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Alereon Announces $3 M Strategic Investment from SK Telecom

April 15, 2008

Alereon Inc. , an ultra-wideband (UWB) technology leader for WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB applications, announced it has received a $3 M investment from SK Telecom . SK Telecom is the second major Korean investor in Alereon, following the Samsung Ventures investment in the fourth quarter of 2006. Eric...

Tyco Continues Role in Development of Broadband Component Technology

April 15, 2008

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Tyco Electronics introduced a new low-cost, RoHS compliant, dual SPDT switch die for broadband applications that require high linearity, low insertion loss and high isolation. The M/A-COM MASW-008206-000DIE is intended for 802.11a, 802.11b/g, PC Card and access point applications and is optimized for 2.4 GHz as well as 5.8...

Freescale 450 W RF Power Transistor Offers Unprecedented Peak Power

April 15, 2008

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Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a 50 V laterally diffused MOS (LDMOS) RF power transistor designed to deliver 50 percent higher output power than competing UHF TV broadcast solutions. Demonstrating industry-leading RF figures of merit, the MRF6VP3450H device offers the highest output power in its class for UHF applications while...

CST Announces New Workshop Series

April 15, 2008

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Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announces a series of customer centric workshops focusing on high frequency system design challenges. The series investigates how new technology will benefit designers working in the high speed data, power integrity and EMC/EMI areas, as well as on optical applications. Following some recent acquisitions, CST...

RadioMobile Receives $500,000 in New Orders

April 15, 2008

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RF Industries Ltd. announced that its RadioMobile division has received new orders from Dial-a-Cab for software and hardware valued at approximately $500,000 and scheduled for delivery over the next 10 months. "This contract is part of our long-term relationship with Dial-a-Cab to upgrade their 15 year-old installation, which handles...

ARMMS is Full as Conference Evolves

April 14, 2008

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The April ARMMS RF and Microwave Society conference , sponsored by Plextek and held at Milton Hill House, near Oxford, UK, was particularly significant — for the introduction of a new panel session and also for the fact that for the first time it was oversubscribed, with all of...

Agilent Wins Mobile WiMAX Contract in Taiwan

April 14, 2008

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Bureau Veritas ADT , Taiwan's leading WiMAX™ testing and certification company has awarded Agilent Technologies a contract for Mobile WiMAX Protocol Conformance Test (PCT). The company provides Mobile WiMAX testing and certification services to the international community and will use Agilent's N6430A Mobile WiMAX PCT system to deliver WiMAX...

Chinese Workshop Advances LTE

April 14, 2008

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At a recent workshop in China the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) agreed to plans for the further evolution of Long Term Evolution (LTE) so that it can be considered within the International Telecommunication Union’s recent call for ‘IMT-Advanced’ technologies. The requirements for ‘LTE-Advanced’ will be contained in a...

SUSS MicroTec 300 mm Test System Installed in Japan

April 14, 2008

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SUSS MicroTec AG has installed its PM300WLR advanced 300 mm wafer-level reliability (WLR) test system at a leading Japanese manufacturer of semiconductor devices, where it will be used for testing the reliability of current and next-generation devices. As the technology and design of semiconductor devices advance, the need to...

Sources from Sweden

April 10, 2008

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The managing director of Sivers IMA, Olle Westblom, offers Microwave Journal's European Editor, Richard Mumford, insight into the workings of this independent Swedish manufacturer of advanced microwave oscillator products that has been operating for over 50 years. He focuses on the development of ultra-wideband VCOs, the use of MMIC technology and advances the virtues of collaboration with universities.

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