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News Release from: SiGe Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 September 2002
SiGe sets up US base
SiGe Semiconductor has opened a new office in San Diego, California, to serve as a company base for sales, field applications and product development activities in the USA.
SiGe Semiconductor has opened a new office in San Diego, California, to serve as a company base for sales, field applications and product development activities for its growing list of wireless and broadband customers in the USA In a related development, SiGe has strengthened its RF design and applications support teams with the appointments of Craig Christmas as applications manager, cable, PA and components; Karl Kasel as applications engineer, cable, PA and components; and Herman Morales as field applications engineer
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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All three will be located in the new San Diego office, which includes a fully equipped lab for applications development and test.
"We chose San Diego for its proximity to some of the world's largest companies designing communications systems, as well as the high caliber of local RF design talent", said Jim Derbyshire, president and CEO, SiGe Semiconductor.
"As the newest additions to our design and applications support team, Craig, Karl and Herman bring critical expertise to SiGe that will help our customers get to market faster with next-generation wireless, cable and optical equipment".
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Craig Christmas brings more than 20 years of RF engineering and business development experience to his position of applications manager, cable, PA and components, at SiGe Semiconductor.
Christmas has extensive expertise in board-level and circuit RF engineering for WLAN, Bluetooth, pager and cellular applications.
Previously, he held senior RF engineering and team lead positions at companies including Siemens ICM, Motorola, Celeritek, Pacific Monolithics, Harris Microwave Semiconductor and TRW Microwave.
Karl Kasel, applications engineer, cable, PA and components, has over 19 years of RF engineering experience designing for consumer, military, and industrial applications.
During his career, Kasel has served in senior RF design, test, and applications engineering positions at companies including Denso International America, Hughes Aircraft Company and Acrian.
Herman Morales has been appointed senior field applications engineer.
Morales has over 15 years of experience in RF design and applications support for both commercial and military designs.
During his career, he has served in various senior engineering and business development positions at Avnet Electronics, CI Wireless, Wavesat Telecom, Ortel Corp, Hughes Defense Communications and SAIC Range Systems.
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