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TriQuint Semiconductor introduces the TQP4M9071, a high linearity, low insertion loss, 6-bit, 31.5 dB DSA with a 0.5 dB step size for 2G / 3G /4G wireless infrastructure, test equipment and sensors. The DSA has a parallel control interface for attenuation changes and maintains high accuracy over frequency and...

TriQuint Semiconductor announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) to develop new Gallium Nitride (GaN) modules for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). TriQuint’s new GaN devices will extend the range and capabilities of UAVs that are used for reconnaissance missions over...

Plessey Semiconductors has announced that the company has successfully passed all the audits necessary to obtain certification to the internationally recognized ISO quality standards TS16949 (with no non-conformances) and ISO9001, and the environmental standard ISO14001. Certification to these demanding standards is a requirement for any manufacturer supporting the international...

Plextek ’s Director of RF Integration, Liam Devlin, will make a presentation on how to save money by using custom designed GaAs MMICs at the Microwave Applications (MicroApps) seminar taking place during the 2010 International Microwave Symposium (IMS). This year’s IMS takes place from May 23-28 in Anaheim, CA....

Integra Technologies Inc. (ITI) announced the development of High Voltage Gallium Nitride on Silicon technology. Leveraging a world class design team and internal wafer fabrication facility with nearly two years of research and development has culminated in the announcement and launch of two new products: The IGN2731M25 and IGN2731M50....

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) announced ADIsimPLL™ Version 3.3, a new generation of its successful phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit design and evaluation tool. ADIsimPLL Version 3.3 assists users in evaluating, designing and troubleshooting RF systems exploiting Analog Devices’ family of PLL synthesizers and is available from ADI’s web site at...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced the availability of a new family of laminate-based VCOs for cellular infrastructure and other high performance wireless transceiver applications. The new RFVC975x product family leverages RFMD’s expertise in the design and manufacture of low phase noise discrete VCOs, as well as RFMD’s proprietary...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, announced that it has received the Technology Support Award from Huawei, a telecom solutions provider, in recognition of its excellence in base transceiver station (BTS) radio frequency (RF)...