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Article: United Kingdom: Microsemi launches record-power SiC RF transistors for VHF and UHF radar.
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- October 15, 2008
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Byline: kusumv03
Microsemi Corp of Irvine, CA, USA, which manufactures analog/mixed signal ICs and high-reliability semiconductors (mainly silicon-based), has launched its first two commercial silicon carbide (SiC) products - RF transistors for high-power VHF- and UHF-band pulsed radar applications.
The new devices are the first in a series of SiC RF power transistors designed by Microsemi's Military & Aerospace Division in Santa Clara, CA using SiC chips produced in its wafer fab in Bend, OR. Both the Bend and Santa Clara operations are formerly Advanced Power Technology Inc (APT), a supplier of power semiconductors focusing on the high-power, ...