RF
Adax and Public Wireless' small cell systems tested for interoperability
Adax and Public Wireless have announced the successful Inter-Operability Test (IOT) between the Adax EPC small footprint network core and the Public Wireless MUGU eNodeB platform. Public Wireless' low power, and compact MultiRAN pico basestation products support 3G UTMS, LTE, and xCDMA applicatio
2 min readAricent to develop LTE TDD small cell solution for the Chinese market
Aricent has partnered with Fujian Sunnada Communication Co., Ltd to develop and offer a comprehensive LTE TDD small cell solution, which has been especially customized for the Chinese market. “Small cells are critical for proliferation of LTE, and TDD is the technology of choice in China” said P
1 min readADSL/VDSL2 Wi-Fi gateway from Sagemcom powered by 802.11n ICs from Quantenna
Belgacom has started to deploy to its broadband customers in Belgium the new ADSL/VDSL2 Wi-Fi concurrent dual band gateway called from Sagemcom designed using Quantenna 4x4 MIMO WLAN chipsets working in the 5GHz band. Bbox3's WiFi uses 802.11n standards to stream video content and data throughout th
3 min readIBM's SiGe RF front end chip tech for Tektronix' 70GHz scopes
Tektronix said its 70 GHz real-time oscilloscopes to feature IBM's latest 9HP silicon-germanium (SiGe) chip-making process. Tektronix says "Operating at speeds up to 350 GHz, 9HP is the first SiGe technology in the industry featuring the density of 90nm BiCMOS and delivers higher performance, low
2 min readNew improved process from STMicroelectronics for making RF devices
ST Microelectronics has achieved an improved process for making RF devices called Optimized RF Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) process which reduces size of multi-band radios for 4G and other high-speed wireless connections. ST explains: In wireless devices, the RF front-end circuit is typically built
5 min readReconfigurable radio IC for phones in 28nm unveiled at VLSI circuits Symposium
imec and Renesas Electronics have showcased multi-standard radio frequency (RF) receiver IC made in 28nm CMOS technology At this week’s VLSI circuits Symposium in Kyoto (Japan) (June 12-14, 2013). Both also announced 28nm CMOS analog-to-digital converter (ADC) targeting wide-bandwidth standards suc
2 min readABI: 1.5 billion chipsets with 802.11ad to ship in 2018
ABI says the growth of 802.11ac and 802.11ad will occur in very different ways. 802.11ac will explode into devices, including smartphones, from the start while 802.11ad will see a more modest and staggered growth. 802.11ac is being pushed into smartphones by key carriers’ device requirements that ar
3 min readCree shipped 2M+ GaN transistors for use in cellular wireless
Cree has disclosed that it has shipped more than two million GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) for cellular telecommunications. GaN HEMT devices are used in transmitter amplifiers to reduce power consumption, size, and increase bandwidth capabilities. Cree quotes "The world’s mobile
2 min readSoC for IoT application with smart Bluetooth radio
Broadcom has launched Bluetooth RF transceiver integrated SoC chip to power Internet of Things (IoT) devices from a coin cell battery for more than a year without recharge or replacement of battery. The Smart Bluetooth SoC allows peripherals such as heart rate monitors, pedometers, door locks, lig
2 min readWi-Fi IC for enabling IoT feature in simple embedded systems
Broadcom has made available a WiFi IC for interfacing to a 8/16 bit MCUs powering devices and equipments which need to be controlled using Internet of Things feature. "Powering the 'Internet of Things' requires exceptionally advanced technology delivered in an exceptionally simple way," said Bri
2 min readZigBee Alliance and ECHONET collaborate on smart-home tech certification
The ZigBee Alliance and the ECHONET Consortium have announced a liaison agreement to collaborate on the development of a certification program for products based on ECHONET standards. In particular, the certification of ECHONET Lite applications using the ZigBee IP wireless mesh networking communic
3 min readGaAs MMIC control circuit to optimize Freescale's Airfast Doherty amplifiers
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced an advanced gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) control circuit specifically designed to optimize the performance of Freescale Airfast Doherty amplifiers. Freescale says "The new MMDS20254H advanced Doherty alignment modul
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