6-Gbit/s SATA Redriver/Equalizer Consumes 290 mW
The SN75LVCP601 dual-channel, single-lane serial ATA (SATA) redriver and signal conditioner from Texas Instruments...
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Long Term Evolution Tutorials
NEW! A collection of information and resources regarding long term evolution in mobile development and design...
Will HSPA+ Devices Deliver 4G Data Rates?
While HSPA+ doesn’t quite fit the ITU’s definition of 4G, it can be very effective in extending the lifespan of 3G, keeping it competitive and controlling costs while serving ever more data-hungry subscribers while approaching 4G rates...
Use Fiber Solutions To Boost Your Backhaul Networks
As smart-phone data and video traffic explodes, fiber provides the ultimate solution for the backhaul bottleneck...
Use AUI To Differentiate Your Intelligent Device Design
The autonomous user interface (AUI) lets OEMs, developers, integrators, and even other ecosystem participants completely control and customize the look and feel of the end-user experience...
Smart Phones Are The Answer
Some experts say the smart phone is the new PC. Considering the number of new models that are released each week, as well as their increased functionality, that may be true. But carriers will have to find a way to manage the inevitable data explosion caused by this growth...
The Future Of Apps Lies In The Enterprise And On TV
The smart-phone market is booming, in part because of the unprecedented growth of consumer-friendly apps. Future successes, though, will come as developers begin producing apps for the enterprise and for televisions...
Turn Your Broadband Wireless Architecture Design Inside Out
An “inside out” deployment strategy addresses the need for high performance, high data throughput, and conservation of almighty battery life indoors first and foremost, and then the seamless extension of this connectivity to the outdoors. One popular choice is the use of a distributed antenna system (DAS) with Wi-Fi...
You Can Benefit From The M2M Revolution
Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology can reduce costs, improve efficiency, increase supplemental revenue opportunities, and support industry-specific initiatives in a host of communications and other wireless applications...
What Are AT Commands?
Derived from the Hayes Command set, AT commands are a set of command-language or instructions that are sent to a cellular module to perform different actions...
Motion Processing: The Next Breakthrough Function In Handsets
Designers can tap six-axis motion-processing solutions based on MEMS technology for a significant leap forward in motion-based applications for next-generation smart phones...
Apple Stays In The Spotlight With iPhone 4
While the iPhone 4 isn’t a huge leap beyond its predecessors, key features like its high-resolution display and video calling enable it to live up to the hype and stay a step ahead of its smart-phone competitors...
Bluetooth Moves Beyond The Earpiece To Rule Other Applications
Bluetooth takes its name from the 10th century Danish King Harald Bluetooth, who was influential in uniting Scandinavian Europe when the region was torn apart by wars and feuding clans...
Femtocells To The Rescue!
Femtocells promise to eliminate the need to build new, expensive communications towers and improve cellular performance while relieving the burden of the current data explosion...
What’s Better Than An iPhone 4? You’d Be Surprised
Apple’s iPhone 4 may be getting the press this week, but it has some serious competition from the new HTC EVO, which features many of the same features and, in some areas, superior performance...
Sign Up For Mobile Virtualization 101
Virtualization is a “killer app” enabler, conferring benefits in load balancing, server consolidation, legacy code migration, cross-platform interoperability, and security. Mobile virtualization gives designers many powerful tools to address a variety of device development challenges...
IMS2010 Offers Lots Of Microwave Fun
While the International Microwave Symposium typically focuses on military and government microwave technologies, this year’s show served up lots of wireless innovation for the mobile space as well...
