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COMING EVENTS...

February 6 – 8, 2012
Military Radar Summit
Washington, D. C.
Information: militaryradarsummit.com

March 12 – 13, 2012
CS Europe
Frankfurt, Germany
Information: http://cseurope.net


 

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Watch for the 2012 Call for Papers
April 16-17, 2012 · Cocoa Beach, FL

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INDUSTRY NEWS...

Analog Devices Inc. was named one of the world's most innovative companies, according to the Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 Global Innovator SM program. The program analyzes patent data and related metrics in a proprietary methodology to identify the organizations that lead the world in innovation activity. Analog Devices was one of 14 semiconductor and electronic component manufacturers named to the top 100, and the only analog company on the list of global innovators.

STMicroelectronics has been recognized as among the world’s four best semiconductor companies in design, according to a report from Gary Smith EDA, a provider of market intelligence and advisory services for the global Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronic System Level (ESL) design, and related technology markets. In the report, founder and Chief Analyst Gary Smith, highlights ST’s leadership in Electronic System Level (ESL) design, the depth of its expertise, and the contribution of its Computer-Aided Design (CAD) group.

Texas Instruments Incorporated announced the election of three of its engineers to IEEE Fellow, a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments are deemed fitting of this prestigious honor. TI's Ajith Amerasekera, director of Kilby Labs, Ahmad Bahai, Analog Chief Technology Officer, and Luigi Colombo, TI Fellow in the External Development and Manufacturing (EDM) group, received the IEEE's highest level of membership for their innovative contributions in the semiconductor industry. They join 19 other TI engineers who hold the prestigious title of IEEE Fellow.


 












 




EDITOR'S CHOICE...

Filter

Hittite Microwave Corp. introduced a new Tunable MMIC Band Pass Filter ideal for hybrid and microwave integrated circuit (MIC) applications in wideband test and measurement equipment, communication systems and electronic warfare (EW) subsystems to 38 GHz. This analog voltage tuned, solid state MMIC filter is insensitive to environmental conditions, and represents a space saving alternative to mechanically tuned and MEMS based filter solutions. The HMC899 Tunable MMIC Band Pass Filter (BPF) features a user selectable pass band frequency range of 19 and 38 GHz. The 3 dB filter bandwidth is approximately 18%, while the 20 dB bandwidth is approximately 35%. The pass band center frequency of the HMC899 is controlled by an analog tune voltage between 0 and 14V with a tuning speed of 200 ns. The HMC899 exhibits excellent microphonic immunity due to the monolithic design, and provides a dynamically adjustable filtering solution in advanced communications applications.

Hittite
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