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February 11, 2008
FCC Meeting Goals For Spectrum Auction
As you may have heard, the FCC started auctioning off 62 MHz of prime spectrum space in the 700 MHz region January 24th. This is the spectrum being abandoned by the UHF TV stations as they switch from analog to digital format on February 17, 2009. This is excellent spectrum space as it supports longer range and greater penetration than the higher cellular and microwave frequencies. — Louis E. Frenzel

January 2, 2008
Competition For A Wireless Video Home Heats Up
As short range wireless technologies have gotten speedier over the years, most companies have been seeking ways for their technology to gain a foothold in the high volume consumer electronics market to transmit video over short distances to eliminate the gaggle of cables we’ve gotten used to. — Louis E. Frenzel

March 2005
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... — Staff

February 2005
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... — Staff

January 2005
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... — Staff

December 2004
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... — Staff

November 2004
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... — Staff

October 2004
On The Wireless Front
Boise, Idaho Micron Technology, Inc. recently announced qualification of the 288-Mb, reduced-latency, dynamic-random-access-memory II (RLDRAM II) products, which are now available in volume production.... — John Blyler

September 2004
On The Wireless Front
Thanks to its introduction of a 256-kB, electrically erasable and programmable ROM (EEPROM) embedded smart card, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. now offers a full lineup of high-performance, high-capacity smart-card technologies. The smart-card... — Cheryl Ajluni

July/August 2004
On The Wireless Front
Milpitas, California A new RF active mixer from Linear Technology provides linearity and signal-to-noise performance that match that of passive mixers. As a result, it allows designers to build 3G cellular... — Cheryl Ajluni

June 2004
On The Wireless Front
Norcross, Georgia Eagleware Corp. is shipping the latest version of its popular suite of design software for RF and microwave engineers. Known as GENESYS 2004, this release includes many features like new... — Cheryl Ajluni

May 2004
Wireless Front
Sunnyvale, California Maxim Integrated Products now offers the MAX3747/MAX3747A 3.3-V, low-power, multirate limiting amplifiers with a programmable loss-of-signal (LOS) indicator. Pin-compatible to the Micrel... — Cheryl Ajluni

April 2004
On The Wireless Front
Chelmsford, Massachusetts Hittite Microwave Corp. now offers four high-IP3, GaAs MMIC low-noise amplifiers (LNAs). These products are ideal for receiver applications in wireless base stations. Each pHEMT LNA... — Cheryl Ajluni

March 2004
On The Wireless Front
Santa Clara, California National Semiconductor Corp. now offers a high-performance CMOS analog-to-digital converter (ADC). This ADC requires 75% less power than most comparable products on the market. The... — Cheryl Ajluni

February 2004
On The Wireless Front
Milpitas, California Linear Technology now offers the LTC1407A and LTC1407 analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). These 14-b and 12-b, 3-MSample/s ADCs have two simultaneous sampling inputs. Plus, the... — Cheryl Ajluni

November/December 2003
On The Wireless Front
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania A new series of low-phase-noise, oven-controlled crystal oscillators is available from Techtrol Cyclonetics, Inc. These high-performance SC crystal oscillators are offered in... — Cheryl Ajluni