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News Release from: Teravicta Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 August 2006
RF switches find global distribution
TeraVicta Technologies has signed a global distribution agreement for Richardson Electronics to distribute its complete line of MEMS-based RF switching solutions.
TeraVicta Technologies has signed a global distribution agreement for Richardson Electronics to distribute its complete line of MEMS-based RF switching solutions MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) switches provide the low insertion losses, high isolation, and high linearity of electromechanical relays, with the size, power consumption and production advantages of high-volume, wafer-fabricated, solid state switches, such as GaAs FETs and PIN diodes
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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TeraVicta Technologies is the first MEMS switch company in the world to qualify an RF MEMS switch.
MEMS switches are ideally suited for applications employing high performance, single-function switching technologies, including automated test equipment, instrumentation, RF/wireless communications and high performance RF switching.
"Our patented, hermetic inline chip-scale package is designed to improve RF performance and reduce cost by eliminating wire bonds and leads".
"The performance and cost advantages of RF MEMS technology make possible the realisation of high-performance multimode/multiband devices", said John Chimoures, Vice President of Worldwide Sales for TeraVicta Technologies.
"MEMS-based switches will soon become a disruptive technology across the RF electronics market; Richardson has product in stock today to help make that happen".
To support customers' evaluation and design-in of TeraVicta's RF MEMS switches, Richardson stocks a developers kit which includes an evaluation board, samples of the MEMS switch and detailed application notes.
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