Single-chip GPS for mobiles 3 November 2004, Electrocomp Infineon Technologies and Global Locate are jointly developing single-chip assisted global positioning system (A-GPS) receiver for mobile telephones, smartphones and PDAs. Called Hammerhead, the chip ...
Voice echo canceller chips 20 October 2004 Zarlink Semiconductor has introduced two new VEC (voice echo canceller) devices with advanced features that can help ensure carrier-grade voice quality for packet-based and cellular networking equipment ...
CAN and LIN chips for in-vehicle fail-safe networking 20 October 2004 Royal Philips Electronics has expanded its family of system basis chips (SBCs) designed for building fail-safe electronic control units (ECUs). These ECUs are embedded into control area networks (CANs) ...
Video solutions manufacturer chooses Cypress' integrated SERDES transceivers 20 October 2004, Altron Arrow Cypress Semiconductor recently announced that AJA Video, a manufacturer of professional digital video solutions, has selected Cypress' HOTLink II transceiver (CYV15G0101DXB) for its standard definition ...
Free short-range low-power wireless radio design assistant tool 20 October 2004, Mutronics Components , Information Security Tired of reading datasheets, application notes or other long documents to help you design in an RF transceiver, receiver, transmitter or module into your application? Look no further, because RF Monolithics...
Wireless access product meets new Wimax standard 20 October 2004, Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration Redline Communications, a technology leader in the design and manufacture of standards-based broadband wireless access solutions, is the first in the world to market an 802.16 compliant product, the AN-100, ...
Effective energy management with low-power RF transceivers 20 October 2004, Mutronics Components The massive power outages last year in the US and Canada, the energy crisis in California, and the rising energy costs worldwide have further underscored the urgent need for more effective monitoring, ...
High accuracy 3 GHZ log RF detector 20 October 2004, Security Services & Risk Management, Residential Estate (Industry), Commercial (Industry) A new high performance logarithmic type RF detector, LT5534, can accurately detect RF signals up to 3 GHz. Manufacturer, Linear Technology, says it designed the chip for cellular basestation receivers ...
Modular power system extended up to 100 V or 80 A with new modules 20 October 2004, Concilium Technologies, Financial (Industry) Agilent Technologies has introduced new modules and paralleling capabilities to its modular power system that extend its range up to 100 V or 80 A. The Agilent N6700 low-profile modular power system (MPS) ...
Bluetooth power amplifier is miniature 20 October 2004, Products & Solutions SiGe Semiconductor has released a series of Bluetooth miniature power amplifiers (PAs) that are optimised for portable consumer electronics. The PA2423U RangeCharger series is designed for Bluetooth Class ...
Single-chip USB to RS232 bridge 6 October 2004, NuVision Electronics The CP2101 is a single-chip USB to UART Bridge from Silicon Laboratories that converts data traffic between USB and UART formats. The chip includes a complete USB 2.0 full-speed function controller, bridge ...
Dual channel SiGe 5 GHz gain blocks 6 October 2004, RF Design, News & Events, Security Services & Risk Management Two new SiGe HBT dual channel gain block MMIC SMT amplifiers, which are designed for wireless infrastructure/handhelds, test equipment, microwave radio and military COTS applications from DC to 5 GHz ...
Zigbee development kit released 6 October 2004, Access Control & Identity Management, Products & Solutions A complete ZigBee development platform, including hardware, the ZigBee protocol stack as well as development tools has just been launched by Chipcon. The CC2420 ZigBee Development Kit is highly suited ...
Single-chip Zigbee-ready CMOS SOC 6 October 2004 UBEC (Uniband Electronic) has announced a new Zigbee-ready IC. The UZ2400 is a single-chip wireless CMOS SOC specifically designed for IEEE 802.15.4 standard at 2,4 GHz. It is the first Zigbee ready chip ...
Single-chip fast Ethernet solution 6 October 2004, Altron Arrow Freescale Semiconductor's MC9S12NE64 microcontroller is a complete, single-chip 10/100 Mbps Ethernet device that can replace more complex multichip Ethernet offerings. The device is the first in a Freescale ...
Ultra-small 1-chip GPS module 6 October 2004 Seiko Epson has developed a single-chip global-positioning system (GPS) module. Its small size and high sensitivity (-160 dBm max) make it ideal for use in next-generation mobile handsets equipped with ...
1 W modems simplify long-range WLAN connectivity 22 September 2004, RF Design AeroComm's new ConnexLink packaged transceivers are offered with one watt of output power and can communicate over distances of 32 km line-of-sight. Units can be set up in minutes for cable-free communication ...
Serial interface RTCs have very small footprint 22 September 2004, Altron Arrow, DSP, Micros & Memory STMicroelectronics has announced three new serial realtime clocks (RTCs) for use in a broad range of applications. All are available in a lead-free 16-pin QFN package, 3 mm square.
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Medium power 12-16 GHz LNA 22 September 2004, RF Design Hittite Microwave has introduced a high dynamic range medium power PHEMT LNA in a 5x5 mm SMT package for microwave radio/VSAT, and military ECM/EW applications from 12-16 GHz.
The HMC490LP5 is a SMT-packaged ...
