Plextek RF Integration

Plextek RFI
Member group of Limited Company (Plextek Ltd.)
Founded 2012
Headquarters Great Chesterford, Essex, United Kingdom
Area served
 Worldwide
Website www.PlextekRFI.com

Introduction

Plextek RFI Ltd. is a member of the Plextek Ltd. group of companies.

Areas of activity

Plextek RFI is a UK based design house specialising in the design and development of Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs), Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) and microwave/mm-wave modules. Formed from Plextek Ltd's RF Integration team, it became a separate line of business within the Plextek Group [1] in November 2012. Plextek RFI designed ICs cover baseband to 100 GHz and utilise the following technologies:

Plextek RFI are an approved third party design house for the following III-V semiconductor foundries:

Several of Plextek RFI's consultant engineers are "Keysight certified experts" [6] recognizing their expertise in use of the Keysight EEsof EDA ADS software. RF On Wafer evaluation of ICs is undertaken using a Cascade Microtech probe station and associated test instrumentation.

Many Industry white papers, peer-reviewed publications and technical tutorials are included on the official website. A dedicated YouTube channel is available covering video-based tutorials on all aspects of RF and microwave circuit design. Plextek's CEO has recently been interviewed in Microwave Product Digest on the future of GaAs,[7] and his views on the wireless industry,[8] and in Microwave Journal to accompany an article of the future of mm-wave packaging.[9] He also provides expert witness advice on MMICs and related RF, microwave and mm-wave technologies.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Plextek, Plextek Group
  2. ↑ GCS, GCS approved foundry partners
  3. ↑ Qorvo, Qorvo (formerly TriQuint) approved foundry partners
  4. ↑ WIN Semiconductor, WIN approved foundry partners
  5. ↑ Cree, Cree foundry services
  6. ↑ Keysight CE, List of Keysight certified experts in ADS EDA Software
  7. ↑ MPD, The death of GaAs? Aug. 2013
  8. ↑ MPD, View from the top Dec. 2013
  9. ↑ Microwave Journal, Executive Interview: Liam Devlin, CEO, Plextek RFI, Feb. 2014
  10. ↑ Plextek RFI (Management), Expert Witness Service
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