Consumer

High sensitive TV tuner IC TDA18275 immune to interference

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled its latest new TV tuner chip TDA18275 for terrestrial and cable TV reception. The TDA18275 integrates RF tracking filter and FM filter, and is available in a small 5-mm x 5-mm 32-pin HVQFN package. Offering a very low noise figure of 3.5 dB and the best return

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Consumer

Gartner: Compulsory connectivity is the trend in consumer electronics

Gartner has predicted that global mobile devices — other than smartphones with a mobile data plan — per household will increase by more than eight percent annually through 2016 while 60 million Wi-Fi-only devices (mostly tablets) per year will be added to the household around the world. Gartner says

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