Jul 6, 2006
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. will open a new design and support center in High Point, North Carolina as part of its ongoing program to work more closely with strategic partners and customers in the development of next-generation wireless modules and components. ...
Jul 6, 2006
DSP core licensor CEVA, Inc. has announced the divestment of its GPS technology and associated product line to a new U.S.-based fabless company, GloNav in return for an equity ownership of 19.9% in GloNav on a fully diluted basis. ...
Jul 1, 2006,
By Patrick Morgan
By combining a unique dual-transmitter architecture and a digital low-IF receiver architecture, EDGE services can be enabled in GSM handsets with best-in-class receiver sensitivity, integrated loop filters, elimination of the transmit SAWs and baluns and only one simple power measurement step for EDGE transmitter calibration....
Jul 1, 2006
While the attempt by IEEE 802.15.3a to provide a higher-speed ultrawideband (UWB) physical layer (PHY) enhancement amendment to IEEE 802.15.3 failed to...
Jul 1, 2006
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.semiconductors.frost.com) suggests that the market for UWB chipsets, which had nil shipments in 2005, will generate...
Jul 1, 2006,
By Lawrence Williams and Albert Yen
High-frequency, high-switching speed circuits such as for UWB radio transceivers require and improved RFIC design flow to ensure first pass silicon....
Jul 1, 2006
IOGEAR's (www.iogear.com) new UWB technology-based product, the UWB hub & adapter kit, can eliminate cables in workplaces and living rooms without compromising...
Jul 1, 2006
The Semiconductor Group of Focus Enhancements (www.Focusinfo.com) recently showcased its TALARIA UWB wireless technology. Designed to work with Certified...
Jul 1, 2006,
By Peter Wotton
This article demystifies ZigBee and demonstrates a light switch, a subset of a typical home networking environment, as an application example to describe the devices needed in the development of a wireless sensor network based on the ZigBee standard....
Jul 1, 2006
Tzero Technologies (www.tzero.com) is working with Tektronix (www.tektronix.com) to establish a gold standard for UWB testing. This effort between Tzero...
Jul 1, 2006,
By Cheryl Ajluni
With WUB-enabled products now making their way to market, UWB may soon fulfill its promise to empower higher data rate, low-cost wireless appliations....
Jul 1, 2006,
By Ramon M. Cerda
While helping to understand phase noise and jitter of high-performance oscillators, this article also examines the impact of oscillator phase noise on system performance, underscoring the importance of using ultralow phase noise oscillators in systems....
Jul 1, 2006
Cellink has selected Staccato Communications' Ripcord family of single-chip, all-CMOS solutions for its PC dongle and hub products based upon Certified...
Jul 1, 2006
Staccato Communications (www.staccato.com) and Tektronix (www.tektronix.com) recently demonstrated the latest UWB test capabilities at the Certified Wireless...
Jul 1, 2006,
By Dan Friedman
A properly optimized wireless UWB chipset/coax solution is capable of traversing coax splitters and distances throughout the home to achieve a whole-home network....