News & Analysis
Agilent Technologies Appoints Ron Nersesian Senior Vice President
Agilent Technologies has named Ron Nersesian senior vice president and general manager of the company's Electronic Measurement Group (EMG). Nersesian is currently vice president and general manager of EMG's Wireless Business Unit (WBU), Agilent's largest business unit with operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He is based in Santa Rosa, Calif.
General-purpose hybrids suit applications from 200MHz to 18GHz
New from RF and microwave component specialist Link Microtek are two series of 90-degree hybrid devices, which are designed to function as either combiners or dividers in a wide range of military and commercial applications over the frequency range 0.2 to 18.0GHz.
C-MAC partners with CISSOID to develop latest high temp microelectronic solutions
C-MAC MicroTechnology and CISSOID have agreed a strategic partnership that will lead to the development of high reliability components, modules and sub systems for high temperature applications operating up to 225°C. The two companies combine a wealth of design and manufacturing experience in high temperature microelectronics and will expand their existing customer relationships in the oil, gas, aerospace, defence, automotive and space industr...
STMicroelectronics Will Continue Minimizing the Environmental Effect of Set-Top Boxes
STMicroelectronics, known as a leading supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs), today extended its commitment to saving energy in STB applications. ST supports the moves toward an assessment of STB performance through total energy consumption as used in other sectors of the consumer electronics industry.
Phyworks enhances its reference design for FTTx GEPON modules
Phyworks has enhanced its reference design for FTTx GEPON modules, with the addition of transmit power monitoring to its digital diagnostics and set-up facilities. Now being specified by China’s network operators, the monitoring of laser output power aims to streamline field maintenance procedures and substantially reduce equipment downtime.
Tensilica Adds Mahesh Venkatraman as New VP of Marketing Vertical Segments
Tensilica has announced that Mahesh Venkatraman has joined Tensilica as vice president of marketing, vertical segments. In this new position, Venkatraman will report to company president and CEO, Jack Guedj, and is responsible for the marketing, strategic business development, and partnerships for audio, video, and baseband digital signal processing vertical segments.
Microtune's Automotive TV Tuner Deployed in Delphi's Factory-installed Car TV Entertainment Systems
Microtune has announced that Delphi, one of the world's largest OEM automotive electronics systems suppliers, is deploying Microtune's new MT2067 tuner in the TV receiver system of its factory-installed front and rear seat entertainment systems targeted for Europe and Japan.
Schaffner Acquisition Expands Power Quality Expertise
Schaffner has increased its expertise in the increasingly important Power Quality market by the acquisition of Betec-Engineering. Betec-Engineering specialises in the development and distribution of the market leading range of Bluewave active harmonic filters and currently have a turnover of approximately EUR 2 million.
NEC Electronics Europe Announces AUTOSAR Platform
NEC has announced that its microcontroller abstraction layer (MCAL) software for V850ES/Fx3 microcontrollers is integrated into a platform solution for door modules which Kostal GmbH & Co. KG will be launching. The focus for this project is to create a platform solution for door modules based on AUTOSAR standard software without compromising functionality or real-time and cost requirements. This objective will be achieved by combining Kostal’s ...
Six new products to be launched by Teknek at IPC/APEX
Teknek, a leader in contact cleaning technology, is to launch six new products at the IPC/Apex show in Las Vegas. Teknek’s Surface Mount Clean Machine (SMT09), designed for the electronics assembly market, has not only undergone a redesign but it now incorporates full static monitoring to ensure that static levels on outgoing boards are below levels pre-set by the customer. This machine is combined with Nanocleen, the world’s first si...