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December 5, 2006
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Today's Table of Contents:
1. Viewpoint: Good News About Ultra Wideband
Viewpoint: Dual-Mode Handsets Dead On Arrival?
2. Feature Article: Dual-Mode Phone Has Split Personality
3. Help Electronic Design Redesign Its Web Table of Contents
4. Designing In Dual-Mode: An Interview With D-Link
5. Infrared Receiver Modules Handle Multitude of Applications
6. Wide Range of AFE, Data Converter IP Available In 65-/90-nm Processes
7. 1- to 2-W RF Power Amps Cover 2.5 to 19.7 GHz
8. Electronic Design electronica 2006 Videos
9. Software Extends Scope Measurements For UWB WiMedia Radio
10. Wideband, High-Gain IF Amp Targets DBS Tuners
11. Happenings/Conferences


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1. Viewpoint
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Good News About Ultra Wideband

By Louis E. Frenzel

The good news is that ultra wideband (UWB) wireless is finally here. The bad news is...well, I can't think of any bad news. UWB chip vendors finally have working silicon. Now they are announcing their FCC approvals and WiMedia certification and registrations, as well as identifying some initial customers...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=4248D:8857EF

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Dual-Mode Handsets Dead On Arrival?

By Louis E. Frenzel

With so many manufacturers making dual-mode cell phones, you would think this was a hot market. It is not. In fact, NO cellular carrier offers these handsets and probably will not, as they compete directly with their own businesses...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=42489:8857EF


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2. Feature Article
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Dual-Mode Phone Has Split Personality

D-Link's V-Click dual-mode GSM/Wi-Fi phone line features tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) and 802.11 Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) access, enabling users to switch between cellular and Wi-Fi networks at will...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=42487:8857EF

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3. Help Electronic Design Redesign Its Web Table of Contents
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Electronic Design is redesigning its Web Table of Contents, and we need your help. Want more reader comments, quick poll results, or previews of Web Exclusives? Go to www.zoomerang.com and tell us what you think. Ten lucky respondents will receive an authentic Electronic Design T-Shirt.

View the issue at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=42485:8857EF
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4. News
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Designing In Dual-Mode: An Interview With D-Link

Will dual-mode phones experience mass adoption? Electronic Design Associate Editor Christine Hintze talks with D-Link Associate Vice President of Technology North American Sales William C. Brown about where single- and dual-mode Wi-Fi phones are going, as well as the design concepts behind the company's first-generation V-Click handsets...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=42488:8857EF
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5. News
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Infrared Receiver Modules Handle Multitude of Applications

Two new series of infrared receiver modules greatly expand Vishay Intertechnology's offerings in that market space. One line includes eight series of IR modules in a new Minicast package that features high immunity against electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and a high-precision band filter. The second set adds four modules with superior performance for pulse-distance coding to the company's TSOP1xxxx series...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=4248B:8857EF

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6. News
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Wide Range of AFE, Data Converter IP Available In 65-/90-nm Processes

Chipidea has made its wide range of analog front-end (AFE) and data converter IP available in Charter Semiconductor Manufacturing's most advanced foundry technology...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=4248F:8857EF

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7. News
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1- to 2-W RF Power Amps Cover 2.5 to 19.7 GHz

The MAAPGM00XX-DIE line of power amplifiers from M/A-COM comprises 10 versions covering various frequency ranges with gains up to 34 dB with ±1-dB flatness...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=4248A:8857EF

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8. Electronic Design electronica 2006 Videos
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Couldn't make it to electronica? Watch as Editors-in-chief Mark David and Paul Whytock talk trends with representatives from Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, and others on the show floor.

Visit:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=42492:8857EF

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9. News
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Software Extends Scope Measurements For UWB WiMedia Radio

The Tek UWB WiMedia2 software extends the UWB debug and analysis capabilities of the Tektronix DSA70000, DPO70000, and TDS6000C series oscilloscopes to include real-time analysis of Ultra-Wideband RF and electrical signals...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=4248C:8857EF

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10. News
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Wideband, High-Gain IF Amp Targets DBS Tuners

NEC's UPC3232TB amplifier IC delivers 33.5 dB of gain, flat out to 3 GHz, making it well-suited for use as an IF amplifier in DBS low-noise block downconverters or as a basic gain block...

Read the entire article at:
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=4248E:8857EF

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11. Happenings/Conferences
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5th Annual Broadband Wireless Forum
December 11-14
Cambridge, U.K.
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=42486:8857EF

PTC '07 Beyond Telecom
January 14-17
Hilton Hawaiian Village
Beach Resort & Spa,
Honolulu, Hawaii
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=42495:8857EF

WCA Global Expo & Business Symposium
January 16-19
Fairmont Hotel
San Jose, Calif.
http://news.electronicdesign.com/t?ctl=42491:8857EF

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