Wireless Design & Development articles from June 2008

Wireless Design & Development archives from June 2008

Email security concerns in enterprise today.(UP FRONT)(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... Email is probably considered the most important method for communications both inside and outside the enterprise. It allows employees to share information, companies to work easily with partners across the globe and provides the means for...

Technology powers wireless greenhouse of the future.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & MARKETS)
June 1, 2008... GreenPeak Technologies' low-power wireless mesh networking technology has been selected by Hortimax, a Kronos VAR (value added reseller), that is active in greenhouse harvesting management systems. In one of their projects, a harvest...

WLAN interface card connects all HP output devices to wireless network.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & MARKETS)
June 1, 2008... SEH's PS56 is an IPv6-enabled print server connecting all HP output devices that have an EIO port to a wireless 54 Mbit network (802.11g), utilizing the highly-secure WPA and WPA2 WEAN encryption standards. Contrary to the previous WEP...

Pentagon to spend $4.6 million to develop brain trauma device.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & MARKETS)
June 1, 2008... With traumatic brain injury (TBI) affecting a significant number of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the United Stales Deportment of Defense is providing the Brain Trauma Foundation a $4.6 million, four-year award to lead the...

Patients with chronic illness benefit from telehealth intervention.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & MARKETS)
June 1, 2008... Telehealth, using telecommunication technology to deliver health care, is increasingly being used to improve the delivery and availability of health care services to patients. A University of Missouri researcher found that patients who received...

2.5 V HCMOS oscillators offer significantly reduced noise levels.(WHAT'S HOT: PRODUCT NEWS)(Fox Electronics Inc.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Fox Electronics now offers its HCMOS XpressO oscillators with 2.5 V operation. Featuring a third order Delta Sigma Modulator (DSM) that offers significantly reduced noise levels, the oscillators are comparable to traditional bulk quartz and...

New process delivers significant miniaturization.(WHAT'S HOT: PRODUCT NEWS)(Avago Technologies)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Avago Technologies announces a breakthrough in packaging technology that brings wireless chip micro-miniaturization and high frequency performance to new levels. Avago's WaferCap is a semiconductor-based chip scale...

Wire-wound performance with multi-layer manufacturability.(WHAT'S HOT: PRODUCT NEWS)(Taiyo Yuden)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The BRC 1608 series of high-cur rent, w-wound power inductors from Taiyo Yuden measure 1.6(L) x 0.8(W) x 0.8(H) mm (all dimensions [+ or -] 0.2 ram). In addition to small size, the eight models offer a desirable combination of low DC resistance...

WVAN wireless library helps prevent wafer spins.(WHAT'S HOT: PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Agilent Technologies' +IBk-Wireless Video Area Networks (WVAN) Library helps prevent unnecessary wafer spins, thus accelerating deployment of next-generation 60 GHz WVAN for high-volume consumer video equipment. The...

Broadband wireless chipset provides seamless migration.(WHAT'S HOT: PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... Wavesat introduces its family of 4G Broadband Wireless chipsets named Odyssey[TM], featuring a flexible, multimode 4G architecture enabling WiMAX Wave2, WiFi, XG-PHS and seamless migration to future 4G technologies such as LTE. The first...

Design tools help meet critical power budgets.(WHAT'S HOT: PRODUCT NEWS)(ChipVision)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With ChipVision's PowerOpt[TM] and P-SAM, users can evaluate performance, area and power tradeoffs at the architectural level rather than the gate level, resulting in significant savings. PowerOpt performs synthesis,...

Membrane media increases thermal performance.(WHAT'S HOT: PRODUCT NEWS)(W.L. Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... W. k. Gore & Associates, Inc. introduces a membrane media for its line of GORE[R] Cooling Filters that increase thermal performance while providing strong environmental protection and reliability. The GORE Cooling Filters improve thermal...

Ethernet circular connector with RJF range.(WHAT'S HOT: PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Amphenol Socapex has released a robust Ethernet circular connector with the RJF range. Its steel shell provides desirable mechanical behavior including 10 g vibration resistance (at 10 to 500 Hz, 3-axis) and IK06...

3G & beyond: harnessing the power of multicore processors for 3G, WiMAX & LTE: Multicore processors are now an increasingly common and effective tool to address the challenges of power and performance in cellular basestations.(Cover story)
June 1, 2008... Although wireless' killer application is still voice, data is rapidly becoming a close second for 3G, a trend that will continue as operators deploy 4G technologies such as mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) and Long Term Evolution (LTE). Between...

Linux eases development of advanced capabilities for smart wireless devices: from a designer's point of view, managing the integration of smart wireless devices while maintaining time to market schedules and project budgets can be a challenge.(SOFTWARE DESIGN TOOLS)
June 1, 2008... Unlike the low-cost cell phone market, where products boast few bells and whistles beyond the ability to make and receive calls, smart wireless devices are all about features. From the user's point of view, carrying a single device that does...

Brainstorm.(WIRELESS SENSORS)
June 1, 2008... Welcome to Brainstorm! Brainstorm is a new editorial addition to WDD designed to bring together multiple viewpoints on a single issue. Each month Brainstorm will pose a question on a controversial topic and will feature multiple viewpoints...

The diagnosis for MicroTCA.... a system designed using the MicroTCA architecture can readily meet medical application requirements.(DESIGN TALK: MicroTCA)
June 1, 2008... Initially focused towards telecommunications applications, MicroTCA[TM] systems can also support applications in the medical, industrial automation and aerospace sectors with a common wireless communication thread. The open standard approach...

Exciting times ahead for MicroTCA.(DESIGN TALK)
June 1, 2008... The PICMG MicroTCA .0 specification was ratified almost exactly two years ago, and since then, the MicroTCA platform has captured significant interest. It has often been viewed primarily as a telecommunications platform, but it has also seen...

RapidIO and MictroTCA.(DESIGN TALK)
June 1, 2008... MicroTCA has become one of the hottest platforms far embedded designers in the post couple years, and recently over the last year an explosive number of designs have started. While the definition of the ATCA platform has the focus of the big...

Using MicroTCA for medical applications.(DESIGN TALK: MicroTCA)
June 1, 2008... There are trends in medical imaging that are driving imaging systems wards low cost as well as high performance and multi-function applications. Specifically, the health industry is focusing on a mare "grass-roots" approach to diagnostic...

MicroTCA in the medical market.(DESIGN TALK)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... MicroTCA is making waves across the embedded industry. While originally developed for telecommunicatioapplications, MicroTCA has also been deployed in a variety of defense applications. With its diverse feature set, MicroTCA is now seeing its...

Fixed attenuators frequency range is DC-6 GHz.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Trilithic's RF & Microwave Components Division releases its XFP-6 series of 2 W fixed attenuators. The series features a frequency range of DC-6 GHz with attenuation values from 1 dB to 40 dB. VSWR is optimal and...

Beryllium oxide achieves higher thermal conductivity.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... Brush Ceramic Products Inc. announced an increase in thermal conductivity over standard beryllium oxide BeO. Called BW3250, the material now delivers thermal conductivity of greater than 325 W/mK at room temperature, an increase of over 15%...

Linear amplifier powers EGSM WCDMA networks.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANADIGICS, Inc. announces its AWT6281 HELP3 WCDMA linear power amplifier for use in advanced 3G handsets for EGSM (Band 8) UMTS wireless networks. This amplifier extends the operating time of 3G handsets and data...

SMT connectors offer secure mating retention.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The CLIK-Mate connector series from Molex features a positive locking mechanism that provides an audible click, indicating that it is fully mated. Rated at 3.0 A, the connectors can be used for signal and power...

Proximity sensors make mobile devices user-friendly.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' two SMT proximity sensors (Models SFH7740 and SFH7741) use distance measurements to detect a mobile device's operating status without physical contact to the sensor itself. This technology...

Fast switching signal generator.(PRODUCT NEWS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 2520GTA series signal generator delivers extremely fast switching speeds, high output power, and low residual phase noise in a single unit. The generator is offered in a frequency range of 100 MHz to 20 GHz with...

OEM mixed language simulator for FPGA design.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announces an agreement that will deliver an OEM FPGA mixed language simulator. Active-HDL Lattice Edition will be bundled with the ispLEVER design tool suite, providing mixed...

High power MMIC SPST switch for multi-band antenna matching.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] California Eastern Laboratories' Model UPG2189TB is a high power SPST (single pole single throw) GaAs MMIC switch from NEC. Its ability to handle high GSM input power levels with low harmonic distortion makes the...

MIMO RF transceiver performs in WiMAX applications.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Maxim Integrated Products introduces its MAX2839 single-chip, 2.3 GHz to 2.7 GHz, WiMAX MIMO RF transceiver that uses a dual-receiver architecture to mitigate RF channel fading, thereby increasing the signal-to-noise...

SAW clock oscillator provides law jitter performance.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Crystek Crystals announces its 1 GHz SAW clock oscillator (CCSO) that was designed using FR5 PCB and SAW (surface acoustic wave) crystal technology to provide a low noise, low jitter performance with true SineWave...

30 a half brick DC/DC converters feature 93% efficiency.(PRODUCT NEWS)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lambda's iHG series of 100 W fully isolated, single output DC/DC converters provide optimal thermal performance, using the industry standard half-brick footprint with no base plate. The modules are suitable for...

Fixed attenuators available in four models.(PRODUCT NEWS)(BroadWave Technologies, Inc.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BroadWave Technologies' 1 W fixed attenuators are available in SMA (Model 351-300-XXX), N (Model 352-300-XXX), TNC (Model 353-300-XXX) and BNC (Model 354-300-XXX) connectors. Male to female configurations are...

Technology award: is it real or a digital replica?(JUNE 2008: WDD EDITOR'S CHOICE)
June 1, 2008... New wireless networks are being designed with a wide variety of goals in mind, such as improving worker productivity, delivering mission critical information to troops in combat, or just enhancing mobile lifestyles. Wireless networks require...