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Nitronex , a producer of GaN-on-silicon RF power devices, has developed a product reliability calculator to help customers determine the operating life and peak junction temperature of its gallium nitride RF power transistors. Nitronex’s reliability calculator features pre-programmed device parameters that quickly and easily provide accurate product performance and...

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of high performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, released three new 7-bit UltraCMOS™ Digital Step Attenuators to complement its 50-Ohm DSA line. Building on its high performance predecessors, along with flexible Serial and Parallel interface logic, these new HaRP™-enhanced devices also offer...

IMS 2008 represents the return of the International Microwave Symposium to the east coast after five years on the west coast and beyond (with Hawaii last year). While everyone had Microwaves on their mind, I was hoping that the attendance and participation would come back strong after a below...

Inphi ‘s 1385DX is a broadband 1:8 demultiplexer operating at bit rates from DC to 12.5 Gbps. Its data input is a highly sensitive, low-hysteresis latched comparator with an analog bandwidth of 14 GHz. The 1385DX includes a synchronization circuit that allows two or more DEMUXs to be automatically...

Z-Communications Inc. , a US manufacturer of VCO and PLL modules, announced that the organization's quality management system has been assessed and registered by Intertek Testing Services NA Inc. as conforming to the requirements of: ISO 9001:2000. The certification of compliance with ISO 9001:2000 recognizes that the policies, practices...

Microphase announces the design of two miniature directional couplers for applications in the military and telecom industry. The miniature three-port 50 and 75 Ohm directional RF couplers are specifically designed to monitor incident or reflected power within a small package design. The directional RF couplers offer superior performance over...

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...

LadyBug Technologies LLC announced this month that the company has received the first in what is expected to be a series of sales orders from the US Government for its PowerSensor+™ line of miniaturized USB power meter-sensors. The first order placed was for LadyBug’s model LB479A, a miniaturized 10...

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...

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™,...