The art of designing and building RF power amplifier applications

Market demand for higher speeds and larger bandwidths drives the move from 4G to 5G. Going to higher frequencies makes the power amplifier application design even more challenging. For the customers of Ampleon, Bruco Integrated Circuits develops efficient PA modules for 4G/5G base station applications in the range of 0.6-4 GHz.

Ampleon: riding the 5G wave with a smart factory

A leading global partner in RF power products, Ampleon works on developing new 5G technologies, setting up the intelligent factory and professionalizing its supply chain. The Factory Intelligence program is a roadmap to bring factory automation to the next level and to use data to increase performance and predictability levels. Ampleon’s Head of Global IT, Lody Hoekstra, talks about the journey, use cases and challenges of modernizing the company’s factory.

Meet Charles Smit, chairman of BCSemi NL

Charles Smit, recently installed as chairman of Business Cluster Semiconductors The Netherlands, hopes to make a clean sweep of Dutch high tech industry organizations and help make the Chip Integration Technology Centre a success.