| WiSpry, Inc., the leader in programmable radio frequency (RF) semiconductor products for the wireless industry, today announced that its RF-MEMS capacitors were awarded Product of the Year in the Semiconductors category at the 15th Annual AeA High-Tech Innovation Awards. The High-Tech Innovation Awards were presented by the Orange County and Inland Empire Council of AeA on the evening of April 29 honoring Southern California's top innovators in technology and education. "The demand for programmable RF semiconductor devices is growing very rapidly amongst our largest customers in the cellular handset business. Winning this prestigious award among our peers in the Southern California business and technology community validates not only this demand, but most importantly, the market impact our programmable RF product technology will have as we ready it for high volume production," said Russ Garcia, president and CEO of WiSpry. "It is an honor for an organization such as AeA to recognize the value of our products, technology leadership, and the commitment of the outstanding team here at WiSpry." "AeA was very pleased with the high-quality of nominations and the level of innovation was truly impressive," said Don Hicks, executive director, AeA Orange County/Inland Empire. "AeA congratulates WiSpry and its employees for having its RF-MEMS Capacitors being selected Product of the Year in Semiconductors." The 15th Annual AeA High-Tech Innovation Awards were presented at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine. The awards recognized local companies, individuals and products in the technology field that drive innovation in Orange County and the Inland Empire. In addition, AeA recognized educators and students for their innovative use of math, science and technology in the classroom and the community in conjunction with Project Tomorrow, the nation's leading education nonprofit group focused on preparing today's students to be tomorrow's innovators. About WiSpry's RF-MEMS Capacitors Utilizing the Company's core competency in radio frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF-MEMS) technology, WiSpry's products create revolutionary wireless architectures enabled by the cost-effective integration of reconfigurable RF front-ends in cellular phones. WiSpry's initial device technology is a family of high performance, digitally programmable RF capacitors that are enabling revolutionary product applications such as programmable antennas, programmable matching networks, complex tunable front-end filters and other tunable active RF devices for present and future fixed and mobile wireless devices. The increasing number of wireless standards and frequency bands has created significant challenges for RF designers. The combination of low voltage operation, high linearity, tune-ability, and high Quality factor (Q) performance coupled with small size makes RF-MEMS tunable capacitors the ideal solution to this growing problem, restoring design margin while improving performance and reducing power consumption. About AeA AeA is the largest high-tech trade association in the U.S. and represents all segments of the technology industry. Its mission is to help its member companies grow and improve their business. Internationally, AeA represents 2,500 companies with 1.8 million employees. In Orange County & the Inland Empire, AeA represents 140 member companies with worldwide revenue of more than $8 billion and more than 160,000 employees in the United States and globally. About WiSpry WiSpry, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., designs and markets RF silicon integrated circuits, components and modules to radio frequency (RF) system manufacturers of mobile phones, laptops and mobile data communications products. Utilizing the Company's core competency in RF micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF-MEMS) technology, WiSpry creates revolutionary wireless products enabled by the cost-effective integration of RF-MEMS and advanced semiconductor circuitry to create ‘System on Chip' MEMS-based RF architectures. WiSpry tunable RF-MEMS devices permit the development of reconfigurable RF front-ends and enable system designers to achieve the architectural innovation required to meet the growing challenges of mobile communications networks. |
