Microwave Journal Staff

As part of an on-going commitment to continuous improvement, United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) has announced that it is relocating its wafer back-side activity from its facility in Orsay, France, to that in Ulm, Germany. This strategic move concentrates the company’s wafer fabrication in Ulm, thus providing manufacturing synergies and...

Heading to IMS 2007? Make Some Time To Meet MURATA BOY Who: Murata Electronics’ Infamous MURATA BOY What: You’ve probably heard about and may have even seen stories – now it’s your chance to see MURATA BOY, the bicycle riding robot, in action. He features a number of the...

AmpliTech has begun offering its highly efficient, cryogenic amplifiers. These amplifiers are designed to operate at extremely low temperatures (below 16°K or -257°C). To minimize the consumption of energy to cool the amp, the company offers low DC voltage options (as low as +3 VDC), low current consumption and...

TriQuint Semiconductor announced the release of the first three packaged devices in its multi-function circuit (MFC) family of products for PTP radio and sat-com (VSAT) applications. The new MFC products will debut at the 2007 IEEE MTT-S IMS in Honolulu, HI. TriQuint’s three new packaged products address OEM needs...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Sequans Communications announced a collaboration to support the rollout of Mobile WiMAX®-compliant equipment in two ways. They will work on pre-validating the Agilent Protocol Conformance Test (PCT) system, and on the speed-optimization of RF power-calibration and production-test systems for both fixed and mobile WiMAX modules....

The unprecedented growth in European aviation has lead to the creation of the European General Aviation Manufacturer Group (EGAMA), which will be incorporated as a high level sectoral group of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD). This will enable it to use ASD’s structures and expertise...

Narda Safety Test Solutions , an L-3 Communications company, introduced the NBM-550, a lightweight, handheld meter for broadband measurement of electromagnetic (EM) energy that incorporates a range of features never before available in a single instrument in the RF radiation safety marketplace. Broadband EM field meters are employed by...

Planar Monolithics Industries Inc. announced the development of its new 0.4 to 16 GHz two-way power divider, model number: APD-2-0416-YR1. APD-2-0416-YR1 The insertion loss from 0.4 to 6 GHz and 6 to 16 GHz are 1.8 dB maximum and 4 dB maximum, respectively. The isolation from 0.4 to 6...

The BAE Systems and QinetiQ partnership bidding to supply a new Naval Medium Range Radar (NMRR) system for the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates and aircraft carriers has been further strengthened through a teaming agreement with research and development specialist, Roke Manor Research Ltd. The team’s offering, ARTISAN 3D,...

Quantum Leap Packaging Inc. (QLP), a provider of high performance, air cavity packages for semiconductor assembly, has announced the availability of HermeTech™, the industry's first hermetic plastic package that meets JEDEC standards. QLP is manufacturing HermeTech plastic air cavity QFNs that maintain hermetic leak rates of less than 5x10-8...