Wireless Design & Development articles from February 2005

Wireless Design & Development archives from February 2005

Forecasting ... a tricky business.(Column)
February 1, 2005... Last month my headline was "'05, The Year Wireless Goes Mainstream." I, more or less, said I was going out on a limb and view this as a prediction. Well, we'll see if I'm right or wrong. In this month's column, I was thinking about making...

Complementary MOSFET solution.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Fairchild Semiconductor introduces a complementary MOSFET solution capable of delivering greater than l Amp continuous current in miniature spot power and POL DC/DC switching converter designs. The FDC6020C integrates two MOSFETs into one...

Solid switch matrix.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Dow-Key Microwave introduces a solid switch matrix with Ethernet control interface, performs from 800 to 2500 MHz and is available in full fan-out configurations from 6 x 6 to 12 x 12. To compensate for system insertion loss, all inputs are...

Single-chip all-CMOS MBOA UWB chip.(What's Hot)
February 1, 2005... Staccato Communications announces its single-chip design for all major components of the RF and baseband specified by the MBOA PHY specification. The chips demonstrates the ability to transmit at the specified data rate of up to 480 Mb/s. The...

Multimedia processor.(Adimos ADM100)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Adimos announces the ADM100, a wireless multimedia processor enabling wireless connectivity in home entertainment products. This semiconductor technology delivers multimedia transmission over a wireless channel between any multimedia source...

WiMAX baseband chip.(Wavesat Inc DM256)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Wavesat announces the DM256, implementing the IEEE P802.16-REVd protocol and designed to be the main component of an OFDM modem for broadband wireless access. The PHY has two functions: to process data for transmission where the output is a...

Development tools.(ZigBee-Ready Signal Generator)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Helicomm releases a collection of ZigBee[TM]-ready development tools and wireless products. The ZigBee-Ready Signal Generator is an IEEE 802.15.4-compliant, DSP-based design tool that enables semiconductor vendors to validate IC design to...

SMA connectors.(ISOTEC )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... ISOTEC Corporation announces a line of RF/Microwave SMA connectors operating from DC to 27 GHz. The connectors have passivated stainless steel or gold-plated brass bodies. This series of high performance connectors are mounted on glass bead and...

Portable antenna.(What's Hot)
February 1, 2005... The Nearson 7 dBi high gain rubber duck antenna is a flexible solution to the poor signal quality of wireless networks. Blind spots and patchy signals can be replaced by quality reception without the power consumption of high-powered radios....

$4M million financing round.(TeleCIS Wireless Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... TeleCIS Wireless, Inc. announces that the company has raised a second round of funding totaling $4 million, bringing the company's total venture funds raised to $8.7 million. ATA Ventures of Redwood City, California, led the Series B round. The...

Wavesat announces partnership with EDOM.(EDOM Technology Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Wavesat announces a strategic partnership with EDOM Technology Co., Ltd. for the distribution of its chips in Taiwan. This partnership will better serve their customers in the region and help bring low-cost WiMAX subscriber units to market by...

ZigBee Alliance finalizes specification.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The ZigBee[TM] Alliance has ratified the first ZigBee specification making the development and deployment of power efficient, cost effective, low data rate monitoring, control, and sensing networks a reality. This on-time delivery of the...

TeleCIS wireless completes Atmel and Thales Navigation sign technology agreement.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Atmel[R] Corporation and Thales Navigation business have signed a technology agreement, under which the two companies will partner in the development and marketing of state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) chipsets, subsystems, and...

Eagleware purchases Elanix.(software indusdtry)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Elanix announces that it has been purchased by Eagleware Corporation. Eagleware is a leading provider of high frequency design tools for RF and microwave products. The combined companies offer complementary products for communication system...

Semiconductor to power its next generation of SoC.(embedded systems)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Atmel[R] Corporation announces the completion of a licensing agreement with National Semiconductor Corporation for a Gigabit Ethernet Physical Layer Core. The core will be used by Atmel to design next generation server connectivity products and...

Merrimac reports transfer of stock.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Infineon Technologies AG sold an aggregate of 475,000 shares of the Common Stock of Merrimac Industries, Inc. to four purchasers in a privately-negotiated transaction. Infineon also assigned to each purchaser certain registration rights to such...

American Microwave announces certification.(ISO9001:2000 )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... American Microwave Corporation announces that they are now ISO9001:2000 certified.

Elcoteq and Thomson enter outsourcing agreement.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Elcoteq Network Corporation reaches an agreement for its largest outsourcing and acquisition to date with Thomson, a leading provider of technology, systems, and services to integrated media and entertainment companies. The deal includes the...

Ember and Mototech to offer design and manufacturing services.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Companies who have been unable to tap into the lucrative ZigBee market for wireless control and monitoring products due to a lack of design and manufacturing capabilities now have a way to outsource their design and manufacturing needs, thanks...

Australian government supports Mimix Broadband's collaborative research.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Mimix Broadband, Inc. and Macquarie University have recently been awarded more than US $500K in research funding under the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Linkage-Projects Scheme, which seeks to encourage and develop long-term strategic...

InterDigital enters agreement with General Dynamics.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... InterDigital announces that they have entered into an agreement with General Dynamics to deliver 3G wireless technologies for use in the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) advanced communications military program. The company expects to...

Henkel announces opening of Research and Applications Center.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The electronics group of Henkel announces the opening of its Research and Applications Center. The 53,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Irvine, CA will house R&D and applications engineering for the company's die attach,...

Helicomm announces agreement with Silicon Laboratories.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Helicomm announces that Silicon Laboratories has licensed Helicomm's ZigBee-based IP-Net[TM] networking software, and that the companies have entered into a ZigBee Joint Development and Marketing Agreement.

BFi OPTiLAS and XMA sign distribution agreement.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... XMA Corporation and BFi OPTiLAS announce the signing of a distribution agreement. Under terms of the agreement, BFi OPTiLAS will distribute XMA's full line of standard RF & microwave components including terminations, attenuators, and other...

Austriamicrosystems and Nu Horizons announce distribution partnership agreement.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... austriamicrosystems AG and Nu Horizons Electronics Asia Pte. Ltd. announce a partnership agreement to distribute austriamicrosystems' ASSP and Standard Linear IC products throughout Asia Pacific.

Connor-Winfield purchases AG Communication's manufacturing facility and assets.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The Connor-Winfield Corporation announces that it is purchasing from AG Communication Systems (AGCS) its manufacturing facility in Genoa, Illinois. AGCS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lucent Technologies Inc. (Lucent) and in April, 2004,...

Cardinal Components announces partnership.(with Dependable Component Supply)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Cardinal Components Inc. announces its latest distribution partnership with Dependable Component Supply. DCS has been in business for over 16 years and distributes a wide range of electronic components from crystals and oscillators to...

Richardson's Interconnect Group signs distribution agreement with Fractus.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Richardson Electronics announces it has signed a distribution agreement with Fractus, a developer and manufacturer of antennas for the telecommunications, electronics, and military industries. Under the terms of the agreement, Richardson will...

XEMICS SA launches Hong Kong branch office.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... XEMICS SA announces its expanded presence in the Asia Pacific market. XEMICS' Asia Pacific branch office will be based centrally in the heart of Hong Kong. The Asian branch office's primary goal is to intensify sales and marketing activities in...

Spectrum delivers development platforms to US defense contractor.(SDR-3000 MRDP )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. announces that an unnamed US defense contractor has purchased two SDR-3000 MRDP platforms for use in its internal military communications research and development programs. The order is the first design-in for...

ZigBee for wireless apps: low-power, low-cost, and robust ZigBee hardware is beginning to show up in the marketplace.(Technology focus: digital technologies)
February 1, 2005... By Atmel ZigBee is a low data rate, ultra-low power, networked wireless standard for control and monitoring applications based on IEEE Standard 802.15.4. ZigBee-enabled products do not need hard wiring between a powered device and its...

IF interface module.(intermediate frequency interface module)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Spectrum Signal Processing announces the TM1-3902 digital Intermediate Frequency (IF) interface module and reference design kit for its SDR-3000 software defined radio platform. The module supports a sustained 1280 MB/s full-duplex interface...

Microcontrollers.(ZiLOG Crimzon ZLR32300)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... ZiLOG announced the Crimzon ZLR32300 infra-red (IR) ROM microcontroller (MCU) family. The microcontrollers are software compatible with ZiLOG's current Crimzon family of OTP IR microcontrollers. The ZER32300 targets markets such as IR remote...

A/D converter.(Technology focus: digital technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The AD9480 from Analog Devices is an 8-bit monolithic analog-to-digital converter that operates at a 250 Ms/s conversion rate, with good linearity and dynamic performance over its operating range. The converter includes an internal reference...

DC/DC converters.(Technology focus: digital technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Datel's LSN-16A series SIP (single-in-line package) DC/DC converters enable true point-of-use (point-of-load) power processing. These non-isolated power converters take commonly available on-board voltages (3.3, 5, or 12 V) and convert them...

Digital attenuators.(Technology focus: digital technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Hittite announces the release of two GaAs MMIC digital attenuators which are suitable for wireless infrastructure, test equipment, microwave radio, and military applications from 0.7 to 3.8 GHz. The HMC271LP4 is a 5-bit digital attenuator with...

Asymmetric multiprocessing.(Technology focus: digital technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Quadros announces its distributed, asymmetric multiprocessing RTXC/mp RTOS for the TI OMAP5912 dual-core processor. The RTXC/mp RTOS presents the two cores that comprise the OMAP5912 as a single logical processor that lets the developer...

A/D converter.(Technology focus: digital technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Linear Technology introduces the LTC2447, a variable speed/resolution 24-bit Delta Sigma ADC that features a multiplexing architecture to directly digitize multiple ratiometric sensors. Four differential inputs, coupled with four differential...

DC/DC converters: the DMW series.(Technology focus: digital technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The DMW series, a family of 15 W DC/ DC converters, is designed for use in applications including data communication equipment, mobile battery-driven equipment, distributed power systems, telecommunication, mixed A/D subsystems, process/machine...

Tackling heavyweight DSP design at application levels: by innovating at a higher level of abstraction, DSP designers not only can meet their system performance requirements but also can reduce power consumption, minimize product cost, shorten product development schedules, and lower management's risk in time-to-market.(Cover Story)
February 1, 2005... Emerging wireless standards such as 801.11n mandate over-the-air throughput of 200+ Mb/s. This five- to ten-fold increase over the 802.11a standard is creating a daunting challenge for next generation wireless hardware design and development....

CESoP and Wi-Fi--the perfect marriage? CESoP and Wi-Fi is emerging as an attractive alternative to carry TDM traffic over the PSN.(Featured Technology)
February 1, 2005... Telecommunications networks and services are undergoing a constant evolution. While service providers are moving toward an all-IP infrastructure, the expected slow transition means circuit- and packet-based equipment must co-exist for several...

Incremental redundancy in EGPRS: incremental redundancy is implemented in EGPRS systems to achieve maximum efficiency in over-the-air interface. By using incremental redundancy, error correction data is not sent over the air unless the data is received in error, thus making the air interface very efficient.(Enhanced General Packet Radio Service)
February 1, 2005... Designers of wireless devices that incorporate incremental redundancy are faced with many issues from memory issues and debug of complex algorithms to general operation. This article explains possible methods for testing incremental redundancy...

Wireless base station design using platform FPGAs: as predictions for infrastructure cost forecast a maturing of the industry, the demand will be for lower costs and increased functionality. Platform FPGAs are rising to the occasion, and offer new opportunities for the design industry.(Featured Technology)
February 1, 2005... Wireless infrastructure revenue continues to experience phenomenal growth. However, industry analysts are predicting that 2004 will be the peak revenue year, as forecasts beyond this time show the revenue figure dropping back to $27 billion in...

Switch filter bank.(Lorch Microwave 6IFA-203/234-SR)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The 6IFA-203/234-SR is a six-channel switch filter bank from Lorch covering the frequency range of 203 to 234 MHz. This unit utilizes narrow band LC filters featuring a tight shape factor. The bank utilizes a +5 V power supply and three TTL...

Directional antenna.(Pacific Wireless MD24-12)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Pacific Wireless announces a 2.4 GHz sub-compact outdoor directional antenna for wireless communications markets. The mini-directional antenna, model MD24-12, is a high gain antenna with an operating frequency range of 2400 to 2483 MHz, with 12...

Coaxial isolator.(Transmission Components)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Raditek introduces coaxial isolator model RADI-3.4-4.2-S3-0.5WR, covering the full 3.4 to 4.2 GHz bandwidth. The isolator has guaranteed specifications of 0.45 dB insertion loss, 19 dB isolation, and 1.25:1 VSWR at operating temperature range...

Flange mount drop-in isolator.(Transmission Components)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Renaissance Electronics introduces an L-series flange mount drop-in isolator featuring up to 15% bandwidth in the 8.0 to 40.0 GHz range. This device is for military and space applications and made of steel housing that is gold plated for better...

TC-OCXO technology.(temperature-compensated oven-controlled crystal oscillators)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... C-MAC introduces temperature-compensated oven-controlled crystal oscillators. Capable of stabilities better than [+ or -] 0.05 ppm over operating temperature range, these TC-OCXOs are aimed at mobile, battery powered, and remote applications...

Coaxial resonator VCO.(Z-Communications CRO2645A)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Z-Communications announces the CRO2645A geared for the broadband radio market. Utilizing coaxial resonator technology, the CRO2645A enhances point-to-multipoint radio systems by covering 2615 to 2675 MHz in 0.5 to 4.5 VDC of tuning with...

Digitally tuned VCXO.(Cardinal Components VCXO)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Cardinal's digitally tuned VCXO (CDVP) offers available frequencies of 1 MHz to 200 MHz. The CDVP series is available in a 9.6 x 11.4 mm surface mount package and operates from a 3.3 V power supply. Available with factory programmed center...

Silicon oscillator.(Linear Technology LTC6905)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The LTC6905 resistor-set oscillator can generate clock signals from 17 MHz to 170 MHz using this SOT23 device and one resistor. The output frequency is determined by the resistor, allowing generation of any frequency value over the entire...

Frequency mixers.(Mini-Circuits MCA1, low temperature cofired ceramic frequency mixers)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Mini-Circuits introduces MCA1, a series of broadband LTCC frequency mixers. With level 7, 10, and 13 (LO) models available for 300 MHz to 6 GHz designs, these double balanced mixers have insertion loss down to 6 dB (typical), isolation up to 40...

Development kit.(Microchip Technology PICDEM Z 2.4 GHz demonstration kit)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Microchip Technology announces the PICDEM[TM] Z 2.4 GHz demonstration kit that supports the ZigBee[TM] standard protocol for wirelessly networked control and monitoring applications. The kit is an evaluation and development platform for ZigBee...

Wireless development platform.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... OnEarth Solutions offers a IEEE 802.15.4-compliant development platform, the OES-ZUSB-1000, which enables customers to design, develop, and ultimately test scalable wireless networks (e.g., peer-to-peer, star, cluster-tree, and mesh) conducive...

Design kit.(for Agilent Technologies' Advanced Design System )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Knowledge*on Semiconductor announces a design kit for Agilent Technologies' Advanced Design System (ADS). The design kit contains many passive components as well as three types of HBT. RF engineers benefit from the design kit's models for 214...

Sensor development kit.(Cypress Semiconductor CY3635)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Cypress Semiconductor announces its WirelessUSB[TM] sensor development kit (CY3635) aimed at low data rate, cost-sensitive, wireless multipoint-to-point networks. The WirelessUSB sensor network development kit enables engineers to create...

Array antenna module.(Micro-Ant PCA15SR)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Micro-Ant introduces the PCA15SR, a printed microstrip array antenna constructed using bonded layers of plastic and foam sheets. Each panel is housed in a formed aluminum tray and sealed with a UV-stable plastic radome, allowing the device to...

LNA Module.(Military/Aerospace)
February 1, 2005... Hittite announces the first product within their Connectorized Module Product Line. The HMC-C001 wideband LNA module delivers a typical small signal gain of 15 dB and gain flatness of [+ or -] 0.5 dB from 2 to 18 GHz. This GaAs MMIC pHEMTmodule...

Mobile radio tester.(Test & Measurement)
February 1, 2005... To be prepared for the future of mobile radio, the Universal Radio Communication Tester R&S CMU200 from Rohde & Schwarz provides two new functionalities, it enables testing of applications for CDMA2000, (E)GPRS, and WCDMA, and also generates...

Reference methodology.(Agilent 93000 SmarTest Program Generator, Synopsys TetraMAXa)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Agilent and Synopsys Inc. announce a scan diagnostics reference methodology. The solution speeds fault localization and failure analysis for semiconductor design and test engineers. The methodology is enabled by the Agilent 93000 SmarTest...

PCB software.(Test & Measurement)
February 1, 2005... Version 2 of Flomerics' FLO/PCB software--developed to enable electronic and thermal engineers to collaborate on printed circuit board (PCB) design--provides a 3D viewer and a conduction-cooled operating environment and automatically calculates...

Test solution.(Test & Measurement)
February 1, 2005... Anritsu introduces the PIM-S system, a test solution that offers a single connection for swept frequency S-parameter and Passive Intermodulation (PIM) measurements on passive components used in the deployment of 3G base stations. Based on...

Logic analysis system.(Test & Measurement)
February 1, 2005... FS2[R] and Atmel[R] Corporation announce the FS2 Logic Navigator System for embedded debug, trace, and logic analysis for Atmel FPSLIC[R] and FPGA products. Logic Navigator is an on-chip logic analyzer system solution that provides a high...

Spectrum analyzer.(Test & Measurement)
February 1, 2005... Tektronix announces the RSA3408A, a DC to 8 GHz real-time spectrum analyzer providing 36 MHz wide real-time triggering and capture capabilities, and enhanced resolution yielding a 2000-fold improvement in the analysis of power and frequency...

VME board.(Digital Hardware)
February 1, 2005... Pentek announces a dual-channel 6U VMEbus signal acquisition and processing board with sampling rates to 215 MHz. Featuring 12-bit A/D converters, the Pentek Model 6822 supports these data rates with several high-speed interface options. Up to...

Chip fuses.(Passives)
February 1, 2005... Richardson announces two chip fuses developed by AEM, Inc., the SolidMatrix[R] slow-blow chip fuses and the SolidMatrix[R] fast-acting surface mount monolithic chip fuses. The SolidMatrix surface-mount 1206 (3216) size slow-blow fuses are...

Surface mount resistor.(Passives)
February 1, 2005... Vishay announces the VSMP1206 high-precision, surface-mount, Bulk Metal[R] Z-foil resistor, combining a high power rating of 300 mW, load life stability of 0.01%, and a low nominal TCR of [+ or -] 0.5 ppm/[degrees] C in an industry-standard,...

RF transceiver.(Subsystems)
February 1, 2005... Otek releases its model TR100 RF transceiver for OEMs to incorporate on their own products. The TR100 accepts TTL/CMOS digital signals and converts them to RF coded frequencies in the 916.5 MHz ISM band using the ASH technique at a rate of up...

Smart card IC.(Subsystems)
February 1, 2005... EM Microelectronic announces the EMTCG96-3G, a flash memory-based smart card IC designed for use in SIM and Java cards for GSM mobile phones. The IC is compatible with the ISO7816-3 Integrated Circuit Card (smart card) specification, and...

GPS controller.(Subsystems)
February 1, 2005... Tyco Electronics announces its GPS receiver A1030-A. The fully featured controller is a high performance GPS receiver, and a microprocessor module with virtually unlimited communication and digital I/O capabilities. Running Tyco's GPS software,...

RFIC products.(Subsystems)
February 1, 2005... Chipcon launches two products from its SmartRF[R] 04 family of RFICs. The CC2500 multichannel RF transceiver and the CC2550 multichannel RF transmitter operate in the 2.4 GHz license-free ISM band. The products are designed for wireless mice...

Power amplifier.(Amplifiers)
February 1, 2005... CEL announces a three-stage GaAs MMIC power amplifier from NEC. The UPG2118K combines predriver, driver, and output stage in one package, and is useable in bands from 800 to 2500 MHz. Performance specs include: frequency range of 800 to 2500...

Low noise amplifiers.(Amplifiers)
February 1, 2005... Hittite announces a family of low noise amplifiers for applications from 7 to 32 GHz. The HMC516, HMC517, HMC518, and HMC519 family of GaAs PHEMT MMIC low noise amplifier die is designed to meet the needs of designers who want a low noise front...

Charge pumps.(Semiconductors/ICs)
February 1, 2005... austriamicrosystems introduces smart 1 A charge pumps for flash LEDs in camera phones. The two high-current charge pumps, the AS3682 and the AS3683, drive flash LEDs with up to 480 mA and 1 A output current, respectively. The ICs achieve a peak...

Multilayer cofired ceramic design guide.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... AdTech Ceramics has published a design guide for advanced electronic packages produced with co-fire multi-layer ceramic technology. Typical applications include multi-chip modules, microwave packages, high frequency feed-throughs, crystal...

Product Selection Guide.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... Hittite announces its Autumn 2004 Product Selection Guide. Over 300 products are summarized including 28 new products. The selection guide is organized by product line as well as by market applications including: cellular/PCS/3G, broadband,...

Embedded systems literature.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... A book by Tammy Noergaard, Embedded Engineer/Consultant, on embedded systems architecture and applications has been released by Elsevier. Embedded Systems Architecture is a readable and practical guide covering embedded hardware, firmware, and...

Power solutions guide.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... Emerson Network Power announces the publication of Astec Power's AC/DC and DC/DC power solutions guides in response to customer requests. Now in a quick-reference format, the shortform catalogs are available via the Astec Power website....

Microwave components.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... Astrolab announces its latest catalog, featuring microwave cables assemblies, adaptors, phase shifters, connectors, RF contacts, and other microwave components. The catalog includes specifications for their patented minibend, mini 14,1 and...

Test and Measurement Catalog.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... Keithley announces the availability of its 2005 Test and Measurement Products Catalog. This desktop reference guide offers details and specifications on Keithley's general-purpose and sensitive sourcing and measurement products, DC switching,...

Shortform Catalog.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... Aries announces its 8th Edition Shortform Catalog, which covers a range of interconnection and packaging products. The 12-page catalog includes a side-stackable BGA socket. Detailed in the catalog are Aries' Correct-A-Chip[TM] technology and...

Instrument Selection Guide.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... Agilent announces the availability of its latest Basic Instruments Selection Guide. The 24-page guide includes product comparison tables for oscilloscopes, function generators, power supplies, counters, digital multimeters, and basic RF...

New product brochure.(Books & CDs)
February 1, 2005... EM Microelectronic announces the release of its comprehensive new product brochure. The brochure offers readers an in-depth look into the company's product lines which include: Flash-based smart card ICs; RFID ICs; ultralow power...

Broadband wireless modem.(new product from Provigent Inc.)
February 1, 2005... Provigent announces the PVG310, a single-chip modem that uses cross-polarization interface cancellation (XPIC) technology to double wireless channel capacity. XPIC technology supports the co-channel dual-polarization (CCDP) operation, which...