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Companies Team Up To Develop eWLB Packaging STMicroelectronics, STATS ChipPAC, and Infineon Technologies have agreed to jointly develop the next generation of embedded wafer-level ball-grid array (eWLB) technology. The R&D effort will focus on using both sides of a wafer to provide solutions for semiconductor devices with a higher integration level and a greater number of contact elements. — Staff August 13, 2008 E-911 Technology Serves 5 Million Calls A Month Car crashes. Outdoor accidents. Street crime. Dangerous emergencies happen every day. Cell phones, though, enable quick response. Phase-II Enhanced-911 (E-911) technology required by the Federal Communications Commission makes it easy for EMS personnel to arrive on the scene when the caller is unsure of the precise location. In fact, technology from TruePosition Inc. locates an average of 5 million 911 callers per month—that’s 165,000 calls a day. — Staff August 12, 2008 Top Global Launches TD-HSPA Router During Beijing Olympics The eyes of the world were on Beijing last Friday, as China opened the 2008 Summer Olympic Games with an unprecedented mix of pageantry and technology. But beyond the Bird’s Nest stadium, another communications marvel made a splash of its own as Top Global launched the world’s first time-division high-speed packet-access (TD-HSPA) router during the ceremonies. — Staff August 11, 2008 Is It Worth Waiting For The Next Generation iPhone? The media is simply overflowing with articles on Apple’s iPhone 2.0 which came out last month. (June 9). I have already had the feeling that I was the only writer/editor/blogger/pundit who had NOT written about this device. So, here is my two cents worth. But to liven this up, I will tell you what I think will be the new and better features of the third version of the iPhone, not the newest one, but the (hypothetical) one just beyond. — Louis E. Frenzel August 6, 2008 Openmoko Publishes Schematics For Its Neo Phones Openmoko will publish the schematics for its Neo 1973 and Neo FreeRunner mobile phones, further opening its mobile platform to the development community. Unlike other mobile phone manufacturers, the company already includes a free and open-source (FOSS) operating system and open applications with these phones. — Staff August 1, 2008 Qualcomm Achieves World's First HSPA+ Data Call High-Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) is now in business. On July 31, Qualcomm completed the world’s first data call using the wireless networking technology. According to the company, the call achieved a data-transfer rate of more than 20 Mbits/s in a 5-MHz channel. With HSPA+, operators can double the data capacity and triple the voice capacity of their networks, compared to current HSPA deployments. — Staff November 2, 2007 SDR Forum Adding Tactical Radio SIG, Moving On Other Initiatives The Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum is establishing a special interest group (SIG) that will focus on the needs of the worldwide tactical radio community. The Forum, a nonprofit international industry association supporting the advancement of reconfigurable wireless technology, also announced that members will vote on approval of four significant documents at the organization’s general meeting on Nov. 9... — Staff November 2, 2007 IR Receivers Feature Long Range, High Noise Immunity Designed for long-range operation in infrared remote control, data transmission, and light-barrier applications, the TSOP85 series of surface-mount infrared receiver modules targets portable systems requiring very small component profiles. — Staff November 2, 2007 LNA Boasts 20.5-dBm Gain, 0.8-dBm Noise Figure Taking advantage of the company’s advanced, low-power SiGe BiCMOS process, the MAX2659 high-gain, low-noise amplifier (LNA) from Maxim Integrated Products achieves a 20.5-dB gain and a noise figure of 0.8 dB. The device hits these performance levels while maximizing the input-referred 1-dB compression point and third-order intercept point at -12 dBm and -2 dBm, respectively. — Staff November 2, 2007 4-GHz Attenuators Suit WiMAX, WiFi, WiBro A series of broadband 2-W BNC attenuators from Coaxial Dynamics is rated from dc to 4 GHz, which includes WiMax, WiFi, and WiBro testing applications. The 6902-BNCF series offers a VSWR of 1.25:1 maximum through 4 GHz and their accuracy is ±0.3 dB to 6 dB, ±0.5 dB to 20 dB, and ±0.75 dB to 30 dB. — Staff November 2, 2007 WiMAX Measurement Solution Demonstrated At PlugFest Participants at the WiMAX Forum’s recent public Mobile WiMAX PlugFest, an interoperability showcase in Taipei, Taiwan, were able to use Agilent Technologies Inc.’s Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005) measurement solutions. The company’s Mobile WiMAX testing products include the Agilent MXG, Signal Studio, MXA, 89601A Vector Signal Analyzer software, and the E6651A Mobile WiMAX Test Set. — Staff November 2, 2007 High-Performance Receive Downconverters Hit Production Volume Several single-channel and diversity downconverters from Skyworks Solutions Inc., including the SKY73032 and the SKY73021, have reached volume production with industry leading infrastructure OEMs, with more than one million units shipped. — Staff October 3, 2007 Dozens Of Products Certified To Next-Generation Wi-Fi Standard More than 95 next-generation IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 products have been Wi-Fi Certified in the testing program’s first three months, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance. The first wave of products, from nearly 30 manufacturers, includes access points, laptop computers, routers, and wireless networking cards. — Staff October 3, 2007 Firms Cooperate On WiMAX Interoperability Testing In order to ensure that mobile WiMAX wireless products work properly together and with other products globally, Intel Corp., Nokia, and Nokia Siemens Networks have embarked on an interoperability-testing program. The program will test products across Intel’s forthcoming WiMAX silicon for laptops and mobile Internet devices, Nokia’s WiMAX devices, and Nokia Siemens Network’s WiMAX infrastructure equipment. — Staff October 3, 2007 High-Definition Digital Radios Available In Most Ford Vehicles Dealer-installed high-definition digital radios are now available as an option on nearly all 2008 model year Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles. The program makes the Ford Motor Co. the first automaker to offer HD digital radios across multiple product lines, according to the company. Additionally, HD digital radios can be installed on many earlier models from 2005, 2006, and 2007. — Staff September 7, 2007 USB Modems Support Faster HSUPA Data Speeds A pair of USB modems for High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) networks offer tri-band connectivity and faster data speeds to mobile broadband networks worldwide. Theoretically the modems more than five times that of current High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) networks at a maximum transmit speed of 2 Mbits/s. Downlink speeds are also improved with a theoretical maximum of 7.2 Mbits/s. — Staff September 7, 2007 Tiny Front-End ICs For Mobile Devices Are Highly Integrated A series of three front-end ICs (FEICs) from Anadigics Inc. come in low-profile standard packages and target space-constrained applications like next-generation, WiFi-enabled smart phones and other consumer products. The AWL9230/9231/9232 offer the industry’s highest level of GaAs on-chip integration, according to Anadigics. — Staff September 7, 2007 Single-Chip DTV Receiver Will Keep Analog TVs Going Designed to address the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) digital-to-analog converter box program, the BCM3543 from Broadcom Corp. is a turnkey, digital television-on-chip with associated software. The NTIA program is intended to help extend the life of existing analog televisions by providing US residents with coupons to defray the cost of converter boxes when the FCC requires broadcasters to switch to digital broadcasts. — Staff September 7, 2007 XO/VCXO Are User-Programmable For Any Frequency From 10 MHz To 1.4 GHz The Si570 and Si571 are the first user-programmable crystal oscillator (Si570) and voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (Si571) that can support any-rate frequency synthesis, according to Silicon Laboratories. Using patented DSPLL technology and an industry-standard I²C interface, users can program either device to generate any frequency from 10 MHz to 1.4 GHz at jitter levels of 0.3 ps rms. The oscillators can be reprogrammed an unlimited number of times. — Staff September 7, 2007 L-/S-Band LNA Features Very Low Noise Figure With a noise figure of just 0.35 dB (typical) and 19 dB of associated gain at 2 GHz, NEC’s latest GaAs HJ-FET low-noise amplifier, the NE3510M04, is well suited for use as a first stage amplifier in satellite radio antenna applications. — Staff  prev. page
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