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...
Read More
Wireless home networking technologies converge
At this month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, STMicroelectronics demonstrated several innovative technologies for convergence applications...
Reference design for wireless video monitoring system features 2.4 GHz link
Vishay Intertechnology Inc.'s RFWaves has released a complete reference design for a wireless monitoring system using a fully digital 2.4 GHz wireless...
Achieving quality audio testing for mobile phones
The audio capabilities of a cellular handset provide the fundamental interface between the user and the radio receiver. Just as RF testing must be performed in a controlled environment, large-scale production testing of the mobile phones require special acoustical tests....
A direct-conversion transmitter for WiMAX and WiBro applications
The use of high data rate OFDM modulation translates into challenging requirements for the transmitter in terms of spectral quality and EVM. This calls for low distortion, good signal balance and low phase error. This article will focus on the challenges and advantages associated with implementing a direct conversion transmitter....
Products
Active Components Silicon-beam lead PIN diode M/A-COM has expanded its beam-lead PIN diode group with the addition of the MA4PBL027 HMIC silicon beam-lead...
Modeo to launch live mobile TV service
Based on the digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) standard, Modeo LLC, a rename for Crown Castle Mobile Media LLC, has plans to deliver live mobile...
Semiconductors
CMOS broadband silicon tuner Freescale Semiconductor's 3.3 V single-chip CMOS broadband silicon tuner is designed to reduce power, cost and complexity...
New SDR architecture enables ubiquitous data connectivity
While WiFi in the laptop has enabled unheralded mobility for many, WiFi hotspot coverage is not ubiquitous, limiting where laptops can be connected. Although software-defined radio is the right technology to stitch together these services for ubiquitous global laptop architectures make it uneconomical. ...
TriQuint opens New England design center
TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. has opened a new design and support center in Chelmsford, Mass. The facility, known as the New England Design Center (NEDC),...
Digital oscilloscope boasts big display with small form factor
LeCroy Corp. has launched a line of WaveRunner digital oscilloscopes that eliminate the trade off between high-performance, display size and bench footprint....
NEWS WORTHY
Royal Philips Electronics Royal Philips Electronics (www.semiconductors.philips.com) is the first major supplier to have its RFID chips certified by EPCglobal...
CES signals quality TV service to mobile handsets
Just as the new year brings hope and excitement so does the International Consumer Electronics show. As a harbinger of innovative gadgets and a launch...
Is RFID ready for primetime?
RFID technology has been around for some time. Traditionally, it has been used in applications ranging from access control and toll collection to security....
TI plans to acquire Chipcon to expand its RF reach
Dallas-based semiconductor giant Texas Instruments Inc. has announced its intention to acquire Oslo, Norway-based short-range, low-power wireless RF transceiver designer and supplier Chipcon AS to enhance its ability to offer customers complete short-range wireless solutions for consumer, home and building automation applications...
TV-on-mobile solution targets U.S. market
Royal Philips Electronics has unveiled its first TV-on-mobile solution for the U.S. market, just three months after launching its European solution...
Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 | 269 | 270 | 271 | 272 | 273 | 274 | 275 | 276 | 277 | 278 | 279 | 280 | 281 | 282 | 283 | 284 | 285 | 286 | 287 | 288 | 289 | 290 | 291 | 292 | 293 | 294 | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | 316 | 317 | 318 | 319 | 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 | 330 | 331 | 332 | 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | 337 | 338 | 339 | 340 | 341 | 342 | 343 | 344 | Next
