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... |
Wideband LNA module spans 2 to 20 GHz
Hittite Microwave Corp. has released the first member of the company's new connectorized module product line...
Chipsets boost WiFi coverage
Broadcom Corp. has unwrapped two new 54g wireless LAN chipsets with BroadRange technology, enabling WiFi users to maintain high-speed wireless connections at distances up to 50 percent greater than previous generation solutions...
Direct conversion modulator boosts 3G cellular base station transmitter performance
A new direct conversion modulator from Linear Technology enables the design of next-generation, less costly 3G wireless base station transmitters...
New modulator offers unprecedented high dynamic range
Hittite Microwave Corp. has unveiled a direct quadrature modulator for digital modulation applications including cellular/3G, broadband wireless access and ISM circuits...
IEEE 802.15.4 development kit eases ZigBee applications
ZMD has developed a sub-1GHz, IEEE 802.15.4 development kit for ZigBee applications...
M/A-COM extends amplifier family for infrastructure applications
M/A-COM has released a new family of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 W amplifiers for commercial base station and repeater infrastructure applications...
Dual-band UMTS PA can dramatically cut idle current consumption
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. has introduced a TQM7M60001 dual-band UMTS power amplifier module (PAM) in a small form factor-4 mm x 4 mm x 1.1 mm...
Resistor-set 170 MHz silicon oscillator comes in ThinSOT
A new silicon oscillator from Linear Technology is fast, providing a simple, compact and robust timing solution for FPGAs, CPLDs, microprocessors and DSPs...
SiGe mixer offers low noise, high linearity for 2.5G/3G base stations
Maxim Integrated Products has released MAX9994, a high-performance, fully integrated SiGe mixer for 2.5G/3G wireless-infrastructure applications...
L-band amplifiers target digital audio broadcasting OEMs
To meet the requirements of digital audio broadcasting transmitter manufacturers, Richardson Electronics has announced the availability of two new L-band (1450-1500 MHz) power amplifiers designed and manufactured by RF Engineered Solutions, Ltd ...
Wirewound chip inductors are tailored for high-frequency applications
Designed for high-frequency applications in a wide range of consumer, commercial and industrial devices, the DR354-1-2-3-4 series surface-mount wirewound chip inductors from Datatronic Distribution, Inc., combine performance, miniature packaging and economy...
HD/SD switchable video filters simplify design
Maxim Integrated Products' MAX7454/MAX7455 are 3-channel, switchable high-definition/standard definition video-reconstruction filters and buffers ideal for 1080i, 720p, 480p, and 480i video scanning system standards...
Evaluating the impact of pulsed phase noise on 802.11a/g OFDM transmit performance
Many different sources can degrade 802.11a/g transmitter performance non-linearities, I/Q imbalances, additive noise, transient effects but pulsed phase...
Synthetic instruments in automatic test systems
This article will describe why there is a move toward synthetic instrument ATS architecture, how synthetic instrument architecture will differ from that of a stand-alone instrument, and how it is possible to achieve high-performance measurements in a synthetic instrument framework....
Tektronix and Virginia Tech collaborate on development of SDR test bed
Tektronix Inc. is collaborating with the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG) at Virginia Tech in the development of a software-defined radio...
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