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... |
Mobile-Phone Voice Processor Eliminates Noise Problems
The A1024 Voice Processor from Audience incorporates a suite of voice quality enhancements that ensure that mobile-phone users can hear and be heard in noisy environments...
Interconnect Technology Avoids High-Temperature Compression
The patented Direct Bond Interconnect (DBI) technology from Ziptronix enables reliable, repeatable, low-cost wafer-to-wafer or chip-to-wafer bonding without the need for high-temperature compression techniques ...
Combo IC Adds FM, Enhanced Processing To Bluetooth Devices
Broadcom Corp. has introduced the BCM2049, which incorporates a complete Bluetooth Version 2.1 + enhanced data rate (EDR) baseband, radio, and software along with a high-performance FM stereo radio receiver...
I/O Expanders Ease Design Of Advanced Handsets
The TC35893XGB and TC35894XBG flexible I/O expanders from Toshiba America Electronic Components simplify the addition of I/O peripheral ports for mobile handsets...
Rugged, Compact 3G Ethernet Gateway Provides Smart Connectivity
The AirLink Raven XE 3G Ethernet gateway delivers powerful, intelligent, high-speed wireless connectivity in a compact, rugged, cost-effective package...
70-V Schottky Diode Available In Tiny SOD-923
The SOD-923 is the smallest surface-mount package available, at 0.026 by 0.043 by 0.016 in...
CMOS PA Paves The Way For A Single-Chip Cell Phone
Who said you can’t put a cell-phone power amplifier on a CMOS chip?...
EMI-Filtered Terminal Block Rated To 30 Amps In Harsh Environments
Spectrum Control, Inc. has expanded its line of standard barrier Strip terminal blocks to include a terminal block capable of 30-A current rating...
Module Brings Internet Radio To Mass-Market Platforms
The Venice 6.2 Internet radio module from Frontier Silicon provides comprehensive codec support plus enhanced music player functionality...
2.4-GHz Wireless Module Comes In Tape-And-Reel Format
RF Digital’s RFD21733 is a fully FCC- and CE-compliant 2.4-GHz ultra-low-power (ULP) wireless module supplied in a tape-and-reel format for automated placement on printed-circuit boards...
GPS Modules Run On 1.8 V
The NEO5D and NEO5G GPS modules from u-blox are the first units to operate at 1.8 V, which reduces power by 40% or more compared to its predecessors...
GPS Module Consumes Less Power
The Jupiter 30 xLP GPS module from Navman Wireless OEM Solutions incorporates the 65-nm SiRFstarIII GSC3e/LPx chipset and consumes up to 30% less power than previous designs...
ICs Serve As Both Source And System Clock
Multi-output clock generation and distribution ICs from Analog Devices Inc. include a 512-byte embedded EEPROM memory block...
Embedded Module Supports 900-MHz HSPA
The MC8792V from Sierra Wireless offers triband support for HSPA/UMTS and quad-band support for EDGE/GPRS/GSM network access...
2.4-GHz Coupling Chip Antenna Is Smallest Yet
Featuring low sensitivity to environmental interference and less stray capacitance, the 5320 Coupling Chip Antenna from Yageo Corp. is the industry’s smallest, according to the company...
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