WLAN Chipset Sales to Reach $1.7 Billion by 2007, Says Report
Jul 11, 2003
RF Design Staff Charlottesville, Va. -- Driven by WLAN's ability to enable business users and consumers to avoid the high costs of cabling and also provide business travelers with broadband access on the fly, the market for wireless LAN chipsets will expand from $938 million in 2003 to $1.7 billion in 2007 says a new report from Communications Industry Researchers Inc. (CIR), a technology analyst firm. The report is based on surveys of OEMs and ODMs....
Geometric programming-based design
Jul 1, 2003
By Scott Guyton Geometric programming (GP) based design is a novel approach for quickly creating optimal analog and RF circuits and subsystems. This article examines standard methods used in integrated circuit design and compares them to the GP-based design approach....
Linear Introduces New Amplifier for Precision Instrumentation
Jun 5, 2003
RF Design Staff Milpitas, Calif -- Linear Technology Corp. introduced its LTC1992-2, a new class of fully differential input and output amplifiers with a fixed gain of two. The LTC1992-2 provides performance improvement over discrete op amp solutions for driving differential signals in precision instrumentation applications where stability with time and temperature is critical, the company says....
Long-Term Prospects for Handset Components Strong Says Report
May 29, 2003
RF Design Staff Scottsdale, Az. -- While the last 12 months has been a trying time for both handset component manufacturers and handset manufacturers alike, signs of returning growth are starting to appear, and with 2.5G and 3G already in operation, long-term prospects for growth look good, and new technologies look promising, says a market research report from In-Stat/MDR....
Elanix Releases CDMA2000 Library for SystemView
May 29, 2003
RF Design Staff Westlake Village, Calif. -- Elanix Inc., a developer of simulation and analysis software, announced the release of the CDMA2000 Library, to add standard-compliant physical layer transmitter and receiver design, building and testing to the SystemView environment....
UWB Will Commercialize In 2005
May 22, 2003
RF Design Staff Scottsdale, Az. -- To take advantage of the absence of wireless standards that can offer reliable multimedia transport of multiple digital streams, the groups supporting ultrawideband (UWB) technology will ratify a standard by the first half of 2005, and standard-based end-products will roll out in late 2005 or early 2006, says a report by In-Stat/MDR Group, a high-tech market research firm....
Inphi Debuts Commercial Prescalers for Advanced Synthesizer Apps Up to 25 GHz
May 22, 2003
RF Design Staff Westlake Village, Calif. -- Inphi Corp. announced six prescalers for advanced synthesizer applications requiring low and stable phase noise at frequencies from DC to 25 GHz. These devices are typically used in high-frequency phase-locked loop (PLL) oscillator circuits. They are designed for a broad array of microwave and communications systems, including point-to-point and point-to-multipoint digital radios, radar, electronic warfare, satellite communic...
AWR Announces Analog Office for Analog and RFIC Designs
May 22, 2003
RF Design Staff El Segundo, Calif. -- Applied Wave Research Inc., a provider of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) tools, announced Analog Office, software for next generation analog and radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) designs....
The Technology Beyond Wi-Fi is Here, Study Says
May 22, 2003
RF Design Staff New York -- A more robust standard for high-speed broadband wireless delivery to laptops and desktops will augment the burgeoning Wi-Fi market beginning in late 2004, says a market research study by Visant Strategies Inc., an emerging-wireless-technology research firm....
Noise Com Introduces New Noise Generator Series
May 15, 2003
RF Design Staff Parsippany, N.J. -- Noise Com, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wireless Telecom Group Inc., introduced the UFX-7126 series noise generators, a new model of programmable noise generators for the testing of Wireless LAN receivers....
TriQuint Introduces Amplifier ICs for Broadband Millimeter Wave Communications
May 15, 2003
RF Design Staff Hillsboro, Ore. -- TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. announced the introduction of three new low-noise amplifier (LNA) integrated circuits (ICs) for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint millimeter wave digital radios and Ka-Band satellite Earth stations (VSAT). The new LNAs are the TGA4506, the TGA4507, and the TGA4508....
Replacement Handset to Dominate Wireless Shipments by 2008
May 15, 2003
RF Design Staff The number of replacement handsets shipped will grow from 211 million in 2002 to 591 million units in 2008 as wireless users migrate toward feature-rich devices that incorporate color screens, advanced data, and messaging applications, says a market research study completed by Allied Business Intelligence Inc. (ABI)....
Appairent Technologies Demonstrates First 802.15.3 Radio
May 12, 2003
RF Design Staff Rochester, N.Y. - Appairent Technologies Inc., a provider of standards-based wireless modules for consumer electronic products and applications, announced that it demonstrated its IEEE 802.15.3 standard Transpairent radio development system technology at the Wireless Ventures 2003 conference held in Redwood City, Calif. The company claims the Transpairent Radio is the first IEEE 802.15.3 compatible radio...
