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Mimix Asia and TNO Announce Intent to Extend
Contract
Signing to Occur During European Microwave
Week 2008
October 22, 2008, Hsinchu, Taiwan - Mimix
Asia and TNO Defence, Security and Safety will
sign on 29 October 2008 at 3.00pm an extension
of the contract to manufacture, promote, distribute
and market Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits
(MMICs) designed and developed by TNO. The signing
will take place during the European Microwave
Week 2008 in the RAI Amsterdam at the Dutch Pavilion
(Hall 3 - booth 501).
The extension of the contract covers the addition
of new MMICs, especially an X-band Core chip XZ1002,
which Mimix Asia will market in combination with
an existing 10 Watt High Power Amplifier XP1006
as a matched Radar Chip set. This X-band Core
chip integrates a 6 bits phase shifter, a 5 bits
attenuator and LVCMOS digital interface together
with the supporting Low Noise Amplifier (LNA),
switches and driver circuitry. As both MMICs are
manufactured in the same gallium arsenide (GaAs)
process, they are an ideal combination for phased
array antenna applications.
"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",
stated Peter J. Hales, Vice President Sales of
Mimix Asia.
Frank van den Bogaart, Manager Research of TNO
and General Chairman of the European Microwave
Week 2008 stated: "Mimix Asia has established
its experience and industrial capabilities in
the volume telecommunication world. Applying this
experience in the military and space segments
is crucial for introducing the TNO designs into
these high-tech markets. Mimix Asia and TNO have
proven to be a winning combination for phased
array technology. This is again demonstrated today
by the introduction of the matched Radar Chip
set".
About MIMIX Asia
Mimix Asia, a subsidiary of Mimix Broadband, Inc.,
designs and develops monolithic microwave integrated
circuits (MMICs) for microwave and millimeter-wave
applications. Mimix Asia also tests, inspects
and packages products and provides strategic support
to Mimix Broadband for production, supply chain
management, order processing and fulfilment. The
Mimix Asia facility includes a Class 10,000 clean
room for die picking and visual inspection and
8,000 square feet of production floor space in
Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park.
About TNO
TNO Defence, Security and Safety provides innovative
solutions to enhance the general security of the
society and is a strategic partner of the Dutch
Ministry of Defence. The accumulated knowledge
is also used for foreign governments and defence-related
industries. Its focus is on Defence in the broadest
sense of the word. In the area of Security and
Safety, the emphasis lies on combating crime,
calamity and terrorism. TNO Defence, Security
and Safety also works for the aerospace and maritime
sectors.
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