On-body band-aid monitors vital health signs
Feb 7, 2008
UK’s Toumaz Technology Limited delivered a paper on its Sensium system that is designed to work with wireless body sensor networks to monitor vital body signs...
Mobile TV receiver chip taps 65 nm CMOS process
Feb 7, 2008
Broadcom Corporation has announced its entry into the mobile TV market with a 65 nm digital TV single-chip receiver that supports the digital video broadcast- terrestrial (DVB-T) and digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) standards...
Novel PA architectures presented at IEEE’s ISSCC
Feb 7, 2008
At this week’s International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC 2008) in San Francisco, Calif., some sophisticated power amplifier (PA) architectures were unveiled by researchers from Axiom, Intel, Matsushita, NEC, and STMicroelectronics...
University of Miami deploys campus wide 802.11n WLAN
Feb 7, 2008
Florida’s University of Miami has chosen Meru Networks to supply a campus-wide wireless network based on the new-generation IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 standard...
SiP receiver subsystem bridges RF and digital worlds
Feb 1, 2008
Leveraging its innovative system in a package (SiP) technology called Module, Linear Technology has readied an integrated receiver subsystem LTM9001....
Bluetooth powers wireless multimedia photo frames
Feb 1, 2008
CSR has partnered with Cheertek to produce a reference design for a digital photo frame chipset with Bluetooth functionality. Cheertek has incorporated...
MoCA, Klabs establish formal liaison
Jan 31, 2008
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) and Korea digital cable laboratories (KLabs) have entered into a formal liaison where both organizations will share information assuring ongoing compatibility within South Korea's cable environment...
Software programmable vector processor enables multi-mode capability
Jan 31, 2008
Next month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, NXP Semiconductors will demonstrate the world’s first LTE/HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM multi-mode baseband platform which forms the basis of a next-generation software defined radio (SDR) system solution...
CMOS PA goes into high volume production
Jan 31, 2008
Last year Axiom Microdevices, Inc. shipped more than 10 million units of its quad-band GPRS CMOS power amplifier (PA) to handset manufacturers...
Energy management system uses interoperable ZigBee smart energy profile
Jan 24, 2008
Tendril today released the beta version of the first open, standards-based software and hardware system that enables an important dialogue between consumers and their energy providers, allowing them to manage the consumption and supply of energy in smarter, more efficient ways. ...
Innovative PA cuts basestation power consumption
Jan 24, 2008
China's next generation telecommunications network solutions provider Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. claims that it has readied a new solution that can reduce basestation power consumption by up to 60%....
Savi, AVAANA ink RFID partnership
Jan 24, 2008
Savi Technology and India-based AVAANA have entered into a strategic partnership for active RFID-based supply chain solutions, products and services to prospective government and commercial customers in India. ...
Wireless semi IP providers form partnership for WiMAX
Jan 17, 2008
Sweden’s wireless semiconductor IP supplier Coresonic AB and embedded software developer SySDSoft have joined hands to combine baseband processor firmware and MAC layer plus protocol stacks as a complete wireless technology package for system-on-chip developers. ...
FBAR-based PCS duplexer is small
Jan 17, 2008
Avago Technologies has released its fourth PCS duplexer based on film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology. ...
NI unveils USB-controlled RMS RF power meter
Jan 9, 2008
National Instruments has unwrapped its first USB-controlled true RMS RF power meter, which provides a highly flexible solution for automated test, measurement and monitoring applications in a small footprint......
Korea’s TTA awards telecom contract to Agilent
Jan 9, 2008
Korea’s leading test and certification institution Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) has awarded Agilent Technologies Inc.a contract for mobile WiMAX protocol conformance test (PCT)......
Wireless industry veteran joins Anadigics’ board of directors
Jan 9, 2008
Broadband communications solutions provider Anadigics has announced the appointment of Gilles Delfassy, retired senior vice president, worldwide wireless terminals business unit of Texas Instruments, to its board of directors......
NXP Semi adds GPS to connectivity portfolio
Jan 3, 2008
Aiming to extend its product portfolio in the mobile communications space, late last month NXP Semiconductors announced plans to acquire GloNav Inc., a US-based fabless semiconductor company developing single-chip solutions for global positioning systems (GPS) and other satellite navigation systems....
Analog component supplier appoints new vp for worldwide sales
Jan 3, 2008
Analog component supplier Inphi Corporation has appointed Ron Torten to the new position of vice president of worldwide sales. Reporting directly to Inphi’s president and CEO Young Sohn, Torten assumes responsibility for the company’s entire sales organization, which includes an extensive network of direct and independent sales organizations, manufacturer’s representatives and distributors in North America, Europe and Asia....
Mobile WiMAX protocol conformance test lab uses Agilent test gear
Jan 3, 2008
The WiMAX Forum accredited lead lab in Malaga, Spain, theAT4 wireless, has announced that it will be using Agilent Technologies’ N6430A WiMAX protocol conformance test (PCT) and development solution based on Agilent E6651A mobile WiMAX test set....
Japan tracks and destroys a Scud-like missile in a milestone test
Dec 26, 2007
On Dec. 17, 2007, the Japanese Aegis Destroyer, the JS Kongo, shot down a scud-like target missile similar in speed and size to those deployed by the North Korean military, off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii....
