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AWR and LFoundry Introduce 0.15µm RF CMOS Process Design Kit for Analog Office RFIC Design Environment
AWR Corporation and LFoundry GmbH today announced the availability of a process design kit (PDK) for LF150. LFoundry’s LF150 is a modular 0.15µm RF CMOS process, offering up to six levels of Aluminum plus thick metal (2 - 6µm), optionally a MIM capacitor, a polyimide passivation and I/O voltages of 1.8V, 3.3V and 5.0V. This new PDK for LF150 targets those customers designing RFICs for telecom, automotive, industrial and energy s...
Rutronik: System solution from Micronas with CMOS-based gas sensor technology
The GAS85xyB is a new gas sensor chip generation from Micronas based on the mySENS technology. The novel GAS85xyB chip generation is based on a standard CMOS technology which has been proven successful in automotive and industrial applications. Samples are available now at distributor Rutronik.
Plextek’s design expertise helps PneumaCare to receive double award win at coveted 2011 Medical Futures Innovation Awards
Plextek, the leading Cambridge design house and technology innovator, today announced that PneumaCare has won two highly sought after healthcare and business accolades at the Medical Futures Innovation Awards – a Dragon’s Den-style assessment of new healthcare ideas from around the world. PneumaCare’s PneumaScan(tm) device, which monitors patients breathing without any contact with their body, received Best Business Proposition ...
Renesas Electronics Announces Resumption of Wafer Lines Production at Naka Factory, Moves Up the Schedule for Shipment of Products from October to September
Following the announcement made on May 11, 2011, Renesas today released an updated production schedule for its Naka wafer fabrication factory in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki. Having resumed mass production at both the 200- and 300-mm wafer fabrication lines, the key highlight of the new schedule is that Renesas expects it will be capable of significantly moving up the schedule by one month from the end of October to the end of September for when the supp...
New Senior Sales Manager to join the Antistat Team
Antistat, ESD Specialists, are pleased to announce the appointment of Carly Scott-Woodham as the new Senior Sales Manager for the division.
National Semiconductor Reports Results for Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2011
Q4 sales of $374.1 million increased 9% from Q3 of fiscal 2011 and decreased 6% from Q4 of fiscal 2010 Gross margin of 66.5% was flat with Q3 and down from 68.8% in Q4 of fiscal 2010 GAAP earnings per share of 26 cents was up from 24 cents in Q3 and down from 33 cents in last year's Q4 Q4 results include about $14 million of merger-related expenses and an increase in diluted share count of 9 million shares
Basic Packaging Workshop - Event Details Announced
UK Microelectronics Packaging Society (IMAPS-UK) is pleased to announce details its forthcoming “Basic Packaging Workshop being held at TWI (The Welding Institute) on 21 & 22 June 2011.
Qualcomm to Acquire the Assets of Semiconductor Design Innovator Rapid Bridge
Qualcomm Incorporated today announced it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Rapid Bridge LLC.
Adept Electronic Solutions and Total Turnkey Solutions Join Forces
Adept Electronic Solutions and Total Turnkey Solutions have announced their merger, creating the largest and leading provider of machine vision and imaging products and services in Australia and New Zealand.
Change of Guards at FINAT, Newly appointed president Kurt Walker shares his vision on FINAT’s strategy today and tomorrow
FINAT, the world-wide association representing the interest of the self-adhesive labelling industry, announces that Kurt Walker has been appointed new president for FINAT at their annual congress in Sicily this year. Kurt Walker takes over the presidency from Andrea Vimercati to steer FINAT for the next two years. Mr Walker (°1950), currently CEO at tesa Bandfix Switzerland, became a member of the FINAT board in 1999. Until now he took up his...