Wireless Design & Development articles from July 2004

Wireless Design & Development archives from July 2004

UWB--jockeying for position: up front with ERN.(ultra wide bandwidth)
July 1, 2004... Well, here I am. It's about 11:00 PM, Sunday night, June 20th. Cat-in-lap, I'm munching on a bag of chocolate-covered peanuts and finishing my last cup of 12 hour old coffee (between the coffee and chocolate, I should have a real caffeine buzz...

High frequency design software.(Product News)(Eagleware Corp. introduces Genesys 2004 suite of design software for radio frequency and microwave engineers)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Eagleware announces the shipment of the latest version of their suite of design software for RF and microwave engineers, GENESYS 2004. This release includes many new features such as synthesis topologies for filters and oscillators, LDMOS...

Tri-port devices.(Product News)(Integrated Device Technology introduces tri-port devcies)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... IDT introduces a family of tri-port devices. These devices enable simultaneous access to the memory for three device ports. The products provide high-speed, bi-directional interface between three intelligent devices, such as an applications or...

Crystal clock oscillator.(Product News)(NDK America introduces NZ2520 series of crystal clock oscillators)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... NDK announces the availability of the NZ2520 series, crystal clock oscillators (XO) with SMD packages measuring 2.5 X 2.0 mm. The thickness is 0.9 mm and is ultra-lightweight at 0.02 grams. The NZ2520 is available in a frequency range of 1.5 to...

Emulator for evaluating Satcom performance.(Product News)(dBm optics introduces SEE700 Satellite link emulator)
July 1, 2004... dBm has introduced the SEE700 satellite link emulator, an instrument that allows the performance of Earth terminals and satellite payloads to be evaluated both during design and before equipment deployment. Typically used within a large...

Modeling tool.(Product News)(Coventor introduces MEMulators 2004 software tool for fabrication process)
July 1, 2004... Coventor announces MEMulator 2004, a software tool for fabrication process emulation and visualization. The tool creates realistic 3D models by adding cross-sectioning, animation, and usability enhancements. The cross-section feature enables...

Signal analyzer.(Product News)(Anritsu introduces Signature MS2781A signal analyzer)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Anritsu introduces the Signature (MS2781A), a signal analyzer that redefines the high-end signal analyzer market. Signature has been developed with an advanced architecture that provides an optional 30 MHz resolution bandwidth for capturing,...

DC/DC regulator.(Product News)(Ericsson introduces non-isolated DC regulators)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Ericsson introduces its non-isolated DC/DC regulator. The PMC4000 offers a programmable output voltage of 0.75 to 3.63 V and is able to handle an input range of 3 to 5.5 V. The output voltage is adjusted by a voltage signal, alternatively by a...

12- & 14-bit ADCs.(Product News)(Texas Instruments Intorcues a new family of analog-to-digital converters ADS5500)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Texas Instruments announces five new members of the ADS5500 high-speed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) family. The ADS5500 family now consists of three 14-bit ADCs and three 12-bit ADCs available in speeds of 80, 100, and 125 Msps featuring...

Ansoft shows increase in Q4 revenue.(News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Revenue for the fourth quarter totaled $17.8 million, an increase of 18% compared to the previous fiscal year's fourth quarter. Net income for the fourth quarter was $2.8 million, or $0.24 per share, as compared to the previous fiscal year's...

WJ to acquire business and associated assets from EiC.(News)(WJ Communications, EiC Corporation )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... WJ Communications has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the wireless infrastructure business and associate assets of privately-held EiC Corporation of Fremont, CA. WJ will pay approximately $12.5 million in cash and stock for the...

Wi-LAN and O'Connor's announce new broadband wireless networks.(News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Wi-LAN has announced a deal to install new broadband wireless networks in Singapore and Indonesia. Wi-LAN will be working with O'Connor's, in an effort to increase wireless broadband capability through the National Institute of Education (NIE),...

Richardson Electronics announces agreement with Z-Communications.(News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Richardson Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with Z-Communications, Inc., a privately held USA manufacturer of VCOs, PLLs, and highly integrated signal source solutions.

TI adds InfoWave and Vanguard ID to team tag-it.(News)(Texas Instruments enters into joint Venture with Vanguard ID System and InfoWave Technologies for Team Tag)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Texas Instruments announces two new additions to its worldwide Team Tag-it[TM] program. InfoWave Solutions, a provider of RFID middleware and integration services, and Vanguard ID Systems, a manufacturer of custom made RFID cards, key tags, and...

REMEC announces TOW missile production upgrade contract.(News)(tube-launched optically-tracked wire-guided missile )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... REMEC, Inc. has announced it has received an initial $9.9 million production contract from Raytheon Missile Systems for the TOW missile second-generation upgrade program.

AccelChip, ChipX announce partnership to automate IC design flows.(integrated circuits)(ChipX, a leading manufacturer of Structured ASICs)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... AccelChip Inc. announced a partnership with ChipX, a leading manufacturer of Structured ASICs. Under terms of the agreement, AccelChip will enhance its AccelChip[R] DSP Synthesis tool to provide highly optimized results for ChipX's Structured...

Lockheed Martin selects spectrum platform for advanced communications system development.(News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. has announced that its flexComm[TM] SDR-3000 software reconfigurable platform has been selected by Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the development of advanced communication.

Elcoteq to become Commtech EMS company in India.(News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Elcoteq Network Corporation will expand its operations to Bangalore, India during 2004. It will become the first EMS Company offering manufacturing services to infrastructure and handset OEMs in India. Elcoteq will establish operations in...

eASIC raises $5 million in third round of funding.(News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... eASIC[R] Corporation, a provider of Structured ASIC technology and products, has secured $5 million in equity financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, in a third round of funding. The new funds will be used to complete the Structured...

Interdigital announces agreement with Sanyo Electric.(News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... InterDigital Communications Corporation has announced that its holding subsidiaries have entered into a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing patent license agreement with SANYO Electric Co., Ltd, covering terminal units and infrastructure...

Wisair receives investment from Intel Digital.(News)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Wisair Ultra Wide Band chipsets and solutions company, announced that the Intel Digital Home Fund has joined its series B funding round, which was $15.7 million and led by Apax Partners' Funds. Wisair earlier announced this round of funding,...

Agilent Technologies, CST announce exclusive alliance.(News)(Computer Simulation Technology)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announced an exclusive alliance to bring three-dimensional electromagnetic (EM) technology to the industry. The alliance will expand the integration of Agilent...

Enhanced-reliability Darlington pair gain blocks: a new family of Darlington pair gain blocks solve a number of potential reliability issues with pre-existing gain blocks.(Technology Focus)
July 1, 2004... This new family of gain blocks will reduce field failures, and lead to lower maintenance and warranty costs for systems manufacturers. The enhanced-reliability features are included in the CGB 7000 family without compromising RF performance. On...

Voltage regulator.(Technology Focus)(Seiko Instruments speaks about voltage regulators S-1170)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Seiko's S-1170 Series LDO voltage regulator is a high output current (800 mA) capable CMOS based LDO. The CMOS process permits current consumption of 80[micro]A during operation and 0.1[micro]A during shutdown. An ON/OFF circuit further ensures...

Converter/controller ICs.(Technology Focus)(Torex Semiconductors introduces XC9110/XC9111 step up Converter)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Torex introduces the XC9110/XC9111 family of PFM controlled step-up DC/ DC converter/controller ICs. These new highly integrated power management devices employ a combination of CMOS structure and PFM control to generate the low supply voltages...

Bus buffer.(Technology Focus)(Lineat Technology introduces LTC4301L Bus buffer)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Linear Technology introduces the LTC4301L, an [I.sup.2] bus buffer designed for ultra low voltage processor applications. The IC accepts input data (SDA) and clock (SCL) pull-up voltages as low as 1 V and level translates them to standard 3.3...

Passive components enlist in military & aerospace applications: the demand for hardened, extreme condition hi-rel passives has increased significantly. And the technology has risen to the occasion.(Cover Story)
July 1, 2004... Electronic manufacturers are responding to the demands from the military and aerospace industries for highly reliable, top quality passive components for mission critical applications. Passive component requirements for the military and...

Memory solutions for embedded telecom/datacom systems: today's embedded memory system designers are striving to meet data-rich high-bandwidth applications, far beyond conventional system design. Sorting through the maze of memory options to find cost-effectiveness, high reliability, and performance is a challenging task.(Featured Application)
July 1, 2004... Industry hype on advanced memory solutions meet the needs of new, data-rich applications in the vast telecom/ datacom market is presenting today's embedded systems designers with challenges far beyond conventional system design. Sorting through...

Automating DSP algorithm design for wireless applications: designing complex signal processing algorithms for DSPs in today's wireless systems can be a long and arduous task. Automating the process is more accurate, efficient, and repeatable.(Featured Technology)(digital signal processing)
July 1, 2004... Modern wireless systems require the use of complex signal processing algorithms to perform operations such as Viterbi or turbo decoding, equalization, channel estimation, Fast Hadamard Transforms, or space-time processing. While these...

Image sensor.(SOC)(Micro Technology introduces MT9M111 DigitalClarity Image sensor)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Micron Technology announces its MT9M111 DigitalClarity[TM] System-on-a-Chip (SOC) 1.3-megapixel CMOS image sensor, designed specifically for camera-equipped cell phones and PDAs. The SOC features all the functions of a camera on a single...

RF transceiver.(Subsystems)(Micrel introduces Radio Frequency Transceivers MICRF505)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Micrel announces the next generation RadioWire[R] transceiver, the MICRF505. The transceiver operates from 850 MHz to 950 MHz and supports frequency shift keyed (FSK) modulation at data-rates up to 200 kbps. Many functions are user programmable...

Narrowband transceiver.(Subsystems)(Xemics Speaks about narrowband Transceivers XE1205)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The XEMICS TrueRF[TM] narrowband transceiver, the XE1205, has a good range with no external LNA or PA. The transceiver meets the requirements for 25 kHz channel spacing and adjacent channel power of less than -37dBm and is suitable for...

GPS solution.(Subsystems)(Global Positioning System Xpert-GPS by Ceva )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CEVA introduces Xpert-GPS[TM], a DSP-based global positioning system (GPS) solution, that delivers advances in the cost, power dissipation, ante location performance of GPS enabled devices such as wireless phones and telematic de-vices. The...

ASK/FSK receiver.(Subsystems)(Maxim Integrated Products introduces MAX1471 a dual-channel receivers)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Maxim introduces the MAX1471, a dual-channel receiver that can receive both ASK and FSK data simultaneously, eliminating the switching lag time between modes. Designed for low-cost systems where both encoding schemes are present, the device...

WLAN protocol tester.(Test & Measurement)(Rohde & Shwarz provides a Wireless Local Area Network protocol tester )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The WLAN protocol tester R&S PTW70 from Rohde & Schwarz is a test platform for the development, integration, and verification of wireless local area network (WLAN) systems and components in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 standard. Various...

Test receiver.(Test & Measurement)(Berkeley Varitronics Systems intrduces Yellowjacket[TM} PLUS 802.11b/g GPS recevier)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Berkeley Varitronics releases the Yellowjacket[TM] PLUS 802.11b/g, which contains an internal 12-channel GPS receiver for realtime geocoding (LAT, LON, ALT, and UTC) of all 802.11 measurements. The product is a calibrated wireless receiver...

Packaging solutions.(Materials)(Minicaps offers dielectric materials of Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics for packaging)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Minicaps offers prototyping services of LTCC (Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic) multilayer substrate & packaging technology. The LTCC materials systems offer packaging solutions for high-frequency devices in a variety of applications. The LTCC...

Broadband adapters.(Interconnect/Interface)(mini-Circuits Laboratories speaks about broadband adapters)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... These super broadband adapters cover virtually all Type-N/SMA and SMA-F to SMA-M interconnection needs within the DC to 18 GHz band. Passivated stainless steel construction withstands tough environments, and high performance features such as...

Connector system.(Interconnect/Interface)(Molex enhances VHDM[R] 8Row stacker system)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Molex announces the VHDM[R] 8-Row Stacker System which can increase speeds up to 2.5 Gbps of bandwidth per signal pair. Suitable for both single-ended and differential signaling, the system has a mezzanine design with 18 mm stack height and 100...

COTS 3U and 6U multiband receivers.(Editor's choice: July 2004: Technology Award)(Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect)(field programmable gate arrays)
July 1, 2004... Pentek has developed a cPCI solution with a 3U 16-channcl multiband-receiver board and a 6U 32-channel multiband-receiver board featuring 14-bit AdD converters and Virtex-II FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) fur signal processing. Both...