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... |
High power SM terminators, attenuators feature low VSWRs at high frequencies
To Provide design engineers with high power devices suitable for RF and microwave applications, TT electronics IRC Advanced Film Division has developed a high power attenuator and surface mount transmission line terminator....
Multiband transceiver with FPGA delivers substantial improvement in ADC performance
As a complete software radio system for connection to HF or IF ports of a communications system, Pentek, Inc. has released a dual multiband transceiver with FPGA....
Qualcomm acquires phone noise reduction specialist
Qualcomm Inc. has acquired San Diego-based noise reduction technology developer SoftMax Inc. to bring on board leading-edge, multi-microphone noise suppression and echo cancellation expertise....
Flange-mount drop-in isolator features wide bandwidth
Renaissance Electronic’s L-series flange-mount drop-in isolator features up to 15% bandwidth in the 8.0 GHz to 40.0 GHz range. ...
Ultra-flat Schottky detectors have small form factors
RLC Electronics’ miniature ultra-flat detectors utilize a zero-bias Schottky design. ...
Microcontroller Families boost sensing and wireless applications
Texas Instruments' five families of MSP430F2xx high-performance microcontrollers are low-power 16-bit general purpose devices that include units optimized for low-power ZigBee networks, wireless networks and automatic meter reading. ...
Improved GaAs process promises highly integrated RF front-ends
To dispel the notion that integration is the advantage of silicon, TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. has combined two GaAs processes to integrate previously incompatible functional blocks onto a single die. ...
Complex antenna system simulation uses EM software
The sophistication of circuit and 3-D EM simulation tools has reached a point where complex system-level behavior may be simulated prior to fabrication. When EM simulation is combined with circuit simulation, the result is a powerful platform for the design and testing of complex antenna systems. Several enabling simulation techniques allow complex designs, while replicating real-world system-level behavior in these applications....
Solid-state laser targets UAVs, UXOs and IEDs
The Boeing Company has successfully demonstrated that its Avenger-mounted 1 kW solid-state laser system can neutralize improvised explosive devices (IEDs)...
FPGA signal processing for radar/sonar applications
FPGAs have been used in radar and sonar systems for some time—mostly in support functions. However, as FPGAs get more sophisticated, performing and integrating more DSP functions in FPGAs is becoming the standard. As a result, radar- and sonar-system designers can rely on logic providers for optimized processing solutions, rather than on proprietary math functions....
Flexibility is the designer's best friend
Design engineering is more than a mere balancing act between finding the best options among a sea of possibilities, and then implementing those options...
Training program serves veterans and IT industry
The CompTIA Educational Foundation's Creating Futures program was initiated to provide underserved populations with access to quality training and employment...
Addressing the physical security of encryption keys
Physical security of an encryption key is of prime consideration in military applications. However, it is possible to achieve compliance with applicable regulations, as well as provide additional layers of protection, using specially designed components. These components use electrical and physical design techniques for the secure generation and storage of digital encryption keys....
Low-loss mast cable targets mobile communication systems
Many ground mobile communication systems used outdoors require a rugged flexible cable assembly that can withstand severe crushing or overbending situations,...
DC blocks suit towertop PAs
MECA expands its family of dc blocks with its outer and inner/outer models covering wireless band applications from 0.400 GHz to 3.000 GHz. ...
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