RF Design Magazine

October 2005

Features — Semiconductor Technology

 
Features — Next-Generation Wireless

 
Features — Amplifiers

 
Features — Embedded Technology

 
Editor's Notes

Time to take a closer look at BPL 
, Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director
In the March 24 RF Design Bulletin, an e-newsletter of RF Design magazine, I reported a market study on broadband over powerline (BPL) communications...
RF News

WiMAX opportunities include stationary applications 
Although the WiMAX movement continues to focus on mobile opportunities, it is the traditional fixed wireless markets that will remain the technology's...
Mobile protocol emulator tests uplinks 
Aeroflex has added a high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) test capability to its 6401 air interface monitor emulator (AIME) 3G mobile protocol test...
Integrated RF design environment has new capabilities 
Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR) has announced a new version of its flagship product, Microwave Office design suite. Built on the AWR high-frequency platform...
LeCroy unveils protocol solutions for UWB development and testing 
LeCroy Corp. has unwrapped an advanced protocol analyzer for radio-based traffic for WiMedia Alliance's ultra-wideband (UWB) common radio platform and...
Silicon received for first component in UWB chipset 
Product Focus

Next-generation wireless components 
LDMOS UHF pallet amplifiers Richardson Electronics Ltd. has announced two LDMOS UHF pallet amplifiers designed and manufactured by its European design...
Products

Products 
Active Components Switch for tri-mode phones M/A-COM has announced an RoHS-compliant SP3T Tx/Rx switch for tri-mode mobile phones (GSM, CDMA, GPS). The...
Product of the Month

 
Design Tip

 
Defense Electronics

 
Use FPGA resources to boost radar system performance 
, By Rodger H. Hosking
Modern radar systems engineers seek to dramatically improve performance, target acquisition, tracking and identification of their targets. The latest...
A novel approach to obsolescence management 
, By John O'Boyle
Many devices still in use today for military-specification (mil-spec) and high-reliability applications were designed and fabricated in the 1970s and...