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... |
NEWS WORTHY
Royal Philips Electronics Royal Philips Electronics (www.semiconductors.philips.com) is the first major supplier to have its RFID chips certified by EPCglobal...
Next-generation wireless propels GaN power transistors, CMOS RFICs and passives
This special report focuses on the latest advances in gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors for microwave and millimeter-wave applications, CMOS RFICs and passive components....
Is RFID ready for primetime?
RFID technology has been around for some time. Traditionally, it has been used in applications ranging from access control and toll collection to security....
A direct-conversion transmitter for WiMAX and WiBro applications
The use of high data rate OFDM modulation translates into challenging requirements for the transmitter in terms of spectral quality and EVM. This calls for low distortion, good signal balance and low phase error. This article will focus on the challenges and advantages associated with implementing a direct conversion transmitter....
RFID PRODUCTS
RFID IC features fast anti-collision functionality Atmel's ATA5558 RFID IC is a contactless read/write (R/W) device for multi- or single-tag applications...
3G GMSK/EDGE power control with enhanced switching transient performance
Modern power amplifier modules for GMSK applications contain fully integrated CMOS power control chip...
Xpedion forms partnership with PSP model developer
RFIC simulation developer Xpedion Design Systems Inc. has formed a partnership with Professor Gennady Gildenblat, co-developer of the public domain Penn...
Wireless home networking technologies converge
At this month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, STMicroelectronics demonstrated several innovative technologies for convergence applications...
Reference design for wireless video monitoring system features 2.4 GHz link
Vishay Intertechnology Inc.'s RFWaves has released a complete reference design for a wireless monitoring system using a fully digital 2.4 GHz wireless...
Achieving quality audio testing for mobile phones
The audio capabilities of a cellular handset provide the fundamental interface between the user and the radio receiver. Just as RF testing must be performed in a controlled environment, large-scale production testing of the mobile phones require special acoustical tests....
Modeo to launch live mobile TV service
Based on the digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) standard, Modeo LLC, a rename for Crown Castle Mobile Media LLC, has plans to deliver live mobile...
Products
Active Components Silicon-beam lead PIN diode M/A-COM has expanded its beam-lead PIN diode group with the addition of the MA4PBL027 HMIC silicon beam-lead...
Semiconductors
CMOS broadband silicon tuner Freescale Semiconductor's 3.3 V single-chip CMOS broadband silicon tuner is designed to reduce power, cost and complexity...
TriQuint opens New England design center
TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. has opened a new design and support center in Chelmsford, Mass. The facility, known as the New England Design Center (NEDC),...
Programmable attenuators offer built-in digital interface
Aeroflex/Weinschel USA is offering a new line of intelligent programmable step attenuators with a built-in digital interface to simplify the control and integration of these devices into subsystem and bench applications...
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