Jun 7, 2007
Microwave and millimeter wave packaging supplier StratEdge has readied a line of high performance semiconductor packages that operate from DC to 50 GHz in hermetic versions. ...
Jun 7, 2007
Using gallium arsenide based 0.15µm pHEMT process with three layers of interconnecting metal on 50 µm substrate material, TriQuint Semiconductor has released two new satellite communications high power amplifiers that offer improved performance with overall size reduction. ...
Jun 1, 2007
Lockheed Martin has opened its Biometric Experimentation and Advanced Concepts (BEACON) center in White Hall, W.V. The 6000-square-foot facility will...
Jun 1, 2007,
By Dick Walvis and Sireesha Mallipeddi
Four different methodologies are used for testing MIMO WLAN chipsets and products. Each methodology has its advantages and disadvantages, which are discussed in this article....
Jun 1, 2007
Gowanda Electronics, a manufacturer of high-performance electronic inductor components for RF and power applications, is registered as conforming to AS9100...
Jun 1, 2007
General Dynamics Land Systems-Amphibious Systems has selected the Quantum-3D Thermite tactical visual computer version 2.0 to support embedded training testing and demonstrations in the U.S. Marine Corps' expeditionary fighting vehicle....
Jun 1, 2007,
By Ashok Bindra
NXP Semiconductors' BLF878 power transistor is the RF Design Products of the Month for June 2007...
Jun 1, 2007
Alan V. Oppenheim and Russell Keith Raney received IEEE awards in a June 16 ceremony in Philadelphia. Oppenheim received the IEEE 2007 Jack S. Kilby Signal...
Jun 1, 2007
Targeting low-power ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor networking applications, Texas Instruments has unwrapped a system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution with...
Jun 1, 2007
Designed to set new standards for RF performance in ISM markets, Freescale Semiconductor's RF division has further pushed the power limits of LDMOS RF...
Jun 1, 2007
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center's Army Power Division, has approved a limited safety assessment report for UltraCell's XX25 reformed methanol fuel cell system....
Jun 1, 2007
Hynix Semiconductor, a memory semiconductor supplier offering dynamic random access memory chips (DRAMs) and flash memory chips, has entered into a strategic...
Jun 1, 2007,
By Martin Brabham
Facing the pressure to reduce costs and use commercial off-the-shelf components, designers are curious to understand the pros and cons of whether a hybrid or a non-hybrid power converter is best for their application....
Jun 1, 2007
Targeting WiMAX and WLAN applications, Microsemi Corp. has announced a line of RF pin diodes in surface-mount packages with superior electrical and thermal...
Jun 1, 2007,
By Christopher Burns
The Doherty amplifier architecture has come a long way in the 70 years since it was conceived and has the potential to deliver the efficiency demanded by today's base station transmitters as well as those serving future generations of wireless networks. The Doherty amplifier described in this article is one of many designed at Freescale, which has been refining the basic Doherty concept....