Manufacturing/Services

Texas Instruments Supports ZigBee Alliance Plan

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced the company’s strong endorsement of the ZigBee Alliance’s recent announcement to integrate Internet Protocol (IP) and open standards. The plan to incorporate global IT standards from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will allow continued growth of smart grid applications beyond the smart meter...
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WIN Semiconductors Opens Fab B

WIN Semiconductors announced that is has opened FAB B in Taiwan. Co-located in the Hwaya Technology Park with FAB A, FAB B will offer cost-effective synergy in operations. FAB B capacity of 5K Wafer Per Month (WPM) in addition to the existing FAB A operating capacity of 7K WPM...
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Pulse Introduces Mobile Phone Antenna

Pulse , a Technitrol company, a leader in electronic component and subassembly design and manufacturing, announces the first capacitive-feed antenna that can be enclosed in an all-metal mobile handset case. Pulse’s capacitive-feed antenna can be used in mobile phones that operate at 900, 1800, 1900 and 2100 MHz as...
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ODIN's Self-inventorying SMART Container Breaks New Ground

ODIN , a leader in the physics of RFID solutions for healthcare, aerospace, financial services and government agencies, introduces the ODIN self-inventorying SMART Container® – a first in automated technology for the tracking of critical assets. The SMART Container goes beyond basic security and location tracking for a given...
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Growing Markets for Active Electronically-scanned Arrays

In January 2007 – around two-and-a-half years’ back – Engalco released the first industry and markets report concerning AESAs. That first report clearly showed that these types of radars already had great operational significance whilst at the same time providing substantial and growing markets for the associated transmit-receive modules...
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Harris to Acquire Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems

Harris Corp. , an international communications and information technology company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems business (formerly known as M/A-COM), an established provider of mission-critical wireless communications systems for law enforcement, fire and rescue, and public service organizations. Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems,...
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