Mimix Asia Works With TNO On MMICs Oct 29, 2008 1:52 PM
Mimix Asia and TNO Defence, Security, and Safety announced an extension of their contract to manufacture, promote, distribute, and market monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) designed and developed by TNO. The extension of the contract covers the addition of new MMICs, especially an X-band chip (model XZ1002) which Mimix Asia will market in combination with an existing 10-W model XP1006 power amplifier as a matched radar chip set. The X-band model XZ1002 integrates a 6-b phase shifter, 5-b attenuator, and LVCMOS digital interface along with supporting low-noise-amplifier (LNA), switch, and driver circuits. Both MMICs are based on GaAs technology. According to Peter J. Hales, Vice-President of Sales for Mimix Asia, "The combination of TNO’s experience in the design and development of MMICs as well as its know-how and experience of phased array technology ensures that the performance of these MMICs is well adapted to market requirements. TNO is able to make a well judged trade-off between system requirements and capabilities of the technology."
