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... |
7-W Graphics Processors Target Mini-Notes
Using less than 7 W, the Chrome 400 Ultra Low Power (ULP) series of graphics processors from S3 Graphics enables the addition of dedicated graphics to mini-note PCs for the first time, according to the company....
ESD Protection Devices Offer Low Capacitance, Low Profile
The latest two members of ON Semiconductor’s line of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection devices feature extremely low capacitance and very low profiles. Both the NUP4016 and ESD11L5.0D can clamp an input ESD waveform of 15 kV to less than 8 V in nanseconds....
LDOs Suit Noise-Sensitive, Portable Devices
A family of high-performance low-dropout (LDO) regulators from Analog Devices Inc. generates low-noise, low-voltage supply rails while extending battery life in portable devices. The ADP120, ADP121, and ADP130 LDOs provide clean power to noise-sensitive mixed-signal ICs with supply currents below 350 mA, while consuming only 11 μA to 24 μA of quiescent current and operating at voltages as low as 1.2 V....
Hardware/Software IP Offers Complete Camera Subsystem
The HiveGo Camera Sub Systems (CSS) line of products offer a completely integrated hardware and software subsystem for system-on-a-chip (SoC) manufacturers targeting a variety of consumer devices, particularly camera phones...
Dev Kit Supports WiMAX Analysis
System Supports Full Conformance Testing For 3G Mobile Handsets
The GS-8853 3G RF Conformance Test (RCT) system from Agilent Technologies targets wireless test laboratories, handset manufacturers, chipset vendors, and network equipment manufacturers performing full wireless conformance tests...
Opera Releases Beta Browser
Like the latest version of Opera Mini, it defaults to page overview mode, so users can view the entire Web page and instantly recognize the Web site...
Sony Ericsson Publishes Xperia X1 SDK
Sony Ericsson has published the software development kit (SDK) for its Xperia X1 phone, enabling developers to create their own mobile content applications ranging from music and video to gaming and social networking...
GPS Module Integrates LNA And FBAR Filter
Earlier this week, Avago Technologies announced the availability of its next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) low-noise amplifier (LNA) with integrated film-bulk-acoustic-resonator (FBAR) filter. ...
High-Power Bipolars Target Avionics And Radar
Tyco Electronics M/A-COM has introduced a line of high-power silicon bipolar transistors for pulsed avionics and radar applications from 960 to 1215 MHz. ...
UHF Power Amplifier Boosts 290 To 320 MHz
CAP Wireless has announced its new model US1498 high-power UHF amplifier for commercial and military UHF applications from 290 to 320 MHz. ...
Timing Module Has Its Own GPS Receiver
NDK America has launched a compact timing module with embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to receive and track signals from GPS satellites....
LNA Boasts Noise Figure Of 0.55 dB
Supplied in a patented Unibody housing with SMA connectors, the amplifier runs on a +5-VDC supply. It is priced to sell, at only $39.95 (1 to 9 qty.)...
Kit Demonstrates Tunable Bandpass Filter
The PTF-2BP300450-10-KT kit from Paratek Microwave provides an electronically tunable bandpass filter that covers 300 to 450 MHz with a 10-percent 3-dB bandwidth...
MEMS Enables 8 x 8 Switch Matrix
Renaissance Electronics has developed an 8 x 8 switch matrix based on microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) technology...
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