Nov 1, 2006,
By Thomas Baker
While the low noise amplifier is a relatively simple design compared to other RF components in a cellular receiver lineup, the performance trade-offs it presents challenge the LNA application design engineer....
Nov 1, 2006,
By Kathy Engholm
The radio frequency spectrum is more chaotic than ever, with more channels and increasingly complex signals crowding a limited frequency spectrum....
Nov 1, 2006
Harris Corporation's Broadcast Communications Division Radio Business Unit has donated its Platinum series Z5, 5 kW, solid-state, FM transmitter to the...
Nov 1, 2006,
By Michael Foley
Moore's Law correctly predicted the pace at which technology would progress: doubling the complexity of integrated circuits every 24 months. In semiconductors...
Nov 1, 2006
FreeWave Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of spread-spectrum radios, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Colorado Technology Fast 50 Program....
Nov 1, 2006,
By H. Böhm, H. Kebinger, R. Losehand, and H. Heiss
A monolithic integrated multiband PCN/PCS RF-bandpass filter manufactured
on highly resistive silicon substrate with mode conversion and ESD protection is
described. In order to analyze the ESD behavior of the filter, an ESD simulation
model is presented and compared with measurement results....
Oct 26, 2006
FotoNation's "Face Tracker" is a face detection and tracking technology for camera phones that employs advanced digital image capture technology....
Oct 26, 2006
AWR is donating its entire suite of radio-frequency design software in a collaborative effort to advance Peking University's high-frequency design curriculum. ...
Oct 26, 2006
Anchor Bay Technologies has announced that its ABT1010 Precision Video Scaling technology has been chosen by Arcam for use in its DiVA DV137 1080p, up-scaling universal DVD player....
Oct 26, 2006,
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, RF Design
While CMOS processor ICs have used step-and-repeat photolithography techniques for some time, the contact lithography it largely displaced has remained useful in the development of more exotic semiconductor technology, such as certain RFICs, optical devices, and MEMS....
Oct 19, 2006
Fabless semiconductor start-up Quartics, Inc. has unveiled plans to develop codec and transport agnostic media processors to wirelessly link PCs with any television or
projection systems. ...
Oct 19, 2006
Semiconductor wire bonding assembly equipment supplier Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. has inked an agreement to acquire Alphasem, a major supplier of die bonder equipment...
Oct 19, 2006
Linear Technology Corp. has released a single-supply triple amplifier for applications such as 1080p high definition video...
Oct 19, 2006
Xceive Corp. has announced the availability of advanced picture-in-picture (PIP) television technology called ChannelVista...
Oct 19, 2006
C&D Technologies has introduced its first imaging signal processor that combines true 16-bit resolution with 3 Megapixels/second performance....