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Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is the result of the merging of Alpha Industries and the wireless business of Conexant Systems. As a provider of analog semiconductors, Skyworks supports automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, energy-management, GPS, industrial, medical, military, wireless-networking, smartphone, and tablet applications. The company's portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, circulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure RF subsystems, isolators, lighting and display solutions, mixers/demodulators, optocouplers, optoisolators, phase shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combiners, power-management devices, receivers, switches, and technical ceramics.

David J. Aldrich, President and Chief Executive Officer

David J. Aldrich assumed the position of President and CEO in June 2002, when Skyworks was created from the merger of Alpha Industries and Conexant Systems’ wireless business. He had served as President and CEO of Alpha Industries since April 2000. Aldrich joined Alpha Industries in 1995 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he held senior-management positions at Adams-Russell and M/A-COM. Aldrich received a bachelor’s of arts in political science from Providence College in 1979 and a master’s in business administration from the University of Rhode Island in 1981. In 2004, he was named Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year in the Semiconductor category. Aldrich is a board member of Belden.

Year company formed: 2002

Jun. 6, 2013

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Analog Automotive Semiconductors Steering Telematics

Skyworks has announced a larger number of available analog semiconductors for telematics, or the integrated use of computers and electronic technology in automobiles for wireless communication applications....More
Jun. 5, 2013

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Image Gallery: Scenes From The Show Floor at IMS 2013

Photos of the MWRF staff and industry professionals from the show floor of IMS 2013.
Jun. 5, 2013

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SMT Switches Channel 150 W

A line of surface-mount switches can handle power levels to 150 W at frequencies to 4 GHz....More
Apr. 24, 2013

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LNA Quiets Cellular And Satcom Radios

This compact low-noise amplifier provides excellent noise figure from 700 to 3800 MHz....More
Jan. 25, 2013

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Interview: David J. Aldrich, President and Chief Executive Officer, Skyworks Solutions 1

David J. Aldrich, President and CEO of Skyworks Solutions, discusses his firm's inroads into the tablet segment....More
Jan. 10, 2013

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Amplifier Gains 0.7 To 2.7 GHz

A broadband amplifier provides high gain and low noise figure from 0.7 to 2.7 GHz for commercial wireless applications....More
Aug. 1, 2012

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Amps Conserve Current For ISM

Skyworks Solutions recently introduced a pair of general-purpose amplifiersboth of which are suitable for low-noise Industrial-Scientific-Medical (ISM) band applications where the current draw must be held in check. Based on GaAs pHEMT technology, the amplifiers can be used over a wide operating voltage range of +1.8 to +5.0 VDC, with both drawing as little as 5 mA current. The lower-frequency amplifier, model SKY67012-396LF, works from 0.3 to 0.6 GHz and is optimized for the 433-MHz ISM band....More
Jul. 11, 2012

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Switch Controls 0.1 To 2.7 GHz

Model SKY13388-465LF is a symmetrical, single-pole, four-throw (SP4T) switch designed for applications from 100 MHz to 2.7 GHz. Built with a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process, the switch requires only two control lines for operation. The high-performance SP4T switch features typical isolation of better than 30 dB at 1.0 GHz and more than 23 dB at 2.7 GHz. The insertion loss is typically 0.60 dB at 2.2 GHz and 0.65 dB at 2.7 GHz. The switch, which runs on supplies of +2.5 to +5.5 VDC, is rated for +37 dBm maximum input power....More
Apr. 6, 2012

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Microwaves and RF

Low-Noise Amplifiers Feature Bias Flexibility

These compact amplifiers are fit for a variety of smallsignal applications from 30 to 3000 MHz, allowing users to play with the bias current to improve on efficiency and intercept-point performance....More
Mar. 14, 2012

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Microwaves and RF

PAM Supports GSM and DCS/PCS

Model SKY77619 is a hybrid, multimode, multiband power-amplifier module (PAM) suitable for 2.5G and 3G/4G cellular communications handsets. It consists of a GSM 800 and EGSM 900 amplifier block, a DCS 1800/PCS 1900 amplifier block, and separate low- and ......More