OEMs & Aftermarket Battery Packs
The continuing growth of portable handheld devices has spawned a healthy selection of aftermarket battery pack suppliers. The ownership period of an individual portable device often exceeds the cycle life of the original battery. This is especially true for medical, industrial and military Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers where product life cycles can be as long as ten years or more.
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Incorporating a Touch Interface into Wireless Designs
Incorporating touch into a wireless product design introduces additional complexity with radios, antennas and the attendant higher power consumption.
By Bruce DeVisser, Fujitsu Components America, Inc.
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FIR Filters Help Improve Audio Quality in Consumer Electronics
The U.S. market for consumer electronics goods is approximately $161B and growing at a rate of 8% per year (Consumer Electronics Association Digital America 2008). Television remained the biggest driver fueled by the growth of LCD TVs at 32% CAGR and Portable audio devices with a CAGR of 22%.
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LTE Testing Challenges
LTE (Long Term Evolution) is a Mobile Broadband standard defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). LTE is so named because it is an evolution from previous wireless technology specifications (GSM/EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA and HSPA+).
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