M/A-COM signs XM982 TTM contract with Raytheon Missiles Systems
Oct 21, 2004
M/A-COM announced that it has signed an initial development contract with Raytheon Missiles Systems for tactical telemetry modules for the XM982 "Excalibur" projectile program...
Reference design targets next-generation wireless VoIP router
Oct 21, 2004
As a result of an extended joint technology effort between Micrel Inc., LSI Logic and Arcturus Networks, Micrel has released a next-generation wireless VoIP router reference design that reduces component count, lowers system cost and supports voice port scalability...
Wireless VoIP chipset transforms the residential phone
Oct 14, 2004
RF Design staff To transform the traditional residential phone into a converged voice/data wireless Internet appliance, Broadcom Corp. has developed a two-chip set for wireless IP phones that will create a new category of consumer products...
LXI consortium adds a new member
Oct 13, 2004
The LXI Consortium has announced that Keithley Instruments Inc. will join the recently formed standards organization...
Wireless computer provides bike statistics
Oct 13, 2004
French high-quality bicycle products manufacturer Mavic has developed a digital wireless computer that provides real-time bike statistics to riders...
Synthetic instruments target DOD’s NxTest
Oct 7, 2004
RF Design staff Aiming to meet the U.S. Department of Defense’s NxTest vision for flexible, morphable modular instrumentation, Agilent Technologies last month demonstrated its high-performance microwave synthetic instruments at Autotestcon...
RF CMOS switches challenge GaAs counterparts
Sep 30, 2004
RF Design staff Implementing its proprietary ultra-thin-silicon-on-sapphire CMOS or UltraCMOS process, Peregrine Semiconductor has developed RF CMOS switches that have achieved higher speed with lower power consumption...
Despite lack of standard, UWB consumer products to hit retail in 2005
Sep 29, 2004
Being the wireless technology that can deliver the bandwidth and QoS that many consumer electronics companies have been looking for, ultra-wideband (UWB) presents attractive opportunities, primarily for fast video transfer between peripheral devices, such as digital camcorders, TVs and PCs, and between set-top boxes and TV monitors...
Online software simplifies RF design
Sep 29, 2004
Micrel Inc.'s new "It's OOK To ASK" QwikRadio design software is aimed at simplifying the implementation of RF designs...
Embedded radio software developer raises $8 million in funding
Sep 23, 2004
RF Design staff To expand its sales and engineering resources in the United States and China, embedded cognitive radio software developer Propagate Networks has obtained about $8 million additional financing in a series C venture funding...
Enea, Anritsu ink software deal
Sep 23, 2004
Embedded software provider Enea Embedded Technology and Anritsu Japan have signed a major software contract...
Next-generation GSM/GPRS/EDGE mobile phones tap Philips Nexperia system
Sep 23, 2004
As the mobile multimedia market grows, more and more mobile operators around the world are considering EDGE implementation in their mobile networks to attract new subscribers and to generate new revenue streams...
RFIC supplier extends operations in Asia
Sep 23, 2004
In response to increasing demand for its wireless power amplifiers and RF front-end solutions
in consumer electronics, SiGe Semiconductor has unveiled plans to further expand its operations in Asia...
WiMAX forum gets a boost
Sep 16, 2004
RF Design staff To give a boost to the budding broadband wireless market and help promote the interoperability and certification of broadband wireless products based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, Atmel Corp. has joined the WiMAX Forum as a principal member...
Integrated GPS receiver offers ultra-low power consumption
Sep 16, 2004
To address the growing requirements for low power consumption and increasing global positioning system functionality in cellular phones and other portable communications applications, fabless RF semiconductor start-up RFDomus Inc. has developed a highly integrated GPS receiver chip with ultra-low power consumption...
WLAN equipment revenues set to surge in China
Sep 15, 2004
Latest market data from research firm In-Stat/MDR illustrates that demand for wireless local area network equipment and services in the China marketplace is surging...
Reconfigurable processor maker readies WiMAX, HSDPA reference designs
Sep 9, 2004
RF Design staff Eyeing next-generation wireless infrastructure market, picoChip has completed the development of reference designs for high-speed downlink packet access picocells and 802.16 base stations...
Wireless LAN products receive Wi-Fi certification for WMM
Sep 8, 2004
Advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) chipset supplier Atheros Communications, Inc. announced that two of its WLAN reference designs have been Wi-Fi certified for Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) by the Wi-Fi Alliance...
