Transmission-Line Components

CSR Launches 802.11n Series of Devices

CSR announced the launch of its UniFi UF6000 series of Wi-Fi chips, small and low cost 802.11n compatible devices. At less than 16 mm-sq of silicon, the UniFi UF6000 devices are designed as embedded Wi-Fi products making them the lowest cost way of adding 802.11n enabled Wi-Fi to mobile...
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Wavesat Closes $11.7 M Round of Funding

Wavesat Inc. , a supplier of broadband wireless semiconductor solutions, announced the company has secured its latest round of funding, raising $11.7 M CAD. Existing investors led by BDR Capital, BDC Capital and Multiple Capital participated in the round. Proceeds will be used to further strengthen the company’s leadership...
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IEEE Celebrates 125 Years of Engineering the Future

IEEE , the world's largest technical professional society, is commemorating its 125 th Anniversary this year with a variety of activities surrounding the theme of "Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future." Major anniversary events include the first IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition for college and university students...
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AWR Acquires Simulation Technology and Applied Research

AWR , a leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA), announced it has acquired Simulation Technology and Applied Research Inc. (STAAR), Mequon, WI, a developer of 3D parallelized FEM tools for EM simulation of components and subsystems operating at RF and microwave frequencies. STAAR is now a wholly-owned subsidiary...
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STMicroelectronics and Paratek to Jointly Develop and Market Tunable RF Technology

Paratek and STMicroelectronics have entered into a strategic relationship to supply RF tunable products to mobile wireless markets. The two companies have been cooperating to advance the next generation of Paratek’s ParaScan™ materials technology for high-volume manufacturing and to jointly develop tunable products that improve Total Radiated Power (TRP)...
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Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions Brings Together Major Forces

Emerson has strengthened its Connectivity Solutions portfolio by bringing together the Midwest Microwave , Vitelec Electronics , Johnson Components and Stratos Optical brands under one new trading name, Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions Ltd. As part of Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions, the combined product lines will deliver cutting-edge...
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Comarch Constructs WiMAX Network in Montenegro

The last phase of a WiMAX project at Promonte, the prime GSM mobile service provider in Montenegro, has been completed by Comarch. The project introduces global activity taken within Telenor Group’s ‘Internet to the people’, taking advantage of the combination of the latest technologies like 3GHSPA, WiMAX and WiFi....
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Ducommun Acquires DynaBil Industries

Ducommun Inc. announced that it has acquired DynaBil Industries Inc. , a privately held company based in Coxsackie, NY. DynaBil is a provider of titanium and aluminum structural components and assemblies for commercial and military aerospace applications. DynaBil’s sales in calendar year 2008 are expected to be approximately $43...
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Handset Radio Components Down 2.9% in 2009

Strategy Analytics predicts a decline of 2.9 percent in 2009 for radio components in wireless handsets as a result of the global economic slowdown in its report, “Handset Radio Component Sales Forecast 2008 – Update.” The data table from the Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Components market research service...
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