Digital versus analog: evolution or revolution 1 March 2000 Thermionic valves were very rapidly made obsolete by transistors because transistors offered price/performance advantages even when they were at the beginning of their evolution and valves were at the ...
Wideband programmable modulator for digital modulation 1 March 2000, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Designers of wideband digital modulation systems looking for higher levels of integration can now incorporate a single signal processing solution into their design for the shaping, upconversion and modulation ...
Bluetooth - a global specification for wireless technology 1 March 2000 In 1998 a group was formed by representatives from Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia, Toshiba, 3com, Lucent, Microsoft and Motorola. The intent was to create an open specification (ie a global industry standard) ...
Small size SMT directional couplers 1 March 2000, Altron Arrow Sprague-Goodman Electronics has introduced a new series of surface mount directional couplers to be used for RF circuitry, mobile radio and satellite TV technologies.
The new series, designated GLSN, ...
Modular filter design increases production efficiency 1 March 2000, Dartcom SA A growing number of customers buying filters and filter subsystems for mobile communications systems are demanding extremely short supply times, regardless of whether existing or entirely new applications ...
Double balanced IC mixer 1 March 2000, DS Communications M/A-COM’s new monolithic double balanced mixer in a miniature 8L-MSOP plastic package, the MA4EX900L-1226 is a 700–1000 MHz monolithic mixer which features perform-ance characteristics comparable to those ...
Range of mixer products 1 March 2000, DS Communications M/A-COM offers a range of standard, low cost surface mount mixers that can be used in a wide variety of applications such as modulators, phase detectors and frequency synthesizers, as upconverters in ...
Discriminators matched to ICs avoid adjusting 1 March 2000 Murata offers discriminators that are characterised to enable nonadjustment, single chip IC operation. Leaded and SMD configurations offer FM families characterised for most popular ICs.
There is continuous ...
Microwave receiver for 1-18 GHZ 1 March 2000, DS Communications M/A-COM's SMR-5550 is a low-cost high performance microwave receiver. The receiver has all the necessary features for reception of complex order, high data rate PCM/TDM and high capacity FM/FDM communication ...
Frequency translator provides 2488,32 MHz output 16 Feb 2000, RF Design Vectron International has introduced a packaged solution for high frequency clock signal generation. The FX070 frequency translator is a narrow band, low noise PLL that generates a 2488,32 MHz ...
I²C multiplexers for more consistant system management 16 Feb 2000 Philips Semiconductors is offering a family of I2C multiplexers designed to provide more reliable, consistent switching for multiple system management buses and multiple I2C devices. Philips Semiconductors ...
Simultaneous voice and data communications on single line 16 Feb 2000 Analog Devices' Othello chipset, the world's first open-market GSM (global system for mobile communications) direct conversion radio chipset, was awarded Electronic Products' magazine's 'Product of the ...
Highly intergrated 2,4 GHz power amplifier and detector 16 Feb 2000, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Intersil has developed a highly integrated RF power amplifier using advanced silicon germanium (SiGe) technology. The company says this process allows the HFA3983 power amplifier and detector to deliver ...
Acoustic echo canceller offers reduced power consumption 16 Feb 2000 Mitel is offering the MT93L16,
a low-voltage acoustic echo canceller (AEC) that delivers optimal performance to a range of telephony applications. The device is based on the company’s Trueplex technology ...
High -output-current xDSL line driveramplifier 16 Feb 2000 The AD8016 is a dual high-speed, high-output-current amplifier, optimised for ±12 V power supplies and equipped for flexible 'standby/shutdown' operation. This Analog Devices part delivers low-distortion ...
GSM mobile services is simplified 16 Feb 2000 In response to the changing needs of the GSM phone service market to meet faster turnaround times, limited budgets and skill shortages, WWG SA has introduced the Wavetek 4201S. The 4201S GSM tester is ...
New protocol analyser supports nine interface modules 16 Feb 2000 WWG SA has introduced a new protocol analyser. The DominoPlus is a single chassis that supports nine different interface modules and more than 20 high-speed network interfaces - a value proposition it ...
