M/A-COM Technology Solutions has announced its acquisition of Nitronex, a manufacturer of Gallium Nitride based RF solutions. MACOM purchased Nitronex from GaAs Labs, LLC for approximately $26 million in cash, subject to potential post-closing adjustments. The acquisition will provide MACOM with fundamental and innovative GaN-on-Silicon epitaxial and pendeoepitaxial semiconductor process technology materials for use in RF applications to further grow its GaN product portfolio.
Nitronex previously leveraged this technology to offer the industry's first GaN-on-Silicon RF discrete devices and MMICs, providing a unique combination of GaN-based performance, ease of integration and a cost structure that can support high volume, mainstream markets. The high device linearity, high output power and efficiency characteristics of GaN devices make GaN-on-Silicon technology ideal for demanding high bandwidth communications such as CATV, broadband radio, wireless infrastructure, radar and ISM applications.
The acquisition by MACOM should accelerate the deployment of GaN and bring GaN-on-Silicon to the broad range of commercial and aerospace and defense applications.
Here are some links to Gan Products for MACOM and Nitronex:
- Nitronex GaN Transistors listed on everything RF
- MACOM's GaN Amplifiers listed on everything RF
