Key SiC supplier expands GaN business
Mar 25, 2004
Durham, N.C. — Cree, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the gallium nitride substrate and epitaxy business of Advanced Technology Materials, Inc....
SDR forum forms public safety special interest group
Mar 25, 2004
Las Vegas — A Public Safety Special Interest Group has formed within the Software Defined Radio Forum, announced Allan Margulies, chief operating officer of the SDR Forum...
TIA projects double-digit growth for international telecom market
Mar 18, 2004
By the RF Design staff While segments of the U.S. telecom industry have faced intense economic challenges recently, the telecommunications markets outside the United States seem to enjoy growth...
Joint effort stimulates China's emerging secure mobile commerce
Mar 18, 2004
Toronto — Diversinet Corp. and Guangdong Electronic Certification Authority will work together to stimulate China's emerging mobile commerce and mobile digital certificates market...
Heading toward a fully wireless world
Mar 18, 2004
By David Morrison, Editor RF chips may one day be as common as microcontrollers and microprocessors, pervading all areas of consumer and enterprise applications...
Integrated CDMA power amplifier goes into production
Mar 11, 2004
Greensboro, N.C. — RF Micro Devices, Inc., has begun high-volume production shipments of its RF3163 CDMA power amplifier (PA) module to a top-two CDMA...
Integrated front-end module handles dual bands
Mar 11, 2004
San Diego — Agilent Technologies Inc. announced Monday at the Wireless Systems Design Conference and Expo its combined CDMA duplexer/power amplifier front-end...
New European program focuses on polymer-based ICs
Mar 11, 2004
RF Design staff European Commission, under its 6th Research,Technological development, and Demonstration Framework Program, has launched a new, four-year research project...
Spread-spectrum transceiver offers power saving features
Mar 11, 2004
San Diego — Xecom, Inc., Milpitas, California, introduced Monday at Wireless Systems 2004 two power saving features in its XE900SL10, miniature 900 MHz...
Partnership targets Asia/Pacific RF systems business
Mar 4, 2004
Sydney-based RF Industries (RFI) and Bird Technology Group (Bird) of Cleveland have announced an exclusive partnership to pursue antenna, combining systems,...
Adaptive repeaters support IDEN applications
Mar 4, 2004
Ottawa, Canada -- Spotwave Wireless Inc., has released the SpotCell 163 and SpotCell 263 adaptive repeaters in support of IDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced...
Heart-rate receiver ASIC consumes ultra-low power
Mar 4, 2004
Raleigh, N.C. -— austriamicrosystems has signed a development contract for the design and supply of an ultra-low power heart-rate receiver ASIC (application-specific...
SiGe-based PA sets new benchmark
Mar 4, 2004
By RF Design Staff Leveraging advances in silicon germanium (SiGe) process technology, SiGe Semiconductor has readied a new power amplifier for cellular handsets that is...
Software toolkit designed for nanotech researchers
Mar 4, 2004
Cleveland, Ohio -- Keithley Instruments, Inc. has developed a Nanotech Toolkit, a set of measurement software tools designed specifically for a variety...
RF component library adds more capacitors and inductors
Feb 5, 2004
Pittsburgh -- Taiyo Yuden has enhanced is RF component library for Ansoft Designer v1.1. Specific enhancements include the addition of super-low-distortion...
Broadband switch handles differential signals
Feb 5, 2004
San Jose, Calif. -- Pericom Semiconductor Corporation has released a new class of switch products that enable the handling of differential broadband signals...
Single chip tuner boasts 1 GHz capability
Feb 5, 2004
Plano, Texas -- Microtune, Inc. has introduced the MicroTuner MT2121, a 1 GHz silicon tuner that enables cable set-top boxes and residential home gateways...
