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Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced that despite the continued weakness in the global semiconductor industry, it has for the second consecutive quarter achieved record financial results during Q3 2009. The company reported its highest ever quarterly revenue performance – NOK 133.1 million –...

Although the spending on RF power semiconductors in wireless infrastructure markets has continued to stagnate, other markets—notably the military—are seeing increased activity. Also, according to a new study from ABI Research, gallium nitride—long seen as a promising new “material of choice” for RF power semiconductors—is finally starting to gain...

Power Divider Model PD0218-S2 is a two-way Wilkinson power divider that was just released and covers most military and EW bands from 2 to 18 GHz. These power dividers are available in octave and multi-octave bandwidths and are available from Aeroflex/Inmet stock. The designs are based on an industry...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced a new line of SMT packaged PLLs with Integrated Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCO) that are ideal for microwave radio, military, industrial sensors and test and measurement applications from 7.3 to 13.4 GHz....

RFaxis , a fabless semiconductor company focused on innovative, next-generation RF solutions for the wireless and connectivity markets, announced that it has selected IBM Microelectronics to manufacture its fully integrated, single-chip, single-die RF Front-end Integrated Circuits (RFeIC). The RFeICs will be manufactured using IBM Microelectronics' BiCMOS process technology, at...

WIN Semiconductors announced the availability of a new MMIC tool bar personality for ten Advanced Design System (ADS) process design kits (PDK) for its popular Enhancement/Depletion-Mode PHEMT and HBT process technologies. The new add-on WIN PDKs, developed for use with current and future releases of Agilent Technologies' ADS 2009,...

The 46th annual AOC International Symposium & Convention took place October 18-21, in Washington, DC, and was on hand to visit most of the microwave companies serving the EW world. The top priority in the EW sector is still IED defeat systems and the AOC show daily stated that...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components, announced ZTE has selected two of RFMD's dual-band transmit modules to support ZTE's S305 GSM handset. The ZTE S305 is a stylish dual-band (GSM 900/1800 MHz or 850/1900 MHz) mobile handset designed for...