Hittite Microwave Corporation, established in 1985 and headquartered in Chelmford, MA, USA, designs and develops high performance integrated circuits (ICs), modules and subsystems for radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeterwave applications covering the frequency range of DC to 110 GHz.
The Company has expertise in analog, digital and mixed-signal semiconductor technology, from the device level to the design and assembly of complete subsystems. Their state-of-the-art GaAs, InGaP/GaAs, InP, SOI and SiGe semiconductor processes utilize MESFET, PHEMT, CMOS FET and HBT devices. A fabless company and design their products using outside wafer foundry services.

The products include the following:

• Power Amplifiers
• Attenuators
• Mixers and VCOs
• Gain Blocks
• Phase Shifters
• Converters
• Dividers
• Detectors
• Driver Amplifiers Switches IRMs Multipliers
• LNAs Sensors Modulators PLOs / PLLs
  

The application areas, where the Company's products are used, include the following:

• Automotive Ttlematics, GPS, SDR, and sensors
• Broadband WiMAX, UWB, WLAN 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, BLUETOOTH, UNII, CATV, and DBS
• Cellular infrastructure including GSM, W-CDMA, UMTS base stations, handhelds, and mobile radio
• Fiber optics communications infrastructure
• Microwave and millimeterwave communications
• Point-to-point, and multi-point radios,
• VSAT communications, and earth station equipment,
• Military communications including radar, guidance, and electronic countermeasure systems
• Space communication,
• Test and measurement equipment including commercial, industrial, and homeland security sensors.
  

The Company is ISO 9001 certified, and has offices worldwide.