Fundamentals of Vector Network Analysis
Oct 4, 2007
For readers interested in basic principles, this book offers network analyzer theory as well as step by step instrument design....
RF & Wireless Technologies
Oct 4, 2007
Aimed at communications engineers, designers and project managers, this book covers a wide range of topics. ...
Wideband Amplifier Design
Oct 4, 2007
In this book, the theory needed to understand wideband amplifier design using the simplest models possible will be developed. ...
Enterprise Software Improves Wireless Intrusion Detection
Oct 4, 2007
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, RF Design Seeking to protect enterprise networks from all potential Wi-Fi risks and threats, AirMagnet has released Enterprise 8.0. ...
RF-to-digital baseband transceivers simplify mobile WiMAX design
Sep 27, 2007
By Ashok Bindra, Editor, RF Design Several major suppliers were flaunting their latest chips at this week’s WiMAX world in Chicago, IL. Analog Devices, Inc. was amongst them, showing a second generation RF-to-digital baseband transceivers to enable the IEEE 802.16d/e mobile WiMAX based mobile communications devices. ...
Broadcom unwraps single chip 802.11n solution
Sep 27, 2007
At this week’s Global Wi-Fi Summit in Beijing, China, Broadcom Corp. demonstrated a full-featured, single-chip 802.11n solution. ...
Infineon, Motorola agree to develop 3G RF chip
Sep 27, 2007
Germany’s Infineon Technologies AG has inked an agreement with Motorola to develop a new multimode, single-chip 3G RF transceiver based on its SMARTi UE chip....
Broadband Doherty PA exploits GaN-on-Si transistors
Sep 27, 2007
GaN supplier Nitronex has partnered with Prescient Wireless to design a GaN-on-Si broadband Doherty power amplifier for WiMAX applications. ...
Human face tracking technology deploys into digital cameras
Sep 20, 2007
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, RF Design Poised to realize the full potential of digital imaging, FotoNation’s FaceTracker is a face-detection and tracking technology now available in digital still cameras. ...
UWB chipset completes WiMedia registration
Sep 20, 2007
Alereon has successfully completed the official WiMedia Alliance Registration Program for its AL5300/4100 and AL5300/5100 WiMedia chipsets. ...
SDR front-end IC includes record-breaking low-power ADC
Sep 20, 2007
A true software-defined radio (SDR) front-end IC presented by IMEC earlier this year at ISSCC 2007 incorporates an SAR ADC design with record-breaking performance....
Distributor expands DAC and ADC offerings
Sep 20, 2007
Mouser Electronics has expanded its portfolio of data converters from Texas Instruments. Several of TI's data converters, including high-performance ADCs and DACs, are now available for immediate purchase through Mouser....
Single CMOS chip handles multiple mobile TV standards
Sep 13, 2007
By Ashok Bindra, Editor, RF Design Aiming to get a piece of the emerging mobile TV market, fabless chip developer MediaPhy Corp., based in San Jose, Calif., has unveiled a single-chip CMOS solution for the application. ...
New antenna design replaces old
Sep 13, 2007
Laird Technologies has readied a new FM antenna solution that can be incorporated directly inside a handset device...
MediaTek buys ADI’s cellular chipset operations
Sep 13, 2007
Taiwan’s fabless semiconductor supplier MediaTek, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets related to the Analog Devices’ Othello radio and SoftFone baseband chipset product lines, as well as certain cellular handset baseband support operations, for approximately $350 million in cash. ...
Miniature RF antenna module combines GPS receiver chipset
Sep 13, 2007
UK’s antenna solutions provider Antenova Ltd. has unveiled an RF antenna module that incorporates a complete SiRFstarIII GPS chipset, targeting mobile handset, portable navigation device (PND) and portable media player (PMP) applications...
Manufacturer support boosts Wi-Fi certification awareness
Sep 6, 2007
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, RF Design The Wi-Fi Alliance has completed its annual consumer study, which indicates continued growth in awareness of the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED branding...
SDR platform achieves compliance milestone
Sep 5, 2007
The Falcon III AN/PRC-152 handheld radio from Harris is the first Joint Tactical Radio System (or JTRS)-approved radio to be certified as compliant without waivers with the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) of the Joint Tactical Radio System, according to the vendor. ...
Spectrum analyzer covers 20 Hz to 67 GHz in a single sweep
Aug 30, 2007
By Ashok Bindra, Editor, RF Design Continuing to add more members to its high performance product portfolio, instrumentation supplier Rohde & Schwarz has further extended the range of its broadband spectrum analyzer. ...
Home base station design taps low cost handset radio chips
Aug 30, 2007
U.K’s Cambridge Consultants has designed a cellular base station radio based on a consumer-grade handset component, to support picoChip's reference design for the 3G femtocells. ...
Spectracom joins French subsidiary for global reach
Aug 30, 2007
Rochester, NY based synchronization products supplier Spectracom Corp. has merged with Temex Sync, a subsidiary of the French Orolia group and a designer and manufacturer of time and frequency products. ...
SiC MESFETs power new UHF amplifiers
Aug 30, 2007
UK’s EMC amplifier supplier MILMEGA is using its silicon carbide based MESFETs to provide the RF power in MILMEGA’s new line of UHF power amplifiers....
