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Infotonics , a collaborative, world-class Center of Excellence in photonics and microsystems, has selected SUSS MicroTec ’s ABC200 wafer bonding cluster tool and FC150 automated device bonder as strategic investments in its MEMS packaging laboratory. With corporate partners such as Corning, Eastman Kodak and Xerox, as well as relationships...

Infineon Technologies AG has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (HSMC) to license its leading-edge 130 nm CMOS process technology. HSMC is a newly established semiconductor company, while Infineon has been active in the Indian semiconductor market for 10 years. This MoU will...

Nokia Siemens Networks , a new company owned by Nokia and Siemens, started operations. It has approximately 600 customers and operates in about 150 countries, combining deep local presence and know-how with global reach and is ideally positioned to tap growth opportunities in both the wireless and fixed communications...

Realities of 3G launches are far from what operators anticipated just a few years ago, when they committed billions of dollars in 3G fees, adhering to stringent regulatory terms and conditions. According to Allied Business Intelligence (ABI), the number of 3G network launches will peak in 2004, but developed...

Untitled Page First Things First: As of the week ending March 30, 2007, the RF to Light 100 dropped 1.1%, YTD and end of first quarter +2.8% at 2529. NASDAQ also down 1.1%, YTD +0.3% at 2422. I attended the OFC show in Anaheim: 13,000 attended (not a record)....

AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation is introducing a new 5 W solid-state microwave amplifier (SSMA) that operates from AC power. The model 5S10G20 amplifier features high gain, low noise and good linearity making it an excellent replacement for traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA). It provides instant power with the press of...

LitePoint Corp. , a provider of advanced wireless test solutions, announced that it has completed a round of private equity funding from Sequoia Capital. LitePoint Corp., founded by semiconductor and wireless veterans, is attuned to the design process, systems development and manufacturing needs of wireless chipset vendors (e.g., Atheros,...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, unveiled a new and highly integrated 2.5 GHz WiMAX front-end module (FEM), the SKY77258, enabling mobile devices such as cellular handsets, smart phones, notebooks and personal digital assistants. Skyworks’ differentiated solution leverages the...

American Microwave Corp.: 40/45 dB, Miniature, 2 to 18 GHz, DLVA The model number: LVD-218-50 is a 40/45 dB, Miniature, 2 to 18 GHz (other frequency bands available), DC-coupled, detector log video Amplifier. Visit American Microwave Corp.'s Vendor View --> American Microwave Corp.: Solid-state Detector Log Video Amplifier The...

Strategy Analytics analysts, speaking at the plenary sessions of both the IEEE CSIC Symposium and the Power Amplifier Symposium, reaffirmed that GaAs technologies will continue to dominate the radio front-end in cellular handsets, despite competition from silicon technologies. The move toward 3G and beyond, coupled with the need to...