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Robert Van Buskirk is president of RFMD’s Multi-market Products Group (MPG). He spoke with Microwave Journal editor David Vye about the technical and business focus of this group as well as details related to RFMD’s acquisition of Sirenza and Filtronic Compound Semiconductor. Van Buskirk was one of the plenary session speakers at this year’s IMS conference in Atlanta, GA, presenting “Best of Both Worlds: Multi-market Diversity Embedded in a Scale RF Semiconductor Business.”

Greg M. Maury is President and Chief Executive Officer of Maury Microwave Corp. He spoke with Microwave Journal editor David Vye about the company’s early days, its new high gamma tuners and the challenges of characterizing CMOS devices at process nodes of 45 nm and below.

The managing director of Sivers IMA, Olle Westblom, offers Microwave Journal's European Editor, Richard Mumford, insight into the workings of this independent Swedish manufacturer of advanced microwave oscillator products that has been operating for over 50 years. He focuses on the development of ultra-wideband VCOs, the use of MMIC technology and advances the virtues of collaboration with universities.

Microwave Journal’s European Editor, Richard Mumford, quizzes Peter Krauss, managing director of Mician GmbH, about the development of EM simulation tools, their application in emerging markets and the importance of collaboration. He also gives a European perspective of global markets and European Commission funded initiatives before admitting to having an ambition to own a Greek island.

This month, Microwave Journal talks with Bryan Sayler, Senior Vice President and General Manager at ETS-Lindgren Test and Measurement Division, about his company’s membership in the WiMAX Forum. We also discuss the company's new WiMAX™ RPT Test System designed to provide detailed information on the radiated transmit and receive performance of wireless devices in an over-the-air environment. Sayler brings 20 years experience developing RF test solutions with ETS-Lindgren to his advisory role within the WiMAX Forum and its formalization of RPT measurement requirements. He received his BA degree from Southeastern University and his MBA degree from Baylor University.

David Sherrer, Director of Research and Product Development at Rohm and Haas Electronics Materials, spoke with Microwave Journal about Rohm and Haas’ new PolyStrata™ micro-fabrication technology. This new process produces perfectly shielded, low-loss, broadband transmission line networks, which enable low-cost, miniaturized and highly integrated component and systems for complex microwave and millimeter-wave applications.

Brian DuPell, President of DLI, spoke with Microwave Journal editor David Vye about today’s spectrum management challenges, the RADAR market and the role of High-Q ceramic-based RF/mW components play in achieving the system performance required by today’s military and commercial applications.

Chuck Fox, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Jazz Semiconductor, spoke with Microwave Journal editor David Vye about the new .18um CMOS process, the Analog-intensive Mixed-signal Initiative and how the company's latest Silicon technology is ready to deliver the single chip radio. Appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing in July 2007, Fox has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry providing executive leadership with strategic, operational and marketing responsibilities. Previously, he was CEO of KeyEye Communications, a fabless analog-intensive mixed-signal semiconductor company. He also served as President and CEO of Chameleon Systems, a high-performance DSP processor company and Vice President of Marketing for Cradle Technologies, a multi-processor DSP chip company.

Microwave Journal editor, David Vye, spoke with Brian P. Balut, Vice President, Networks Business Unit, TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., about the company's product portfolio, the challenges of WiMAX, various semiconductor technologies, and what the mobile WiMAX market is looking for.

Microwave Journal talks with Bernhard Wagner, Managing Director, Sales, Marketing and Finance, CST, about 3D EM solver diversity, integration into RF, microwave and high-speed electronic design workflows, and how mobile phone manufacturers now want to simulate the entire device.