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RF / Microwave

Last update: 2nd June 2010
Top Stories  

People using 4G wireless to cross 1 billion by end of 2012

Peregrine semiconductor and IBM jointly developing new RF CMOS

Wi-Fi and WiGig Alliance ally to develop next gen Wi-Fi operating in 60 GHz band

Home control automation demo from Z-wave gets more attention

Robust market demand for semiconductor devices in 2010

Latest semiconductor market stats from SIA and IDC

The market growth to continue for semiconductor industry in remaining quarters of 2010

Get the search engine results of any physical things by scanning its RF ID tag

NXP Semiconductor's ICODE shipment crosses 1 billion

Ralink's 802.11n plus Bluetooth chip passes Bluetooth 3.0 + HS Qualification

GPS based trial road test by NXP Semiconductor and IBM declared successful

It's the beginning of boom time for 3g and 4g semiconductor chip vendors

RF Micro Devices is in for more defence collaboration and orders

RF Micro Devices producing its RF720x WCDMA/HSPA+ power amplifiers in volumes

Fujitsu's vein pattern scanning tech is adopted at a hospital in U.S. to identify patients

Fujitsu selling its RF/wireless modules in North American OEM market

Cavium showcases its chips and software for 3G and WiMAX networks at MWC

Continuous Computing, picoChip and Cavium partnering on LTE femtocell reference design

Germany's Pepper One opens certification centre for Z-Wave devices

Somfy selects Melexis' single chip RFID transceiver IC to drive its security apps

Bluetooth v3.0 + High Speed wireless functionality to enhance Broadcom's chips

Novatel selects Anadigics power amplifiers to drive its wireless broadband USB modems

ASTRI uses R & S advanced test solution to verify its TD-LTE Femto base stations

NXP's design kit for RF small signal products within Agilent's Advanced Design System

Motorola home and network mobility solutions for Far EasTone WiMAX 4G service

Altair and ANADIGICS partnered to drive LTE technology development

New 3G/4G mobile hotspot from Sierra powered by Beceem's 4G WiMAX solution

Sigma and Ralink partnering on 802.11n Wi-Fi ref. design for consumer electronic apps

Microchip gains WiFi capabilities by acquiring ZeroG Wireless

Redbridge deploy BridgeWave's gigabit multiple wireless links in its video surveillance system

Atmel collaborates with H&D to deliver power efficient embedded Wi-Fi solution

EMU In-Home Display from Rainforest earns ZigBee Smart Energy product certification

ITM selects Broadcom's Bluetooth tech for its hands-free car kits

Upgraded tech from broadcom to enhance bluetooth and Wi-Fi co-existence in notebooks

Alcatel-Lucent increased its IP router market share by four percent

Battery less TV remote control from NEC and Soundpower

AWR incorporates AMPSA's multimatch amplifier design tech into its microwave office

Towerstream deploys BridgeWave's 80 GHz links into its WiMAX backhaul network

Airspan's WiMAX products are FCC certified

Given Imaging's camera capsules employs Zarlink's wireless RF chip

There Corporation is new partner of Z-Wave Alliance

AeroScout's Wi-Fi RFID solution powering Ultimo's hospital software

Infineon and Nokia collaborated to develop advanced RF transceiver solutions for HSPA

New Telefónica HSPA+ network deployed with Sierra AirCard USB 307 modem in Spain

Motorola gains push-to-talk advantage by acquiring RadioFrame's iDEN products

Broadcom supports WAPI in its WLAN ICs

Cisco and HP lead in fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch segment

Internet audio growth to drive demand for Class D and class G/H amplifiers ICs

Indian Telecom market: ITI and Intel right match for growth of wireless broadband n/ws

ST Micro and Mayo clinic collaborate on remote patient monitoring technology

Newton selects Broadcom's Bluetooth tech for its MoGo Talk wireless headset

Jennic demos low-power ZigBee with the energy harvested from an electro- mechanical switch

Widex employs Mentor's analog/mixed-signal simulators to its wireless chips

Medical electronics firms employ advanced Bluetooth to access patient data wirelessly

Circuit Emulation products from Zarlink semiconductor wins MEF 18 certification

European research project "BioP@ss" aims to develop electronic ID card in chip card format

ADT security services is the new member of Z-Wave Alliance

New ALR-9900-EMA reader from Alien deploys EPC Gen 2 RFID solutions

SP AusNet select Motorola's mobile broadband tech to power WiMAX-based smart metering apps

Extreme Networks and Motorola collaborates to provide secure, fast 802.11n services

MontaVista now supports 4G wireless networks with OpenSAF capabilities

LG Electronics implements Rayspan's metamaterial antenna in its mobile phones

Marvell supports new "Wi-Fi Direct" standard for 802.11 WLAN devices

Radio platform streaming new-gen Internet content from Ensigma and Imagination Tech

Microsemi wins $2 million contract to develop SiC RF components for Avionics apps

Joint RF4CE development platform from TI, C.G. Development and Quanta

ORBCOMM selects Sierra Wireless for its M2M web services platform

Premium Wi-Fi Service jointly by Qualcomm and Wandering

Broadcom's Wi-Fi reference designs are selected for the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n Test Bed

Joint development of LTE based mobile-terminal platform

Sierra Wireless integrates Anyware Tech to enhance its M2M solution capabilities

Radiocrafts and Sierra Wireless jointly launches gateway for smart meters

ZTE selects LSI SP2600 media processor solution for wireless applications

Peregrine Semiconductor records a shipment of 500 million UltraCMOS RFICs

Samsung adopting Skyworks' RF front-end devices to power its 3G mobile handsets

Fujitsu is now shipping SAW filter-less 3G transceiver for mobile phones

Atheros to acquire Intellon to expand its network device domain

Freescale's new unified common platforms enable 3G to support LTE and other 4G standards

LSI and Aricent extends their collaboration to next-generation wireless/wireline networks

Aruba's FIPS 140-2 validated 802.11n solution for secure wireless networking apps

Dow-Key Microwave receives GOLD supplier award from Northrop Grumman

TriQuint acquires TriAccess to offer devices capable of triple-play services

Airmagnet say Cisco's WLAN AP can be skyjacked

A new M2M solutions JV named nPhase by Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm

Jazz Semiconductor replacing GaAs RF component process with SiGe process

No major change in Wi-Fi certification program after IEEE802.11n draft approval

Broadcom broadening the use of Bluetooth

Semiconductor revenues from WiMax based Micro, Pico and Femtocells to grow at 260%

Trusted Logic and NXP semiconductor partner to sell bundled NFC solutions

Bluetooth SIG is conducting Bluetooth application design contest

Ericsson completes delivery of new GSM base station hardware to VodaFone Essar

NXP's RFID chips and expertise tapped by Siemens for its pharmaceutical RFID sys

TI's processors to support femtocell software from Continuous Computing and mimoOn

World's number 1 semiconductor vendor Intel pushes WiMAX into faster growth mode

Agilent's PDKs for Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS Process

World's first LTE based 4G site is launched in Sweden

A white paper on benefits of adaptive beamforming in WiMAX Networks

Key Stream transfers its wireless LAN business to Renesas

Wireless protocol RuBee to address unique market requirements

Atmel and TazTag partering to deliver NFC based electronic wallet

White paper on technical challenges in Mobile WiMAX

Oberthur Technologies SIM cards and NXP's NFP devices are interoperable

Freescale takes number one position in Zigbee chipset market

Panasonic has launched exclusive RF module website for RF design engineers

Webinar on design and certification of embedded wireless systems

Nokia selects Broadcom as a next generation 3G chipset supplier

Cypress Semiconductor's new module can download a movie to a phone in a minute

Fabless wireless IC vendors SiRF and CSR are merged

Alvarion to demonstrate WiMAX broadband at Mobile World Congress event

Single-Chip GPS receiver jointly developed by Seiko Epson and Infineon

TRIQUINT Semiconductor posts impressive full year 2008 results

Broadcom EDGE Platform gets a customer

ZTE launching new telecom technologies at brisk pace

Infineon high dependency on automotive and wireless sucks its revenues

Broadcom WiFi/Bluetooth software supports Google's Android platform

Analog Devices filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hittite Microwave

Atmel targets Zigbee market by acquiring MeshNetics ZigBee IP

ST Microelectronics has bought NXP's 20 % stake in ST-NXP Wireless JV with Ericsson mobile

China's ZTE aims to be one of top 3 GSM vendors in this year

WiMAX IC market opportunities in India

Broadcom 4th Q 08 revenue results; not so bad, but layoffs planned

NXP chips enable Moscow metro to operate via contactless paper tickets

Qualcomm and LT Mobile sign CDMA subscriber unit license agreement

Wireless IC expert Marvell revises its Q4 fiscal 09 financial outlook

Micrel and Cyan partner to jointly develop industrial RF modules

U.S. ITC has affirmed infringement ruling against SiRF on GPS-related patents

Fujitsu testing labs to support LTE wireless research and testing

ST Microelectronics and Paratek to jointly develop tunable products for mobile phones

Herley's HGMI is awarded $7.1 million contract to produce microwave assemblies

Wireless USB to VGA kit wins CES innovation award

Broadcom demonstrates Bluetooth at data-rates of 24 Mb/sec

Video over Wi-Fi reference design solutions from Broadcom

TriQuint reports 500%(quarterly) increase in sales from its RF ICs used in smart phones

Lightweight satellites related study-contract to Harris from US Air Force

Merrimac granted a patent for a complex RF module

Qualcomm is granted license to distribute Skyhook Wi-Fi Positioning on gpsOne Platform

NXP and Renesas expand license agreement on NXP's MIFARE technology

Triquint's new GaAs process enables the design of high throw count switches in RFICs

Multifunctional car key developed by BMW and NXP can handle e-transactions

India is playing important role in WiMAX success

RFID business of Intel is acquired by Impinj Inc

Andrew Corp. open it's newly built production facility in Goa, India

New surface mount package called "Gigamite" from Microsemi for hi-rel RF semiconductor devices

Asahi window glass signals to their boss while it’s breaking.

Anadigics, The “powerful supplier” of  mobile rf power amplifiers has shipped production volumes of it’s power amplifiers to Nokia and Samsung.



New Products

18W and 30W GaAs FETs from Toshiba operate in the 12.7 to 13.2 GHz range

4W C-Band GaAs MMIC from Toshiba for satellite application

New series of C-Band devices from Toshiba aims for microwave radios and SSPAs

Compact wireless LAN module from Fujitsu for low power communication

50W GaN HEMT power amplifier from Toshiba for C-BAND SATCOM applications

2.4-GHz audio transceiver SoC IC from TI for wireless audio devices

Freescale gets serious in RF; launches new LDMOS and enters GaAs MMICs

Anadigics' high linearity power amplifiers for femtocells and picocells

Bluetooth IC connect directly to antenna without an external balun

NXP Semiconductor prepares SiGe devices for RF apps as alternative to GaAs

Passive RF mixers with on-chip balun and IF amplifier

Cinedigm adding another 300 satellite-enabled theaters by end of 2010

NXP Semiconductor's new security enhanced RFID chips UCODE G2iL and G2iL+

4G LTE and 3G HSPA+ power amplifiers from Anadigics

ISM band RF transceiver from ADI supports Zigbee and such protocols

2300MHz to 4000MHz SiGe passive mixer for LTE, WiMAX, and MMDS

New amplifier chip to extend the range of wireless sensor networks

Femtocell reference design from TI support 32 users

RF Configurable Power Core from RF Micro Devices

18-50GHz highpass filter from K&L Microwave

New HSPA+ chip solution from Infineon for 3G smart phones

TriQuint Semiconductor expands its RF portfolio for 3G/4G

Dual-band CDMA power amplifier from Anadigics for mobile handsets

RF power amp modules from Triquint Semiconductor for WCDMA and GSM/EDGE

New short-range wireless tech from Sony for transferring media data

'3G phone-on-a-chip' from Broadcom targets low cost smartphones

New LNB controller IC devices for direct broadcast satellite apps

New reference design to upgrade wireless networks for high bandwidth smartphone apps

3.5 GHz power amplifier from Anadigics for Mobile WiMAX applications

Small RF front-end module from Infineon for GPS apps

High-efficient 3G/4G wireless base station RFICs from TriQuint Semiconductor

Compact wireless N USB adapter from D-Link with 150Mbps uplink/downlink data rate

Multimode HSPA+/EDGE/GPRS RF transceiver from Infineon

Single-chip AISG-compliant transceiver for base stations and tower-mounted equipment

5 GHz WLAN power Amp from Anadigics for WiFi and WHDI applications

Single-chip, dual-band IEEE 802.11n USB adapter SoC solution from Broadcom

Wireless N USB network adapter from Actiontec with 802.11n and USB 2.0 connectivity

PSC series of RF spiral inductors from Vishay for wire bonded assemblies

High linearity IF gain block amplifiers for high frequency range electronic devices

SPDT RF switches for wireless infrastructure, ISM, broadband apps

Digital TV platform from NXP now supports 21:9 panels running at 60 Hz

UHF RFID reader IC with programmable dense reader mode

ZigBee RF4CE protocol on PIC MCUs for RF remote controls and consumer electronics

DucoTronic system based on Z-Wave wireless tech uses CO2 sensors to provide fresh air

PoE switches from Axiomtek powers IEEE802.3af compliant powered devices

InGaP HBT 2.4 - 2.5 GHz power amplifier for IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN apps

Sony's new semiconductor chips supporting its wireless protocol TransferJet

125 kHz single-channel wakeup receiver IC

New gateway splitters from Anadigics featuring up to eight RF outputs

Reference design to track real-time logistics data wirelessly

RFMD qualifies and releases 48V, 30W GaN unmatched power transistor

NEC's new 10Base-T and 100Base-TX/FX Ethernet physical layer chips

Rugged media converter from AXIOMTEK for fiber optics cabling deployment

1-meter microwave backhaul antenna from Andrew

Smallest MIL-STD-1553 remote terminal solution from Holt Integrated Circuits

Low frequency RFID IC with OTP functionality for access control systems

Edge-to-Core Ethernet switch portfolio for mobile and broadband networks

2 GHz to 3GHz up/down converting SiGe mixer for 3G base stations

14Gbps single-chip VCSEL driver and limiting amplifier for Ethernet/Fibre channel apps

16-bit MCUs embedded with IEEE802.15.4-compliant 2.4 GHz RF transceiver

Wireless N VDSL modem router with single CPE solution for HDTV and Multimedia apps

11n WLAN and Bluetooth on single chip for smartphone and smartbook markets

Intelligent wireless lighting reference design from Jennic

700MHz to 4GHz downconverting mixers from Linear for wireless basestations

IF sampling receiver subsystem from National Semiconductor for wireless basestations

Full-duplex IF transceiver from TI for wireless backhaul apps

New GPS location processor with built-in CPU from CSR

802.11n technology for outdoor-use with Mesh WAN solution from Motorola

Single-chip WiMAX MIMO RF transceiver from Maxim

Single-chip UHF ASK/FSK RF transmitter with built-in AVR MCU from Atmel

A wireless security solution from AirTight with McAfee Security Innovation

802.11n single chip WLAN ICs from Atheros for PCs and Broadband CPEs

MEMS and Zigbee combined compact module for motion recognition

New series of RFICs from ADI for LTE and 4G cellular base stations

Alien Technology adds "Dynamic Authentication" to its Higgs-3 RFID IC security

Satellite set-top box SoC solution with integrated MoCA 1.1 and DLNA support

Single-chip RFIC for multi-standard digital TV applications from Analog Devices

New HF RFID reader IC for 13.56MHz reader applications

New Single-chip for Bluetooth, FM and GPS and a WLAN IC for mobile phones

Dual-downconverting SiGe mixers with high linearity for wireless base stations

UMTS femto base-station devices with PHY interface for WCDMA/GSM networks

CMOS transmit module for mobile handsets from Amalfi Semiconductor

RF power devices for TD-SCDMA wireless networks from Freescale

EMI filter offering high level of attenuations for smart phones and such hand-held devices

Infineon's new single-chip 802.11n WLAN IC for Wi-Fi home gateways

NXP's dual tuner RF system for single cable and legacy satellite reception

Semtech’s low-power 300MHz-510MHz transceiver and receiver for ISM RF Band

LNA for remote keyless and tire pressure monitoring automotive applications

Small size dual band Wi-Fi front-end IC for mobile phones

New upconverting Mixer from Linear supporting full range of LTE services

New 802.11-b/g compliant Wi-Fi chip, module, kit by G2 micro

SAW filter operating at 2.6 GHz range with high selectivity

New UHF RFID reader IC from austriamicrosystems

New pHEMT transistors and HBT broadband MMICs in SMT packages

Digital FM radio tuner for digital audio receivers

ASK/OOK receiver operating in frequency range of 300MHz to 450MHz

Dual LDMOS integrated power amplifiers supporting doherty mode

Agilent MMIC products now available for external customers

SiRF launched its next version of GPS navigation processor SiRFatlasIV

14-bit dual-channel IF/ baseband receiver with ADCs and DACs

New Doherty amplifier based on the LDMOS transistor

ADI's new ISM-band RF transceivers for smart grid and home automation

Wideband LNA and driver amplifier MMICs in surface mount package

Broadcom offering couple of chips and software for developing 802.11n WLAN systems

ADI's new RF transceivers for WiMAX base stations

Sierra Wireless adds embedded intelligence feature in mobile gateways and routers

RF quadrature/low IF transceiver IC for a frequency ranges of 100MHz to 1GHz

NXP launched two new HS-CAN transceivers for automotive ECUs

Industry standard NFC controller chip from NXP Semiconductor

TI's Silicon and software for ZigBee based remote control design

ST Microelectronics's new hardware kit to develop wireless sensor networks

GSM/GPRS module in QFN package for embedded wireless applications

LDMOS driver amplifier RFICs for 2 GHz wireless applications

New evaluation kit from Atmel for Ultra Wide Band (UWB)

Analog devices release single-channel RF mixers for aerospace and military equipments

Dual down converting SiGe mixers for wireless broadband base stations

Front end modules for IEEE 802.11b/g/n applications in 2.4 to 2.5GHz range

New UMTS femto base-station transceiver chipset

WCDMA power amplifiers with integrated directional couplers

LTE power amplifiers and FEMs for 4G handsets & PC cards

Software Defined Radio solution for GSM/EDGE base-stations

New WiMAX SoC from Fujitsu can enable the design of WiMAX dongle

RF module for 3G Internet access on either HSPA or CDMA2000

First wireless USB modems for HSPA+ mobile broadband networks

Bluetooth, GPS and FM radio in a 65nm SoC device

GSM/GPRS wireless modules for M2M solutions

Next generation 3G converged RF architecture for mobile devices

GaN HEMT microwave transistors for telecommunications applications

GaN RF power amplifier for wireless applications

NXP's doherty amplifiers for CDMA basestations eliminates extra tuning

High efficiency GaN based RF power amplifier with output power up to 10 watts

2G/3G/LTE RF transceiver supports data rates up to 150 Mbps

New device to build entry level Wi-Fi router out of single IC

PIN diode microwave switch drivers with switching speeds of less than 10 ns

New single pole double throw GaAs RFIC Switch for wireless applications

Zigbee radio module with Ember's EM260 transceiver

Wireless sensing kit for pressure, humidity, temperature and light

Track a specific cow or sheep in herd through NXP's new RF ID ICs

ARM 7 based Zigbee radio module and development kit

Parasitic reduction tool from Agilent to enhance RFIC simulation speed

Broadband I/Q quadrature modulator with AGC circuitry

Microcontroller for wireless keyboard/mouse

Smart-card analog front-end interface IC with ESD protection

Integrated GPS front-end module with in-built filter and LNA functions

Fully integrated receive front-end module for GPS applications

13.56 MHz RFID reference design offers 64-bit encryption engine

Fully integrated frequency translator for in wireless communications

ISM-band system-on-chips integrates RF, microcontroller and ADC

Radio IC with GPS RF front end and bluetooth 2.1 + EDR controller

Down-converting Mixer for WCS, LTE, WiMAX, and MMDS Base Stations

WiMAX SoC supports femto base stations, and can scale to pico and micro

TDK's high-attenuation Band Pass Filter for 2.4 GHz WLAN and Bluetooth

Microcontroller for M2M wireless communication applications

Agilent's new Ultra Mobile PC solution for handheld wireless measurements

New 17 to 34 GHz up-converter from Mimix Broadband

New frequency agile RF receiver chip from Melexis

Microchip has released IEEE802.15.4 P2P wireless stack

Fujitsu to release Wimax chipsets for mobile phones

Broadcom releases new set of devices to build 802.11n based Wi-Fi Routers

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RF front-end in a single chip

20 GHz HJ FET from NEC is with 0.7dB Noise Figure.

NEC's DPDT switches for WLAN and ISM applications

New test mode for WIMAX vendors from Aeroflex and AT4 wirelss.   

Intel’s WIMAX SOC supports both fixed and mobile networks

New Wimax Transceivers from NXP

NXP Semiconductor (Old Philips Semiconductor) has released  a wireless USB device controller for wireless USB applications.

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