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Mimix Broadband Inc. introduces a 17 to 34 GHz GaAs PHEMT SMT packaged upconverter that integrates a linear, balanced resistive PHEMT mixer, LO buffer amplifier and LO doubler within a fully molded 4x4 mm QFN package. This RoHS-compliant, packaged upconverter has an input third-order intercept point (IIP3) of +23...

Driven by new demand from consumer electronics and wireless applications, the global market for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) will expand to $8.8 B in 2012, up from $6.1 B in 2006, iSuppli Corp. predicts. "The markets for mainstay MEMS actuator products—like inkjet heads and Digital Light Processor (DLP) chips from...

STMicroelectronics and Ericsson have agreed to merge Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST-NXP Wireless into a joint venture. The 50/50 joint venture will have the industry's strongest product offering in semiconductors and platforms for mobile applications and will be an important supplier to Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG and Sharp....

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, announced that it has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract with Lockheed Martin to supply high-precision technical ceramic toroids and inserts for the Aegis Weapon System. This contract win reflects the company’s...

Have you encountered customs agents, customers and other third parties inquiring as to whether your company is registered with the State Department? To participate in a global aerospace and defense industry, your company must maintain a compliant export control program. To export defense articles or technical data, companies must...

Nitronex , a developer and manufacturer of high-performance RF power transistors for wireless infrastructure, broadband and military markets, has received Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding to further develop its GaN technology for military and aerospace applications. The two year Phase II STTR program began in the...

STMicroelectronics , one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers and a world leader in MEMS and power ICs, is to be the principal sponsor of the 17 th European Microelectronics and Packaging Conference & Exhibition (EMPC 2009). The company will work with the organizer, the Italian chapter of the...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, announced that it has shipped more than two billion power amplifier (PA) modules since product inception near the turn of the decade. The company is an architectural pioneer of PA and complete...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced an industry first integrated RMS power detector that is capable of simultaneously measuring the instantaneous (RF envelope) power and the true RMS power of any input RF input signal from 100 MHz...

GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc. , a key innovator of novel Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices for high temperature, high power, ultra-high voltage and detector applications, announced that it has been selected by the US Navy for two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards. These awards will allow GeneSiC to develop high...