announced a complete RF 802.11 a/b/g/n front end module. The company is a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. Operating in the 2.4 GHz and 4.9 to 5.9 GHz frequency bands, the fully integrated AFEM-9601 multi-function module is compatible with WLAN standards...
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Agilent’s New Portable Radio Tester Saves Time, Training

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a rugged, portable radio tester that enables one-button testing of FM and SINCGARS (SINgle Channel Ground Air Radio System) radios at both the operational and intermediate military testing levels. The advanced diagnostics available through the new Agilent L4600A Radio Test Set’s one-button operation reduces training...
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HVVi Expands HVVFET RF Power Transistor Portfolio

HVVi Semiconductors Inc. , a developer of silicon RF power transistors, announced two new additions to its growing line of products based on the industry’s first High Voltage Vertical Field Effect Transistor (HVVFET™) architecture. Using this innovative technology and its inherent ability to deliver higher output power and gain...
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