Modelithics joins Cadence connections program
Jun 23, 2005
Modelithics, Inc. has been awarded membership in Cadence Design Systems’ Connections program to provide Cadence users full access to Modelithics accurate and feature-rich models for active and passive components and IC devices...
Software takes center stage at IMS 2005
Jun 16, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director With simulation and software design tools playing a key role in driving RF and microwave circuit design to the next level of integration and performance, it was not surprising to see major electronic design automation vendors and software providers unveiling new developments at this week’s IEEE International Microwave Symposium in Long Beach, Calif....
CMOS enables monolithic 6-band transceiver for UMTS phones
Jun 15, 2005
At this week’s International Microwave Symposium, Infineon Technologies unveiled what it claims to be the first CMOS single-chip RF transceiver specifically developed for universal mobile telecommunications system applications...
Fourth-generation RF subsystem gives 3G phones new look
Jun 15, 2005
Combining multiple-process technologies with proprietary polar architecture, Freescale Semiconductor has readied four modules to deliver a fourth-generation RF subsystem for WCDMA/EDGE terminals...
Global market for mobile location technologies looks good
Jun 9, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Beginning with the successful completion of GPS in the mid-1990s, other technologies for determining the geographical coordinates of moving or fixed objects have been deployed or developed...
Software providers tackle ZigBee, WiFi test and analysis
Jun 9, 2005
National Instruments and a software provider have collaborated to deliver complete RF/communications test and analysis solutions based on modular hardware and software...
Supplier tapes-out 880 Mbps UWB chip
Jun 9, 2005
FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. has announced the taping-out of its first high-performance, 880 Mbps wireless ultra-wideband UWB chip...
Agreement brings antenna diversity to cell phones
Jun 9, 2005
Korean cell phone manufacturer Pantech & Curitel and Magnolia Broadband, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, have signed an agreement to jointly begin developing a cell phone based on Magnolia's DiversityPlus chipset...
SiRF acquires Motorola's GPS chipset product lines
Jun 2, 2005
To further strengthen its position in the GPS market, SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc., a provider of GPS-enabled location technology, announced that it has acquired Motorola, Inc.'s GPS chipset product lines...
Ceramic, high-speed packages house Rockwell’s T/H devices
Jun 2, 2005
Rockwell Scientific Company has selected StratEdge to provide the packages and assembly services for RSC’s widest bandwidth track-and-hold device, the RTH050 high-speed mixed-signal circuit for commercial and defense applications...
Integrating HBTs and pHEMTs on single InGaP GaAs die
May 26, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Packing more RF functions on a single die at low cost and without compromising performance is not a trivial task...
Wireless VPN solution addresses PCI data security standard
May 25, 2005
Wireless security software developer Columbitech said that its end-to-end wireless virtual private network solution adheres to the requirements of the new Payment Card Industry data security standard...
Fabless RFIC company acquires ZigBee pioneer
May 25, 2005
Fabless RFIC maker Integration Associates Inc. has acquired CompXs, Inc., a developer of low-power, mesh network solutions, to create a complete ZigBee-certified hardware/software platform for OEMs delivering wireless monitoring and control applications for both consumer and industrial markets...
CMOS enables tiny low-power bidirectional wireless module
May 25, 2005
An ultra-small, single chip solution for 400-MHz low-power radio communications has been developed by Panasonic, a popular brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known...
Use of intelligent antennas is growing
May 19, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director The impending use of intelligent or smart antennas for WiFi, cellular and broadband wireless platforms suggests that this specialty antenna industry is ready to take off...
Broadcom takes Qualcomm to court for patent infringment
May 19, 2005
Wireless semiconductor supplier Broadcom Corp. has commenced federal litigation against Qualcomm Inc., alleging that the San Diego-based company infringes 10 Broadcom patents related to wired and wireless communications and multimedia processing technologies...
New platform delivers cost-efficient 2.4 GHz solution for wireless devices
May 12, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Using its state-of-the art SmartRF04, a 2.4-GHz radio technology, Oslo, Norway-based Chipcon AS has readied a new reference design platform and RF protocol for wireless devices...
ST, Octasic ink deal for VoP telecom ICs
May 12, 2005
Semiconductor supplier STMicroelectronics and Octasic Inc. have signed an agreement to deliver a family of leading-edge Voice-over-Packet ICs...
German connector supplier extends distribution network to North America
May 12, 2005
Germany's IMS Connector Systems has further extended its international sales network and has gained two new distribution partners in North America, Reichenbach International Inc. and Utech Electronics...
