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Radio-Antenna Modules Slash Cost And Complexity Adding wireless connectivity to handsets, laptop PCs, and other wireless consumer devices can be a costly and difficult endeavor. Antenova's Radionova modules present a smoother path to the integration of wireless capabilities by incorporating the company's High Dielectric Antenna (HDA) technology. This technology puts all of the key RF components into a single module The balanced antenna is highly resistant to detuning. As a result, the same Radionova module can be used across... March 2005 [New Products] A-GPS Receiver ICs Carry Baseband, RF, And Flash Location-based applications are spreading to portable devices that are as diverse as mobile phones, power-constrained smart devices, and compact digital cameras. Designers of such devices want to incorporate real-time location and navigation capabilities without significantly degrading overall power consumption. In the GSC3f and GSC3 SiRFstarIII single-chip GPS devices, designers will find a complete A-GPS digital baseband processor and an RF front end. The GSC3f adds 4 Mb of... March 2005 [New Products] Reference Platform Puts Linux In Network Devices OEMs in many markets are embracing Linux for its cost and time-to-market advantages. Of course, Linux also carries the benefits of being an open-source platform. Now, Wind River Systems is impacting the communications market in a big way with the introduction of its reference design release of Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition. This platform includes a complete Linux reference file system with a rich set of networking middleware and applications. Because the... March 2005 [New Products] Flash-Based FPGAs Shrink Cost But Not Performance With the introduction of its ProASIC3/E third-generation Flash-based programmable-logic devices, Actel addresses the market's need for FPGAs in consumer, automotive, and other cost-sensitive application areas. This value-conscious segment is the fastest-growing area of the FPGA market. Delivering 64-b, 66-MHz PCI performance, the ProASIC3/E FPGAs also offer on-chip Flash memory. They range in density from 600,000 to 3 million system gates and offer secure in-system... March 2005 [New Products] Embedded Modules Form Powerful RF Engines The ability to exploit higher wireless data-transmission speeds lets OEMs maximize the value of adding wireless connectivity to end products. To that end, Sierra Wireless's dual-band EM5625 embedded module comprises a powerful and reliable wireless engine that can be integrated into a wide range of mobile devices. The module is the first Sierra Wireless product to incorporate Qualcomm's MSM6500 Mobile Station Modem chip set. It therefore provides high-speed, high-capacity wireless data... March 2005 [New Products] Multimedia Processor Lets The Games Begin Some experts predict that the next revolution in handheld gaming will take place on wireless platforms. The GoForce 3D 4800, NVIDIA's latest wireless media processor, is set to provide a foundation for that revolution by integrating highly realistic 3D graphics, megapixel still imaging, and high-quality video capture and playback. The processor enables players to enjoy an intense gaming experience on mobile handsets by boosting 3D performance by over 40% compared with the... March 2005 [New Products] Filters Guard Handsets From EMI And ESD Effects Demand is surging for advanced multimedia capabilities in wireless handsets, and that means new design challenges on the electromagnetic-interference (EMI) front. Clamshell phones pose a particularly sticky challenge in terms of avoiding EMI woes. Data rates from the processor to the phones' high-resolution displays have risen dramatically. The result is even more pernicious EMI risks. Aimed squarely at solving EMI and electrostatic-discharge (ESD) issues, the Praetorian ASIP... March 2005 [On The Wireless Front] On The Wireless Front Milpitas, California The new LTC4061-4.4 from Linear Technology Corp. is a compact, standalone, linear 1-cell 4.375-V (4.4-V maximum) Li-Ion battery charger. Its advanced features improve charging safety, simplify charge termination and status reporting, and prolong battery life. For safety, the LTC4061-4.4 is equipped with a thermistor interface for temperature-qualified charging, an adjustable timer as a backup charge termination, and precision... February 2005 [New Products] TD-SCDMA Chip Set Aids 3G Developers As far as consumer adoption goes, China is predicted to be the next great handset market. As a result, many companies are working to get their products and technologies into those devices. In its SoftFone-LCR chip set, for example, Analog Devices now offers a complete chip set for developers of 3G mobile terminals based on the TD-SCDMA Low Chip Rate (LCR) air interface. Powered by ADI's Blackfin processor, the chip set provides all of the critical functions that are needed to build a... February 2005 [New Products] Integrated Circuits Embed Wi-Fi In Portables With the launch of a range of single-chip Wi-Fi devices, CSR now offers designers a Wi-Fi implementation that specifically targets cell phones and other pocket-sized consumer products. Examples of such products include digital cameras and MP3 players. CSR's UniFi ICs combine up to three Wi-Fi standards into one chip. Because UniFi does not rely on a host processor, it also is suitable for embedding Wi-Fi in consumer-electronic devices like DVD or video players and plasma screens.... February 2005 [New Products] EMI Filter Arrays Stave Off Electrostatic Discharge A series of four electromagnetic-interference (EMI) filter arrays vows to provide electrostatic-discharge (ESD) protection in thin DFN packages. These four-channel, six-channel, and eight-channel filters were specifically designed for the high-speed data interfaces in mobile phones. Compared to traditional chip-scale packages, they provide high performance and reliability in a drop-in replacement footprint (1.35 × 3 mm). All of the filters come in a TDFN package to provide... February 2005 [New Products] Bluetooth Chips Support SDR Protocol The BlueMoon UniCellular chip for Bluetooth wireless applications is three times faster than any classical Bluetooth solution. The single chip supports the Version 2.0 Bluetooth standard as well as the new Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) functionality. In addition, it has extremely low power consumption. It also possesses excellent radio-frequency characteristics, which make it well suited for use in GSM, EDGE, and UMTS mobile phones. The chip's Enhanced Data Rate functionality will... February 2005 [New Products] Oscillator Delivers High Stability In Small Package In a crystal oscillator, ambient temperature variation is one of the main causes of frequency variation. To overcome such variation, C-MAC's TC-OCXOs use a hybrid combination of limited temperature control by use of an oven. They further reduce the remaining frequency error through the use of the company's Pluto temperature-compensation ASIC. The company's new series of temperature-compensated, oven-controlled crystal oscillators (TC-OCXOs) also is designed to deliver the high stability of... February 2005 [New Products] Wi-Fi Test System Evaluates Networks Although Wi-Fi networks are increasingly being adopted by consumers and enterprises, ways to test these networks are still emerging. An example is CMC's EE-WPA multi-station test system. Using this system, designers, test managers, and network engineers gain the ability to perform sophisticated capacity, scalability, and load stress testing on WPA-enabled enterprise-class products and wireless networks. The system is for WPA-Enterprise with full support for 802.1x authentication, RADIUS,... February 2005 [On The Wireless Front] On The Wireless Front Seoul, Korea Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has developed an eight-die multi-chip-package (MCP) technology. This technology was designed for use in high-capacity mobile devices, such as third-generation (3G) handsets and other increasingly smaller mobile devices. Typically, as the number of chips per memory package increases, so does the thickness of the package. Using its Wafer Supporting System technology to makes wafers thinner during design... January 2005 [On The Wireless Front] On The Wireless Front Springfield, Virginia A new solution to the poor signal quality of wireless networks is as economical as it is flexible: the Nearson 7-dBi high-gain rubber-duck antenna. Now, blind spots and patchy signals can be replaced by high-quality reception without the cost or power consumption of high-powered radios. The Nearson 7-dBi antenna brings the performance of an infrastructure antenna to a portable antenna that is small, lightweight, and very cost... December 2004 [On The Wireless Front] On The Wireless Front Milpitas, California Linear Technology Corp. recently announced the LT3471. This dual-channel (boost/inverter), 1.3-A, 1.2-MHz DC/DC converter is packaged in a 3-x-3-mm DFN. It can be configured as a dual... November 2004 [On The Wireless Front] On The Wireless Front San Jose, California Micrel, Inc. recently rolled out four high-performance, low-dropout (LDO) regulators in the industry's smallest plastic packaging: the 2-x-2 MLF. The MIC5219/47/52/55 series is part of... September 2004 [New Products] One-Box Tester Supports Multiple Standards Until now, no technology has successfully measured both WLAN 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth modules from a single platform. Agilent Technologies, Inc. recently changed that trend with its N4010A one-box test set. This product replaces the golden radio... September 2004 [New Products] Synthesizers Guarantee 12,000 Hours Of Operation Engineers are constantly seeking ways to improve their designs. They can now get help from Aeroflex, which has achieved major design improvements with the addition of the 2200 series to its line of fast-switching frequency synthesizers. This series...  prev. page
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