Avnet Electronics Marketing Signs Agreement With EiC Corporation.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 1999-- Avnet Electronics Marketing announced today the signing of an agreement with EiC Corporation, to supply their complete range of GaAs HBT components for wireless and infrastructure applications. "Joining forces with Avnet Electronics Marketing, a leading global distributor, is a major step toward the successful path of EiC's GaAs H2BT(TM) (high-performance HBT) based products for the emerging wireless telecommunications of the future," said Dr. Nicky Lu, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of EiC Corporation and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. "We are very pleased to work with Avnet Electronics Marketing and its sales team to expand our current customer base to a more diverse user group in all areas around the globe." "EiC Corp.'s capabilities in HBT wide band products are an exciting addition to the Avnet RF and Microwave portfolio," said Joel Levine, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing RF and Microwave Product Business Group (PBG PBG abbr. porphobilinogen ). "The ability of EiC to develop and deliver innovative packaged and die products, combined with Avnet's RF/Microwave PBG capabilities and technical expertise, will benefit customers looking for "state-of-the-art RF/Microwave solutions." About EiC Corporation EiC Corporation is an RF integrated circuit (RFIC RFIC Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit RFIC Radio Frequency Interface Chip ) company specializing in the development of GaAs HBT components for commercial applications such as wireless handsets and infrastructure systems down to 3 Volts. The company's product lines comprises a full range of RF building block components including broadband amplifiers, driver amplifier, LNA with downconverters, up converters, gain blocks, cellular and PCS band power amplifiers (PA). These products, which are manufactured in high-volume standard lots, are targeted at a wide range of wireless markets, including: 900MHz ISM band, 2.4GHz ISM band, for both direct sequence and frequency hopping spread spectrum technology. Also targeted are various standards in the cellular and PCS bands for AMPS, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). , GSM, WLL and CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. . For more information, visit the EiC Corporation home page at www.eiccorp.com. About Avnet Electronics Marketing Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ). Avnet, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with annual sales exceeding $6.35 billion. Avnet Electronics Marketing markets, inventories and adds value to semiconductors, interconnectors, passive and electromechanical products, RF/Microwave products and OEM systems for industrial and military equipment customers worldwide. For more information, visit the Avnet Electronics Marketing home page at www.em.avnet.com. |
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