Femto Forum gains more support
Nov 8, 2007
The Femto Forum, which was launched in July this year to expedite the standardization of femtocells, has extended its membership to include major operators and equipment vendors which are already actively participating in the Forum’s working groups. ...
CSR brings internet radio to the mass market
Nov 8, 2007
Cambridge, UK based CSR has launched RadioPro, a Wi-Fi internet radio example design based on the company's UniFi single-chip Wi-Fi platform. ...
Distributor supplies embedded development tools
Oct 31, 2007
Mouser Electronics has agreed to distribute Spectrum Digital's development tools for Texas Instruments’ DSPs and microcontrollers throughout North America. ...
Firms partner to promote emergency alert system
Oct 31, 2007
Raytheon’s JPS Communications has partnered with Invizeon to market an emergency alert system to colleges, universities, and civil and military customers. ...
Handset developer selects fixed-mobile convergence test platform
Oct 31, 2007
Azimuth Systems has announced that Samsung Electronics has selected the Azimuth FMC Performance Test Solution to streamline the testing of Samsung’s UMA/GAN dual-mode handsets, including the Samsung SGH-t409 and SGH-t709 models. ...
Low-power Wi-Fi chip enables powerful handsets
Oct 31, 2007
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, RF Design Designed to advance the deployment of Wi-Fi in portable devices, such as wireless handsets, the Atheros AR6002 provides the lowest active-mode power consumption of any mobile WLAN solution....
RF vendors form SMART alliance
Oct 25, 2007
By Ashok Bindra, Editor, RF Design To drive system performance and interoperability of smart antenna systems, Navini Networks, Beceem Communications, Fujitsu Microelectronics America and Runcom have jointly announced the formation of "SMart Antenna RF Test" Alliance. ...
Four leading RF semiconductor suppliers join ComMAX ecosystem
Oct 25, 2007
Comsys Communication and Signal Processing announced that four leading vendors of RF transceivers have joined the ComMAX ecosystem, a network of partners dedicated to providing ready-to-use system solutions for converged cellular/mobile WiMAX terminals. ...
Agilent, Sequans collaborate on Wave 2 mobile WiMAX protocol test
Oct 25, 2007
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Sequans Communications have extended their WiMAX collaboration to include Wave 2 mobile WiMAX mobile station and base station protocol testing. Protocol Conformance Test is a vital part of the WiMAX certification process. ...
Process integrates RF MEMS with control and logic on CMOS chip
Oct 25, 2007
By incorporating RF MEMS into CMOS process flow, WiSpry has readied a family of MEMS tunable digital capacitors for antenna tuning, band programmable impedance matching, power amplifier tuning and tunable RF filters. ...
U.S. Marine Corps orders more MRAPs
Oct 24, 2007
The U.S. Marine Corps has ordered 1000 additional International MaxxPro military vehicles valued at approximately $509 million from Navistar International Corporation. ...
Consolidation affects handset baseband semiconductors
Oct 18, 2007
According to iSuppli, both mobile handsets and their semiconductor components are going through a period of consolidation that may lead to a significant winnowing of baseband chip suppliers. ...
Body heat powers wireless EEG system
Oct 18, 2007
IMEC has developed a two-channel wireless EEG (electroencephalography, or monitoring of brain waves) system powered by a thermoelectric generator. ...
Distributor adds MCU family
Oct 18, 2007
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the STM32 Family of 32-bit Flash microcontrollers based on ARM Cortex-M3 core from STMicroelectronics. ...
Programmable delay line provides end-to-end accuracy
Oct 18, 2007
By Mark Valentine, Technical Editor, Power Electronics Technology Maxim Integrated Products’ DS1124 programmable delay line is the first to specify a delay tolerance from input to output, rather than to a reference output signal. ...
RF front-end module for 802.11n Wi-Fi is unprecedented
Oct 11, 2007
By Ashok Bindra, Editor, RF Design To provide compact cost effective solutions to developers involved with Wi-Fi products based on the latest IEEE 802.11n specification, SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. has readied an integrated RF front-end module. ...
Extending the reach of gigabit wireless
Oct 10, 2007
Gigabit wireless solutions provider BridgeWave Communications unveiled AdaptPath technology to seamlessly integrate its AdaptRate Gigabit Ethernet wireless links with secondary connections using complementary wired or wireless technologies. ...
Triquint’s Tx module reaches a new milestone
Oct 10, 2007
TriQuint Semiconductor has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Design Center in Munich, and the 100 million milestone for a transmit module designed and developed at this center. ...
CMOS UWB solution achieves WiMedia platform certification
Oct 10, 2007
UWB wireless technology developer Staccato Communications has announced that its Ripcord product family has earned official WiMedia Platform Certification. ...
Wi-Fi chip enables wireless memory card for digital cameras
Oct 4, 2007
Atheros Communications’ AR6001GL radio-on-a-chip mobile WLAN solution has been selected to provide 802.11g connectivity in a wireless memory card for digital cameras. ...
WUSB developer to demonstrate TELEC-certified module
Oct 4, 2007
Alereon has announced the company will demonstrate at CEATEC the first high-performance modules developed by Murata and based on Alereon's AL5000 chipset for worldwide Wireless USB applications. ...
