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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a provider of high performance radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (IC), and Soitec (Euronext Paris), a supplier of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries, announced the joint development and ramp in production of a new bonded silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) substrate...

Endwave Corp. , a provider of high frequency RF MMICs and integrated transmit/receive modules, has an advantage when housing its high performance monolithic-microwave-integrated-circuit (MMIC) products in a surface-mount package. By re-engineering the widely accepted QFN, or Quad Flat No-leads surface-mount-technology (SMT) package, Endwave has more than doubled the usable...

Renesas Electronics Corp. , a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced that Renesas Mobile Corp. , which engages in SoC businesses mainly for mobile devices and car navigation systems, started operation on December 1. The company also announced that it completed the purchase of the wireless modem business...

TriQuint Semiconductor , a leading RF products manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced that it has been awarded a Defense Production Act Title III gallium nitride (GaN) manufacturing development contract by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The overall goal of the contract is to increase yield, lower...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced that RFMD® has production released the RF3932, a 75 W, highly efficient gallium nitride (GaN) RF unmatched power transistor (UPT) that delivers superior performance versus competing GaAs and silicon power technologies. The release of the RF3932 follows the recent release of the 140...

Endwave Corp. , a provider of high frequency RF solutions and semiconductor products for the telecommunications, satellite communications, electronic instruments and defense and security markets, recently reported financial results for its third quarter, which ended on September 30, 2010. Revenues for the third quarter of 2010 were $4.1 M....