Incremental Improvements Define The 2012 Mobile World Congress |
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Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
The usual players all showed up at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with lots of improved devices, but no real game-changing breakthroughs... |
Hardware Design
M2M Gateway Integrates LAN-To-WWAN Routing And GPS Functionality
The CG0192-11897 CloudGate M2M communications gateway from Option provides competitively priced LAN to WWAN routing and GPS functionality in a single SKU that uses the Option Gobi3000 multi-mode module....
Peregrine Semiconductor DTCs Target 4G LTE Antenna Tuning
Six devices designed for antenna tuning in 4G LTE smart phones have joined the DuNE digitally tunable capacitor (DTC) line from Peregrine Semiconductor....
Front-End Solution Enables Single, Global LTE Designs
The Qualcomm RF360 front-end solution addresses cellular radio frequency band fragmentation and enables a single, global 4G LTE design for mobile devices that supports all seven cellular modes. ...
LTE/3G MIMO RF Transceiver Targets Small Cells
The small cell is the next big thing in cellular infrastructure. Maxim Integrated’s MAX2580 RF transceiver implements these picocells and femtocells....
MMMB ET Reference Design Suits 4G Smart-Phone RF Front Ends
Nujira’s Woodstock 16-band multimode, multiband (MMMB) envelope tracking (ET) reference design overcomes the energy efficiency and frequency band challenges faced by mobile operators and handset OEMs since the introduction of 4G....
Vents Improve Small-Cell Basestation Reliability
The PureWave Constellation family of LTE small-cell basestations, which delivers high-capacity wireless data service to as many as 256 simultaneous users, uses Gore Protective Vents for reliable performance in fluctuating operating environments....
Front-End Chip Boosts Battery Run Time In ARM Cortex A9 And A15 Designs
The Texas Instruments TPS65090 front-end power-management IC integrates all power-management functions and maximizes power efficiency to extend battery runtime in tablets and other portable electronics by 20%....
Flexible Loop GPS/Glonass Antenna Boasts 80% Efficiency
The FXP.611 Cloud flexible loop antenna from Taoglas USA outperforms most active patch antennas with 80% efficiency and 3-dBi peak gain across the GPS and Glonass bands (1575 to 1610 MHz)....
Tiny SSD Drives Boast 6-Gbit/s Performance
The Intel Solid-State Drive 525 series provides 6-Gbit/s performance in the mSATA form factor. At one-eighth the size of traditional 2.5-in. HDDs, it’s designed for ultra-portable, low-power storage....
Smart Sensor Integrates Accelerometer And Microcontroller In LGA
The STMicroelectronics LIS331EB iNEMO-A smart sensor combines a three-axis accelerometer with an embedded microcontroller in a 3- by 3- by 1-mm LGA package for advanced custom motion-recognition capabilities....
Boost Converter Boasts 460-mA/mm2 Current Density
Designed for single-cell Li-ion-powered products incorporating USB OTG capability, the ISL9113 fully integrated synchronous boost converter from Intersil Corp. delivers a current density of 460 mA/mm2....
Small Power MOSFETs Offer 20-mΩ On Resistance
The Si8466EDB, Si8424CDB, and Si8425DB 8-V and 20-V n-channel and p-channel TrenchFET power MOSFETs from Vishay Intertechnology offer the industry’s lowest on resistance in 1- by 1- by 0.55-mm and 1.6- by 1.6- by 0.6-mm CSP Micro Foot packages....
Processors Target High-End Smart Phones And Tablets
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 and 800 processors are now available for design into the latest upper-tier mobile devices. They promise increased performance over the widely used Snapdragon S4 Pro processors while maintaining superior battery life....
Low-Power Controllers Combat Noise In Touch Applications
The CY8C20xx7/S CapSense and CapSense Plus controllers from Cypress Semiconductor feature the company’s QuietZone technology to combat noise in applications that require lower operating voltages and high SNR....
Power MOSFETs Pack Small On Resistance Figures In Small Footprints
Vishay Intertechnology’s SiB456DK and SiA416DJ TrenchFET power MOSFETs offer on resistances of less than 200 mΩ and 100 mΩ, respectively....
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