4-A Chips Charge Smart-Phone Li-Ion Batteries
MD&D News Staff
Trumpeted as the first monolithic, 4-A Li-ion battery charger ICs, Summit Microelectronics’ configurable SMB349 and SMB359 operate from a 3.6-V to 16-V input range...
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Distributed Antenna Systems Perform In All The Bands
EtherDAS Indoor handles apps in offices, arenas, convention centers, and other indoor venues, offering passive intermodulation performance of –153 dBc in all 2G, 3G, and 4G bands....
Pico Projector Primps For Use With iPhone And iPod Touch
To improve content viewability in all lighting conditions, Micron Technology’s PoP Video pico projector accessory integrates QuickLogic’s Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) technology....
Five Disruptive Trends Will Revolutionize RF Components
Envelope tracking (ET), multimode multiband power amplifiers (MMPAs), CMOS PAs, antenna tuning, and MIMO will lead to a new architecture for handsets, tablets, and PCs by 2015....
Dual-Core Processors Drive More Smart Phones
Dual-core processors, generally found in ultra-high-end smart phones, were the driving force in 20% of total smart-phone applications in 2011....
Samsung Takes The Lead In The Great Cell-Phone Race
In the first quarter of 2012, Samsung shipped 92 million cell phones compared to 83 million for Nokia. This is the first time since 1998 that Nokia has not been number one in the global cell-phone market....
Survey Indicates Americans Crave Wireless Broadband
Americans consumed and generated more than 123% more wireless data traffic in 2011 than 2010, translating into 388 billion Mbytes in 2010 jumping to 866.7 billion Mbytes in 2011....
AMOLED Displays Grow In Mobile Markets
Total shipments of SMD panels for mobile handsets, tablets, and digital cameras hitting 186.8 million units in February, translating into a 9% increase from 171.3 million units in January....
White Space Radio System Supports WISPs
RuralConnect, the first commercially available white-space radio system for WISPs, delivers up to 16 Mbits/s for each available vacant TV channel and the ability to make long-range, non-line-of-sight links....
Smart-Phone Invasion Of Auto Market Inevitable
Juniper Research says that 92 million vehicles will feature technology that integrates smart phones into the head unit by 2016. ...
ST-Ericsson Goes With Soitec’s FD-SOI Technology
Soitec’s FD-SOI wafers enable enhanced performance in ST-Ericsson’s NovaThor smart-phone platform with 35% lower power consumption at maximum operation....
RF Micro Devices Power Amps Fortify Next-Gen Smart Phones
An undisclosed manufacturer of next-generation 3G/4G and LTE smart phones has selected RFMD to provide variations of the chip maker’s high-efficiency WCDMA, 4G, and LTE power amplifiers....
“iPad 3” May Be Worth The Upgrade
Apple’s latest iPad offers incremental improvements in its screen, coverage, and processor that may make the purchase worthwhile if you don’t already have an iPad2. ...
Small-Cell Protocol Stack Optimized For TI Multicore Processors
Texas Instruments and Aricent have put their collective knowhow into action to create a small-cell protocol stack optimized for TI’s KeyStone-based multicore processors....
Partnership Yields World’s Smallest Cell Platform
The WhiteStar from Octasic and Deltenna embarks as a true-SDR multi-frequency and multi-standard small-cell platform that operates two standards concurrently through dual TRx 2x2 MIMO paths (TDD and FDD)....
Nvidia/ZTE Mimosa X Packs Tegra 2 Processor
Nvidia and ZTE unveil the ZTE Mimosa X, which they describe as the first smart phone powered by both the Nvidia Tegra application processor and Icera 450 HSPA+ modem....
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