Detect-and-avoid technology mitigates interference
Sep 22, 2005
This week at CEPT Electronic Communications Committee meeting (ECC TG3) in Copenhagen, Denmark, ultra-wideband and wireless USB solutions provider Wisair demonstrated its "detect and avoid" technology to assist European and Japanese regulators in defining conditions and measures for UWB radio spectrum usage...
picoChip, ARM create single-chip SDR solution for advanced wireless systems
Sep 22, 2005
Bath, UK-based picoChip is planning to combine its next-generation picoArray flexible productrs with ARM processor technology to create an unprecedented single-chip, software-defined solution for advanced wireless systems...
Voice-over-RF chip streamlines home security system
Sep 22, 2005
Analog and mixed-signal semiconductor supplier Semtech Corp.’s voice-over-RF reference design has been selected by Tauxigny, France-based Avidsen, a subsidiary of the HF Company...
Far East taps software-defined radio technology
Sep 15, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Seeing the future in software-defined radio technology, South Korea and China continue to make deals in this field, ensuring that the products are ready when the market develops in a few years...
Dow sets sight on $65-billion optoelectronics market
Sep 15, 2005
To address the needs of customers in the $65-billion optoelectronics market, Dow Corning Corp. has announced that its photonics solutions business development program will become part of the company’s mainstream electronics business...
ATC purchases LTCC equipment
Sep 15, 2005
American Technical Ceramics Corp., a manufacturer of high-performance electronic components including capacitors and thin film circuits for a broad range of commercial and military applications, has entered into an agreement to purchase from CTS Corp. certain equipment and inventory used by CTS in the manufacture of low temperature co-fired ceramic products...
ADT expands RFID offerings
Sep 15, 2005
ADT Security Services Inc., a part of Tyco Fire & Security, has unwrapped a high-speed integrated printer and automatic RFID label applicator giving companies with large-scale RFID operations the ability to efficiently tag cases and pallets....
Pulse acquires Finland’s LK Products
Sep 15, 2005
Pulse, a Technitrol company and an electronic components manufacturer, has expanded its wireless communications product offering through the acquisition of LK Products based in Oy, Kempele, Finland, a global producer of cellular and non-cellular antennas and integrated modules for mobile handsets. ...
RFID Gen 2 tags poised for volume production
Sep 8, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Impinj's announcement that it has entered volume production to fulfill orders exceeding 50 million units for its Monza Generation 2 RFID tag chip in the second half of 2005 is a clear indication that RFID is in transition to EPCglobal's Gen 2 specs....
Licensable 802.11b/g WLAN platform boasts low-power
Sep 8, 2005
Wireless platform licensing and semiconductor solutions supplier for wireless communications Redpine Signals, Inc. has unwrapped a low-power licensable 802.11b/g wireless LAN platform labeled Pine1-LP...
MaxStream, Arrow Electronics ink distribution agreement
Sep 8, 2005
The North American Components (NAC) division of Arrow Electronics, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with MaxStream, Inc., a wireless device networking solution provider....
CMOS gains more RF transceiver sockets in mobile phones
Sep 8, 2005
CMOS process technology is enjoying increasing use in RF transceiver chips of mobile phones and by 2009 will be employed in 40% of wireless handsets shipped, iSuppli Corp. predicts. ...
Patented DSPLL technology sets new benchmark for XO and VCXO oscillators
Sep 1, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Combining its patented DSPLL technology with advanced 0.13 micron CMOS process, mixed-signal supplier Silicon Laboratories Inc. has entered the frequency control market with the launch of Si530 and Si550 families of crystal oscillators (XOs) and voltage-controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs) for applications up to 1.4 GHz...
Wireless transceivers offer store-and-forward capability
Sep 1, 2005
To eliminate the need for expensive repeaters when transmitting around barriers, with the added benefits of expanding network reach and increasing the number of nodes that can communicate with a single base station, Cirronet Inc. has added store-and-forward capability to its WIT910 and WIT2450 OEM modules and HopNet HN-291 and HN-250 standalone modems...
Micrel upgrades to 0.35-micron CMOS capability
Aug 25, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director With pressure from customers for higher integration and more features on smaller analog, RF and networking chips using state-of-the-art processes, Micrel, Inc. has taken its wafer fabrication facility in San Jose, Calif. to the next level...
Interactive troubleshooting guide comes in a CD
Aug 25, 2005
Keithley Instruments, Inc. has released a tutorial CD titled “Interactive Test & Measurement Troubleshooting Guide: How to Avoid Common Measurement Errors” ...
HomePlug Powerline Alliance enters a new phase
Aug 25, 2005
This week at the Intel Developers Forum, HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced it is strengthening its focus on worldwide implementation of HomePlug standards...
Acquisition fervor grips test and measurement world
Aug 18, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director While Agilent Technologies Inc. has completed the acquisition of privately held Eagleware Corp., Anritsu Corp. has inked a definitive agreement to acquire NetTest, a global provider of network monitoring systems and field use communications test products...
G2 Microsystems gets new round of funding
Aug 18, 2005
G2 Microsystems Inc., a developer of integrated circuits for the mobile resource management market, has announced that the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund has made an investment as an extension to the company's series A round...
Acquisition strengthens Qualcomm’s OFDMA portfolio
Aug 11, 2005
By Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Code-division, multiple-access developer Qualcomm Inc. has announced its plan to acquire Flarion Technologies, a pioneer and developer of orthogonal frequency division multiplex access technology and the inventor of FLASH-OFDM technology for mobile broadband Internet protocol services...
