Jan 6, 2003,
RF Design Staff
Credence Systems Corp., a provider of semiconductor test systems, announced that it acquired all of the assets of SZ Testsysteme AG and SZ Testsysteme GmbH for approximately $4.7 million....
Jan 3, 2003,
RF Design Staff
Improved growth in the personal computer (PC) markets, and a continued improvement in the wireless device markets will lead to a 10 percent growth in the semiconductor industry in 2003 says a report by WR Hambrect + Co. Inc....
Jan 2, 2003,
RF Design Staff
Royal Philips Electronics announced a definitive agreement to acquire Systemonic Inc., a developer of silicon system for multi-protocol, multi-band wireless local area networks (LANs)....
Jan 2, 2003,
RF Design Staff
SaRonix LLC, a manufacturer of electronic components, released its latest ST1307/1507 and ST1317 /1517 series voltage controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs). Measuring in at 5 mm by 7 mm by 1.8 mm, the ceramic-packaged surface mount oscillators are available over a wide range of frequencies and specifications....
Jan 1, 2003
RF Micro Devices Inc. (www.rfmd.com) announced the opening of a new sales and customer support office in Beijing, China. The sales and customer support...
Jan 1, 2003,
Warren Strand
Consumers' insatiable thirst for high data rates coupled with mobility is creating rapid growth in WLAN market requirements and device volume. In turn, this demand has created unprecedented challenges for RFIC testing....
Jan 1, 2003
Ansoft Corp. (www.ansoft.com) announced the formation of an educational partnership with Carnegie Mellon University's (www.cmu.edu) new center for wireless...
Jan 1, 2003
Micrel Semiconductor Corp. (www.micrel.com) and ARM Ltd. (www.arm.com) announced that Micrel has licensed the ARM922T core. Micrel has utilized the core...
Jan 1, 2003
Royal Philips Electronics (www.philips.com) announced a partnership with Sasken (www.sasken.com), a telecommunications software solutions provider. Philips'...
Jan 1, 2003,
By J. P. Pascual, M. L. de la Fuente, M. Rodríguez-Gironés, E. Artal and H. L. Hartnagel
A mixer design protocol that improves the conversion efficiency by defining the
circuit parameters for maximum RF and IF matching. By applying this technique under
different levels of large signal pumping, the optimum mixer of reference is defined for the non-linear element....
Jan 1, 2003
National Semiconductor Corp. (www.national.com) and ARM Ltd. (www.arm.com) announced a strategic business relationship to jointly develop and market power...
Jan 1, 2003
Ansoft Corporation Second Quarter Results Ansoft Corp. (www.ansoft.com) announced its financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended October 31,...
Jan 1, 2003
LTX Corp. (www.ltx.com) announced that its Fusion CX configuration was selected by RF Solutions Inc. (www.rfsolutions.co.uk) for use with its WLAN semiconductor...
Jan 1, 2003,
By Rulon VanDyke
A common issue that often arises is, after the design and build of a receiver, it is determined that the sensitivity is worse than of the calculated model....
Jan 1, 2003
Broadband Communications Brochure Draka Comteq (www.drakacomteq.com) announced its new 12-page detailed catalog on low loss 5 wireless broadband communications...