Power amplifier design for open loop EDGE large signal polar modulation systems 

Large signal polar modulation is only one approach used in EDGE systems today. EDGE modulation contains amplitude and phase information with the amplitude...

AsicAhead unveils single-chip programmable radio for WiMAX 

AsicAhead NV has entered the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access market with its single-chip programmable radio that can be reconfigured in the field to support multiple frequency bands. ...

Single chip RF front-end integrates six frequency bands 

RadioScape has developed a software-controlled, single chip RF front-end that can handle six frequency bands - Band III and L-band for digital audio broadcasting, medium wave, long wave and short wave for AM and digital radio mondiale, and Band II for FM. ...

Report outlines potential SDR benefits and discusses critical issues 

The Software Defined Radio Forum has released a new report, Software Defined Radio Technology for Public Safety, that outlines potential benefits of software defined radio as well as critical issues that need to be addressed....

Evaluating distortion in ADC driver amplifiers 

In order to fully harness the potential of high-performance ADCs for applications such as software-defined radio, the components defining the input signal pathway must have matching levels of performance....

Cost optimized DSP gives more bang for the buck 

Texas Instruments Inc. has announced two new high-performance audio digital signal processors, the TMS320DA707 and TMS320DA705....

High-speed ADC combines with FPGA to enable single-slot SDR solutions 

This article describes an example implementation that can handle an FM bandwidth of 300 kHz having a 40 kHz message bandwidth and 105 kHz FM deviation....

TechnoConcepts' China subsidiary conditionally approved 

True Software Radio technology developer TechnoConcepts Inc. has announced that it has received conditional approval from the Chinese government for the formation of the company's subsidiary China Jinshilin Techno Ltd. in Shanghai. ...

Artificial Neural Networking Improves PA Design 

Artificial neural networking can be used to aid the design work of the device such as a power amplifier. This paper will discuss the ANN model generator implemented in the APLAC simulator, and show how ANN can be more efficient than conventional interpolation. It will also demonstrate the usefulness of ANN in electronics design using an example of optimizing a matching network for a power amplifier....

SDR kit supports partial reconfiguration and SCA-enabled SoC 

Xilinx Inc. and ISR Technologies have readied an off-the-shelf prototyping-to-production kit that accelerates implementation of software-defined radio modems for programs such as the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Tactical Radio System ...

High-speed packet access wireless library speeds 3GPP mobile design 

Agilent Technologies Inc., has launched a high-speed packet access wireless library for use with its Advanced Design System EDA software...

TechnoConcepts chooses Jazz for foundry service 

TechnoConcepts, Inc. has selected Jazz Semiconductor, an independent wafer foundry located in Newport Beach, California, to fabricate its True Software Radio chips...

New SDR architecture enables ubiquitous data connectivity 

While WiFi in the laptop has enabled unheralded mobility for many, WiFi hotspot coverage is not ubiquitous, limiting where laptops can be connected. Although software-defined radio is the right technology to stitch together these services for ubiquitous global laptop architectures make it uneconomical. ...

Single transceiver chip enables multiband, multiprotocol wireless connectivity 

Lowell, Mass.-based fabless semiconductor startup BitWave Semiconductor Inc. is out of the stealth mode. ...

Use FPGA resources to boost radar system performance 

Modern radar systems engineers seek to dramatically improve performance, target acquisition, tracking and identification of their targets. The latest...

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