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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Mobile Handset Manufacturers May Stall In The Shadow Of Smart Phones
Mobile-handset manufacturers face stagnating growth in their market space due to a combination of the lingering economic recession and rising smart-phone sales....
Spectrum Conditioners Boost 3G Performance And Coverage
Shentel has implemented ISCO’s Proteus spectrum-conditioning equipment and now reports increases in capacity, better performance, and an even better customer experience from the company’s PCS network....
Controller Enables Double-Touchscreen Smart Phone
Atmel’s maXTouch mXT224 touch controller is driving Kyocera’s Echo, which the companies call the industry’s first smart phone with dual touchscreens....
Mobile Phone Display Revenues Forecast to Grow 47%
A DisplaySearch study is forecasting mobile phone display to grow 47% in 2011 and reach $22.4 billion in 2012.The smartphone growth is driving demand for high resolution LTPS, in both TFT LCD and AMOLED....
Nortel Enters $900 Million Patent Agreement With Google
The sale planned between Nortel and Google includes about 6000 patents and patent applications covering a broad range of wired, wireless, and digital communication technologies. It is subject to Canadian and U.S. court approvals, and the auction is expected to occur in June 2011. ...
4G MIMO Active Array Antenna and LTE Picocell Win CTIA E-Tech Awards
The 4G MIMO Active Array Antenna from Powerwave Technologies has won the 2011 CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award in the Infrastructure: In-Building/WiFi/LAN category. The company’s Powerwave LTE Picocell took home the second prize in the same category....
Ultra-Thin Antenna Boasts GPS and 3G Functionality
Pulse Electronics is introducing its ultra-thin, active GPS antenna with Global 3G functionality including GPRS, GSM, UMTS, and WCDMA. It assists in vehicle and asset tracking and location, navigation, emergency call systems, fleet tracking, insurance tracking, and pay-as-you-go transport systems....
External Hard Drive Keeps A Slim Profile
Tailored for thin netbooks and laptops, Seagate’s GoFlex Slim 2.5-in. external hard drive lays claim to being the market’s slimmest at 9 mm. A mechanical drive operating at 7200 rpm, it provides a USB 3.0 interface and performs seamlessly between Windows and Mac platforms....
Basestation-On-A-Chip fits Small Cell and Metro Cell Basestations
Picochip has commenced volume production of the PC333, a basestation-on-a-chip solution. The PC333 is the only SoC currently available for the new breed of “small cell” and “metro cell” basestations....
Mobile WiMAX Chip Powers HTC EVO Devices
The HTC EVO View Tablet and HTC EVO 3D feature the Sequans SQN1310 Mobile WiMAX chip, which provides a higher level of integration, a smaller footprint, and lower overall system cost....
ThunderBolt’s Debut Means LTE 4G Cell Phones Are Here At Last
Verizon has announced the availability of its first 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) smart phone, the ThunderBolt, made by HTC. Verizon is the only major carrier to roll out LTE 4G wireless services in the U.S. so far....
Fujitsu Cops Cypress TrueTouch Technology For F-01C Phone
To boost responsiveness and tracking accuracy, Fujitsu enlists Cypress Semiconductor’s flexible TrueTouch touchscreen for its docomo PRIME series F-01C mobile phone....
Motorola XOOM Carries $359.92 Bill Of Materials
The Motorola XOOM On carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $359.92, based on current pricing, compared to about $320 for Apple’s 3G iPad with 32 Gbytes of NAND flash memory, based on pricing from April 2010....
Imec And Renesas Unsheathe Scaldio SAW-Less Reconfigurable Transceiver
The Scaldio reconfigurable transceiver from Imec and Renesas Electronics eliminates the need for SAW filters. ...
Anite and 4M Wireless to Demonstrate Multi-RAT Capable LTE Products
A 2011 Mobile World Congress exhibition demonstration will highlight the capability of Anite and 4M Wireless to meet market requirements for LTE multi-RAT capable products...
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