RF
Bluetooth powered beacons: Get ready for new range of apps
Now there is a technology for smartphone users to get the locality information without going through the internet. They are Bluetooth beacons, a Bluetooth smart based radio transceivers. If you use this technology in your phone you can spot nearby hotels, restaurants, retail shopping outlets, or a
5 min readWATCH by Rice researchers smartly uses TV UHF band to offer super Wi-Fi
Now there is growing interest to utilise what is called whitespace, which is nothing but unused frequency bands in the UHF frequency range popularly used for television broadcasting world over. The UHF channel in a particular region is not being used by any television broadcaster, that whitespace
3 min readAstra Microwave uses NI AWR to design its GaAs MMIC
Astra Microwave Products Limited has designed an S-band gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductor based monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) digital phase shifter and a digital attenuator for active phased-array radars using NI AWR Design Environment software. Highlighted feature in the
1 min readCompact UHF transceiver from SATEL Oy meets present days stds.
The small radio data transceiver module "Satelline TR4" from Finnish manufacturer SATEL Oy offers transmitting power of 1,000 mW and is compatible with the protocols of Pacific Crest, Trimble and Satel. TR4 is suggested as ideal for integration in end devices that are intended for internationa
2 min readZigBee and Thread supporting chip for STB, gateways and IoT
GreenPeak Technologies launched GP712, a single radio multi-protocol chipset with multi-channel receive capability of both ZigBee and Thread data for set-top boxes, gateways, and other advanced IoT devices. Since ZigBee and Thread is gaining popularity in IoT communication space, GP712 kind of
2 min readFDD/TDD carrier aggregation helps LTE data speed and coverage improvement
The demand for speed is helping LTE market to grow faster. Infonetics says LTE revenue grew 69 percent in 2014 from the previous year. Mobile traffic demand is expected to grow nine times by 2020. To address the growing demand of mobile Internet, service providers using a concept called FDD/T
3 min readBluetooth remote control ref design supports touch mems, and microphone I/ps
Programmable radio on chip based reference design kit for developing Bluetooth low energy based remote control and also touch mouse is offered by Cypress Semiconductor. CY5672 PRoC BLE Remote Control reference design and CY5682 PRoC BLE Touch Mouse reference design is based on 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0
2 min readSynopsys to acquire Quotium's IAST Product, Seeker
Synopsys has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Quotium , including the Quotium Seeker product and R&D team. Synopsys said "The additional talent, technology and products will expand Synopsys' presence in the application security market by extending the Coverity platform
2 min readWideband 3GHz to 8GHz mixer improves upconversion performance
The new LTC5576, an active double balanced upconversion mixer from Linear Technology work in wide 3GHz to 8GHz frequency range. LTC5576 delivers high linearity of 25dBm OIP3 and a conversion loss of 2dB at 8GHz so that the signal quality is high compared to passive mixers, which typically said to ha
3 min readUltra low energy consuming RF module for IOT smart home
DSP Group has made available RF wireless module for smart home and such applications which can enable devices for IOT applications. The DHAN ULE module designed to consume ultra low energy is based on the DHX91 ULE SoC chip designed by DSP Group. DHAN module is termed as turn-key platform for Ul
3 min readGlofo's 28nm-SLP-RF for SOC chips with on-chip RF and app processor
Globalfoundries announced the development of 28nm High K dielectric metal gate (HKMG) technology complete with radio frequency (RF) modelling. This new process 28nm-SLP-RF is based on the GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 28nm Super Low Power (SLP) enabling VLSI chip design engineers to integrate critical RF syst
2 min readPlug-and play evaluation tool from NXP for RF energy applications
NXP announced plug-and play evaluation tools for RF energy applications such as solid-state cooking, RF sparkplugs, RF plasma lighting to RF heating/drying, medical therapy and any such applications. The evaluation tools, NXP’s new RF energy power amplifier in copper flange package and NXP’s LDMOS
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