Wireless Design & Development articles from November 2005

Wireless Design & Development archives from November 2005

My, how times have changed.(UP FRONT with ERN)
November 1, 2005... I'm from the pager generation. You know, the time before cell phones and computers. The time when you could go on the road and if someone needed you, all you got was an annoying beep telling you to look for a pay phone. These were simpler...

Radio-on-a-chip.(WHAT'S HOT)
November 1, 2005... Cypress Semiconductor introduces its next generation 2.4 GHz WirelessUSB[TM] Radio-on-a-Chip. The WirelessUSB LP offers a robust solution with low power consumption for keyboards, mice and other Human Interface Devices (HIDs). WirelessUSB LP...

RF switches.(WHAT'S HOT)
November 1, 2005... Peregrine Semiconductor unveils the next generation of its UltraCMOS[TM] process technology. HARP[TM] technology enhancements enable improvements in harmonic results, linearity and overall RF performance. The first devices to be released on the...

Digital attenuator.(WHAT'S HOT)
November 1, 2005... M/A-COM announces an RoHS-compliant 5-bit serial controlled attenuator. M/A-COM's MAATSS0022 is a 0.5 dB step GaAs MMIC digital attenuator with 15.5 dB attenuation range in a lead-free MSOP-10 package. The attenuator requires external DC...

Power management IC.(WHAT'S HOT)
November 1, 2005... TI announces a highly integrated power conversion IC that supports power supply requirements for OMAP[TM]-based mobile handsets and XScale[R]-based multimedia devices. The TPS65020 power management unit integrates high performance analog...

DBS-band TWTA.(WHAT'S HOT)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... MCL introduces the MT4400 weather-resistant, antenna mount TWT amplifier, available for DBS-band applications at 750 and 500 W. In addition, the MT4400 is available for C-, X- or Ku-band applications at 750 W. Tri-band is available upon...

Enhanced testing capability.(WHAT'S HOT)
November 1, 2005... Anritsu introduces an enhanced version of its MD8470A, allowing the signaling application tester to perform MMS (multimedia messaging service) transmission/reception tests, as well as increased SMS (short message service) and video call test...

Wideband millimeter wave amplifiers.(WHAT'S HOT)
November 1, 2005... TriQuint announces tour products that are lead-tree and RoHS-compliant. The TGA4521 is a wideband mm-wave driver amplifier covering the 32 to 45 GHz frequency range. This product has +25 dBm saturated output power and +24 dBm 1 dB compressed...

Power divider.(WHAT'S HOT)
November 1, 2005... Trilithic's RF & Microwave Components division announces the WPD-50/4 SMA, a 50[OMEGA], four-way broadband Wilkinson power divider that covers an 800 to 2500 MHz frequency range and offers a minimum of 20 dB (25 dB typical) of port to port...

WiMAX companies: on their marks, ready to go.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)(for WiMAX certification)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Leading WiMAX equipment and semiconductor vendors with products poised to receive an official WiMAX certification stamp from the WiMAX Forum are preparing for a fast roll-out of their newly certified products. In August, Airspan Networks,...

Anritsu Corporation opens regional office in India.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Anritsu Corporation President Hiromichi Toda announces the opening of a sales and marketing office in Bangalore, India. The opening of the office allows Anritsu to expand its business in India.

PowerDsine to participate in IEEE 802.3at Task Force.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... PowerDsine Ltd. announces that the IEEE 802.3 has officially created a new Task Force based on the objectives outlined by the IEEE's PoEPlus Study Group. The new IEEE 802.3at Task Force will be responsible for creating an enhanced PoE standard,...

Power-One announces suit against Artesyn Technologies.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Power-One. Inc. announces that it filed a lawsuit on September 30. 2005 against Artesvn Technologies, Inc., for infringement of United States Patent Nos. 6.936,999 (the '999 patent, issued August 30, 2005) and 6,949,916 (the '916 patent, issued...

Virtio enters into agreement with TI.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)(Texas Instruments)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Virtio Corporation announces that Texas Instruments has entered into a one-year agreement with Virtio to leverage Virtio's Virtual Platform for several of TI's solutions, including its OMAP[TM] platform for mobile devices. By using the Virtio...

Toshiba tapes out first UniversalArray chip with Cadence Encounter.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Cadence Design Systems announces that Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba Microelectronics Corporation successfully taped out the first UniversalArray[TM] (UA) chip with Cadence[R] Encounter[R] digital IC implementation. SoC Encounter[R] Global...

Asia Pacific will represent 45% of WiMAX market by 2009.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Though WiMAX faces several key challenges in the Asia Pacific market. its subscriber base will grow from over 80,000 in 2005 to over 3.8 million by 2009, reports In-Stat. In 2009. Asia Pacific WiMAX subscribers will account for 45% of the world...

Mouser Electronics and Sharp Microelectronics enter into distribution agreement.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Mouser Electronics announces that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas. This distribution agreement will enhance Sharp's delivery of its optoelectronic, microcontroller/system-on-chip, voltage...

FOCUS receives silicon for 880 Mb/s Ultra Wideband chip.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... FOCUS Enhancements has received the first silicon for its high performance 880 Mb/s wireless Ultra Wideband (UWB) chip. The FOCUS Enhancements' analog/RF chip is the first chip of a two-part chipset solution in FOCUS Enhancements' TALARIA[TM].

Casio-Hitachi designs two new wireless handsets with fast Spansion NOR Flash memory.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Spansion LLC and Fujitsu Limited announce that Caste Hitachi Mobile Communications has developed two cellular handsets with 512 Mb NOR Flash memory, which uses stacked versions of Spansion's WS256N, a NOR Flash memory device based on the...

Micron Technology reports results.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Micron Technology, Inc., announces results of operations for its 2005 fiscal year and fourth quarter. which ended September 1. For the 2005 fiscal year, the company earned net income of $188 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, on net sales of...

Optichron and Digi-Key sign worldwide distribution agreement.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Optichron, Inc. and Digi-Key Corporation announce that they have entered into an agreement for worldwide distribution of Optichron's complete lineup of A/D converter module products.

Microfabrica expands operations.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Microfabrica announces that it has moved its factory and corporate headquarters from Burbank to a new Facility in Van Nuys, California, spurred by the company's growth. The new site is 39,300 square feet, nearly twice the size of the previous...

Modelithics expands Maury Microwave equipment installation.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Modelithics has recently acquired a 0.3 to 6 GHz Maury Microwave Noise Parameter Test System to expand the frequency range covered by the solid-state tuner-based noise parameter system it is currently using for 2 to 26 GHz measurements....

SK Telecom to roll out Ember-enabled ZigBee services.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... SK Telecom will roll out a new "digital smart home" service. It will enable customers to monitor and control their homes remotely using cell phones and the Internet, through SK Telecom's service offerings. A key enabler of SK Telecom's...

Avaya signs five-year global IP telephony contract with ABN AMRO.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Avaya announces a five-year global contract with ABN AMRO to support the international bank's migration to IP telephony across 14 countries. The project entails a complete technology update, including systems and software to provide a...

RFMD extends leadership in power amplifiers.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... RF Micro Devices, Inc. announces that it has extended its leadership in power amplifiers, as the company has commenced shipments of highly integrated transmit modules to multiple handset manufacturers. Transmit modules are comprised of RFMD's...

Bluetooth product shipments more than double again.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... According to InStat, Bluetooth is firmly established as a short-range wireless solution for voice and data transmission, as 2005 will be the fourth consecutive year in which Bluetooth-enabled product shipments more than double, reports In-Stat....

AWR partners with Flomerics.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR[R]) announces a partnership that will enable Microwave/RF engineers analyzing circuit layouts using AWR's Microwave Office[R] software to study the electromagnetic performance of key components in 3D using the...

ACG smart cards awarded ITSO certification.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... ACG Identification Technologies GmbH announces that it has received ITSO certification for five types of its smart cards, namely the Philips Mifare[R] Ultralight, Philips Mifare[R] DesFire, Philips Mifare[R] 1k, Philips Mifare[R] 4k and...

u-blox delivers its 2,000,000th GPS receiver to @Road.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... u-blox America, Inc. delivers its 2,000,000th GPS receiver, based on its ANTARIS[R] technology, to @Road, Inc. Nikolaos Papadopoulos, president of u-blox America, delivered the GPS receiver personally to Leo Jolicoeur, @Road chief marketing...

M-Systems and Digi-Key sign distribution agreement.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... M-Systems and Digi-Key Corporation announce that the companies have signed a worldwide distribution agreement. M-Systems' embedded flash disk products will be featured in Digi-Key's printed and online catalog and will be available for purchase...

Quality Vision International marks its commitment to nano-metrology.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Quality Vision International, Inc. (QVI) announces that its subsidiary company, View Engineering of Simi Valley, CA, has acquired the assets of Micro-Metric, Inc. of San Jose, CA. QVI has also acquired Kotem Technologies Inc. of Budaors,...

Lansdale Semiconductor introduces 77 RF/IF ICs.(NEWS / BUSINESS / CONTRACTS)
November 1, 2005... Lansdale Semiconductor, Inc., president, R. Dale Lillard, announces the company's acquisition of 77 Radio Frequency/Intermediate Frequency (RF/IF) Integrated Circuits (ICs) built with bipolar, CMOS and BiCMOS technologies. Phase-locked loop...

Improving the utilization of RF spectrum through advancements in radio technology.(TECHNOLOGY FOCUS / SIGNAL PROCESSING)
November 1, 2005... As engineers develop new ways to deliver information wirelessly, policymakers and regulators seek to increase the availability and efficiency of RF spectrum. East year, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) provided a technical "wish list."...

Smart antennas benefit WLANs: Smart antennas with fixed beams and adaptive antenna arrays can provide WLANs with range extension, multipath diversity, interference suppression and increased capacity.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2005... WLANs have become an integral part of both the home and the enterprise with the proliferation of inexpensive, high performance 11 Mb/s products based on the IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi) standard. Everywhere you turn, there's an access point to connect...

Digital RF and handset integration: as handset complexity continues to grow, the devices will be expected to incorporate an increasing number of mobile connectivity technologies, standards and applications without compromising performance. Increasing core component efficiency by using digital RF technology is an ideal solution.(FEATURED TECHNOLOGY)
November 1, 2005... Concerns about board space, power consumption and cost in relation to mobile device design have grown in importance as consumers increasingly view their mobile phones as portable home entertainment centers. Although today's phones are expected...

Low-end microcontrollers for Wi-Fi clients: the market for low-end processors in Wi-Fi client stations is a target of opportunity as standards solidify and points of presence become conveniently accessible.(FEATURED TECHNOLOGY)
November 1, 2005... Wi-Fi, the wireless networking technology that enables devices to connect to the Internet and to WLANs has become increasingly important as an Internet access technology during the past few years. Wi-Fi now provides mobile workers and travelers...

Premium service is a Digi-Key tradition.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... Service Equals Success for Digi-Key Thirty-three years ago, Digi-Key was founded on the premise of providing its customers the best possible service. It's a simple business philosophy that's meant success. During the past 20 years, the...

Anritsu Company: leading the way in HSDPA test.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... A Century of Leadership For more than 100 years, Anritsu Company has had a corporate mission of forging the development of emerging technologies. That mission is evident by Anritsu's broad product line of innovative test solutions that...

AeroComm.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... AeroComm has played a major role in the short range RF industry for over a decade with consistent technological advances in both performance and price. The company made waves in 1994 by gaining FCC approval for the first 2.4GHz spread...

Aeroflex Weinschel.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... Over the past fifty years the name Weinschel has become synonymous with leadership in RF and microwave technologies and superior quality components and subsystems for wireless, defense, test and measurement, and broadband markets throughout the...

Tusonix, a world leader in the manufacturing of EMC products.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... Company Profile Tusonix, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of Ceramic EMI/RFI Components, is located in sunny Tucson, Arizona. Formed in 1981, Tusonix maintains a Tradition of Excellence, Quality and Innovation. ...

Swatch Group Electronic Systems.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... An integrated group of specialized companies, able to provide complete technology solutions. A key strength of the Swatch Group Electronic Systems (SGES) is its synergistic approach to supporting leading-edge customer design requirements with...

The global leader in the RF and Microwave Communications market.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... Richardson Electronics is a highly specialized, value-added provider of engineered solutions for the RF and Microwave Communications market. Recognized globally, our level of expertise in RF and microwave component technology helps provide...

Change is in the Air.(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... Companies that anticipate the inevitable changes in the telecommunications industry--and move the quickest to develop , products that meet those changes--are the companies that will survive and thrive. Sirenza Microdevices has been...

TriQuint Semiconductor.(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... DID YOU KNOW? FACT #1: THE CHEETAH IS THE FASTEST TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL AS WELL AS THE MOST UNIQUE AND SPECIALIZED MEMBER OF THE CAT FAMILY, TRADING LETHAL FIGHTING ABILITY FOR AGILITY AND EYE-POPPING SPEED. FACT #2: TRIQUINT IS YOUR...

JFW Industries, Inc.(Company Profile)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
November 1, 2005... GENERAL JFW Industries, Inc. was founded in 1979 in Beech Grove, Indiana by Fred and Joetta Walker. JFW is a leader in the design and manufacturing of RF components and application specific test systems. These components include...

RF transceiver family.(TECHNOLOGY AWARD)
November 1, 2005... Atmel[R] Corporation introduces a single-chip RF transceiver family, providing high level performance for ISM band applications. The ATA542x transceiver family is designed for applications in the 315/345/433/868/915 MHz bands. A key feature of...

Mouser Electronics: customer-focused distribution.(Company Profile)
November 1, 2005... Mouser Electronics, Inc., a privately-held company and subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is the fastest growing distributor in the electronics industry. Dedicated to supplying its customers with the NEWEST products and the LATEST technologies, Mouser is...

MIL-STD-188-220B-based digital tactical radio networks: the development of the Internet has significantly changed the quality and quantity of communications. If these technical standards can be incorporated in military communications, conventional tactical radio will become a digital battlefield network with unprecedented possibilities.
November 1, 2005... Military communications are undergoing unprecedented and radical change. In the past, advancements in communications seemed to be made step by step: from the messenger on foot to the messenger on horseback, from smoke signals to telegraphy with...

Digital control technologies for power management: with the increasing demand that portable electronics, especially wireless, be feature- and application-rich, power management becomes a critical issue. The latest processors and devices offer the ability to dynamically allocate power usage and bring on a new era of power management.
November 1, 2005... Portable electronics are becoming increasingly complex and efficient, making power management critical to achieving acceptable battery life. Traditionally, simple linear regulators have been used to supply an application's various power rails....

The next generation reliability standard for PAs: manufacturers of PAs have addressed reliability issues with differing results. Significant improvements in factory yield were achieved by integrating power control into GSM PAs in 2001. Because innovations often come in five-year cycles, the next level of innovation is soon due.
November 1, 2005... Today's thermal demands on mobile phones are largely due to higher duty cycle transmissions, and the integration of antennas within the phone packaging. Therefore, the thermal sensitivity of PAs must be addressed, and further improvements in PA...