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MACOM files suit against Infineon over GaN patents
MACOM Technology filed a legal suit in U.S. against Infineon Technologies related to GaN tech which Infineon gained after acquiring International Rectifier in 2015. MACOM said it is defending its rights to use the patented gallium nitride on silicon (GaN) technology developed by Nitronex which was a
2 min readQorvo to acquire GreenPeak Technologies
Qorvo has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IOT specific RF communications IC expert GreenPeak Technologies. Qorvo, a broader RF semiconductor leader can now offer RF Ics for markets such as connected home and the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT). GreenPeak has shipped more than 100
2 min readThe GaAs IC Market Growing 25% in 2015, as per a market study
Strong wireless demand resulted in growth of more than 25% in Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) ICs in 2015, according to the report “The GaAs IC Market,” recently published by The Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research company. “Every cell phone contains Power Amplifiers (PA), which
2 min readSemtech and STMicroelectronics collaborate to scale LoRa Technology
Semtech and STMicroelectronics announced an agreement on Semtech’s LoRa long-range wireless RF technology. ST to use this technology for Internet of Things (IoT) deployments by mobile network operators (MNOs) and large-scale private networks. ST to join the LoRa Alliance and release referenc
3 min readEM Micro's Bluetooth Smart beacons achieve Eddystone certification
EM Microelectronic's Bluetooth Smart beacons, EMBC01 and EMBC02, have achieved Eddystone certification. Eddystone is the open beacon format from Google. EM Microelectronics says "unlike many other commercially available beacons, EM Beacons can broadcast multiple interleaved beacon formats (such as
3 min readMore than 1 Million MACOM GaN on Si devices in the field
RF semiconductor device maker M/A-COM reported crossing a milestone shipment of more than 1 million GaN-on-Silicon (GaN on Si) RF power devices to its customers for use in communications, military and other RF applications. GaN is now a fast growing semiconductor technology and due to its ability to
2 min readAIR-IQ from Broadcom ensures reliable WiFi in dense areas
Spectrum management technology named AIR-IQ from Broadcom for enterprise 5G WiFi access points helps OEMs to design enterprise access points for high-density WiFi connections with higher reliability in connection. AIR-IQ technology allows detection and mitigation of frequency/signal interferen
4 min readABI: Bluvision is the leading BLE Beacon vendor in 2014
ABI Research estimated Bluvision as the leading BLE Beacon vendor in 2014 in terms of units shipped. ABI Research’s Principal Analyst Patrick Connolly comments, “The market is going through a transition phase where many of the beacons that have shipped are either waiting to be deployed or are in
2 min readQorvo to double GaN device capacity
Qorvo announced it has successfully scaled its proprietary QGaN25 gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) process to produce monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) on six-inch wafers. The transition from 4-inch to 6-inch wafers is expected to approximately double Qorvo's GaN on SiC
3 min readBand-pass Filter for V2V and V2X automotive RF systems
Precision electronic component manufacturer CTS has announced a new surface mount RF Band-pass Filter (BPF) for use in vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure (V2X) RF communication systems such as cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) including 802.11p for Wireless Acces
2 min readNFC evaluation board from ST for Wearables, IoT and ID apps
STMicroelectronics launched new CLOUD-ST25TA evaluation board based on its ST25TA02K chip for designing wearables, product identification, and smart-city applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). ST says "it contains everything that engineers need to start adding an NFC interface to any kind of
2 min readMIT researchers fabricate reliable GaN power transistors at low cost
There are hardly any electronic devices, which doesn't require power conversion from one voltage to other voltage and most of the times, the conversion is from AC voltage source to DC voltage source in personal digital devices. For each of such billions of digital electronics devices, you compulso
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