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Lenthor Engineering, a leading provider of flex and rigid-flex PWB solutions announces the opening of their new design, fabrication and assembly facility in Milpitas, Calif.

Mercury Systems, Inc., a leading high-tech commercial provider of more affordable secure and sensor processing subsystems powering today’s critical defense and intelligence applications, announced that its Mercury Defense Systems subsidiary received a $4.5 million order from a leading defense prime contractor for EO/IR processing subsystems for an airborne surveillance application.

Averna, an industry-leading developer of test solutions and services for communications and electronics device-makers worldwide, announced  it successfully participated in the first interoperability test of DOCSIS 3.1 products organized by CableLabs. 

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announces the UltraCMOS® PE97240, an integer-N phase-locked loop (PLL) that offers superior phase noise performance for signal precision and frequency stability.

ANADIGICS, Inc., a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions, introduced the AWL5911 power amplifier (PA) optimized for 802.11a/n/ac Wi-Fi infrastructure and multimedia applications.

Richardson RFPD, Inc. announced the availability and full design support capabilities for Hittite Microwave products from Analog Devices, Inc.  Customers will benefit from the complete solutions that address the performance, reliability, and time-to-market requirements of an ever-widening range of ADI applications.

Passive Plus, Inc. (PPI) now provides its customers with the option of specifying capacitor assemblies with SAC 305 solder, which is 100 percent lead free. Previous to this breakthrough, engineers were limited to specifying capacitor assemblies that typically utilized a high lead content solder to attach the leads to the capacitors.

High Speed Interconnects (“HSI”), a full service extruder and manufacturer of high performance coaxial cable and assemblies, has recently announced custom, fine-wire and fine-pitch diagnostic imaging assemblies for medical device OEMs producing next-generation ultrasound equipment.

Rogers Corp., a global leader in engineered materials solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arlon, LLC, currently owned by Handy & Harman Ltd., for $157 million, subject to closing and post-closing adjustments. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory clearances, is expected to close in the first half of 2015. 

Satellites may soon carry Raytheon's gallium nitride (GaN) technology into Earth orbit. Raytheon Co. has successfully validated its GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technology for use in space-bound equipment.