WiMAX moves ahead
May 1, 2006
By Cheryl Ajluni In recent months, WiMAX has taken significant steps forward. In December 2005, the 802.16e (mobile WirelessMAN) standards development project, which was...
WiMAX takes its place in base station design
May 1, 2006
By Ali Zeeshan Base stations are defined as low-power, multichannel two-way radios that are set up in fixed locations. They are used by low-power, single-channel, two-way...
Products
May 1, 2006
Active Components Signal re-drivers Pericom has released four PCI Express signal re-drivers. These components act as signal buffers that restore the signal...
WiMAX PRODUCTS
May 1, 2006
WiMAX-specific transceiver debuts The AT86RF535A single-chip radio is the first of Atmel Corporation's (www.atmel.com) MAX-Link series of transceivers...
The future of broadband focuses on co-existence
May 1, 2006
By Cheryl Ajluni, Editor Let's talk about broadband connectivity for a moment. Today, virtually everyone has access to it, either at home or in the workplace. It has literally...
Broadband test boosts CDMA network voice capacity
May 1, 2006
Magnolia Broadband Inc. has conducted the final field testing of DiversityPlus, Magnolia's Mobile Transmit Diversity solution, with a major U.S.-based...
WiMAX quick tips and resources
May 1, 2006
In December 2005, the 802.16e (mobile WirelessMAN) standards development project reached completion. Its official ratification as a standard provides...
Upgradable base station achieves WiMAX certification
May 1, 2006
According to Airspan Networks, its MacroMAX base station for the 3.5 GHz FDD profile has received WiMAX Forum certification. The MacroMAX is powered by...
WiMAX mini-PCI reference design cuts BOM
May 1, 2006
Atmel Corporation has collaborated with Montreal's fabless design house, Wavesat, to develop a WiMAX mini-PCI reference design that provides lowest-cost...
Multigigabit wireless connectivity at 70, 80 and 90 GHz
May 1, 2006
By Jonathan Wells This article introduces a wireless technology that supports the fastest radios available today. Operating at the FCC-approved 70/80 GHz bands, commercially available products offer full-duplex data rates in excess of 1 Gbps in cost-effective, reliable architectures, with carrier class 99.999% weather availability at distances of one mile or more....
Will WiMAX 802.16e OFDM create a new fixed-to-basic-mobility market?
May 1, 2006
By Rainer Ullmann, Ph.D., Product Line Manager, Wavesat Inc. To date, the biggest success of WiMAX has been to attract a core of wireless industry innovators and, leveraging the best technologies, standardized platform...
Making GPS a necessary feature in consumer products
May 1, 2006
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director If you remember, global positioning systems or GPS assisted only a few in finding directions to their destinations from a starting point. Aside from the...
Passive Components
Apr 1, 2006
Surface-mount wirewound chip inductors Designed for high-frequency applications in a range of consumer, commercial and industrial devices, the DR354-1-2-3-4...
CMOS RF transceiver chip tackles multiband 3.5G radio system
Apr 1, 2006
By Kiran Konanur Board space and cost are among the concerns for manufacturers of next-generation multimedia, thin-profile mobile phones. With the advent of HSDPA networks, wireless carriers are anxious to capitalize on increased data throughput in these devices. Thus, driving the need for higher integration, robust architectures, and receive diversity in RF transceiver design....
Multibeam PCS smart antenna technology
Apr 1, 2006
A smart antenna, a multibeam adaptive antenna beam selection (AABS) planar phased array, has been developed in conjunction with RF technology solutions...
Aperto Networks and ADC deliver WiMAX solutions
Apr 1, 2006
ADC and Aperto Networks have announced that ADC has entered into an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Aperto Networks, to supply its...
Evaluating and optimizing RFID and NFC systems using real-time spectrum analysis
Apr 1, 2006
By Darren McCarthy Developing systems based on increasingly complex RFID technology, as well as achieving compliance with RFID regulations, requires advanced instrumentation. One instrument, the real-time spectrum analyzer, is particularly useful....
Chipset boosts CDMA voice capacity
Apr 1, 2006
Magnolia Broadband announced the final field testing of DiversityPlus, Magnolia's mobile transmit diversity solution, with a major U.S.-based CDMA carrier....
New antenna for handheld, wireless devices
Apr 1, 2006
Centurion Wireless Technologies, a unit of Laird Technologies, has announced its NanoAnt miniature antenna technology that offers system designers a very...
In the face of competition, GaAs continues to grow
Apr 1, 2006
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director While RF CMOS and silicon germanium (SiGe)-based biCMOS technologies continue to make progress and advance on the traditional gallium arsenide (GaAs)...
Using high-directivity couplers in cell phone PA control
Apr 1, 2006
By Leonid Talalaevsky This article presents a wideband high directivity coupler that replaces isolators and provides better control of PA output at lower cost and smaller size....
