MBOA UWB enables wireless connectivity to digital still cameras
Apr 7, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Despite the lack of standards, proponents of both the camps, UWB Forum and MBOA Alliance, are moving ahead with their respective technologies...
UWB development kit eases evaluation
Apr 7, 2005
At the Intel Developer Forum this week in Tokyo, Japan, Staccato Communications unveiled a UWB development kit called Ripcord...
RFID circuit hits the ski slopes
Apr 7, 2005
Radio frequency identification chip supplier EM Microelectronic has developed, in cooperation with Skidata and EC-Passage, a transponder chip that facilitates the handling and identification of rented skis or snowboards at ski resorts...
Novel transistor model proposed for CMC standardization
Mar 31, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Researchers from Royal Philips Electronics and Pennsylvania State University have jointly developed an advanced metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor model based on the accurate calculation and extensive use of the surface potential...
FCC technical advisory board gets a new member
Mar 31, 2005
RF semiconductor supplier Sequoia Communications has announced the appointment of Dennis Roberson to the FCC Technology Advisory Board...
True software radio technology developer eyes China
Mar 31, 2005
With plans to demonstrate its true software radio technology in Korea in May, TechnoConcepts, Inc. has also set its eyes on the Chinese market...
Assembly equipment maker moves to new facility
Mar 31, 2005
Palomar Technologies, a precision microelectronic assembly equipment maker, has announced that it has moved to a 39,000-square-foot facility in Carlsbad, Calif....
Broadband powerline communications poised for growth
Mar 24, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director A market study conducted by Falls Church, Va.-based research firm Telecom Trends International shows that broadband powerline communications is poised for rapid growth as access technology....
Advanced power amplifier taps 180 nm SiGe process technology
Mar 24, 2005
ParkerVision Inc. has selected IBM Microelectronics to manufacture ultra-efficient digital power amplifiers and semiconductor products using IBM's 180 nm silicon germanium CMOS process technology...
Philips unveils reference design, SiP for mobile applications
Mar 17, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director To speed up introduction of phones that automatically switch between cellular and wireless LAN, Royal Philips Electronics has readied a complete unlicensed mobile access semiconductor reference design...
Mimix Broadband adds Taiwan subsidiary
Mar 17, 2005
Mimix Broadband, Inc. has acquired a majority stake in Hocom Communications, Inc., an
MMIC test, inspection and packaging operation based in Hsinchu, Taiwan...
M/A-Com releases RoHS-compliant devices
Mar 17, 2005
M/A-COM has announced that a wide range of its recently released semiconductor components and solutions are (Restriction of Hazardous Substances)-compliant...
UWB moves a step closer to market
Mar 10, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Intel Corp. has taken a few more steps to bring ultra-wideband wireless technology closer to market...
Supplier expands repair and upgrade facility
Mar 10, 2005
Vida Products, Inc. has expanded its repair and upgrade facility to include several unique synthesizers manufactured by VertiCom...
Texas Instruments envisions many new applications for RFIDs
Mar 3, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Speaking at the recent RFID World conference in Dallas, Texas Instruments’ Vice President and General Manager of RFID Business Julie England outlined the company’s strategy to drive RFIDs into many new applications across the enterprise value chain...
RFMD discontines WLAN chipset development
Mar 3, 2005
RF Micro Devices, Inc. will discontinue its internal wireless local area network chipset development efforts...
