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ON Semiconductor , a supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, recently announced plans to expand production capacity at its 6-inch (150 mm) wafer manufacturing facility in Oudenaarde, Belgium, by approximately 40 percent with a total equipment investment in 2010 of 12.3 M EUR (or...

Headlines for Friday, October 1, 2010 M/A-COM Technology Solutions Introduces 38 GHz Packaged Chipset Solution Noise XT Offers Free Software Upgrade Agilent Introduces Next-generation Vector Signal Analysis Software SCHOTT Introduces Scratch Resistent and Shatterproof Glass Headlines for Thursday, September 30, 2010 Agilent 's X-Series Signal Analyzer Options Deliver Measurement...

WIN Semiconductors Corp. , a pure-play Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) foundry, and Presto Engineering , a semiconductor product engineering company, announced a strategic collaboration to deliver characterization and testing services for companies developing products utilizing GaAs technology from WIN. The agreement covers wafer-level and packaged part development activities, including design...

DARPA is soliciting innovative research and development (R&D) proposals in the area of Cognitive radio Low-energy signal Analysis Sensor Integrated Circuits (CLASIC), a thrust within the DARPA Adaptive RF Technology (ART) program. The goal of CLASIC is to enable monolithic, high performance, ultra high energy efficiency, signal recognition integrated...

WiSpry Inc. announced that the company has signed an agreement with NTT DOCOMO Inc. to jointly develop tunable filters for mobile phone applications based on WiSpry’s RF-MEMS technology. Under the terms of the agreement, both companies will work together and draw on each other’s expertise to design and develop...

Linear Technology Corp. announces a new high reliability, military plastic MP-grade version of the LT1175, a 500 mA negative micropower low dropout regulator. The MP-grade LT1175 is offered in SOIC-8 and DD-Pak packages with a -55° to +125°C operating junction temperature range. With a wide input voltage range of...

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), a supplier of data converters and a leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, introduced 12-bit and 10-bit mixed-signal front-ends (MxFE) that reduce power and board space for developers of wireless infrastructure and portable radio equipment. The 12-bit AD9963 and 10-bit AD9961 MxFEs use 40...

Linwave Electronic Manufacturing Services , a division of Linwave Technology, is opening a new UK-based high technology microwave manufacturing centre. Scheduled to be fully operational by 10 September 2010, the facility will support key activities of diode manufacturing, MMIC packaging and high frequency/precision manufacturing solutions. The facility, which is...