New RFID chips to support Mastercard's PayPass cards
Feb 24, 2005
Texas Instruments has announced plans to deliver ISO/IEC 14443-compliant RFID chips designed to meet the stringent security requirements for Mastercard International's PayPass line of RFID payment cards and tokens...
PA module simplifies GPRS handset design
Feb 24, 2005
Xindium Technologies has readied a new power amplifier module, providing GSM and GPRS handset manufacturers with a new source of RF power amplifier performance in a compact form factor...
Passive read/write RFID targets animal identification
Feb 17, 2005
EM Microelectronic, an electronic systems company of the Swatch Group, has readied a 125 kHz, 512-bit contactless identification CMOS RFID IC intended for use in electronic read/write RF transponders...
WiMAX looks promising for broadband telecom applications
Feb 17, 2005
WiMAX, a wireless broadband technology, has the ability to compete with DSL and cable-modem services without the need for heavy regulation, and that could have a significant impact on the telecom industry...
ISSCC highlights advances in RF cellular ICs
Feb 10, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director While 2G cellular services such as GSM and CDMA are common, the rising demand for data and multimedia services is forcing service providers to offer 2.5G and 3G systems like EDGE/GPRS and UMTS/CDMA2000...
Broadband wireless network to be deployed in China
Feb 10, 2005
Adaptix Inc. has signed a joint agreement with Beijing Airway Communications Co. Ltd., Beijing University of Post & Telecom, and Beijing ShiJinShan District Government to build the next-generation broadband wireless demonstration network...
TURI recognizes M/A-Com for pursuing environmentally safe manufacturing
Feb 10, 2005
M/A-Com was recently recognized by the Toxic Use Reduction Institute at the University of Massachusetts Lowell for its technological leadership and participation in the Electronics Supply Chain Initiative and the Massachusetts Lead-Free Electronics Consortium...
Aegis weapons systems to be upgraded on three destroyers
Feb 9, 2005
The Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract modification valued at $112.5 million to provide three sets of the Aegis weapon system to the U.S. Navy. ...
Integrated RF antenna module breaks new ground
Feb 3, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Combining its proprietary high-efficiency high dielectric antenna technology with key RF components in a single integrated module, Antenova Ltd. has developed a fully integrated radio antenna module for mobile phones, laptops, and other consumer electronic devices...
New mixed-signal and RF capabilities address wireless design challenges
Jan 27, 2005
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has readied new capabilities that enable wireless chip designers and manufacturers to have better insight into the mixed-signal and RF challenges that significantly affect wireless design...
Fabless semi developer and TI cooperate on RFID interoperability
Jan 20, 2005
Ashok Bindra, Editorial Director Impinj, Inc. and Texas Instruments have agreed to cooperate on the development of RFID products that are compliant with the Class 1, Generation 2 standard recently ratified by EPCglobal Inc...
