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....
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...
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...
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....
March 2006 Products
Mar 23, 2006
This month's RF Design products include silicon avalanche photodiodes, a software-based GPS solution, HSDPA-compliant WCDMA amps......
ZigBee quick tips and resources
Mar 1, 2006
Over the course of the last year, tremendous momentum has been building for ZigBee. The low-power wireless sensor networking market, based primarily on...
Microwave/millimeter-wave components
Mar 1, 2006
MMIC VCOs Hittite Microwave Corporation has extended its line of GaAs HBT MMIC VCOs with fundamental, half- and quarter-frequency outputs. These SMT-packaged...
Understanding ZigBee transmission
Mar 1, 2006
By Cyril Descleves Today's high technology marketplace demands more capability and reliability from wireless technologies. This is especially true of low-cost, low-power...
Bringing SOI to fabless IC design houses
Mar 1, 2006
Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) IP developer SOISIC has announced that one of its leading foundry customers has successfully produced six working ICs using...
RF power options in ZigBee solutions
Mar 1, 2006
By Tim Cutler Among the new ZigBee wireless standard's many desirable attributes, low power is perhaps the most frequently mentioned. That descriptor sits at the center...
What's next on the horizon for ZigBee?
Mar 1, 2006
By Cheryl Ajluni, Editor While ZigBee itself is not new, having been officially ratified as a standard on Dec. 14, 2004, what is new is that certification of products based on...
SigmaTel, Infineon enter strategic partnership
Mar 1, 2006
SigmaTel Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG have entered into an agreement to offer Bluetooth solutions for portable digital multimedia devices. Under...
ZigBee Products
Mar 1, 2006
Modules make ZigBee easy The ETRX1 family of low-cost, low-power, mesh network modules combines application hardware, integration and toolkits from Telegesis...
Choosing RF CMOS or SiGe BiCMOS in mixed-signal design
Mar 1, 2006
By Adam H. Pawlikiewicz and David Hess This article discusses key issues that need to be considered when deciding what technology to choose for mixed-signal or wireless system-on-a-chip design. The article reviews the basic performance criteria and characteristics in an easy to understand language, and describes how they affect the performance of chips....
Accurate high-frequency noise modeling in SiGe HBTs
Mar 1, 2006
By Mohamed A. Selim Mobile wireless communications links demand sensitive and highly selective transceiver circuits. The dynamic range and sensitivity of the RF wireless link depends on the HF noise and linearity of the transistors used in the low-noise amplifiers. Correlation improves the simulation accuracy of noise analysis of the transistors....
Wireless solution boosts network capacity
Mar 1, 2006
TenXc Wireless Inc. has unveiled its PCS bi-sector array. The first in a line of cell site enhancement products, the PCS bi-sector array provides operators...
Symmetric and asymmetric-coupled lines band-stop filters at Ku/Ka bands
Mar 1, 2006
By Anurag Bhargava, Kamaljeet Singh and Surendra Pal Filters are an integral part of any communication system and they can adapt to various topologies depending upon the requirements. Filters are mainly...
Artificial Neural Networking Improves PA Design
Mar 1, 2006
By Jarno Kyhälä Artificial neural networking can be used to aid the design work of the device such as a power amplifier. This paper will discuss the ANN model generator implemented in the APLAC simulator, and show how ANN can be more efficient than conventional interpolation. It will also demonstrate the usefulness of ANN in electronics design using an example of optimizing a matching network for a power amplifier....
NEWS WORTHY
Mar 1, 2006
Texas Instruments Texas Instruments (www.ti.com) has completed its acquisition of Chipcon (www.chipcon.com), a company that designs short-range, low-power...
Super-rugged RF MOSFETs handle up to 165 V
Mar 1, 2006
Advanced Power Technology RF has added the ARF475FL to its high-voltage, flangeless packaged, RF power MOSFETs. It uses a newly patented process and finer...
