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... |
Standard RCC products offer a quick alternative to BeCu parts
EMI shielding and antenna solutions provider Laird Technologies has announced a quick alternative to beryllium copper products. ...
WiMAX transceiver eliminates SAW filter
Maxim Integrated Products’ MAX2837 single-chip WiMAX RF transceiver uses a zero-IF architecture and integrates a digitally controlled crystal oscillator, eliminating a SAW filter and extra VCO circuitry (these additional elements are needed by existing superheterodyne solutions). ...
Design platform targets 45 nm CMOS
STMicroelectronics' 45 nm CMOS design platform with multiple threshold transistors cuts the silicon area by half compared to designs implemented in 65 nm technology...
Forecast projects limited impact for Qualcomm chip ban
The International Trade Commission's decision to ban U.S. imports of some mobile phones that include certain Qualcomm 3G chips will have only a limited impact on the global wireless communications industry in the short term, according to iSuppli....
Firms continue joint fabrication-process development
Silterra Malaysia and IMEC have signed an agreement for a joint development project to create a foundry-compatible 90 nm CMOS process technology with the intention to further scale to 65 nm. ...
World’s smallest DSCs enable smart sensors
Microchip Technology’s dsPIC33FJ12GP family represents the world’s smallest Digital Signal Controllers, and is therefore well suited for a new class of smart-sensor applications in which digital techniques enhance the performance of a variety of electronic sensors. ...
Software for 3D full-wave EM field simulation raises the bar for accuracy and capacity
At the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium this week, Ansoft Corporation released a new version of its 3D full-wave electromagnetic simulation software HFSS. ...
Fully differential amplifiers enable high-speed ADC performance
Linear Technology Corp.'s LTC6400-20 and LTC6401-20 are ADC drivers that achieve unprecedented performance on a single 3 V supply....
PCI Express waveform digitizers are super fast
PC based instruments supplier Strategic Test has released PCI Express based waveform digitizer boards. There are twelve new digitizer cards in the UF2e-4600 series....
Fully hermetic packages operate up to 50 GHz
Microwave and millimeter wave packaging supplier StratEdge has readied a line of high performance semiconductor packages that operate from DC to 50 GHz in hermetic versions. ...
Satcom power amplifiers deliver high performance from smaller area
Using gallium arsenide based 0.15µm pHEMT process with three layers of interconnecting metal on 50 µm substrate material, TriQuint Semiconductor has released two new satellite communications high power amplifiers that offer improved performance with overall size reduction. ...
MIMO WLAN test methodologies for manufacturing
Four different methodologies are used for testing MIMO WLAN chipsets and products. Each methodology has its advantages and disadvantages, which are discussed in this article....
Components supplier achieves AS9100 certification
Gowanda Electronics, a manufacturer of high-performance electronic inductor components for RF and power applications, is registered as conforming to AS9100...
General Dynamics selects computer for training demos
General Dynamics Land Systems-Amphibious Systems has selected the Quantum-3D Thermite tactical visual computer version 2.0 to support embedded training testing and demonstrations in the U.S. Marine Corps' expeditionary fighting vehicle....
RF LDMOS power transistor delivers 300 W over UHF band
NXP Semiconductors' BLF878 power transistor is the RF Design Products of the Month for June 2007...
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