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August 2006 Crosstalk: An Interview with Microphase Corp.’s Necdet "Ned" Ergul MRF: Why did you start the company? Ergul: In 1952, I joined Belco Research Laboratories in Newark, NJ in their filter group because I had always been interested in microwave electronics. I was a project leader charged with development of high-temperature, UHF, and microwave transmission-line filters. At that time, they had research contracts in-house for filter networks for the US Army and Navy operating in the frequency range of 400 MHz.... — Jack Browne July 2006 Crosstalk: An Interview With Digital Fountain’s Charlie Oppenheimer MRF: What attracted you to join this company? Oppenheimer: There are two things you look for in an entrepreneurial situation. One is a very big profit. Big markets are where big opportunities are made. The other is some distinguishing characteristics in the company. And this company had both of those in place. This technology can be used in some many different systems: cellular, Internet, defense communications. It is limitless. The technology at its core... — Jack Browne June 2006 Crosstalk: An Interview with Gavin Woods MRF: What is the middle and long-term road map for LDMOS, from the perspective of technological achievement, such as power level, efficiency, and increasing frequency? Compare it to its compound semiconductor alternatives? Woods: Our roadmap for LDMOS is as always to improve intrinsic die performance in key areas such as efficiency and gain. We also are continuing to focus on cost-effective device packaging, which can be as important as... — Jack Browne February 2006 Crosstalk: An Interview With RF Micro Devices’ Jerry D. Neal MRF: In December 1994, Microwaves & RF ran that well-known Alexander Graham Bell photograph on the front cover, modified to include engineers from QUALCOMM and RF Micro Devices to represent your budding relationship with that company. How did that relationship start? Jerry D. Neal: We started RF Micro Devices in 1991. One of our first design wins was with Nippon Denso in Southern California. They had asked us to design an HBT power amplifier.... — Jack Browne October 2004 An Interview with iTerra’s Peter Walters MRF: One of iTerra's key strengths appears to be expertise in microwave, digital, and optical technologies, and the ability integrate them. Was this your intention from the beginning? Walters: It was the combination... — Barry Manz June 2003 Crosstalk: An Interview with Sirenza's Robert Van Buskirk and Chuck Bland Sirenza Microdevices (Sunnyvale, CA) acquired the assets of the Vari-L Co. (Denver, CO) on May 5, bringing together companies with different product lines but similar cultures. Integration of the two companies offers traditional manufacturing... — Barry Manz |
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