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RF Engineering Quizzes - RF Cafe WebsiteAll RF Cafe Quizzes make great fodder for employment interviews for technicians or engineers - particularly those who are fresh out of school or are relatively new to the work world. Come to think of it, they would make equally excellent study material for the same persons who are going to be interviewed for a job. Bonne chance, Viel Glück, がんばろう, buena suerte, удачи, in bocca al lupo, 행운을 빕니다, ádh mór, בהצלחה, lykke til, 祝你好運. Well, you know what I mean: Good luck!

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RF Cafe Quiz #67: RF & Analog Company Name Change HistoryThis RF & Analog Company Name Change History Quiz challenges your knowledge of the history of familiar electronics products companies' name changes (aka etymology). Many of you have lived through the plethora of acquisitions, mergers, and name changes represented here. There might be more than one correct answer. You might need a motion sickness pill when navigating all the changes. Wikipedia is used as the reference because I know the historical information presented there is accurate (enough).

 

1.  Skyworks Solutions designs and manufactures a wide variety of amplifiers, switches, front-end modules, and other ICs and modules for wireless systems. From which company(s) did it come?

lpha Industries logo - RF Cafe WebsiteTriQuint Semiconductor logo - RF Cafe WebsiteConexant Systems logo - RF Cafe WebsiteEmerson Radio logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  Emerson Radio

b)  Conexant Systems

c)  TriQuint Semiconductor

d)  Alpha Industries

 

 

 

2.  Keysight Technologies is a premier maker of test equipment of all types. It has undergone multiple name changes. What was its original name?

Rohde & Schwarz logo - RF Cafe WebsiteHewlett Packard logo - RF Cafe WebsiteAgilent Technologies logo - RF Cafe WebsiteTektronix logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  Tektronix

b)  Agilent Technologies

c)  Hewlett Packard

d)  Rohde & Schwarz

 

 

3.  Qorvo manufactures RFICs and components for the cellphone and wireless markets. Whence came it?

TriQuint Semiconductor logo - RF Cafe WebsiteMagnavox logo - RF Cafe WebsiteHittite Microwave logo - RF Cafe WebsiteRF Micro Devices logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  RF Micro Devices

b)  Hittite Microwave

c)  Magnavox

d)  TriQuint Semiconductor

 

 

4.  Freescale Semiconductor makes many types of RFICs for applications like oscillators, amplifiers, and radio tuners. Which company recently bought it?

Samsung logo - RF Cafe Website Motorola logo - RF Cafe WebsiteNokia logo - RF Cafe WebsiteNXP logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  NXP Semiconductors

b)  Motorola

c)  Nokia

d)  Samsung

 

 

 

5.  Fairchild Semiconductor's wide array of IC products includes those for analog and RF applications. Can you name the company that most recently acquired it?

ON Semiconductor logo - RF Cafe WebsiteSony Corporation logo- RF Cafe WebsiteQualcomm logo - RF Cafe WebsiteTandy Corporation logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  Tandy Corporation

b)  Qualcomm

c)  Sony Corporation

d)  ON Semiconductor

 

 

 

6.  Texas Instruments recently bought a very famous analog and analog IC producer. Which company was it?

Hitachi logo - RF Cafe WebsiteWestinghouse Electric logo - RF Cafe WebsiteRenesas Electronics logo - RF Cafe WebsiteNational Semiconductor logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  National Semiconductor

b)  Renesas Electronics Corporation

c)  Westinghouse Electric Company

d)  Hitachi

 

 

 

7.  Avago Technologies bought which well-known WiFi and Bluetooth RFIC product company?

Northrop Grumman logo - RF Cafe WebsiteBoeing logo - RF Cafe WebsiteBroadcomm logo - RF Cafe WebsiteNewark Electronics logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  Newark Electronics

b)  Broadcom Limited

c)  Boeing Commercial Electronics

d)  Northrop Grumman Corporation

 

 

 

8.  Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) was an early player in the fabless chip business, making WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS RFICs. Which company most recently bought CSR?

BAE Systems logo - RF Cafe WebsiteRadio Shack logo - RF Cafe WebsiteJameco Electronics logo - RF Cafe WebsiteQualcomm logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  Qualcomm

b)  Jameco Electronics

c)  Radio Shack

d)  British Aerospace Electronics Systems

 

 

 

9.  Linear Technology, a decades-long producer of analog ICs, was acquired by which company in 2016?

Broadcomm logo - RF Cafe WebsiteAnalog Devices logo - RF Cafe WebsiteON Semiconductor logo - RF Cafe WebsiteFairchild Electronics logo - RF Cafe Websitea)  Fairchild Electronics

b)  ON Semiconductor

c)  Analog Devices

d)  Broadcom

 

 

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Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines such as Popular Electronics, Electronics-World, QST, Radio-Electronics, and Radio News were published over the years - some really simple and others not so simple. Robert P. Balin created most of the quizzes for Popular Electronics. This is a listing of all I have posted thus far.

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