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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High IP3 LNAs
Mini-Circuits has expanded its blue cell technology to allow the use of 90 splitters to enhance the performance of its medium-power amplifiers. The integration...
Cadence, Agilent form wireless, wireline alliance
Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, and Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, have signed a multi-year technology alliance. This partnership is expected...
Can't we all just get along?
I received an e-mail from a reader asking me when I thought there would be in wireless communications. I was ready to reply that there would never be....
Analyzing abrupt microstrip transitions
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product focus software
Coventor upgrades Architect MEMS design software Coventor has upgraded its Architect software to version 2001.3. It is available as a tool for MEMS device...
On the Web
PCB site goes live for learning, collaboration Cadence Design Systems announces specctraquest.com, a new online community for printed circuit board (PCB)...
There are days I could really use this
Mind control It has been the fodder for countless science-fiction books, stories and movies. Now it seems science fiction is rapidly approaching science...
AMPLIFIERS
C-band 5.6 to 6.8 GHz MMIC VCO with buffer amplifier Hittite Microwave introduces an HBT MMIC VCO with an integral output buffer amplifier packaged in...
World handset RF semiconductor market grows
The current synchronized global economic downturn and the consequent softening in demand for wireless handsets has resulted in significant contraction...
Kudos, comments and concerns
Kudos It's always a pleasure to bring attention to individuals who warrant it. Sometimes that's not a good thing. In my last few columns, I've attempted...
SIGNAL SOURCES
Cost-effective alternative to OCXO Rakon introduces a line of calibrated dual-crystal oscillators (CDXO) that offer a stability of 0.1 ppm over an industrial...
Companies form global communications forum
An industry-wide coalition, known as the Service Availability Forum, formed in December 2001 to fortify services and applications running on what it said...
POWER
Low-noise power supplies for varactor diode biasing Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX5026/MAX5028 SOT23 step-up DC-DC converters targeted at...
Debugging embedded SoC systems
Ever-advancing semiconductor technology has pulled together many system design elements that were once separate devices. Processors merged with peripherals....
DIGITAL HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
Chips simplify development, reduce system costs Analog Devices introduces the AD977x family of dual-interpolating TxDAC+(R) converters for simpler direct...
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