MEMS based switches for RF circuits are one of the most promising applications in the field. We spoke with TeraVicta’s President and CEO Ray Burgess about his company’s recent activities, plans for the future as well as the size and growth potential of the MEMS based switch market.
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Everyone has experienced dropped calls and choppy cell phone signals. As cell phone manufacturers are continually looking to ensure that consumers are satisfied with their devices, WiSpry is one of the companies which is now providing components to make it easier for phone designers make their products more robust. The company raised another $13.5 million VC round in August and is now looking to move its devices into volume production and expand its marketing efforts. We recently spoke with WiSpry's CEO Jeff Hilbert.
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One of the most exciting and rapidly growing set of applications in our industry are those involving RF MEMS. We recently spoke with Dr. Dan Hyman, the founder and CEO of XCOM Wireless, about RF MEMS history, current challenges and future trends.
In this thoroughly comprehensive interview, Dr. Hyman shares his expertise and insight, and offers intriguing predictions about the future potential of RF MEMS devices.
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MEMS based switches for RF applications are the basic block for more complex RF MEMS architectures. We recently spoke with Dr. Jean-Claude Sureau, President of Radant MEMS.
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There has been much discussion about RF applications in the MEMS industry circles. While most of the comments and input so far has been from RF MEMS manufacturers, we thought that getting some feedback from a potential RF MEMS customer, Motorola, is important as well. We recently spoke with Tom Walczak, Senior Director of the Radio Systems Group, Mobile Devices Technology Office, and Joel Clark, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, about RF and other MEMS applications.
WiSpry is a fabless, radio frequency (RF) semiconductor company headquartered in Irvine, California. The company was formed in October 2002 through a spin-off of the RF/Wireless business unit of Coventor, Inc. and recently secured $7 Million Series A funding to drive growth of RF tunable filter and RF switch products for the cellular phone handset market.
We spoke with Jeff Hilbert, President and CEO of Wispry and a co-founder of the company. Jeff has over 25 years of executive management and technical experience in a number of leading semiconductor and MEMS companies including LSI Logic, Motorola, and Coventor.
