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RF switch for IoT, smart home and smart lighting
Skyworks is offering IoT Switches for smart home and smart lighting: Below are the brief specs and features: SKY13587-378LF: pHEMT GaAs FET I/C switch that can be used in various transmit/receive applications. It supports frequency range of 20 MHz to 6 GHz) has low insertion loss of 0.35 dB typ
1 min read20 more GaN RF transistor Modelithics models from Qorvo
RF semiconductor IC specialist Qorvo is expanding the popular Modelithics Qorvo GaN Library of high accuracy non-linear models for Qorvo transistors by adding over 20 new Qorvo GaN transistor models to its present GaN library which has 29 packaged and die transistor models. RF and microwave activ
2 min readGaN HEMT from Cree enhances TWT based radar systems' performance
Cree says its new GaN HEMT (high-electron-mobility transistor) transistors for TWT -based radar systems increase the life of such systems and also enable near-instant-on capability – with no warm up, longer detection ranges and improved target discrimination. The first device offering pulse
3 min readWorld’s first 500Mbaud HSR satellite demodulator chip
STMicroelectronics has announced the world’s first 500Mbaud High-Symbol-Rate (HSR) satellite demodulator chip. STiD135 enables significantly more efficient bandwidth usage and increased throughput in satellite Internet provisioning when deployed with transponders aimed at using the higher frequency
3 min readShanghai Stollmann selects NFC transceiver from STMicro
Shanghai Stollmann Communication Technology selected NFC transceiver from STMicroelectronics for its new NFC/RFID UART1 module. The NFCMod+S68 module integrates ST’s ST95HF NFC/RFID transceiver IC and an STM32F4 microcontroller with Shanghai Stollmann’s NFC protocol stacks and a UART driver. Com
2 min readLTE baseband processors' sales overtook 3G baseband in 2014
Strategy Analytics reported the global cellular baseband processor market grew an impressive 14.1 percent year-over-year to reach $22.1 billion in calendar year 2014. The other findings and comments by the Strategy Analytics includes: Based on this research from Strategy Analytics, Qualcomm, Me
2 min readARM gains low power Bluetooth expertise through two acquisitions
Keeping eye on growing importance of Bluetooth in ultra low-power systems such as wearables, CPU IP vendor ARM has acquired Wicentric, a Bluetooth Smart stack and profile provider, and Sunrise Micro Devices (SMD), a provider of sub-one volt Bluetooth radio intellectual property (IP). ARM said t
1 min readChip integrates NFC & EPC Gen2V2 dual-frequency RFID
EM Microelectronic announced the EM4423 RFID circuit featuring a UHF EPC Gen2V2 RF and an NFC Type 2 interface. EM Microelectronic says device such as this is world's first and is uniquely suited for manufacturers/brands which are compelled to support EPC functionality for retail logistics and inven
2 min readHigh speed 5G research: 10 Gbps speeds in a 5G test demo by Nokia
Though full-fledged implementation of 5G networks is still looks to be anywhere around two or three years from now, but there are interesting technology demonstrations happening more frequently. At the recently held Brooklyn 5G summit in US, Nokia Networks demonstrated 5G network with the speed of
3 min readZ-Wave's new IoT design competition for start-up companies
The Z-Wave Alliance announced a new competition called Z-Wave Labs Program for start-up companies and entrepreneurs looking to bring Z-Wave products to market. The program will reward one selected individual/company each month starting in May 2015 with a 12-month membership to the Z-Wave Alliance
3 min readMicrosemi to acquire Vitesse Semiconductor for US$389 million
Microsemi has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vitesse for $5.28 per share with the total transaction value is approximately $389 million. Vitesse develops semiconductor chips for mobile access/IP edge, enterprise cloud access, and industrial-IoT networking. Though Vitesse develops
2 min read100 Watts CW, 0.03 to 3 GHz microwave device with PIN diode SP2T switch
Microwave device MASW-011055 from M/A-COM is a new high power PIN diode SP2T switch operating over the 0.03 to 3 GHz frequency range and is suggested for high power military and civilian radio applications requiring higher CW and pulsed power operation for land mobile radio applications. MASW-0
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