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October 2010
16-bit ADC at 250 MSPS
16-bit ADC
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3-Channel, Low-Frequency Wake-Up Receiver with Automatic Antenna Tuning Capability
Wake-up receiver
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Enhanced HD Video Connectivity between Mobile Devices and HDTVs for Consumers
HD video connectivity
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Improved AWGs Include 45% Reduction in Waveform Creation Times, LED Displays, Expanded Feature Set
Arbitrary waveform generators
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Linear Power Amplifier for WiMAX CPE and Small-Cell Infrastructure Markets
Power amplifier for WiMAX customer premises
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SP6T All-Tx RF Switch Delivers Fully Symmetric Flexibility
SP6T All-Tx RF switch
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June 2010
12-bit Resolution and 3.6-GSPS Sampling Rate Enables New Applications for Wideband SDR
High-speed analog to digital converters
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Amplifiers Target Critical Performance Aspects of Wireless Macrocells, Repeaters and Femtocells
GaAs MMICs
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FPGAs Break Through the Bandwidth Barrier While Lowering System Power and Cost
28 nm FPGA
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High-performance, Time and Frequency Synchronization for Base Stations and Smart Grids
Synchronization module
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Highly Integrated WiFi Front End Module for High-Performance Dual-Band Applications
WiFi front-end modules
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RMS Power Detectors Support Cellular, LTE/ WiMAX/4G, Test Equipment & Military Applications to 5.8 GHz
RMS power detectors
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Single-SoC Solutions for Compact BTS and RRH Applications
4G base station SoCs
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Small Form-Factor Power Architecture SoCs Target 1W Video-Enabled Consumer Devices
Embedded processors
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April 2010
Eliminate Dead Zones with New Wireless Infrastructure Foundation
In-building wireless infrastructure solution
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FPGA Offers Full Customization, IP Protection and Ease-of-Use
Mixed signal FPGA
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Low ICCT Gate Devices Curb Hidden Power Consumption
Low ICCT gate
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Low Power Wireless MCU Addresses Battery-Operated Home Automation Systems
Single chip wireless microcontroller
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MIMO OTA Emulator for Mobile Terminal Testing
MIMO OTA emulator
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Network Provides Ethernet Connectivity via Wireless Mesh Technology
Mesh network provides wireless data communications
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Silicon-Based 802.11bgn WLAN Power Amplifier
WLAN power amplifier
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Test System Demonstrates Emulation of the Largest Number of UEs Over the LTE RF Interface
LTE network test solution
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February 2010
Connector is Designed for High-Speed Transmissions and High-Density Signal Applications
Connector for high-speed
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eBook Development Platform Lowers Costs for Manufacturers
eBook development platform
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Energy Metering ICs Deliver 0.1% Accuracy
Energy metering ICs
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High-Performance Tools Reduce Test Time by up to 300%
Software test suite
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MEMS Sensor Features a 2 x 2 Aspect Ratio in a LGA Housing
MEMs sensor
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Software Added for LTE EPC Systems
Software for LTE EPC system
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Wireless Radio Platform
Audio module
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ZigBee® RF4CE Compliant Platform for Consumer Electronics
Zigbee RF4CE Platform
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December 2009
8-bit MCUs Significantly Reduce System Cost in Automotive Electronics
8-bit MCUs
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802.11n Capability Added to Tablet Analyzer
802.11n capability added
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Complete Femtocell Solution Addresses Key Challenges
Complete Femtocell Solution
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Innovative Use of Whitespace Radio
Innovative use of white space
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Multicore Devices Deliver up to the Equivalent of 4.2 GHz of Processing Capability
Multicore devices
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Op Amp Achieves 180 MHz at 1mA
Op amplifier achieves 180 MHz
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Rail-to Rail Op Amp Achieves 180 MHz at 1mA
Rail to Rail op amp
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October 2009
12-bit Quad D/A Converter with Non-Volatile EEPROM
Microchip Technology's MCP4728 Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) is a 12-bit Quad DAC featuring a non-volatile EEPROM, which enables the DAC's configuration to be loaded automatically on start up.
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DC/DC Converters Provide 120 W of Power While Reducing Dissipated Heat 50%
DC/DC converters are designed specifically for high-reliability avionics applications.
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Low Power Cryptographic Battery Authentication IC with SHA-256
SRAM-based key storage ensures keys are permanently destroyed if IC is removed from battery.
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One-Box-Tester for 1xEV-DO eHRPD Protocol Stack
Agilent Technologies Inc. announces support for 1xEV-DO enhanced high-rate packet data (eHRPD) in Agilent 8960 wireless communication test sets running the Agilent E6706C lab application software.
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PCBs for Medical Device Electronic Assemblies
Electronic Interconnect (EI) announces the availability of specialized PCBs for medical device electronic assemblies and engineering and design services to help customers plan and develop medical electronic circuit assemblies.
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Portable Smart Card Readers Enhance Online Security
SCM Microsystems, Inc. (SCM) is expanding its smart card reader product family with three new models that usher in a new era of compact, portable, personal devices.
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TD-LTE Multi-UE Test Mobile with Multi-Handset Capability
Aeroflex has released the TM500 TD-LTE Multi-UE, adding multiple handset (multi-UE) testing capabilities to its market-leading test mobile range supporting TD-LTE infrastructure development.
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Upconverting Mixer Supports all LTE/Cellular Bands from 400 MHz to 2.7 GHz
A new wide bandwidth active upconverting mixer delivers high dynamic range performance from 400 MHz to 2.7 GHz.
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August 2009
Comprehensive Range of Mono Bluetooth Headset Chips
CSR has launched an advanced series of ROM-based chips for the Bluetooth mono headset market.
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Device Eliminates Need for Local Oscillator Modules in LTE and WiMAX Basestations
National Semiconductor Corp. announces a very low-noise, fully integrated frequency synthesizer.
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DSC-Quality Imaging Now Available for High-Performance Mobile Phone Market
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, introduces its latest imaging solution for mobile phones with the 1.75µ OmniBSI™ (backside illumination) family.
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RFPRO Pocket Reference Oscillator Integrates Sinewave SAW Oscillator in SMA Housing
Crystek introduces an RF Pocket Reference Oscillator (RFPRO Series), the industry's first frequency control product to integrate a complete True SineWave SAW (surface acoustic wave) oscillator in a rugged SMA housing.
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Single, Dual and Quad Devices Combine Micro-Power Features with Zero Trade-Offs
STMicroelectronics introduces three new families of precision op-amps targeting low-power and portable products, with power-saving features that include high-speed performance at low supply current, operation from a 1.5V supply, and device-shutdown capability.
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UltraCMOS™ Digital Step Attenuators Feature Serial Addressability
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation has made available the latest in the new UltraCMOS™ Digital Step Attenuator (DSA) 50. series.
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VectorStar-based 4-Port VNA Solutions Deliver Fast and Accurate S-Parameter Measurements
MN469xA test set brings inherent advantages of VectorStar™ design to 4-Port applications during R&D and manufacturing.
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Wafer-Level Optics Solutions Require Less Components and Manual Processes
Nemotek Technologie introduces its Wafer-Level Optics (WLO) solutions that are fully qualified and now available to customers.
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May 2009
Antenna Product Line for Access Points and Routers
iMAT enables lower cost of ownership, simpler integration, and improved aesthetic designs by replacing several antennas with one.
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GaAs MMIC Antenna Switch Supports Multi-band Transceiver Platforms
New miniature, low profile SP8T RFIC Antenna Switch helps reduce the size and improve performance of 3G UMTS, W-CDMA and Quad Band EDGE mobile phones.
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Highly Efficient Step-Up Type DC/DC Converter for White LED with Flash-Mode Capability
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)* has released two new highly-efficient white LED drivers (LEDDs), the TB62730WLG and the TB62750FTG.
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Integrated Receiver Modules Use Low-cost Materials and Automated Processes
MMIC Solutions Ltd. announces the first shipment of its MSx600 range of integrated receiver modules.
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Radio Chip Designed for Medical and Sensor Applications
Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. introduces a radio chip that delivers the unique combination of ultra-low peak power and very high efficiency.
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RF Chips Extend Battery Life up to 25%
Nordic Semiconductor ASA is previewing its next generation ANT wireless single chip solutions - the nRF24AP2 family - including the first two products that will form part of the new range. The single-channel nRF24AP2 (nRF24AP2-1CH) will be a cost optimized product suitable for a wide range of simple wireless sensor applications from bike cadence up to heart rate and blood glucose monitoring.
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Voice Coil Motor Driver with I2C Serial Interface
Allegro's new voice coil motor (VCM) driver with I2C serial interface is designed for camera lens auto focus and zoom applications.
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Wireless Channel Emulator Brings the Real World into the Wireless Test Lab
Spirent Communications plc has annouces Virtual Drive Test and Fading Lab functionality is now available on Spirent's SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator. Virtual Drive Test allows rapid re-creation of RF conditions to bring real-world field testing of mobile devices into the lab.
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April 2009
Converged 3G/4G Cellular Front End Platform Capable of Nine-Band Coverage
RF6460 supports up to five bands of 3G/4G and all four bands of GPRS/EDGE.
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Dual-Band External MIMO Antennas Designed to Enhance 802.11n System Performance
Laird Technologies, Inc. has released two new dual-band external MIMO antennas – the S245112PT Directional and the S24517PT Sector.
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Front-End Modules Cut WiFi Board Space by Nearly 50%
LX5551 and LX5552 from Microsemi Corporation are front-end modules (FEMs) for IEEE 802.11b/g/n applications in the 2.4 to 2.5 GHz frequency range.
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Interleaved Boundary-Mode PFC Controller Delivers Over 96% Efficiency
Fairchild Semiconductor brings power supply designers a boundary-conduction mode (BCM) interleaving power factor correction (PFC) controller that provides over 96% power conversion efficiency for AC/DC power supplies.
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Mobile Low-Power DDR2 Memory for Mobile Applications
Micron Technology, Inc. introduces a high-performance mobile low-power DDR2 (LPDDR2) portfolio aimed at improving performance and reducing memory power consumption.
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Portable Test Cell Offers Fast and Convenient Wireless Testing
ETS-Lindgren introduces a portable RF shielded test cell, Model 5247, for making wireless device design verification and over-the-air performance measurements.
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Power Conversion Technology for Solar Applications
DC/DC converter IC enables industry-leading efficiency for single-cell photovoltaic chargers.
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Touch Sensor Controller Converts Capacitance to Digital Data
Targeting mobile devices, Fujitsu Microelectronics' FMA1127 touch sensor controller converts capacitance generated by the human body and conductive touch pad to digital data with no analog processing.
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March 2009
16-Channel VPX SerDes Test Module Serves VPX Systems
Elma Bustronic announces a 16-channel version of its SerDes test modules for VPX systems. The modules allow testing and pre-emphasis of the SerDes signals to ensure signal performance of the system.
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200 W GAN HEMT Power Transistor Now Production Ready
Nitronex has released the NPT1007 for applications up to 1.2 GHz.
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Extended Platforms Address MIPS-intensive LTE Wireless Standard
Addressing the MIPS-intensive LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless standard, Texas Instruments Inc. has developed the 1.2 GHz TMS320TCI6487, a three core digital signal processor.
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FPGA Package Reduces Memory Footprint by More than 75%
Ramtron International Corporation announces the availability of its 4-megabit (Mb) F-RAM memory in a streamlined FBGA package.
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High-Capacity Solution Provides NLOS Backhaul for HSPA, WiMAX and LTE Networks
DesignArt Networks recently unveiled a NLOS backhaul product for mobile infrastructure. The company brings to market high-capacity, SLA-grade, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) PtP and PtMP wireless backhaul capability, appropriate to connect new cellular sites.
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Open Reference Design for 255 W ATX Power Supplies Achieves 85% Efficiency
ON Semiconductor has designed an open reference design for ATX power supplies.
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Transceiver-based FPGAs Optimized for Applications Requiring up to 3.75 Gb/s
Altera Corporation announces the Arria II GX FPGA family.
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February 2009
Accurate Tool for Evaluating Performance of Next-Generation LTE Chipsets and Mobile Devices
Anritsu Company introduces the MD8430A Signaling Tester, a LTE base station simulator.
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BallNest Hybrid Socket Provides Reliable, Consistent Test and Burn-in
Aries Electronics has released its patented CSP/BallNest Hybrid Socket suitable for prototyping, test or burn-in of CSP, BGA, microBGA and LGA devices.
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Diagnosis Technology Slashes Debug Effort for Complex SystemVerilog Assertions
OneSpin Solutions has mainstreamed comprehensive formal assertion-based verification (ABV) for SoC, ASIC and FPGA designs by delivering a structured, step-by-step approach to its use and adoption.
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Fully Matched Amplifier Achieves 38 dB Gain and 3 W Linear Power
Mimix Broadband, Inc. introduces a highly linear, 3-stage power amplifier module with 30 W of peak-power and 38 dB small signal gain.
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LNA Combines Low Power, High Gain Performance for Mobile Wi-Fi Applications
At 5.8 GHz, NEC's low noise NESG4030M14 HBT delivers 11 dB of gain at a low 2 V/6 mA bias, making it appropriate for battery-powered products
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Software Radio PMC Module
Pentek, Inc.'s Model 7153 digital down converter (DDC) is a four-channel, high-speed digitizer PMC module designed for processing baseband RF or IF signals from a communications receiver.
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Tantalum Capacitors Suited for Boosting Transmitter Power in Wireless Express Cards
AVX Corporation has developed a high capacitance PulseCap™ capacitor in a low profile package.
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Wire-Wound Power Inductor Offers Highest Rated Current for Size
Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc. announces the availability of its new BRL3225 series of compact, low profile, wire-wound chip inductors for switch-mode DC/DC converter applications.
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January 2009
CPU Board Designed Industrial Automation and IP Switching Applications
Kontron introduces the Kontron CP6001-V, a 6U value line CompactPCI® CPU board specially designed for cost-sensitive industrial applications.
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Device Enables ultra-compact USB Dongles for 2.4 GHz Wireless Peripherals
Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today releases the nRF24LU1+ USB dongle single chip solution for ultra-low power (ULP) wireless peripherals.
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I/O Expansion Devices Support Multicast Functionality
IDT introduces two PCI Express® (PCIe®) Gen2 switching solutions.
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Licensing Model Dedicated to Advanced Verification for RFICs
Agilent Technologies Inc. announces the release of a simulation licensing model dedicated to reducing the cost of advanced verification.
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LTE Protocol Stack Designed for 4G Multimode Handsets
The 4M Wireless PS100 LTE Protocol Stack is a 3GPP Release 8 compliant implementation of the LTE protocol stack for User Equipment (UE) terminals.
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Mobile Security Card Unites Smart Card and NFC-compatible Contactless Functions
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has developed a mobile security card offering contactless smart-card security in addition to the usual data storage functions.
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Networked Acquisition Controller Reduces Overhead Time
MI Technologies' new Networked Acquisition Controller (NAC) streamlines the cycle of triggering and data flow.
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Product Family Increases FPGA-based I/O Performance for PXI Test Systems
National Instruments announces a new family of open, FPGA-based hardware for the PXI platform. The NI FlexRIO product family is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution that provides engineers with the flexibility of NI LabVIEW FPGA technology combined with high-speed, instrument-class I/O.
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December 2008
Digitally Tunable Capacitors Enable High-performance RF tuning for GSM Cellular and Mobile TV
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation announces a breakthrough in the highly sought-after solution to mobile antenna tuning.
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Multicore DSP Integrates Three 1 GHz Cores on a Single Chip
TI's TMS320C6474 provides greater performance density and savings on cost, power and board space while offering an easy migration path for designers of high performance systems.
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SX51 Optical Module for HDMI over Fiber
Omron's P1TX6A-SX51-01M transmitter optical module and the P1RX6A-SX51-01M receiver optical module are designed to serve the high-definition video market.
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Vector Signal Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, and Digital Oscilloscope Combination Breaks New Ground
Tektronix, Inc. announces SignalVu™ vector signal analysis software for DPO7000 and DPO/DSA70000 digital oscilloscope series, enabling engineers to easily characterize and validate wideband and microwave spectral events.
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November 2008
Advanced RFID Tag Simplifies Attachment Process Ensuring Greater Quality Control
Available from Murata Electronics North America is the LXMS31 series MAGICSTRAP™ for complete coverage in the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band (850 MHz to 965 MHz).
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Advanced RFID Tag Simplifies Attachment Process Ensuring Greater Quality Control
Available from Murata Electronics North America is the LXMS31 series MAGICSTRAP™ for complete coverage in the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band (850 MHz to 965 MHz).
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Platform Offers Complete Channel Emulation of WiMAX, LTE, 4G and Beyond
Electrobit (EB) has released a radio channel emulation platform that exceeds the performance requirements for WiMAX, LTE and 4G testing to ensure that end users have the best possible wireless connection.
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Platform Offers Complete Channel Emulation of WiMAX, LTE, 4G and Beyond
Electrobit (EB) has released a radio channel emulation platform that exceeds the performance requirements for WiMAX, LTE and 4G testing to ensure that end users have the best possible wireless connection.
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Single-chip Reference Designs Available for any Base or Relay Station Form Factor
DesignArt Networks' WiMAX SoC platform, the DAN2400, is a family of single-chip base and relay station reference designs which help WiMAX equipment vendors build a complete radio access network (RAN) product portfolio, covering all indoors and outdoors applications – based on one single R&D, IOT and certification process.
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Single-chip Reference Designs Available for any Base or Relay Station Form Factor
DesignArt Networks' WiMAX SoC platform, the DAN2400, is a family of single-chip base and relay station reference designs which help WiMAX equipment vendors build a complete radio access network (RAN) product portfolio, covering all indoors and outdoors applications – based on one single R&D, IOT and certification process.
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SoC Provides One Solution Across Multiple Base Station Platforms
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. has released a mobile WiMAX base station SoC, a highly integrated, flexible device built using the Fujitsu 65 nm process technology.
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SoC Provides One Solution Across Multiple Base Station Platforms
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. has released a mobile WiMAX base station SoC, a highly integrated, flexible device built using the Fujitsu 65 nm process technology.
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October 2008
Advanced RFID Tag Simplifies Attachment Process Ensuring Greater Quality Control
Murata Electronics’ LXMS31 Series MAGICSTRAP™ is designed for complete coverage in the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band (850 to 965 MHz). This advanced Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag is designed to be applied directly on the printed circuit board (PCB) like other SMT components.
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Amplifier Exhibits Low Noise
Mini-Circuits’ TAMP-960LN+ 5 V SMT amplifier offers a noise level of 0.550 dB while delivering 18 dB gain and an output power of 16.5 dBm. The 0.591" × 0.394" × 0.118" aqueous-washable device operates in CDMA applications from 824 to 894 MHz, GSM Rx applications from 880 to 915 MHz and GSM Tx applications from 925 to 960 MHz.
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Buck-Boost Regulators Support 2.5 MHz
The ADP2503 and ADP2504 step-up/step-down DC/DC regulators support switching frequencies at speeds up to 2.
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Diplexers Enable Feeder Cable Sharing
Radio Frequency Systems’ FD9R6004 Series wideband diplexers enable feeder cable sharing between systems in the 806 to 960 MHz and 1710 to 2200 MHz ranges. The 3.10 lbs. 0.43 L components accommodate the combining of wireless communications services, such as Cellular 800 MHz with PCS, and allow carriers to use multiple transmit frequencies at full power.
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End-to-End Product Suite for 4G Wireless
Continuous Computing® introduces a comprehensive set of products that address the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless standard. Now available is an end-to-end offering that spans the entire range of LTE network infrastructure ranging from the Home eNodeB to the Evolved Packet Core (EPC).
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Matrix Design Supports Wireless Testing
Renaissance Electronics’ new design approach for a modular switch matrix system contains a 3 × 4 configuration with programmable attenuation paths supporting Wi-Fi and WiMAX validation test criteria. The matrix handles up to 30 dBm of composite RF power level to perform both Tx and Rx related measurements.
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Network Device Syncs Wireless Backhaul
Semtech Corporation’s ToPSync (timing over packet synchronization) ACS9510 network synchronization device combines IEEE1588v2 precision time protocol (PTP) with a proprietary SONET/SDH synchronous equipment timing source (SETS) solution.
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Timing Module Uses GPS Receiver
NDK’s NCR-64 embedded timing module utilizes a GPS receiver to deliver a 1 pps output-aligned UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) signal at 3.3 V DC. The device provides a ±0.02 ppm three-channel 10 MHz standard clock signal when locked on the GPS signal and a TOD (Time Of Day) GPS signal output.
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UWB ICs Utilize 65 nm CMOS Technology
Staccato Communications’ Ripcord2™ family single-chip UWB ICs uses 65 nm CMOS process technology to support wireless USB, Bluetooth, wireless IP and wireless audio/video. The components support WiMedia Band Groups 1, 3 and 6, Time Frequency Codes (TFC) 1 to 10, data rate modes from 53.
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September 2008
2.5" Hard Disc Drives Feature High Capacity
Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD) announces its 200 GB-per-platter 5,400 rpm hard disc drives (HDD) which provide high HDD capacity at 400 GB for integration into mobile PCs.
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Driver Amplifiers Target 18 to 33 GHz Frequencies
Avago Technologies announces its AMMC/P-6333 linear power amplifier.
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PMC Provides Advanced Graphics and Imaging Capabilities Simultaneously
Based on the ATI M9 graphics processor, the M590 Multi-standard Graphics and Video PMC, available from Aitech Defense Systems, uses dual independent graphics heads to simultaneously output information from two separate data streams to two different monitors, whether analog or digital.
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RF Modular Instruments Offer Flexible Wireless Measurements
National Instruments' RF vector signal analyzer, RF vector signal generator and PXI Express 18-slot chassis offer flexible RF measurements up to 10x faster than traditional RF instrumentation.
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RF Subsystem Reduces Space, Cost and Design Time
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. unveils its highly integrated RF subsystem for GSM, GPRS and EDGE femtocell base stations and cellular repeaters.
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Tantalum Capacitor Series Protects Against Short Circuits
AVX Corporation's TAW Series is a family of fused tantalum capacitors that features an internal fuse to protect against short circuits and damaging high DC leakage currents.
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Wi-Fi/WiMax Triplexer Uses Embedded Passive Components
Jacket Micro Devices, Inc. (JMD) announces its Wi-Fi/WiMax triplexer that uses embedded passive components in organic laminates.
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Wireless Integrated Circuits Perform in Management Systems
Lansdale Semiconductor, Inc. announces single-source rights to three wireless ICs originally designed and built by Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
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August 2008
Automotive Device Family Provides System-on-Chip Functionality
Lattice Semiconductor Corporaton has announced automotive versions of its non-volatile, 90 nm Flash-based LatticeXP2™ FPGAs, which are qualified to meet the certification requirements of the AEC-Q100 standard.
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Chipset Yields Low Idle Current
Fujitsu Microelectronics’ MB86K22, MB86K52, and MB39C316
mobile WiMAX chipset exhibits idle current of >0.500 mA in a 12-mm² package for devices such as smart phones and PDAs.
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Complier Offers Faster Interrupt Handling
HI-TECH Software’s ANSI C "omniscient" compiler for Microchip’s PIC32 family of microcontrollers can boost real-time performance by 25% or more, and can provide nearly double the density.
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Dual Amplifier Delivers 44 dBm Output
Mimix Broadband’s XG1001-SA dual high-dynamic range amplifier yields an IP3 output of 44 dBm, noise figure of 2.10 dB, and gain of 13 dB at 2 GHz in a frequency range from 0.05 to 4 GHz.
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Module Combines Digitizer and DDC
Pentek’s Model 7152 PMC module combines four 16-bit 200-MHz A/D digitizers with a 32-channel digital down converter (DDC) with pre-installed IP cores for Xilinx FPGAs.
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Oscillators Offer 99.91% Accuracy
Linear Technology’s LTC6930 family of precision silicon micropower oscillators offer 99.910% accuracy with fixed frequencies from 32.768 kHz to 8.192 MHz in five versions, each with a master frequency and digitally-controlled frequency dividers that give eight frequencies per device.
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Processor Targets HSPA Femtocells
Built for HSPA femtocells, picoChip’s PC302 system-on-chip baseband processor supports up to four users for residential and SME femtocell access points with data rates of 14.4 Mb/s HSDPA and 5.7 Mb/s HSUPA.
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Regulator Module Yields 80 A Output
Murata Power Solution’s VR110B080CA-1C single inline packaged (SIP) voltage regulator module (VRM) exhibits a maximum output current of 80 A with a 7-bit DAC-programmable output voltage range from 0.8375 to 1.6000 VDC.
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July 2008
Boxes Feature Dual-Channel Gasket Construction
Bud Industries’ ANS Series die-cast NEMA boxes feature a dual-channel gasket that is made with a one-piece molded outer silicone gasket and a wire-mesh with sponge rubber.
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Fuses Fit for Electrical Ballasts
Littelfuse’s 208/209 Series 350-V 2AG-size fuses are designed for electrical ballasts used in fluorescent lighting and other applications.
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GPU Delivers up to 1G Pixels per Second
ARM’s Mali-400 MP scalable multiprocessor graphics processing unit (GPU) delivers up to 1G pixels per second in from one to four processors.
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Microwave Amplifiers Use RF Technology
Cree’s CMPA0060005 and CMPA2560025 GaN monolithic microwave IC (MMIC) amplifiers use RF technology to form fully integrated amplifier circuits that replicate on a single silicon carbide (SiC) substrate.
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Oscilloscopes Operate from 1.5 to 6 GHz on Four Channels
LeCroy’s 700Zi Series WavePro digital oscilloscopes provide 1 M? and 50 ? input capability in bandwidths from 1.5 to 6 GHz on four channels with ?4 volt offset capability and ?3 volt common mode control.
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June 2008
2.5 V HCMOS Oscillators SignificantlyReduce Noise Levels
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 surface acoustic wave (SAW) oscillators at a lower cost.
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Broadband Wireless Chipset Provides Seamless Migration
Odyssey ™ 8500 delivers, flexibility, performance, footprint and power consumption tailored for handsets and handheld devices.
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Design Tools Help Meet Critical Power Budgets
With ChipVision's PowerOpt™ and P-SAM, users can evaluate performance, area and power tradeoffs at the architectural level rather than the gate level, resulting in significant savings.
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Ethernet Circular Connector with RJF Range
Amphenol Socapex has released a robust Ethernet circular connector with the RJF range.
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Membrane Media Increases Thermal Performance
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. introduces a membrane media for its line of GORE ® Cooling Filters that increases thermal performance while providing strong environmental protection and reliability.
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New Process Delivers Significant Miniaturization
Avago Technologies announces a breakthrough in packaging technology that brings wireless chip micro-miniaturization and high frequency performance to new levels.
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Wire-wound Performance with Multi-layer Manufacturability
The BRC1608 series of high-current, wire-wound power inductors from Taiyo Yuden measure 1.6(L) x 0.8(W) x 0.8(H) mm (all dimensions ± 0.2 mm).
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WVAN Wireless Library Helps Prevent Wafer Spins
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.
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May 2008
ARM9 MCU Family Boosts Embedded Flash and Saves Part Count in Connected Applications
STMicroelectronics has increased the on-chip Flash capacity of its STR91xFA ARM966E-S based MCU family by introducing 1.1 Mbyte and 2.1 Mbyte variants, delivering higher memory density than many other ARM9, or ARM7-TDMI, based standard MCU currently available.
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Channel Emulator for LTE and 4G Wireless Technologies
Azimuth Systems Inc. announces an expanded channel emulator product line designed to address the complex needs of emerging 4G wireless broadband technologies, including LTE, IEEE 802.16m, UMB and other technologies that will be deployed in the 700 MHz spectrum.
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Intel-based ATCA CPU Blade Offers Performance, Integration and Flexibility
ADLINK Technology’s aTCA-6900 features two Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors and dual AMC bays for a high level of performance, integration and flexibility.
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SH-MobileR2, Multimedia Host Processor with Integrated H.264/MPEG-4 Video Engine
The SH-MobileR2, designated SH7723, enables the design of portable and mobile devices with multimedia capabilities that are suitable for personal navigation devices (PNDs), portable media players and V2IP (video and voice over IP) terminals.
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Silicon Success for Single Chip, Multi-standard Transceiver
Lime Microsystems achieves first silicon success for single chip, multi-standard transceiver.
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System Designed for Multiple Industries
Innovative design and aggressive price point offer enterprise, medical and industrial automation market segments access to MicroTCA technology for the first time.
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UL-and VDE-certified Devices Provide Isolation for High Voltage Power Systems
OPTEK’s expanded optocoupler product line includes both analog and digital output devices that provide isolation for high voltage power systems.
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Universal and Affordable Smart Label Chip
Universal, affordable Smart Label Chip
lowers price barrier by up to a factor of 10, and
opens multiple new markets for automatic data-logging and racking systems.
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April 2008
Bluetooth Serial Module Designed for Embedding Bluetooth Connectivity
Lemos International’s Parani-ESD1000 is a Class 1 type embedded Bluetooth serial module designed for users who are wishing to embed Bluetooth connectivity directly onto the circuit boards of RS-232 based equipment like security systems, POS, industrial machinery, and medical devices.
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Customizable CPU Platform Collects, Processes and Delivers Data at Processor Speeds up to 1.2 GHz
Critical Link, LLC has released a high-speed, high-end processing edition of its customizable CPU platform, the MityDSP®. This latest member of the MityDSP family — the MityDSP-Pro®— collects, processes and delivers data at CPU speeds up to 1.2 GHz.
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Devices Deliver Ultra-low Phase Noise
Peregrine Semiconductor’s UltraCMOS™ PE97022 and PE97042 phase locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizers are in production and available for satellite payload designs.
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FIC Solutions Help Bridge Adjacent Standards within the Wireless Infrastructure
IDT®(Integrated Device Technology, Inc. announces a new family of common public radio interface(CPRI)-based functional interconnect chip (FIC) solutions. These products, which bridge adjacent standards within the wireless infrastructure, will reduce development time and cost and enable developers of base station architectures to more readily meet the needs of the rapidly evolving wireless market sector.
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GPS Quality TCXO in a LCC Package
VTM3 offers designers flexibility with a smaller, lower-power oscillator without compromising phase noise performance or stability.
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Low Voltage MCUs Doubles Battery Life for Battery-powered Products
Silicon Laboratories Inc. has released a family of microcontrollers (MCUs) capable of operating down to 0.9 V, enabling portable devices to derive power from a single-cell battery for the first time.
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Receiver Subsystem Bridges the Gap
Between RF & Digital Worlds
The LTM9001 is the first in a series of System in a Package (SiP) signal chain receiver modules, leveraging Linear’s uModule™ packaging technology.
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Single Chip Enables USB Dongles with Future-proofed Performance and Security
The Nordic Semiconductor nRF24LU1™ single chip 2.4 GHz transceiver enables the implementation of ultra-compact, high performance USB dongles for wireless peripherals by providing a true single chip solution in a 5 × 5 mm QFN package with full on-chip security.
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March 2008
Dual Core VME Board Enables OEMs to Improve System Performance
Emerson Network Power announces its highest performance VMEbus single-board computer (SBC), the MVME7100. Featuring a dual core PowerPC® processor and 2eSST high speed VMEbus interface, the board is designed to enable industrial, medical and defense/aerospace OEMs to add performance and features for competitive advantage while providing backwards compatibility to protect their investment in VMEbus technologies.
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Highly Flexible, Scalable, Mobile WiMAX Base Station
Fujitsu Network Communications introduces the BroadOne™ WX series of mobile WiMAX base stations. The company has designed its new base stations with many features to meet the global requirements for mobile WiMAX networks.
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MCPA Product Increased Cell Site Capacity and Reduces Cost for Wireless Operators
Andrew Wireless Solutions’ CommScope, Inc. division announces the release of The Andrew OneBase™ Extender Multi-Sector Micro, designed to be the smallest multicarrier power amplifier (MCPA) configuration for wireless operators.
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Powerful Tool Supports Successful Deployment of Next-Generation Mobile Phone Systems
Anritsu Company has released three software packages for its MS269xA Signal Analyzer Series that create a powerful tool to support fast and easy evaluation of 3GPP LTE uplink and downlink signals.
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Single Slot Solution
The industry’s first VME/VXS board, available from Pentek, brings to designers extraordinary power, speed and connectivity in a single-slot solution.
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Single-Antenna Approach Improves Antenna Gain and Receiver Sensitivity
SkyCross introduces Isolated Mode Antenna Technology (iMAT), a unique single-antenna approach providing significant benefits for device designers and manufacturers, network operators, and end users.
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Technology Shrinks Quad-band EDGE PA Modules by 50%
Triquint’s second-generation EDGE PAs were designed using the company’s CuFlip™ copper bump technology, improving RF performance while reducing current consumption to provide longer device battery life.
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Wireless NFC Chip Sets New Standard for Handset Integration
Inside Contactless introduces the latest version of its MicroRead® multi-standard NFC chip, a third-generation product that sets a new standard for ease of integration. The MicroRead suite combines third-generation silicon, a full set of host interfaces, NFC software libraries and APIs, a field-proven reference design and robust standards support into a turnkey NFC solution ideal for a broad range of applications.
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January 2008
Driver Plus FET Modules Reduce Power Losses by 14%
Driver Plus FET Modules (DrMOS) Minimize Power Losses Across All Load Levels in DC/DC Applications.
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Flexible Multi-Mode Wireless Data Modem Targets M2M and SDR Markets
CML Microcircuits has launched the CMX7143, a highly integrated and adaptable multi-mode wireless data modem built on CML’s proprietary FirmASIC® component technology.
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FPGA-based Support for Quad Data Rate Memory Devices
The LatticeSC™ and LatticeSCM™ FPGA families (collectively, the "LatticeSC/M" family) now support QDRII/II+ rates up to 750 Mb/s.
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Isolated Analog Card Protects Sensitive Measurement Circuitry
The PCI-1715U, available from Advantech, is an isolated high-speed analog card for the PCI bus.
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MR16-Compatible Chipset Reduces Component Count up to 50%
MR16-compatible, dedicated chipset from Zetex optimizes efficiency and ease-of-manufacture, while reducing component count by up to 50%.
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OEM Interface Integrates Easily into a Range of TFT LCD Monitor Applications
The DVS-1600 high-integration OEM interface controller from Digital View is designed to address a broad range of TFT LCD monitor applications, providing a range of inputs, features and LCD panel support to address market needs.
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PLL VCO Offers R&D Cost Savings
Raltron Electronics Corporation announces the release of its PCC-A1-3100 PLL family of VCOs covering a frequency range of between 500 MHz and 3.5 GHz.
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Switch-Mode Regulator Features Ultra-Wide Input Voltage Range from 4.25 to 75 V
National Semiconductor Corporation introduces a high-voltage, monolithic two-switch forward DC/DC regulator for power supply designs in telecommunication, automotive and industrial applications.
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December 2007
4 MIMO RF Test System
Keithley Instruments releases the 4ࡪ MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) RF test system for R&D and production testing of next generation RF communications equipment and devices.
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A/D Converters for Demanding Low Power Requirements
austriamicrosystems launches AS1528/29 micro-power, 10-bit, 150 ks/s A/D converters offering single-ended and fully-differential input.
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DAC Features EEPROM and 12-bit Resolution in Miniature Package
Microchip Technology Inc. announces the MCP4725 Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), which combines integrated EEPROM and 12-bit resolution in a 6-pin SOT-23 package.
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Dual Voltage Power System Designed for Changing Environments
The Infinity NE is an andvanced power system developed specifically to address the need to provide dual voltage power in a dynamic, changing environment.
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High-Density Connectors Designed for Backplane and Orthogonal Applications
FCI introduces the ZipLine™ connector system in response to customer demand for increased signal density.
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Powerful Handheld Spectrum Analyzer
Boonton’s 9103 handheld spectrum analyzer operates at frequencies up to 7.5 GHz. The instrument supports many microwave applications, featuring the typical measurements of standard desktop spectrum analyzers such as channel power, occupied bandwidth and adjacent channel power ratio.
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Receiver Delivers 1.8 dB Noise Figure and 13 dB Conversion Gain
Mimix Broadband, Inc. has released a fully-molded QFN packaged, gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) receiver that covers the 4.5 to 10.5 GHz frequency bands.
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Terminal-on-a-Chip for 3G, LTE and WiMAX Deployments
Provigent Inc. announces the availability of the PVG610 "Terminal-on-a-Chip" product for backhaul infrastructure. This powerful mixed-signal CMOS device with its high level of integration and enhanced performance is an advanced backhauling solution for 3G, LTE and WiMAX deployments.
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November 2007
Configurable PXI Test Platform for Seamless Migration from R&D to Production Test
Aeroflex announces a modular RF test platform for wireless applications up to 6 GHz.
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MIMO Device Supports Wireless Multimedia Services
SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. announces a highly integrated RF front-end module for Wi-Fi®products designed to comply with the IEEE 802.11n specification.
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MIMO RF Test Systems for Next-Generation RF Communication Devices
Keithley Instruments, Inc. announces the release of a 4X4 MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) RF test system for R&D and production testing of next generation RF communications equipment and devices.
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Multi-Standard Serial RapidIO Switch
Tundra Semiconductor’s multi-standard Serial RapidIO switch with PCI bridging and FPGA interface significantly reduces 3G wireless baseband costs.
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Optical Transceiver Supports Standards for Cellular, WiFi and WiMAX Networks
Avago’s AFBR-57J5APZ is part of the industry’s first family of optical transceivers for use in next-generation, wireless infrastructure networking equipment.
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RF-to-Baseband WiMAX Transceivers Enable Thumb-sized WiMAX Terminals
Analog Devices, Inc.’s RF-to-digital baseband transceivers are designed to enable broadband connectivity in mobile communications terminals, such as cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and handheld multimedia devices, using WiMAX.
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RS232 Bluetooth Adapter Makes Data Transfer Easy
The LM048 is one of the world’s smallest RS232 Bluetooth adapters and is appropriate for either cable replacement or wireless data transfer.
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Secure NV SRAM Controller with Tamper Detection
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the DS3605 I2C-compatible, secure, nonvolatile (NV) SRAM controller with tamper detection.
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October 2007
CSSP Platforms Offer Performance Level that Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Requires
The high-performance UART system block supports the full 3 Mbit/sec required for Bluetooth 2.1 and Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) operation.
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Design-in Over-current Protection with a Single Miniature Fuse
456 Series fuse offers high-amp circuit protection in a tiny package compatible with faster pick and place electronics assembly processes.
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EM Software Helps Shorten Design Process
AXIEM’s proprietary algorithms deliver speed, capacity and accuracy to designers of today’s electronic products, migrating EM analysis from pure back-end
post verification to upfront diagnostic design.
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Miniature Bipolar NPN/PNP Transistors
Available in the SOT23FF Package
Provided in the SOT23FF package, Zetex Semiconductors’ miniature bipolar NPN and PNP transistors are well suited for MOSFET gate driving in newer power supplies.
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SoC Functional Verification Kit Increases both Productivity and Predictability
The Cadence® SoC Functional Verification Kit provides high levels of automation with reusable advanced verification techniques.
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Sub-Harmonic Mixer
Hittite Microwave Corporation’s GaAs MMIC sub-harmonic SMT mixer suited for microwave radios, VSAT, Test & Measurement, instrumentation and military applications from 14.5 to 19.5 GHz.
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UWB Antenna with Filter-Assist Functionality
USA—Omron Electronic Components LLC announces a surface-mounted polymeric antenna. Designated the WXA-N2SL, these antennas are designed to transmit and receive high-speed wireless signals in the next-generation consumer electronic products market.
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Vibration Motor Driver IC Creates Worldwide Buzz in Personal Handsets
This single phase brushless vibration motor driver IC allows increased battery life while still delivering strong and clearly detected vibrations.
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September 2007
Evaluation Board Provides IP Controller Connectivity Via WiFi, LAN and Cellular
Connect One™ Semiconductor has released the II-EVB-600, an evaluation board for programming the iChip™ CO2064, the company’s small footprint Internet Protocol (IP) controller that targets cost- and resource-constrained machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, where encryption and security is required.
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Fully-integrated ZigBee Transceiver Modules
California Eastern Laboratories and LS Research jointly announce a miniature transceiver module for ZigBee and other low cost, low power IEEE 802.15.4 data transmission applications.
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Jitter Test System
The J7000 Test System alters serial signal streams through injection of Gaussian noise in a way that reflects real world signal behavior.
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MIMO, Wave 2 Test Support Added to Mobile WiMAX Measurement Solutions
Agilent Technologies Inc.’s Vector Signal Analyzer (VSA), Signal Studio and Mobile WiMAX Test Set measurement solutions have been enhanced to facilitate testing of the WiMAX Forum®'s Wave 2 system profiles.
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Plastic Circular Connectors Meet Demanding Medical Device Requirements
Designed specifically for the medical industry, HyperGrip is a user-configurable circular connector which is color-coded and customer key-able for accurate and quick connections on medical equipment.
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PoE for Wireless Access Points and Computer Workstations
The Ultra PoE POE480U 60 W, 4-port midspan provides total full power of 480 W and requires no power management.
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WiMAX Chip Scale Module Enables Next-Generation of Mobile Broadband
The WiMAX9xxx module allows handheld manufacturers to quickly design and add WiMax functionality to devices such as handsets, ultra mobile personal computers, personal media players and personal navigational devices.
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August 2007
8- and 32-bit MCUs Breaks Bit Boundaries
The MC9S08QE128 based on the S08 core, and MCF51QE128, the first device based on the ColdFire® V1 core, are the industry’s first 8- and 32-bit MCUs with pin-for-pin compatibility and a common set of on-chip peripherals and development tools.
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BJTs Deliver Maximized Power Efficiency
PNP and NPN devices deliver better power efficiency and longer battery life for portable electronics applications.
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Complete Memory Subsystem Simplifies System Design for Embedded Applications
SST (Silicon Storage Technology) announces its All-in-OneMemory product family, the SST88VP1107.
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L-band Smart Synthesizer Eliminates External Programming
The SFS1250A-LF is a new class of synthesizer designed to provide stable signal source at 1249.92 MHz, with ultra low phase noise of 𤩔 dBc/Hz (typ) at 10 kHz offset.
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Single-package FXO Device for VoIP Equipment
Single-package FXO solution optimized for multi-port FXO applications targeting small and medium enterprise VoIP equipment.
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VoFi Analyzer Gives Insight into Call Quality and Troubleshooting
AirMagnet Inc.’s AirMagnet VoFi Analyzer is a tool for monitoring and troubleshooting voice-over-wireless LAN deployments in the enterprise.
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Wide Terminal Resistor for High Power Applications
The WK73 offers current sensing for power supply circuits, which makes it appropriate for automotive electronics, ECU’s, anti-locking braking systems and air bag system.
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WiMAX Software Enhancement Supports 2G, 3G and 4G Networks
The Agilent wireless network optimization test platform for RF engineering and operation teams enables WiMAX test for IEEE 802.16e-2005 drive-test capabilities through a scalable, integrated, air interface measurement system.
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July 2007
BEL SAW Filter
Miniaturized component without cavity provides excellent performance and semiconductor mounting.
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Bluetooth Solution
Broadcom Corporation announces its latest Bluetooth® technology, which combines Bluetooth 2.1 features, enhanced data rate (EDR) technology and a Class 1 RF transceiver in a single, monolithic chip.
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FPGA Platform
Xilinx, Inc. announces that its XtremeDSP™ Virtex™ס SXT FPGAs have passed the latest PCI Express® Endpoint v1.1 base specification compliance workshop and are now listed on the PCI-SIG® integrator's list.
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High-dynamic Range Direct Demodulators
Advanced design eliminates need for additional devices and provides significant cost savings.
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Switch Configurations
DPDT and SP4T products leverage advanced MEMS switch technology.
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Wireless and Optical Communications Applications
Jazz Semiconductor®, announces the release of its 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS technology (SBC13) designed for high speed wireless and optical communications applications.
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Wireless Antenna Lab Rolls on Wheels
Although compact in size, the AMS-8050 performs like larger chambers and can be used for design validation, pre-certification testing, and performance measurement.
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June 2007
High-performance Broadband Amplifiers
WJ Communications, Inc. announces a family of high-performance broadband amplifiers, the WJA amplifier family.
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Low-power Methodology Kit
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announces a kit that enables engineers of different experience levels to adopt advanced low-power techniques with minimized risk and deployment effort.
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MEMS Switch
TeraVicta Technologies, Inc. announces the availability of its DC to 26.5 GHz SPDT MEMS Switch, the TT1244.
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Mobile Media
IDT™ introduces the Mobile Multimedia Interconnect™ (M2I), fully-optimized for multimedia applications in high-end mobile handsets and personal digital assistant devices.
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Reduce Development Cost and Design Risk
ChipVision Design Systems announces breakthrough, patented Electronic System Level (ESL) technology that lets RTL designers work interactively with system-level descriptions to generate power-optimized Register Transfer Level (RTL) code.
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Tool Automates Generation and Verification of Embedded Code
The MathWorks, Inc. and Analog Devices, Inc. have released Link for Analog Devices VisualDSP++®, which integrates MATLAB® and Simulink® with the Analog Devices VisualDSP++, integrated development and debugging software environment.
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Tuned Oscillators
Micro Lambda Wireless, Inc. announces the production release of YIG-Tuned oscillators covering the 2 to 18 GHz and 2 to 20 GHz frequency bands.
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Voltage Regulator Functionality
AMI Semiconductor announces devices that bring together LIN (Local Interconnect Network) transceiver and voltage regulator functionality in a single low-power, mixed-signal chip.
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May 2007
Economical Spectrum Analyzer
Anritsu Company introduces the MS271xB family of economical microwave spectrum analyzers covering 9 kHz to 7.1 GHz, 13 GHz and 20 GHz frequency ranges.
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High Linearity Amplifiers
Sirenza’s SZM series of high linearity amplifiers, designated part numbers SZM-2166Z/SZM-3166Z, provide the high power and high linearity necessary for WiMAX CPE solutions.
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Low Phase Noise Oscillator for the Instrumentation and Radar Markets
Temex announces the launch of a small RF oscillator in a 51.5 × 51.5 × 20.5 mm package.
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Low Phase Noise Oscillators for WLAN and WiMAX Applications
Z-Communications, Inc. announces the CLV series oscillators, including the CLV 2300A-LF (2160-2460 MHz), CLV2593A-LF (2496-2690 MHz) and CLV2770A-LF (2620-2930 MHz).
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MIMO-powered Transceivers Double Mobile-data Access Speed
NXP’s WiMAX 2x2 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output)-powered family of transceivers for mobile and handheld applications will allow WiMAX infrastructure OEMs and ODMs to implement more robust WiMAX functionality, while achieving savings in overall power, board real-estate and system costs.
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Miniature Quartz Crystal for Size Restrained Applications
NDK announces a series of ultra small, thin, surface mount crystals. The NX2016AA series measures 2.0(L) 3 1.6(W) 3 0.45(H) mm.
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Power Amplifier for Portable and Embedded WiFi Systems
SiGe Semiconductor announces the SE2582L, a power amplifier based on an integrated architecture that boosts power efficiency, reduces system-level cost and optimizes performance of WiFi systems.
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Scalable Series of Processors
Analog Devices, Inc. expands its Blackfin® line with the ADSP-BF52x family, a scalable series of processors optimized for performance-demanding portable applications.
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April 2007
8-bit MCU
Silicon Laboratories Inc. announces a highly integrated 8-bit MCU combining a 25 MIPS CPU, 10-bit 500 ks/s ADC and an internal ۬% oscillator in a 3 times> 3 mm package.
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Automated Test Scripts
Azimuth Systems, Inc. introduces the FMC Performance Test Solution which includes a comprehensive suite of automated test scripts.
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CMOS Image Sensor
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. unveils a 1/10 inch VGA CameraChip™ sensor, the OV7680.
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High-Performance IrDA Components
Avago Technologies announces it has added three highly integrated, high-speed infrared components to its product line. A next-generation, large scale integration FIR (Fast Infrared)/VFIR (Very Fast Infrared) controller...
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Intelligent Video Server
Mango DSP announces the launch of the Pegasus Embedded Solution, an intelligent video server (IVS) developed by Mango DSP and based on Texas Instruments Incorporated's DaVinci™ technology.
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RF Connector Series
IMS Connector Systems offers a RF connector series for the use in medical equipment.
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RF Front-end Modules
TriQuint Semiconductor unveils details of its product portfolio offering ultra-compact, high performance integrated system solutions for GSM / GPRS / EDGE, WCDMA and CDMA standards.
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March 2007
Bluetooth Chip and Reference Design
CSR announces a Bluetooth chip and reference design that dramatically reduces the cost of Bluetooth headsets.
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Cost Reduction Methodology for FPGA Families
Lattice Semiconductor introduces the FreedomChip™ cost reduction methodology for its Extreme Performance LatticeSC and LatticeSCM (LatticeSC/M) FPGA families.
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Image Sensor
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. unveils a 1/10 inch VGA CameraChip sensor, the OV7680.
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Infrared components
Avago Technologies announces it has added three highly integrated, high-speed infrared components to its product line.
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Integrated Platform
Xilinx, Inc. announces the release of its 65 nm Virtex™-5 SXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) optimized for high-performance digital signal processing (DSP).
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NTP Card for Next-Generation Telecom Networks
Symmetricom, Inc. announces its carrier class, high performance NTP plug-in server card supporting QoS for next generation applications such as IPTV, Billing Record Management, QoS Measurement Systems and IP Service Level Agreements (SLA) monitoring.
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Serializer/Deseriealizer
Fairchild Semiconductor’s second-generation FIN324C µSerDes-ULP (Ultra Low-Power) series offers very low current consumption eliminates the need for external timing reference devices and supports dual-displays.
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Single Instrument Addresses Baseband and IF Test Needs
Tektronix, Inc. introduces the AWG5000 Series of Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWG).
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February 2007
High Efficiency DC/DC Converters
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX8640Y/ MAX8640Z, small 500 mA, high-efficiency step-down DC/DC converters in a SC70 package.
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Internal Antenna Solution
Ethertronics announces its third generation quad-band WiFi/WLAN internal antenna solution.
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Protyping Family Offers Fast Performance
EVE introduces a large capacity addition to its ZeBu family that offers desirable aspects of traditional emulation and rapid prototyping systems for hardware debugging and embedded software validation.
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Reference Design Kit
Sigma Designs announces the Mini-PCI Windeo® Reference Design Kit that enables consumer electronics OEM and ODM companies to develop digital entertainment products featuring wireless capability for in-home HD audio/video distribution.
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RF CMOS 90 Nanometer Transceiver
Expanding its RF offerings for Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) handset design, Freescale Semiconductor unveils its first RF CMOS 90-nanometer transceiver.
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Smart Antennas for MIMO Devices
Airgain Inc. introduces its first smart antennas for MIMO devices, the Airgain MaxBeam65N and MaxBeam80N.
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Spectrum Analyzer
Anritsu Company introduces the MS2724B, an ultra-portable spectrum analyzer featuring desirable performance and continuous frequency coverage from 9 kHz to 20 GHz, which gives wireless professionals the range necessary for the most demanding harsh RF and physical environments.
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UMTS/HSDPA and CDMA-dualband Modules
Telit Communications’ UMTS/HSDPAUC864 module provides high-speed connectivity while maintaining physical compatibility to its GSM/GPRS complementary, the GC864.
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January 2007
Chip Meets v2.0+EDR Specification
CSR announces the qualification of a Class 1 Bluetooth single-chip solution.
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Chipset for Mobile WiMAX Standard
Beceem Communications introduces a baseband and RF chipset that supports all features of the Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Profile.
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Chipset for Mobile WiMAX Standard
Beceem Communications introduces a baseband and RF chipset that supports all features of the Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Profile.
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MLCCs Double Capacitance Ratings
Taiyo Yuden’s WK series of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) employ “reverse geometry” terminations and other design improvements to provide impressive performance relative to device size.
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Multi-Channel Modules
The LMT2 and LMR2 from Radiometrix Ltd. offer OEMs a multi-channel, power-conservative data link. This transmitter and receiver pair are appropriate for low-power applications where existing wideband modules lack the necessary range, or where low-cost multi-channel operation is required without causing any compromise to the system’s RF functionality.
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No Need for More Complex Processors
A development tool from Quickfilter Technologies, Inc. simplifies the task of adding precision digital filtering to designs based on the Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontrollers.
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No Need for More Complex Processors
A development tool from Quickfilter Technologies, Inc. simplifies the task of adding precision digital filtering to designs based on the Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontrollers.
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RF Vector Signal Generator for EVM
PrecisionWave Corporation announces the release of the p1511A, a low-cost RF Vector Signal Generator. The p1511A generates digitally modulated and CW signals in the 800 to 1000 MHz and 1700 to 2200 MHz cellular bands for developers and testers of cellular technology-based products.
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Transform Products into Trusted Devices
Cipher plc announces the availability of its miniHSM, an embedded hardware security module (HSM).
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Transform Products into Trusted Devices
Cipher plc announces the availability of its miniHSM, an embedded hardware security module (HSM).
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Ultrawideband Mobile Solutions
Alereon, Inc. and Stonestreet One, Inc. announce a wireless USB solution for Microsoft Windows Mobile and Windows CE embedded platforms.
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December 2006
Protocol Platform
Microchip Technology Inc. announces three additions for IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networking. Microchip’s MRF24J40 is a 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver targeted for the ZigBee™ protocol in RF applications requiring low power and excellent RF performance.
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Simulator Designed for Virtual Prototyping
Bluespec Inc. introduces an enhanced version of its Bluesim simulator meant for virtual prototyping and high-speed, source-level simulation and debug. Bluesim accelerates the product development cycle by delivering an accelerated cycle-accurate, transaction-level simulation model from the same electronic system level (ESL) source also used to generate high-quality register transfer level (RTL) code.
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WiMAX Transceivers for Mobile Applications
NXP Semiconductors announces its WiMAX family of transceivers specifically for mobile and handheld applications. The 2.3 to 2.4 GHz UXF23480 designed for use within North America and Australia, and the 2.
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November 2006
Embedded PC Supports M2M Applications with Wired and Wireless Connectivity Options
WinSystems introduces its LBC-GX500, a highly integrated, single board computer (SBC) designed for machine-to-machine connectivity (M2M). The LBC-GX500 offers a variety of wired and wireless connectivity options.
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Improved Power Efficiency for Portable Applications
ON Semiconductor’s low Vce(sat) bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) portfolio includes WDFN6, WDFN3, SOT-23, SOT-563 and ChipFET packages. These devices incorporate advanced silicon technology and provide better power efficiency and longer battery life than traditional BJTs or planar MOSFETS.
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Spread Spectrum Architecture Lowers Noise while Maintaining Output
This new mono, 2.65 W, Class D Boomer® audio amplifier from National Semiconductor Corporation reduces electromagnetic interference (EMI) more than 11 dB below the FCC limit to lower system noise in portable devices including cell phones, smart phones, music players, notebook computers, DVD players, gaming devices and other portable electronics.
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Store and Retrieve a Gigabyte of Data
Available in Flash memory densities of 32-, 256- and 512-Kbytes, Atmel® Corporation’s SAM7SE microcontrollers include an external bus interface (EBI) that provides access to massive amounts of external NAND Flash, SDRAM, CompactFlash®, SRAM and ROM storage.
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October 2006
5 W Power Amplifier for WiMAX Basestation Applications
Z-Communications, Inc. announces a high linearity power amplifier (5 W average) for emerging 802.16 WiMAX basestation applications. The first in the series of power amplifier products for WiMAX, the ZPA3436-5W, operates over 3.
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High-speed SERDES Serial I/O Capability
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announces the LatticeECP2M™ FPGA family, offering high-speed embedded SERDES I/O plus a pre-engineered Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) block. Based on the LatticeECP2 low cost architecture, the LatticeECP2M family has been developed on advanced 90 nm CMOS technology utilizing 300 mm wafers.
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Module for Wireless Sensor Networking
RF Monolithics’ DM2200 combines low-power consumption components and RFM’s Third Generation Virtual Wire™ radio to provide longer range than was previously possible with a battery-powered mesh networking node.
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Oscilloscope Helps Locate Problems Faster
LeCroy Corporation introduces three oscilloscope models that expand the bandwidth of the WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs product lines. LeCroy is also launching WaveScan™— an advanced search and analysis feature — as standard on all WaveSurfer Xs and WaveRunner Xi oscilloscopes.
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September 2006
D/A Converter
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX19692, a 12-bit, 2.3Gs/s D/A converter. The device directly synthesizes signals with up to 1 GHz bandwidth in the frequency range from DC to more than 2 GHz.
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Modem Development Kit
Provigent Inc. announces the availability of a modem development kit for wireless point-to-point (PTP) systems. Based on the company’s PVG310 single-chip modem, the PVG350MDK kit allows system manufacturers to develop the digital and IF sections of a wireless PTP system and achieve rapid time-to-market.
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Semiconductor Hermetic Package
StratEdge introduces the G2420M-1 discrete semiconductor hermetic package for broadband applications. The package has seven leads (four on one
side, one each on three sides) and is appropriate for single pole, double throw switch applications.
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August 2006
Chip Combination
Atmel® Corporation introduces an 802.15.4/ZigBee™ device that offers seamless migration to wireless networking for the more than 30,000 AVR®-based designs in automotive, industrial and building control applications.
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DC/DC Converter
austriamicrosystems introduces the AS1325, a high efficiency step-up DC/DC converter with a fully integrated synchronous rectifier. With an efficiency of 96%, the AS1325 is suited for battery-powered portable applications with the need for 3.
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InGaP HBT Power Amplifier Technology
WJ Communications, Inc. announces a 28 V InGaP HBT technology for mobile infrastructure power amplifier applications. The +28 V InGaP HBT process features excellent breakdown voltage and power handing capabilities.
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Plastic Packaging for High-power RF Transistors
Freescale Semiconductor introduces 2 GHz high-power RF transistors housed in over-molded plastic packages that deliver performance comparable to air-cavity flange packages. The transistors are based on the company’s high-voltage, seventh-generation (HV7) RF Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor (LDMOS) technology.
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Poly-band Mobile Broadcast Tuner
Mirics Semiconductor announces the MSI001, a poly-band tuner for mobile digital broadcast reception. The device is a universal broadcast receiver that enables designers of mobile phones, portable media players and PDAs to easily add mobile broadcast reception to support any global standard.
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Power Amplifiers
Infineon Technologies AG introduces its next generation LDMOS technology. Used for manufacturing high-power RF transistors used in applications such as power amplifiers in wireless infrastructure basestations and repeaters, this process operates at frequencies supporting high-speed wireless access networks.
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SoC Zigbee Compliant Transceiver
AeroComm Inc. announces the availability of the ZB430 “ZigBee Your Way” transceiver. Based on Texas Instruments’ 802.15.4 System-on-Chip and Z-Stack™ technology, the ZB2430 is suited for power-restricted industrial and commercial applications.
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USB Controller
New from Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is a 1.8 V high-speed USB 2.0 programmable microcontroller. The MoBL-USB FX2LP18™ controller delivers fast downloads of music files, photos and videos in mobile handsets.
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July 2006
Emulator for Wireless Systems Testing
LitePoint Corporation introduces the TrueChannel Emulator that reproduces accurate multipath environments for testing up to 4 × 4 multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) or single input/single output (SISO) wireless solutions.
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GaAs Amplifiers
TriQuint Semiconductor introduces the TGA4040-SM, a packaged wide-band, medium-power amplifier for 17 to 35 GHz applications, including point-to-point radio, electronic warfare, instrumentation and frequency multipliers.
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Protection Device
Semtech Corporation announces the µClamp™P, a six-line 5V protection device for portable systems. The device works in any portable device, but is a natural fit for 12-button mobile phone keypads, reducing the number of protection parts needed from three to two, thus freeing up board space and cutting costs.
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WLAN Power Amplifier
Fairchild Semiconductor introduces the FMPA2151, an integrated dual-band WLAN power amplifier module optimized to increase performance and reduce PCB board footprint in the latest 802.11a/bg WLAN applications, including notebooks, digital cameras and portable handsets.
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June 2006
16-Bit Data Converters
Analog Devices introduces two ADCs targeted for high-end instrumentation, medical and wireless communications applications that enable designers to maintain low noise and high dynamic range, even at high input frequencies.
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High Voltage MOSFET
Zetex Semiconductors introduces a high voltage MOSFET to handle the requirements of pre-bias supply circuitry. The ZXMNO545G4 is a 450 V enhancement mode N-channel device used in a simple linear regulator to supply PWM ICs at start-up.
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Integrated Duplexer
Temex announces the launch of the TMX DU W307, an integrated duplexer for CDMA450 Systems. Hermetically sealed and just slightly larger than a single SAW filter, the duplexer replaces five traditional components: two individual SAW filters and three passive components, with clear advantages such as a high integration level, which simplifies the CDMA450 handset design, cost savings with using one device instead of five, and board space-saving because the PCB surface is four times smaller.
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Reduce Test Time
Agilent Technologies Inc. announces the release of its Fast Device Tune Measurement, a fast calibration device that reduces manufacturing calibration test times. Fast calibration techniques, such as 8960 Fast Device Tune, can provide an order of magnitude reduction in test time; reducing calibration time for a typical GSM phone from approximately 60 seconds to just one to two seconds.
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May 2006
DPDT Diversity Switch
M/A-COM announces a RoHS-compliant DPDT (double-pole/double-throw) diversity switch, MASWSS0190, designed for applications that require high linearity and isolation. The MASWSS0190, with its low leakage current, is a high-power switch that maximizes system linearity performance while simultaneously reducing DC power consumption.
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Power Divider/Combiners
Compact, high-performance Wilkinson power divider/combiners from MECA are suited for C, X and K u band systems applications. Two-way and four-way SMA-female models feature high isolation, low insertion loss, and good VSWR and phase/amplitude balance.
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WiMAX Specific Transceiver
Atmel® announces the first of its MAX-Link™ series of transceivers, designed specifically for WiMAX applications. The AT86RF535A is a single-chip radio operating at 3.5 GHz with multiple bandwidth options.
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YIG-tuned Oscillators
Micro Lambda announces YIG-tuned oscillators covering 6 to 20 GHz. Three models providing desirable phase noise performance covering 8 to 18 GHz, 6 to 18 GHz and 8 to 20 GHz are now available. Utilizing SiGe transistors, these units are available in three standard package configurations 1.
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ZigBee Development Solutions
MaxStream has created three different XBee development kits to meet the diverse needs of OEMs and systems integrators. The XBee Professional Developer’s Kit is MaxStream’s solution for developers looking to maximize the forthcoming mesh networking capabilities of the ZigBee standard.
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ZigBee Wireless Network Module
A new module for building ZigBee wireless networks has been launched by Telegesis. The ETRX2 is a low-power transceiver that can be embedded in a wide range of devices to produce self-organizing, self-healing wireless meshes.
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April 2006
Broadband Amplifiers
M/A-COM announces a family of high power broadband amplifiers, which can be used in various applications, including communications and military electronic systems. The power levels, up to 16 W, are especially high for multi-octave GaAs MMICs covering frequency bands from 0.
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Power Amplifiers
RF Micro Devices announces the RF3159 quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE PA, designed to support EDGE transceivers utilizing a linear transmit architecture. The RF3159 PA module is fully matched for easy implementation and is housed in a 6 × 6 mm package.
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Power Amplifiers and Drivers
MwT announces a family of eight high-linearity PAs for Wi-Fi (802.11) and WiMAX (802.16d/e) standards for all three frequency bands, 2.4 to 2.7 GHz, 3.3 to 3.7 GHz and 4.9 to 5.9GHz. The WPS series power amplifiers have P1 dB up to 36 dBm with IP3 as high as 50 dBm and EVM less than 2% at 29 dBm output power level under 64-QAM modulation schedule with 256 WiMAX carriers.
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Two-way Radio Processor IC
CML announces the debut of the CMX7041 two-way radio processor IC, the second two-way radio IC from CML Microcircuits FirmASIC ™ family of products. The product is a full-function, half-duplex, audio, signaling and data processing IC, suitable for implementation in professional and leisure radio applications (PMR/LMR, trunking, GMRS, FRS, PMR446 and MURS).
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WiBro Power Amplifier
ANADIGICS introduces a linear PA for Wireless Broadband (WiBro) applications. The AWT6235 operates in the 2300 to 2390 MHz frequency band and meets the OFDM linearity requirements of the WiBro high-speed data system.
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WiMAX Amplifiers
AR Worldwide announces 15S5G7 and 30S5G7, 15 and 30 W amplifiers, respectively, designed for the 5 to 7 GHz frequency range. These broadband amplifiers are suited for testing WiMAX components because the amplified signal they produce is virtually indistinguishable from the signal generator’s output.
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March 2006
Handset Antenna Switch
TriQuint Semiconductor introduces a high-power antenna switch for CDMA applications. The TQP4M3019 is sold in a 2 × 2 mm, 12-lead STSLP package. The switch, in SP3T (single-pole, triple-throw) configuration, provides desirable cross-modulation and isolation performance while exhibiting low insertion loss in all frequency bands (PCS, cellular and GPS).
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High-voltage BCD Process
Jazz Semiconductor announces its 0.5µ BCD process technology targeted at power-management ICs and high performance amplifiers and drivers required for consumer applications. The Jazz BCD process is a 40 V BCD process that features dual-gate oxides (5.
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Multi-mode Power Amplifier
ANADIGICS announces two multi mode, multi-band PAs. The AWT6223 combines IMT-band WCDMA operation with quad-band polar EDGE functionality. The AWT6225 integrates an IMT-band WCDMA PA with quad-band GSM/GPRS capabilities.
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RF Front-end Module
SiGe Semiconductor announces a complete RF front-end module for Wi-Fi products, designed to comply with the IEEE 802.11n draft specification. The SE2545A10 integrates two full dual-band transmit/receive chains, required for (MIMO) operation.
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RISC Crypto-controller
Atmel® Corporation announces its AT91SC512384RCT, a low-power, high performance 32-bit RISC crypto-controller. This product is designed for the next generation of (U)SIM cards requiring high-speed interfaces with handsets, large storage capacity and the capability of supporting concurrent applications.
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System Chip FPGA Family
Lattice Semiconductor announces its LatticeSC™ System Chip FPGA family, fabricated on Fujitsu’s 90-nm CMOS process technology utilizing 300 mm wafers. LatticeSC FPGAs have features that accelerate chip-to-chip, chip-to-memory, high-speed serial, backplane and network-data-path connectivity to provide high performance.
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Variable Gain Amplifier
WJ Communications announces the VG025 VGA, designed for various current and next generation wireless technologies such as GPRS, GSM, CDMA and W-CDMA. The VG025 is a high-dynamic-range VGA capable of achieving an analog attenuation range of up to 21 dB.
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Voltage-controlled Oscillator
Z-Communications introduces the CLV1630A-LF for demanding mobile communications systems. This RoHS-compliant model utilizes patented design techniques to deliver SSB phase noise of – 11 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz away from carrier with a second harmonic suppression better the – 11 dBc.
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February 2006
Digital Oscilloscopes
The WaveRunner Xi series oscilloscopes from LeCroy have standard 2 Mpt/Ch memory (with optional memory up to 24 Mpt/Ch interleaved). In addition, LeCroy offers a mixed-signal option (MS-32) that allows users to add 32 digital channels, each with 1 Mpt/Ch (32 Mpts total), to a four-channel WaveRunner Xi in order to expand four-channel scope capability to 4+32, which enhances mixed signal and embedded controller design and debugging.
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Handheld VNAs
Anritsu Company introduces the VNA Master MS2024A and MS2026A, handheld Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) that can make vector corrected 1-port and 1-path 2-port measurements from 2 MHz to 6 GHz. The products provide wireless professionals with the performance and analysis tools necessary to successfully deploy, verify and troubleshoot today’s military and commercial wireless networks.
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L-band GaAs HJ-FETs
CEL announces two GaAs HJ-FETs from NEC. Designed for use as LNAs and driver amplifiers in satellite radio antennas, GPS antennas and other L-band applications, the NE3508M04 and NE3509M04 deliver low noise and high associated gain.
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Quad PIN Diode Attenuators
Avago Technologies introduces a series of pi-connected quad PIN (positive-intrinsic-negative) diodes in lead-free, SOT-25 surface-mount packages. These matched quads simplify the design and lower the costs of voltage-controlled diode pi attenuators operating over the 300 kHz to 3 GHz frequency range.
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RF Power Amplifier
Stealth Microwave introduces the SM5759-37HS, a GaAs FET amplifier designed for various ISM band applications. The unit operates from 5.7 to 5.9 GHz with a P1dB of +37 dBm and an OIP3 of +50 dBm. Small signal gain is 37dB with a flatness of ± 0.
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Schottky Barrier Rectifier
Vishay announces Schottky barrier rectifiers based on Trench MOS technology. Useful as rectification circuits or OR-ing diodes in redundant switchmode power supplies, or to replace synchronous rectification solutions, the five TMBS™ devices feature low forward voltage drop.
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Smart Antenna Module
The A1035-C is the commercial version of Tyco’s new smart antenna module. The new module optimizes, on one carrier, the combination of Tyco's A1029-A GPS module and of the RangeStar embedded GPS antenna.
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Software-defined Radio
Lexycom Technologies announces the Tiamis-800 — a data-diverse, 824 to 960 MHz, OEM, software-defined radio. The Tiamis-800 is a fully digital, user-programmable data transceiver that utilizes FHSS technology.
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January 2006
ADC
Linear Technology introduces the LTC2442, a multiplexed 24-bit No Latency Delta Sigma™ ADC with an integrated high performance amplifier. The LTC2442 achieves 1 ppm linearity with the amplifier configured as a unity gain buffer, easing drive requirements for high impedance sensors.
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Board-to-Board Connector
AVX Corporation has developed a low-profile, board-to-board connector designed specifically for miniature and handheld portable equipment applications. Designated the 5805 series, the connector has a 0.
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GaAs MMIC Amplifier
Mimix Broadband, Inc. announces the release of a gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) two-stage high power amplifier that integrates an on-chip temperature compensated output power detector.
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P-Channel MOSFETs
Provided in space-saving SOT23 and SOT223 packages, the 200 V rated P-channel MOSFETs from Zetex Semiconductors will reduce the size of active clamp designs previously reliant on much larger DPAK and SO8 packages.
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PIN Diodes
M/A-COM announces three additions to its existing line of packageless Surmount PIN diodes. The MA4SPS421, MA4SPS422 series devices and MA4PD-042005 series diodes provide good power performance for future platform mobile radio and military control circuit switch and attenuator applications for the 1 MHz to 18 GHz operating range.
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Quad-Band CMOS Transceiver
Quorum Systems, Inc. introduces the QS1000, a single-chip CMOS quad-band radio frequency (RF) transceiver offering GSM/GPRS and EDGE capability. Featuring an Ultra-Low-Power (ULP) down-converter, the QS1000 delivers receive current of 53 mA at – 110 dBm sensitivity.
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SiGe Front-End IC
Atmel® announces the ATR0981, a Silicon Germanium (SiGe) based front-end IC. The use of SiGe technology and the device's operating frequency range (300 to 500 MHz) make possible a broad range of applications, from handheld family radios (private mobile radios, PMR) to meter readers.
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December 2005
Bluetooth Solution
CSR plc launches its fifth generation of BlueCore, a Bluetooth hardware and software solution. CSR also today launched its BlueMedia enhancements using new DSPs embedded inside the ICs to bring both improved audio performance and added radio functionality.
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Cavity Notch Filter
Reactel part number 5R7-1290.6-36S11 is a narrowband, highly selective cavity notch filter. This unit is centered at 1290.6 MHz and has a 3 dB bandwidth of 36 MHz. The notch depth is greater than 20 dB across the frequency band of 1279.
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GPS Broadband Synthesizers
Jackson Labs announces the FireFox Synthesizer product line, including the FireFox Desktop Synthesizer and the FireFox OEM module. The synthesizers combine a GPS disciplined high stability, low phase noise OCXO time-base with a DDS-based broadband frequency synthesizer in one product.
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Programmable Logic Design Tool Suite
Lattice Semiconductor announces its ispLEVER™ 5.1 programmable logic design tool suite. Lattice FPGA logic utilization has been increased by as much as 35%, while design operating frequencies have been boosted up to 25%.
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Transceiver Solution
Mimix Broadband announces GaAs MMIC 13/15 GHz chipset that consists of a highly integrated image reject receiver and transmitter, and compact, two-stage power amplifier. The image reject mixers eliminate the need for an image bandpass filter after the amplifier to remove thermal noise at the image frequency.
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WiMAX SoCs
Sequans announces its first System-on-Chip (SoC) products for WiMAX subscriber stations (SQN1010) and basestations (SQN2010). The SQN1010 and SQN2010 are based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. The WiMAX product family consists of a subscriber SoC, a basestation SoC and Sequans' software solution (S-Cube).
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YIG-tuned Oscillator
Teledyne Microwave announces a low phase noise YIG-tuned oscillator (YTO) in a miniature 1.25 inches cube package. The YTO operates at 8 to 18 GHz with a phase noise performance of – 125 dBc/Hz maximum and is part of Teledyne Microwave’s Ferretec™ family of YIG-based products.
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November 2005
DBS-band TWTA
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.
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Enhanced Testing Capability
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 analysis.
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Power Divider
Trilithic’s RF & Microwave Components division announces the WPD-50/4 SMA, a 50Ω, 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 isolation with an insertion loss of 0.
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Radio-on-a-Chip
Cypress Semiconductor introduces its next generation 2.4 GHz WirelessUSB™ Radio-on-a-Chip. The WirelessUSB LP offers a robust solution with low power consumption for keyboards, mice and other Human Interface Devices (HIDs).
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RF Switches
Peregrine Semiconductor unveils the next generation of its UltraCMOS™ process technology. HaRP™ technology enhancements enable improvements in harmonic results, linearity and overall RF performance.
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RoHS-compliant Digital Attenuator
M/A-COM announces an RoHS-compliant 5-bit serial controlled attenuator for applications that require accuracy and monotonic performance. M/A-COM’s MAATSS0022 is a 0.5 dB step GaAs MMIC digital attenuator with 15.
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Wideband Millimeter Wave Amplifiers
TriQuint announces four high performance products that lead-free and RoHS-compliant. The TGA4521 is a wideband millimeter 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 output power.
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October 2005
AMS Design Kit
Cadence Design Systems announces the first offerings in its kits approach to addressing customer needs. The Cadence® AMS Methodology Kit enables analog mixed-signal (AMS) designers of wireless, wired and consumer electronics devices to achieve short, predictable design cycles while creating reusable AMS blocks.
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GPS Technology
Atmel® and u-blox AG announce their latest GPS technology and product generation, ANTARIS 4. This generation suits battery-operated products such as PDAs, mobile phones and other portable devices, as well as automotive GPS applications.
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Low Noise Amplifiers
Technology Distribution, a division of Empower RF Systems, Inc., launches a complete product line of Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs). This new offering consists of the following product lines: wideband ultra low noise amplifiers with a frequency range from 3.
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Portable Oscilloscopes
Agilent introduces four 100 MHz portable digital storage and mixed-signal oscilloscopes (DSOs/MSOs). With a real-time sample rate of 2 GSa/s on each channel and fast display update rate, the Agilent 6000 Series can now show critical events in complex waveforms.
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Quad Frequency Family
Silicon Laboratories announces the Si530 and Si550 families of oscillators (XOs) and voltage-controlled oscillators (VCXOs) for applications up to 1.4 GHz. These product families include quad frequency XO and VCXO devices.
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Solid State Power Amplifier
Aethercomm’s SSPA 8.5-9.6-30 is an X-band, solid-state power amplifier that operates from 8.5 to 9.6 GHz. The P1dB at 25° C is 30 W typical; saturated output power is 40 W typical at 25° C; typical small signal gain is 44 dB.
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Test Solution Enhancements
Azimuth announces enhancements to its W-series product line, the industry’s first standardized 802.11 test solution. The company introduced a new platform designed specifically for Wi-Fi design engineers, Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) performance and device emulation capabilities and significant Wi-Fi industry standard certification capabilities.
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UHF Pallet Amplifiers
Richardson Electronics announces two LDMOS UHF pallet amplifiers designed and manufactured by its European design and production center. The LDU401C provides 350 W at 1 dBcp and 90 W rms for digital video broadcast applications.
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September 2005
Body-worn Antenna
European Antennas has designed a new body-worn antenna that provides an improved signal pattern for the Thales UK Future Integrated Soldier Technology (FIST) program, part of the Soldier Modernization program.
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Flash Smart Card IC Module Family
EM Microelectronic announces the EMTG30 and EMTG56, a family of flash memory-based smart card ICs designed for use in SIM cards for low-end mobile telephony. The EMTG30/56 are compatible with the ISO7816-3 Integrated Circuit Card (smart card) specification.
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High Power Attenuator Series
The 50FHDQ series of attenuators from JFW Industries are available in several versions to suit many different high power testing applications. Models range from the 50FHDQ-XXX-300-3N (300 W, DC to 3 GHz, with N M/F connectors) to the 50FHDQ-XXX-500-3N (500 W, DC to 3 GHz, with N M/F).
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Low Noise Amplifiers
Technology Distribution, a division of Empower RF Systems, Inc., launches a complete product line of Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs). This new offering consists of the following product lines: wideband ultra low noise amplifiers with a frequency range from 3.
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RoHS-compliant Digital Attenuator
M/A-COM announces an RoHS-compliant 6-bit serial controlled attenuator, the MAATSS0007. This device is in a lead-free 4 mm 20-lead PQFN, plastic surface mount package. Using M/A-COM’s MSAG (Multi-function Self Aligned Gate) MMIC process, the RF attenuators and E/D logic have been integrated onto a single substrate that provides a high performance GaAs attenuator.
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Solid State Power Amplifier
Aethercomm’s SSPA 8.5-9.6-30 is an X-band, solid-state power amplifier that operates from 8.5 to 9.6 GHz. The P1dB at 25° C is 30 W typical; saturated output power is 40 W typical at 25° C; typical small signal gain is 44 dB.
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Ultra Wideband Protocol Analyzer
LeCroy’s UWB Tracer ™ MPI system is the first ultra wideband (UWB) protocol analyzer, and supports WiMedia™ and Wireless USB (WUSB) standards. Built on LeCroy’s modular protocol analyzer platform, the UWB Tracer MPI system allows engineers to troubleshoot the source of errors and verify proper operation for MAC-PHY integration.
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Wideband Synthesizer
Elcom has released an ultra-fast, ultra-low phase noise, high performance broadband synthesizer designed specifically for ATE applications. The UFS-2040 series is based on direct-analog design techniques combined with DDS capability for fine frequency resolution.
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August 2005
BAW Filters and Duplexers
Royal Philips Electronics announces a family of advanced, bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters and duplexers that enhance the performance of multimedia mobile phones. The filters feature patented reduced form factor chip-scale packaging technology.
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Broadband PA Modules
OPHIR RF power amplifier models 5303039D (20 to 1000 MHz) and 5303068A (800 to 2000 MHz) together cover the 20 to 2000 MHz frequency range at greater than 50 W RF output power at Psat, and can quickly be switched off to enhance system sensitivity in the Receive Mode.
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Cellular Subsystem
Freescale’s fourth-generation dual-mode RF cellular subsystem for 3G WCDMA/EDGE handsets allows customers to use fewer components in less than 649 mm 2 of board space. The WCDMA/EDGE-supported RF subsystem is pushing toward digital interfacing to the baseband processor for industry-wide compatibility and meets standards such as DigRF.
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Low Power Demultiplexer
Atmel® Corporation announces a 10-bit demultiplexer (DMUX) with a maximum clock frequency of 2.2 GHz directly interfacing to LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) compatible FPGAs, DSPs and ASICs.
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MMIC Distributed Amplifier
Mimix Broadband, Inc. introduces a GaAs MMIC distributed amplifier that can be used as an ultra wideband amplifier or a fiber optic modulator driver. Using 0.15 micron gate length GaAs pHEMT device model technology, this distributed amplifier covers the 0.
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Power Analyzer
Boonton Electronics announces a 4500B Peak Power Analyzer. This instrument captures, displays and analyzes RF power in both time and statistical domains. The 4500B can be used in many applications including pulsed RF such as radar, TDMA and GSM, pseudorandom or noise-like signals such as CDMA and WLAN and modulated time slotted signals such as GSM-EDGE and TD-SCDMA.
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TWT Amplifiers
AR Worldwide has added to its family of traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers with three 1500 W CW models. The 1500T1G3A covers the frequency range of 1 to 2.5 GHz, model 1500T2G8A is designed for the 2.
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Wireless Sensor Module
EnOcean introduces the STM100, a solar-powered wireless sensor module. Within its custom two-stage solar cell, one stage provides quick startup energy while the other charges an onboard energy reservoir.
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July 2005
Broadband Amplifiers
AR Worldwide introduces two new models in its line of S series broadband amplifiers. Models 700S1G4 (0.8 to 4.2 GHz) and 800S1G3 (0.8 to 3 GHz) have rated power outputs of 700 and 800 W respectively. Both the 700S1G4 and the 800S1G4 have low levels of spurious signals and high linearity, making them suitable for use as driver amplifiers in testing wireless and communication components and subsystems.
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Electromagnetic Modeling Software
Agilent introduces a 64-bit version of Momentum, its 3D planar electromagnetic software. The release offers improved accuracy, capacity and speed for design and verification of passive components and interconnects for RFIC, MMIC and PCB/hybrid/module design.
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I/Q MMIC Mixers
Hittite Microwave introduces seven GaAs MMIC I/Q mixers targeted to VSAT, microwave radio, test equipment, sensor and military applications from 6 to 23.6 GHz. The HMC526, HMC527 and HMC528 GaAs MMIC I/Q mixer die offer IF bandwidth of up to DC to 3.
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ISM-Band Transceiver
XEMICS introduces the TrueRF™ XE1283, a combination of a full-featured ISM-band transceiver together with an low power RISC microcontroller. This combination of high-power transmitter and sensitive receiver means the link budget exceeds 128 dB.
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Power Amplifiers
TriQuint announces two amplifiers for broadband wireless access (BWA), 802.16 (WiMAX) and general S-band high power amplifier applications. The TGA2923-SG is a 10 W power amplifier optimized for 3.5 GHz Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) and WiMAX (802.
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Smart Card IC
EM Microelectronic announces the EMTCG176-3G, a flash memory-based smart card IC designed for use in SIM and Java cards for GSM mobile phones, as well as for healthcare and loyalty card applications. The EMTCG176-3G is compatible with the ISO7816-3 Integrated Circuit Card (smart card) specification, and operates with high speed communication baud rates.
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Wireless Ethernet Bridge
The XPress Ethernet Bridge™ expands the capabilities of high-speed wireless networks by allowing host and client devices to communicate at a range of up to 15 miles (line-of-sight with a high gain antenna) at a data rate of 1.
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June 2005
Active RF Mixer
A high linearity active downconverting RF mixer from Linear Technology simplifies design of 3G cellular basestations. The LT5527 RF mixer features an operating frequency range extending to 3.7 GHz.
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Bluetooth Drop-in Module
XEMICS’ ACLBlue™ reference design combines a true 1.8 V with ultra low current consumption providing low power Bluetooth solutions. The XE1431, in association with the CX72303 Bluetooth radio, enables a Flash based application to be built.
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High-Speed Oscillator
Pericom and SaRonix announce a crystal clock oscillator technology that improves reliability at higher operating frequencies. The S1614XP and S1613XP product families combine Pericom integrated circuit technology are housed in hermetically sealed, 5 × 7 mm ceramic packaging that is footprint compatible with clock oscillators used today.
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Power Amplifier Module
Fairchild Semiconductor's PowerEdge™ dual-band WCDMA/UMTS RF power amplifier module (PAM) increases power-added efficiency (PAE) to 42. The PAM offers both 1850 to 1910 MHz and 1920 to 1980 MHz operation in a 3 × 3 mm LCC package.
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System On a Chip
Ember announces the EM250, a ZigBee system-on-a-chip, Ember’s second-generation ZigBee software stack called EmberZNet™ 2.0 (which is also its fifth generation mesh networking stack), as well as software tools for application development and debugging.
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Transmitter/Receiver
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation announces the PE926C31 RS422 Rad-hard transmitter and the PE926C32 RS422 Rad-hard receiver devices for space applications. The PE926C31/32 devices operate at 3.3 V with a total dose tolerance guaranteed to 300 kRads (Si), which makes them suitable for satellite applications.
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May 2005
Amplifier Chipset
Mimix Broadband announces a GaAs MMIC three stage balanced power amplifier and complementary three stage driver amplifier. Both the balanced power amplifier and the driver amplifier use 0.15 micron gate length GaAs pHEMT device model technology.
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FM Tuner Family
Silicon Labs announces the Si470x FM tuner family, integrated FM broadcast radio tuners delivering the entire FM tuner from antenna input to audio output in 100% CMOS. Using a digital architecture, the tuners improve performance while reducing component count.
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Multi-channel A/D Converter
Linear Technology introduces the LTC1867L, a 16-bit, 8-channel, 175 ks/s, 3 V supply analog to digital converter. The converter draws 2.7 mW MAX at full speed. The power automatically drops at reduced speeds, typically 0.
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Power Amplifier Module
TriQuint announces a GSM-EDGE power amplifier (PA) module to its handset product line. The TQM7M5001 linear PA module incorporates an internal CMOS control IC that enables simple band select and operational mode as well as closed loop power control.
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Single-cycle 8051 Core
Atmel® announces its AT89LP family, based on a single-cycle 8051 core. An operating voltage range of 2.0 to 5.5 V is offered to accommodate power management, white goods and battery-operated applications.
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Test Assemblies
W. L. Gore announces the GORE™ PHASEFLEX® 110 GHz test assemblies. These test assemblies, with performance through 110 GHz, offer torque and crush resistance, as well as stability with flexure and temperature, all while remaining flexible.
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WiMAX SoC
FMA introduces its integrated WiMAX system-on-chip, MB87M3400, which complies with the 802.16-2004 standard. The MB87M3400 is designed to enable deployment of BWA equipment for both basestations and subscriber stations in licensed or license-exempt bands of 2 to 11 GHz.
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April 2005
A/D Converter
Atmel® announces a 10-bit A/D converter with a clock frequency of 1.5 Gs/s. The AT84AS003TP breaks the 8.0 ENOB barrier at sampling rates over 1 Gs/s. At 1.5 Gs/s, performance such as 8.0 ENOB, 58 dB SFDR has been demonstrated in Nyquist conditions.
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Digital Filter Design Toolkit
NI announces the NI LabVIEW Digital Filter Design Toolkit Version 7.5, which includes tools for modeling and creating software-based digital filters as well as LabVIEW FPGA and C code generation capabilities for chip-level implementation.
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GPS Receivers
SiRF Technology announces a family of highly integrated, low-power GPS products based on the company’s SiRFstarIII architecture unveiled last year. The SiRF GSC3f combines a complete A-GPS digital baseband processor, RF front end, and 4 Mb of flash memory in a 7 × 10 mm package, providing makers of cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras and other portable and wireless devices with a drop-in solution they can use to deliver real-time location and navigation capabilities.
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Load Switches
Fairchild announces the first in a series of "IntelliMAX™" integrated low-power load switches targeting portable battery-powered applications. Offering a combination of protection, control, and fault monitoring features in a low-profile SC-70 package, the devices meet board space, system architecture, and customer time-to-market requirements for cell phone handsets, MP3 players, digital still cameras, notebook computers, networking products, and PDAs.
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Quad-Band GSM/GPRS PA Module
TriQuint introduces the TQM7M4006 quad-band GSM850/GSM900/DCS/PCS power amplifier module (PAM) in a small form factor — 5 × 5 × 1.1 mm. The device is a 3 V power amplifier module designed for mobile handset applications.
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RF Connectivity Products
Aerocomm announces the ACE family of RF modems. ACE6490 and ACE6790 are housed in rugged NEMA-4x enclosures, designed to withstand extreme weather or other severe surroundings. Each product delivers variable output power up to one watt at 900 MHz.
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Two-Chip Radio Solution
Maxim introduces the MAX2392 and MAX2507, RF to baseband TD-SCDMA radio solution reference designs. Available as an analog or digital interface, each reference design encompasses the functionality of the radio — from antenna to baseband.
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March 2005
Broadband Amplifiers
iTerra introduces the iT2011, a compact amplifier module that delivers high RF output power over a wide frequency range. The iT2011 has a frequency range of 10 MHz to 20 GHz, and produces saturated RF power output greater than 29 dBm at 2 GHz and greater than 28 dBm at 10 GHz.
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DSP Synthesis Tool
The AccelChip DSP Synthesis 2004.6 is a AccelWare Advanced Math Toolkit with Matrix Inversion and Factorization. It is used to generate hardware implementations of complex algorithms used in wireless communications applications.
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Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
Agilent introduces 12 portable digital storage and mixed signal oscilloscopes (DSOs/MSOs) with bandwidths of 300 MHz and 500 MHz, and a portable 1 GHz offering. With a real-time display update, the Agilent 6000 Series can show critical events in complex waveforms, reducing design verification and debug time.
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Multi-Standard Test System
Aeroflex launches a development and conformance test system that can test applications running on all major cellular phones including GSM/EGPRS and W-CDMA. The Aeroflex Air Interface Monitor Emulator/Applications Test (AIME/AT) conformance test system can be used for all major phone types.
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Receive Module
Aethercomm model number Rx 9.0-9.2-5.0 is an X band receive module that includes a high power limiter in the front end to protect the low noise amplifier in the module. There is also a high speed, high power RF switch employed to gate the RF on and off when commanded.
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RF Front-End Modules
SiGe Semiconductor has expanded its series of Wi-Fi integrated circuits with RF front-end solutions designed to reduce size and minimize battery drain of portable consumer electronics. The RangeCharger devices include the SE2550L RF front-end module and the SE2523L power amplifier for 802.
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Synchronous Rectifier
ON Semiconductor announces a self-contained synchronous rectifier. The NIS6111 is a high speed, high efficiency hybrid rectifier that couples a high speed comparator and MOSFET driver with a power MOSFET to create a diode with the same forward-drop characteristics as a MOSFET.
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Voltage Controlled Oscillators
Hittite announces two SMT packaged MMIC VCOs with integrated buffer amplifiers. The HMC505LP4 covers 6.8 to 7.4 GHz, and delivers +11 dBm of output power, with a SSB phase noise of – 106 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset.
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February 2005
Complementary MOSFET Solution
Fairchild Semiconductor introduces a complementary MOSFET solution capable of delivering greater than 1 A continuous current in miniature spot power and POL DC/DC switching converter designs. The FDC6020C integrates two MOSFETs into one ultra-small SuperSOT™-6 FLMP (Flip-chip in a Leaded Molded Package).
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Development Tools
Helicomm releases a collection of ZigBee™-ready development tools and wireless products. The ZigBee-Ready Signal Generator is an IEEE 802.15.4-compliant, DSP-based design tool that enables semiconductor vendors to validate IC design to simplify development and compliance testing, and enables manufacturers to validate production test processes and to pre-certify products prior to submission for ZigBee interoperability testing.
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Multimedia Processor
Adimos announces the ADM100, a wireless multimedia processor enabling quality wireless connectivity in home entertainment products. This semiconductor technology delivers high quality multimedia transmission over a wireless channel between any multimedia source (DVD, VCR, set-top box, and media servers) and a multimedia display (i.
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Portable Antenna
The Nearson 7 dBi high gain rubber duck antenna is a flexible solution to the poor signal quality of wireless networks. Blind spots and patchy signals can be replaced by quality reception without the power consumption of high-powered radios.
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Single-Chip All-CMOS MBOA UWB Chip
Staccato Communications announces its single-chip design for all major components of the RF and baseband specified by the MBOA PHY specification. The chips demonstrate the ability to transmit at the specified data rate of up to 480 Mbps.
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SMA Connectors
ISOTEC Corporation announces a line of RF/Microwave SMA connectors operating from DC to 27 GHz. The connectors have passivated stainless steel or gold-plated brass bodies. These high performance connectors are mounted on glass bead and are field replaceable.
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Solid Switch Matrix
Dow-Key Microwave introduces a solid switch matrix with Ethernet control interface, performing from 800 to 2500 MHz and available in full fan-out configurations from 6 × 6 to 12 × 12. To compensate for system insertion loss, all inputs are outfitted with high linearity amplifiers.
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WiMAX Baseband Chip
Wavesat announces the DM256, implementing the IEEE P802.16-REVd protocol and designed to be the main component of an OFDM modem for broadband wireless access. The PHY has two functions: to process data for transmission where the output is a baseband I/Q signal or a 10 MHz IF signal and receive data where the input is a baseband I/Q signal or a 10 MHz IF signal.
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January 2005
Bluetooth Development Platform
The BlueMagic Host API or BHAPI Bluetooth Development Platform (BDP) from OI partitions the Bluetooth implementation into a server that can be treated as a black box and a client that can be implemented in 100's of lines of code.
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Headset Reference Design
The Xemics' AudioBlue™ reference design is for the development of an ultra low power Bluetooth headset. The small form factor reference design targeting the cell-phone headset market is based on XEMICS' XE1431 Bluetooth application MCU and the CX72303 radio.
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Millimeter Wave Switch
American Microwave announces an ultra high-speed millimeter wave switch. The AMC model SWCH1-DC40-SK designed for DC to 40 GHz however, it is useful up to 50 GHz. Across the DC to 40 GHz band the switch exhibits a typical Insertion Loss of 5.
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SiGe Transistor
NEC’s SiGe HBT is designed for VCO and LNA applications from 800 MHz to 6.0 GHz. The NESG2107 features improved frequency stability with low phase noise and low pushing/pulling performance. The 1/f noise corner frequency for this SiGe transistor is 5 KHz as opposed to 20 KHz in standard Silicon bipolar devices.
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SMT MMIC Mixers and Amplifier
Hittite announces two SMT MMIC mixers and a medium power amplifier for applications in microwave radios, sensors, and test equipment from 6 to 31 GHz. Providing good wideband performance, the HMC144LC4 is a high IP3 double-balanced MMIC passive mixer which can be used as an up or downconverter from 6 to 20 GHz.
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Solid Electrolyte Capacitors
Giving design engineers a replacement for aluminum, polymer, and high CV ceramic devices, AVX's ultralow ESR version of its OxiCap™ Niobium Oxide (NbO) solid electrolyte capacitors have been designed as lead- and halogen-free as well as non-burn up to rated voltage.
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Sub-Harmonic Receiver
Mimix Broadband introduces a GaAs MMIC sub-harmonic receiver, which includes a three-stage balanced LNA followed by an image reject sub-harmonic anti-parallel diode mixer and integrated LO buffer amplifier.
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Tunable Oscillator
Discera announces prototypes of a 1.6 Gigahertz tunable oscillator powered by its micron-scale PureSilicon™ Resonator, proprietary RF/analog circuitry, and packaging technologies. The oscillator is an example of a commercial grade application built around Discera's miniature silicon components, which can cut board space while offering the high levels of integration demanded for Gigahertz-range RF and clock applications.
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December 2004
Chip Inductors
Designed for high frequency applications in range of consumer, commercial, and industrial devices, the DR354-1-2-3-4 series surface mount wirewound chip inductors from Datatronic Distribution provide protection against challenging EMI problems in high frequency filtering applications.
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Clock Converters
Pericom Semiconductor launches a family of 3.3 V, 1:4 LVPECL clock buffers with speeds up to 800 MHz. The PI6C4853x ICs target the networking/telecommunications, storage, and industrial system markets.
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Diode Arrays
California Micro Devices announced the CM1218 and CM1219, low capacitance families of Zener diode arrays for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. The CM1219 features a low input capacitance of 4pF and protects ESD strikes up to ± 8 kV contact discharge, while the CM1218 with a low 7pF input capacitance provides ESD protection at ± 15 kV contact discharge.
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Dual-Band Power Amp
Anadigics announces the AWL6950 dual-band 4 × 4 mm InGaP HBT power amplifier (PA). This PA supports the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, which allows wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment manufacturers to use a single PA for 802.
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Field Effect Transistors
M/A-COM announces a family of LDMOS field effected transistors designed for use in wireless infrastructure base stations or other types of communication applications in the 860 to 2200 MHz frequency range.
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PCI Module
Pentek introduces its latest in a series of PCI modules. The 7631A is a 16-channel multiband digital receiver that features two 14-bit A/Ds with a Virtex-II FPGA for direct wideband signal processing at sample rates as high as 105 MHz.
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Power Amplifier Module
The ECM168 from WJ Communications is a 1.9 GHz PAS/PHS high performance power amplifier module utilizing InGaP HBT process technology. Key features include 33.5 dBm output power, a single 10 V supply, 33 dB typical gain, and ACPR2 at 600 kHz offset.
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Subsystem Solutions
Skyworks announces RF subsystems for next generation cellular infrastructure equipment and other wireless transceiver applications. These solutions leverage RF integrated circuit designs that maximize the performance of third and fourth generation (3G and 4G) base station transceivers.
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November 2004
Hybrid Combiners
Microlab/FXR offers an all band hybrid coupler for in-building distributed antenna system applications in both N and 7-16 mm DIN connectors. The hybrid combiner, CA-14N, covers 380 to 2,500 MHz. Installers of base stations in the UHF bands of TETRA, Homeland Security, and the CDMA-450 applications can combine signal paths to the antenna with cellular wireless signals.
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RF Antenna Switch
Peregrine Semiconductor announces the PE4263 SP6T RF antenna switch and the SP4T PE4261 RF antenna switch. The PE4263 switch provides a unique, high-performance solution to the quad-band GSM handset Antenna Switch Module (ASM) market by offering high power at 41 dBm P1dB; high linearity of 65 dBm IP3; and monolithic integration of key elements including a control logic decoder and driver.
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RF Power Amplifier
Stealth Microwave introduces the SM3436-47L, a GaAsFET amplifier designed for 3.5 GHz fixed broadcast wireless applications. The unit operates from 3.4 to 3.6 GHz with a P1dB of +47 dBm and OIP 3 of +64 dBm.
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Supervisory ICs
EM Microelectronic introduces the 615x/625x family of highly-integrated microprocessor supervisory ICs with programmable voltage reset monitoring, watchdog timer with programmable time window, system enable output, plus optional low dropout (LDO) +5 V voltage regulator, and power saving function compatible with CAN-bus sleep mode.
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Wireless Modems
CML Microcircuits launches its wireless data IC, the CMX990. A single-chip GMSK packet-data modem with RF transceiver, this half-duplex IC offers: a versatile baseband modem, IF and RF processing functions, programmable synthesizers, signal level-setting functions and comprehensive on-chip and peripheral control, monitoring and interfacing.
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ZigBee Development Platform
Chipcon announces a complete ZigBee development platform, including hardware, the ZigBee protocol stack as well as development tools. The CC2420 ZigBee Development Kit is suited as a prototyping, evaluation, and demonstration platform targeting various real life ZigBee applications.
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October 2004
Balanced Mixer
Mimix Broadband, Inc. introduces a gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) fundamental balanced mixer, which is for use as a down-converter. Using 0.15 micron gate length GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) device model technology, this mixer covers the 32 to 42 GHz frequency bands.
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Feed-Thru Capacitors
Tusonix's UL recognized, all-ceramic shoulder feed-thru capacitors are designed to offer a high AC/DC withstanding voltage and a working voltage up to 250 VAC. The product has a coaxial feed-thru configuration and a solder-in design - suitable for those design applications that demand space-saving solutions.
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Highpass Filter
This filter from K&L Microwave offers < 1.0 dB insertion loss at 11 GHz to 18 GHz, better than 2.0:1 VSWR across 100% of passband and > 50 dB at DC to 9.3 GHz. The outline dimensions are 1.1 inches× 1.
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Oscillators
Valpey Fisher introduces the VFTNH series, an addition to the company's OCXO product line. Power consumption is less than 120 mW, with a frequency range up to 220 MHz and phase noise of – 165 dBc/Hz at 10 KHz offset typical.
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Power Amplifier
Sirenza Microdevices' SZA-5044 power amplifier, designed for WLAN 802.11a and WiMAX 802.16 applications, features 22 dBm linear output power at 3% EVM and has 28 dB gain from a 5 V supply. This 4.9 to 5.
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SoC Solution
RF Micro Devices announces the highly integrated SiW4000™ system-on-chip (SoC) Bluetooth® solution with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) for up to three times faster throughput than current Bluetooth 1.
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Testing Capabilities
Agilent introduces wireless test benches, sources and measurement capabilities for its Advanced Design System (ADS) 2004A EDA software that enable simulation of wireless designs to WLAN, 3GPP and TD-SCDMA standards.
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Wireless Transceiver
The 9XTend wireless transceiver from Maxstream provides OEMs with 256-bit AES encryption, power output of 1 mW to 1 W (software selectable), transmission range up to 3000 ft. indoor/urban environments, up to 40 miles line-of-sight), and 900 MHz data throughput of up to 115 kbps sustainable RF data rate, up to 230 kbps interface data rate).
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September 2004
EMI Filter with Protection Diodes
An ESD protection array that integrates an EMI filter in a leadless LLP75 package is available from Vishay Intertechnology. Measuring 1.6 × 1.6 mm with a 0.7 mm height profile, the GTF701-HS3-GS08 two-channel EMI filter offers EMI and bi-directional ESD protection in compact end products.
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GPS Receiver
Xemics announces their latest GPS module. The low power SlimGPS™ RGPSM202 receivers are fully autonomous modules that provide poisition, speed, and time information. The module has speed performances and position accuracy of < 5 m.
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In-Line Filter/Amplifier
The MSS-10-1575-20N in-line GPS filter/LNA combines 1575.42 MHz bandpass filter and a low noise amplifier. The amplifier provides a gain of 23 to 25 dB while the filter provides a minimum 1 dB bandwidth of 20 MHz, and a ± 75 MHz rejection of 25 dB.
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Linear RF Power Amplifier
Fairchild Semiconductor announces the RMPA2453, a linear RF power amplifier module for high-performance wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) applications in the 2.4 - 2.5 GHz frequency band. Optimized for 802.
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Multi-function Cable, Antenna and Base Station Analyzer
Anritsu Company introduces the Cell Master( MT8212B cable, antenna, and base station analyzer. Handheld and lightweight, Cell Master combines the functionality of a cable and antenna analyzer, spectrum analyzer, AM/FM/SSB demodulator, power meter, interference analyzer, and T1/E1 analyzer.
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Test Assemblies
W. L. Gore introduces GORE™ PHASEFLEX® 110 GHz test assemblies. These assemblies, with performance through 110 GHz, offer torque and crush resistance, as well as stability with flexure and temperature.
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VSCR Enables Clock Recovery
Elcom's VSCR series enables clock recovery from NRZ and RZ data stream by automatically adjusting to any data rate within the unit operating range of 9.95 to 11.35 Gbps. An optional rate of 9.95 to 12.
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August 2004
900 MHz Modems
AeroComm introduces ConnexLink™ packaged transceivers with one watt of output power. The transceivers can talk over distances of 20 miles line of sight. Units can be set up in minutes for cable-free communication between industrial RS232/485 devices, providing data transmissions of up to 115.
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Circuit Materials
Rogers introduces the R/flex 3850 double-clad laminate. The laminate offers a low dielectric constant (D k = 2.9) for controlled impedance. The R/flex 3850 laminate is produced in a range of copper and film thicknesses, and is available in standard panel formats.
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Coaxial Cables
Semflex introduces microwave cable that delivers low attenuation. The series is specifically matched to the maximum frequency ranges of connectors such as N type, SMA, 2.92 mm, and 1.85 mm. The SLA series is suited for instrument grade applications such as PNA/VNA testing and phase critical applications such as ECM and radar.
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EMI Filter with Protection Diodes
An ESD protection array that integrates an EMI filter in a leadless LLP75 package is available from Vishay Intertechnology. Measuring 1.6 × 1.6 mm with a 0.7 mm height profile, the GTF701-HS3-GS08 two-channel EMI filter offers EMI and bi-directional ESD protection in compact end products.
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Frequency Multiplier Chips
Hittite introduces two low noise GaAs PHEMT x2 active frequency multiplier chips. These broadband multipliers are suitable for use in LO multiplier chains in microwave and VSAT radios yielding reduced inventory count vs.
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GPS Receiver
Xemics announces their latest GPS module. The low power SlimGPS™ RGPSM202 receivers are fully autonomous modules that provide poisition, speed, and time information. The module has speed performances and position accuracy of < 5 m.
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GSM Switch
TriQuint's TQP4M4010 GSM switch integrates a logic decoder using an E/D pHEMT process optimized for excellent harmonic performance. The logic decoder function eliminates an external CMOS driver chip. Despite increased functionality, this SP4T still resides in a 2.
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In-Line Filter/Amplifier
The MSS-10-1575-20N in-line GPS filter/LNA combines 1575.42 MHz bandpass filter and a low noise amplifier. The amplifier provides a gain of 23 to 25 dB while the filter provides a minimum 1 dB bandwidth of 20 MHz, and a ± 75 MHz rejection of 25 dB.
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Linear RF Power Amplifier
Fairchild Semiconductor announces the RMPA2453, a linear RF power amplifier module for high-performance wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) applications in the 2.4 - 2.5 GHz frequency band. Optimized for 802.
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MEMS Switch
Dow-Key Microwave announces 6 GHz, 100 million cycle latching MEMS SPDT switches. The switches are available in a sealed SMT package. The M1C06-CDK2 RF MEMS switch has bipolar voltage pulses (+5 V; – 5 V) that set and reset the switch.
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Multi-function Cable, Antenna and Base Station Analyzer
Anritsu Company introduces the Cell Master( MT8212B cable, antenna, and base station analyzer. Handheld and lightweight, Cell Master combines the functionality of a cable and antenna analyzer, spectrum analyzer, AM/FM/SSB demodulator, power meter, interference analyzer, and T1/E1 analyzer.
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Noise and Interference Generator
Noise Com announces the E911 Noise and Interference Generator, which provides an expandable, easy-to-use platform for testing the susceptibility to interference of E911 applications on cellular phones, as well as GPS receivers used in airborne, automotive, defense, and mobile locations.
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Packaging for SiGe Transistors
NEC introduces a flat lead package developed specifically for use with its high breakdown voltage SiGe transistors. The M16 package measures 1.2 × 1.0 × 0.5 mm (including leads). Available in the M16 package are the NESG2021, NESG2031, and NESG2101.
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Switched Filter
TRAK introduces a C-Band five channel switched filter assembly used in airborne defense applications. The switch filter features an ultra miniature, low profile design with less than 10 dB passband insertion loss and 60 dB typical stop and rejection at 𫕜 MHz.
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Test Assemblies
W. L. Gore introduces GORE™ PHASEFLEX® 110 GHz test assemblies. These assemblies, with performance through 110 GHz, offer torque and crush resistance, as well as stability with flexure and temperature.
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VSCR Enables Clock Recovery
Elcom's VSCR series enables clock recovery from NRZ and RZ data stream by automatically adjusting to any data rate within the unit operating range of 9.95 to 11.35 Gbps. An optional rate of 9.95 to 12.
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WLAN Power Amplifier
Skyworks introduces a high performance power amplifier (PA) for 802.11 b/g WLAN systems. The PA Plus™ with on-chip harmonic filtering eliminates the need for additional filtering in the transmit chain.
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July 2004
16-Channel ADC
Linear Technology introduces the LTC2449, an 8 kHz, 16-Channel delta-sigma ADC provides high resolution systems designers with an improvement in accuracy, precision, and drift. The LTC2449's multiplexer architecture allows external signal chain components to be included within the calibration loop of the ADC.
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Analog and RFIC Design Software
Applied Wave Research, Inc. (AWR() announces Analog Office 2004 software for next-generation analog and radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) designs. The Analog Office 2004 toolset spans the entire IC design flow, from system-level to circuit-level design and verification, for complete top-to-bottom and front-to-back high-frequency design.
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Crystal Clock Oscillator
NDK announces the availability of the NZ2520 series, the crystal clock oscillators (XO), whose SMD package measures 2.5 × 2.0 mm. The thickness is 0.9 mm and is ultra-lightweight at 0.02 grams.
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DC/DC Regulator
Ericsson introduces its non-isolated DC/DC regulator. The PMC4000 offers a programmable output voltage of 0.75 to 3.63 V and is able to handle an input range of 3 to 5.5 V. The output voltage is adjusted by a voltage signal, alternatively by a resistor trim.
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Emulator for Evaluating Satcom Performance
dBm, LLC, has introduced the SLE700 satellite link emulator, an instrument that allows the performance of Earth terminals and satellite payloads to be evaluated both during design and before equipment deployment.
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Modeling Tool
Coventor announces MEMulator 2004, a software tool for fabrication process emulation and visualization. The tool creates realistic 3D models by adding cross-sectioning, animation, and usability enhancements.
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Signal Analyzers
Anritsu introduces the Signature (MS2781A), a signal analyzer with performance, capabilities, and simplicity that redefines the high-end signal analyzer market. Signature has been developed with an advanced architecture that provides an optional 30 MHz resolution bandwidth for capturing, measuring, and analyzing wide modulation bandwidth signals.
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June 2004
450 MHz Components
Microlab/FXR announces a complete family of 450 MHz components to meet the demands of TETRA, Homeland Security, and the new CDMA-450 applications. Fundamental to these new products are the 2 and 3 way air-line splitters, Dx-51FN series, which covers 380 to 2200 MHz with dissipation losses below 0.
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Capacitor Technology
A new capacitor technology, OxiCap™ from AVX offers a host of environmental advantages while delivering high performance. These devices use Niobium Oxide which, unlike Tantalum is cheap and readily available — yet they can be manufactured on existing standard tantalum processing lines.
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Dual Mixer
Hittite announces the release of a double balanced dual mixer that can be configured as an I/Q modulator or an image reject mixer in wireless infrastructure, fixed wireless, and wireless local loop applications.
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FBGA-Based Digital Receiver
Echotek announces the release of the ECDR-4-14105, which will provide the SigInt, Elint and Radar systems designer with a powerful new tool designed to solve the demanding signal processing and data movement tasks associated with these complex systems.
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GaAs MMIC Receiver
Mimix Broadband announces the introduction of a gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) receiver that includes a three stage LNA followed by an image reject fundamental resistive pHEMT mixer, LO doubler and LO buffer amplifier.
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GSM Power Amplifier Module
TriQuint Semiconductor's newest quad-band GSM power amplifier module (PAM) with built-in power, measures 5 × 5 mm 2 . TriQuint utilizes flip-chip mounting techniques to achieve a 50% size reduction compared to standard industry solutions that rely on chip-and-wire assembly techniques.
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Lightning Arrester
Citel announces a new 5.8 GHz coaxial surge lightning arrester. Its 50KA power capability makes it ideal to protect tower amplifiers, tower top electronics (TTE)and GPS systems against the worst lightning surges.
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SPDT GaAs Switch
M/A-COM announces a new lead-free low-loss SPDT GaAs switch. The MASWSS0115 provides low-loss switching for the transmit/receive function in 802.11b WLAN applications and for low power general-purpose RF applications in a small SOT-363 (6-lead SC-70) package.
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May 2004
GaAs HBT Driver Amplifiers
The RF3800 series of GaAs HBT drive power amplifiers, comprised of the RF3800, RF3802 and RF3805, provides a rugged, low-cost platform design for highly linear amplifier requirements. These multi-band platform devices offer an efficient, cost-effective alternative to higher-power (> 10 W P1dB) flange-mount SiLDMOS transistors.
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GSM Module for WLL
Wavecom introduces the WISMO Quik Q2400, an entry-level solution adapted to the needs of wireless local loop (WLL) and machine-to-machine applications. The GSM protocol stack allows manufacturers to benefit from hands-free audio, multi-call management, and MMI interfaces such as LCD and keypad, on networks worldwide.
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Instrument for Modem Testing
Noise Com announces the model UFX-9835 which generates near-end crosstalk (NEXT) and far-end crosstalk (FEXT) for production testing of DSL modems. The instrument contains two independent noise generators, each with continuously controllable output power from – 130 dBm/Hz to – 140 dBm/Hz.
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Push To Talk Test System
Spirent announces the Push To Talk Over-The-Air (PTT-OTA) test system. The test system is flexible and scalable and will enable users to progress from an over-the-air test system to a fully integrated, automated lab-based test solution.
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WLAN Power Meters
Anritsu introduces the ML2488A, a multi-standard power meter for WLAN and Bluetooth( power measurements. Addressing the important issues of power control, peak power, and timing in the design and implementation of wireless networks, Anritsu's ML2488A delivers accurate power measurements related to all Bluetooth and IEEE 802.
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April 2004
Active Bias SiGe Gain Blocks
Sirenza introduces the low cost SGB product family. This family includes 6 SiGe HBT Darlington amplifiers, each of which incorporates an internally regulated bias circuit, thus eliminating the need for a bias-dropping resistor.
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Ceramic Piezoelectric Speakers
Taiyo Yuden announces the MLS series of multiplayer ceramic piezoelectric speakers. Available in three sizes, the MLS series eliminates the magnet that all standard dynamic speakers require for operation.
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Integrated Chip Solution
Connor Winfield introduces the STC3500 stand alone chip for Stratum 3 Telecom applications. The STC3800 is an integrated single chip solution for the synchronous timing source in SONET/SDH network elements.
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Iridium Bandpass Filter
The 6FVSP-1622.375/X8-NP-N is a low loss highly selective cavity bandpass filter used to isolate the iridium band from outside interference. Special narrow band design provides a low loss passband 8.
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Latching Microwave Relay Modules
VXI introduces a suite of latching microwave relay modules. The family includes the SM7001L (4) SP6T latching self-terminated 20 GHz relays; SM7012L (12) SPDT latching self-terminated 20 GHz relays; SM7013L (3) SPDT latching self-terminated 20 GHz relays; and SM7016L (6) SPDT latching self-terminated 20 GHz relays.
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Low Noise Amplfier
Planar Electronics introduces Model Number PE2-15-2M18G-5R5-16-15-SFF. The device is an ultra broadband, low noise amplifier that operates from 2.0 MHz to 18.0 GHz. Typical specifications include: gain of 15 dB with a gain flatness of ± 2.
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Smart Card IC with Flash
EM Microelectronic announces the EMTCG256-3G, a flash memory-based smart card IC designed for use in SIM and Java cards for GSM mobile pones. The EMTCG256-3G is compatible with the ISO7816-3 Integrated Circuit Card (smart card) specification, and operates with power supplies from 5 V down to 1.
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WCDMA Baseband Processor
Zyray introduces the SPINNER chip 1.1. The product enables device manufacturers to develop single-mode WCDMA, dual-mode GSM/GPRS & WCDMA, and multi-mode GSM/GPRS, EDGE & WCDMA devices. SPINNER chip 1.
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March 2004
-Based Data Logger Software
Onset introduces HOBOware, a software package for the company's HOBO U12 data loggers. HOBOware combines easy logger launch and readout functions with data plotting and analysis capabilities, in order for Mac OSX users to incorporate the loggers into their temperature, relative humidity, light intensity, and other monitoring applications.
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14-Slot ATCA System
Schroff® introduces its third generation of the 14-slot AdvancedTCA system, suitable for telecom and networking applications including wireless IP, telephony, and optical switches. The system's backplane is available in a variety of topologies including full mesh, dual star, and dual dual star.
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14-Slot Central Office Shelf
Tracewell announces the CO-Star AdvancedTCA Central Office Shelf. This 19 inches 13U system provides 14 slots electrically and mechanically compliant with the PICMG 3.0 AdvancedTCA specification. The unit is designed to meet GR-63, GR-1089, UL/EN 60950 EN55024 (in process) for NEBS Level III.
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3U Rack Mount Server
One Stop Systems announces the introduction of its 3U server for enterprise/data center and military applications. Powered by dual Intel® Xeon 3.06 Ghz processors, the motherboard supports six full-length PCI boards and one AGP video board.
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72 Bit Modules
White introduces their family of 72 bit registered ECC, DDR SDRAM DIMM modules, suitable for server applications, workstations, and super computers. Features include DDR architecture with two data transfer per clock cycle, clock speeds of 100 MHz (DDR200), 133 MHz (DDR266), and 166MHz (DDR333) and programmable read latency 2 & 2.
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802.11g Wireless LAN Solution
Atheros announces a complete single-chip IEEE 802.11g WLAN solution, the AR5005G. The chip integrates an 802.11g solution -- Media Access Controller (MAC), baseband processor, and a 2.4 GHz radio, in an integrated digital CMOS design.
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ADSL Crystals
ILSI America offers several different crystals in the ILCX(XX) family for ADSL applications at 17.66 MHz and 35.328 MHz. Crystals feature tight tolerances and stability for DSL, ADSL, and cable modem chipsets.
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Aerospace Circuit Breaker
E-T-A announces the 5140, a three-pole circuit breaker that is temperature compensated, and weighs 150 grams. The breaker was designed for 400 Hz, three-pole applications from 20 to 50 A. This product is suitable for use in commercial and military aircraft applications, and rugged ground vehicles and boats.
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Air Filters
Universal Air Filters introduces Magnaflex air filters, featuring "bend-to-fit" flexibility and a magnetic installation and sealing strip that ensures a tight fit in electronics equipment enclosures.
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Amplifier
Nanomotion introduces the AB2 amplifier, combining two modes of operation; standard servo mode, and high resolution mode (1 nm), for use with all HR series motors. The standard servo mode provides a range of velocity from 1μ/sec to 250 mm/sec.
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Analyzer Cards
Acqiris USA offers its Model AP240 and AP235 dual-channel reconfigurable analyzer platforms with a Sustained Sequential Recording (SSR) firmware capability. The firmware enhances the analyzers' ability to acquire, store, and transfer sequential waveforms to a host PC at high sustained trigger rates.
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Bandpass Filter
Communications and Energy introduces the BPF-1920(140)N bandpass filter. The filter passes the entire PCS band (1850 to 1990 MHz) with a passband insertion loss of less than 1.0 dB (0.6 dB typical).
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C-Band Synthesizer
Elcom introduces a C-band synthesizer with 125 KHz or 1 KHz step, up to 1.5 GHz bandwidth and an integrated PLDRO requires 6 W of DC power. Typical frequencies are 4.5 to 5.5 GHz, 5.1 to 5.7 GHz, 6.
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Cable Assembly
Gore announces a cable assembly for the ZD backplane interface. The GORE EYE OPENER® ZD cable assembly uses ePTFE as the dielectric core for the digital interconnect cable. The helically wrapped core ensures controlled electrical properties throughout the signal path.
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CMOS Devices
PolarFab announces two CMOS devices for production on its 8 inches PBC4 0.5-micron BiCMOS-DMOS (BCD) process that allows designers to meet specifications requiring a 7 V absolute rating. The PBC4 process with the CMOS NMOSTUBEL and PMOSTUBEL is suitable for manufacturing ICs for high voltage power management and smart-power applications, including motor control, gate drivers, and microprocessor supervisory circuits.
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Coaxial Switch Matrix
Dow-Key introduces a coaxial switch matrix with CANBus control interface. The 5050 matrix performs from DC to 18 GHz as a 4 × 4 non-blocking switch matrix. The size of this unit (2.5 × 2.5 × 4 inches including semi rigid cables) makes it suitable for VXI applications.
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Color Display Drivers
Dialog Semiconductor introduces color display driver ICs for wireless
handsets. The new display driver ICs complement the Dialog Semiconductor devices
already available for the wireless handset. Optrex' multi-addressing (MLA)
enables fast response time, high brightness, lower cost and lower power
consumption compared to thin film transistor (TFT) LCDs.
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Component Analyzer
Advantest introduces the R3860A RF component analyzer that features a four port receiver architecture at 20 GHz and a sweep speed of 5 ms/point. The R3860A's receiver-per-port design eliminates matrix switching of ports to receivers and has been developed to measure RF hybrid modules and multi-port devices used in multiband mobile handsets, WLAN devices, radars, and satellite equipment.
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Computing Node
Thales introduces the PowerNode 3, a single/dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 high-end computing node designed for applications requiring real-time data and signal processing, including sonar, radar, medical imaging, and vision systems.
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Cord Clip
Micro Plastics introduces the "Cord Clip with a Push Mount" to their wire handling inventory. The cord clip is designed with a 15.88 mm bundle diameter to mount into a 6.35 mm hole. Molded in recognized Nylon 6/6 material and commonly used to organize wires, cords, and cables.
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Detector Module
CEL announces a 10 G APD detector module from NEC. The NR4271MU-CC is a large gain-bandwidth superlattice APD designed for use as a receiver in DWDM long-haul and metro systems and 300-pin SFF transponders.
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Differential Probe
Agilent introduces a 1.5 GHz differential probe. When the Agilent InfiniiMax 1130A differential probe is paired with Agilent's Infiniium mixed signal (MSO) and digital signal oscilloscopes (DSO), the system delivers probing connectivity to R&D engineers in the computer, communications, and semiconductor industries for validating and verifying the performance of new high-speed digital product designs.
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Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes
Tektronix announces the availability of the TDS5000B Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (DPO) featuring a customizable user interface and new context-sensitive, right mouse click menus. The new MyScope control windows in the TDS5000B Series oscilloscopes simplify the test activities performed by electrical engineers and manufacturing technicians.
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Drop-In Isolators and Circulators
Raditek announces the newest of their isolators and circulators. The stripline drop-in model, the SS series, covers 700 to 3600 MHz at 10% bandwidth with industry standard sizes. The units are capable of handling 110 W of reflected power.
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Evaluation Kit for CMOS Transceiver
AMI Semiconductor introduces a comprehensive evaluation kit for its AMIS-52000 single-chip, low-power, 433.92 MHz narrowband CMOS transceiver. The kit will help designers of industrial, automotive, and medical applications to evaluate and optimize the communication and power conservation performance of the device.
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FBAR Duplexer
Agilent announces a film bulk acoustic resonator duplexer for handsets, data cards, and other wireless products operating in the U.S. frequency band. The ACMD-7401 is built with Agilent's Microcap bonded-wafer chip scale packaging.
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Filters
Mini-Circuits LFCN low pass filters and HFCN high pass filters deliver high rejection outside the passband and help to eliminate PC board space demand. The filters start in a 0.12 ࡦ.06 inches hermetically sealed package for use in array of military and commercial applications.
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Free Running DROs
Raditek's new Free Running DROs have coverage from 4.5 to 48GHz and better than 1ppm/ºC stability. Good VSWR with low noise and power consumption accompanied by small size makes this a stable platform.
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Frequency Converter
Anritsu introduces the FCN4760 frequency converter that can be used with its Spectrum Master( MS2711D to conduct interference analysis measurements on IEEE 802.11a networks. Covering 4.7 GHz to 6.0 GHz, the MS2711D/FCN4760 combination is designed for field use by fixed wireless engineers to ensure the proper design, deployment, and optimization of Wi-Fi networks.
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Front-end Modules
Epic Communications introducea an RF front-end module FM2402 to complement its family of RF power amplifier products. The product is designed to replace as many as 60 RF and passive components and can drop-in to developers' and manufacturers' WLAN 802.
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FSK Chipset
Integration introduces its EZRadio frequency shift keying receiver/transmitter chipset, which will enable wireless applications for the toy, consumer electronics, automotive, and building security markets.
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Hazardous Location Electrical Connectors
Amphenol announces that its Star-Line EX series of electrical connectors has completed ATEX update testing for use in hazardous environments, as defined by the NEC, Article 505. The connectors provide safe interconnections to modular equipment, making them suitable for applications such as onshore and offshore oil drilling, petrochemical refineries, aircraft re-fueling stations, paint spray booth, and other manufacturing and production environments.
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HCMOS Oscillators
Crystek Crystals announces a low phase noise HCMOS oscillator providing 𤪕 dBc/Hz noise floor. The product is offered in a clock version CCHD-950 ora VCXO version CVHD-950. Both are packaged in an FR5 9 × 14 mm SMD package.
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High-Voltage Amps
Tegam announces two high-voltage amplifiers, model 2340, a single-channel amp, and model 2350, a dual-channel version. These amps provide high-voltage outputs up to 400 Vp-p and feature a DC-2 MHz small signal bandwidth (ן dB cutoff) as well as full power bandwidth, from DC to 200 kHz (ל.
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LCR Meter
Tegam introduces the model 3525, a general purpose LCR meter, suitable for applications requiring impedance parameter testing. The meter has a flexible design that can be used to test capacitors, inductors, coils, resistor, materials, thermoelectric cooling devices, and piezo-electric sensors.
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LCR Meter
QuadTech announces the availability of an LCR meter, the 1715, added to its Digibridge® family of impedance measuring instruments. The instrument is designed for benchtop use or automated test on a variety of passive components and materials.
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LEDs for Tough Applications
The CS Series LEDs from Wilbrecht are designed with a neoprene gasket/washer to seal out water, and feature a drop-in fit for a standard 0.236 inches diameter hole. For stability, the LEDs offer fastening with hex nuts and spacers for panel mount applications.
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Megapixel Image Sensor
Micron announces the MT9M011 1.3 megapixel image sensor - the company's first megapixel sensor designed specifically for the mid- to high-end mobile market, including smart phones and 3G phone platforms.
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MetaEdit+ 4.0
MetaCase introduces version 4.0 of its customizable modeling and code generation environment MetaEdit+, aimed at the developer looking to gain productivity by generating full code directly from models.
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Mobile Infrastructure Products
WJ Communications expands its infrastructure product line with five new products- four single-branch converter modules and a GaAs amplifier. The CV1xx series of single-branch converters are ultra-linear RF downconverters for mobile infrastructure applications.
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Monolithic CMOS Power Amplifier
Silicon Laboratories introduces the Si4300, a monolithic CMOS power amplifier for GSM cellular applications. The Si4300 integrates all functions between the transceiver and the antenna switch module, including complete power control circuitry, thermal and load mismatch protection, harmonic filtering, and input and output matching networks.
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Network Analyzers
Advantest introduces the R3768/R3770 network analyzers that incorporate a four port receiver architecture developed to measure multi-port passive components designed into multiband mobile handsets, WLAN devices, radars, and satellite equipment.
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Noise Option for Emulator
Spirent announces an enhancement to its SR5500 wireless channel emulator. Spirent has added an Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) option to the emulator. This option reduces the complexity and time required to fully qualify receiver performance against industry standards and representative real-world scenarios.
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OEM Jammers
Noise Com introduces another version of the OEM Jammers that have been successful in applications from arbitrary waveform signal jamming to broadband noise coverage and antenna array interference signals in electronic warfare.
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Online Engineering Tool
AVX announces SpiCAP version 3.0, an online engineering tool that generates the frequency response and characterizes AVX ceramic chip capacitors based on user inputs. The Windows-based software provides parameters required for SPICE-based computer modeling and circuit simulations of MLCCs including high capacitance X5R as well as low inductance varieties.
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PCI Mezzanine Card
Thales introduces a front panel data port (FPDP) PCI mezzanine card. The card is designed to provide data acquisition in VME or CompactPCI SBCs used for digital signal processing. The board is available in SA, RA, and RC versions, making it suitable for both harsh-environment and commercial use.
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Power Management IC
Atmel announces the release of its AT73C204 Power Management standard product, an IC specifically designed for multimedia section supply in new-generation feature phones. Manufactured on Atmel's CMOS process, the AT73C204 is designed to supply CMOS or CCD camera modules, MP3 or polyphonic ICs, multimedia coprocessor, external memory module, wireless data connection such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a USB interface.
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Power Supply Sequencers
Analog Devices introduces two families of supervisor/sequencing ICs designed for infrastructure systems, such as routers and add-drop multiplexers, and mobile phones and computers. The ADM108x Simple Sequencer and ADM106x Super Sequencer devices provide supply fault detection and sequencing logic.
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Radio System on a Chip
Cypress announces its WirelessUSB LR device (CYWUSB6935), a 2.4 GHz radio system-on-a-chip solution delivering up to 50 m or more of wireless connectivity for commercial and industrial applications.
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RF Modules
Linx introduces the LR series of RF modules for the wireless transfer of serial data, control, or command information over distances in excess of 3000 feet. No external components are required(except an antenna).
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RF Solution
Ember announces a 2.4GHz /250Kbps RF solution that complies with the new
IEEE 802.15.4 standard. In addition to enabling lighting, temperature and security applications, the EM2420 can also support applications for remotely controlling industrial devices in facilities such as factories and wastewater treatment plants; monitoring physical infrastructure such as roads and bridges; and mobile applications such as temperature and humidity monitoring for preventing fresh food spoilage.
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RF Testers
The R&S CBT and the R&S CBT 32 from Rohde & Schwarz are two Bluetooth testers for development, production and verification. The test sequences are in line with specifications and can be set according to user requirements.
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Ring Divider/Combiners
Meca introduces two hybrid ring divider/combiners designed to cover wireless bands from 0.810 to 0.960 GHz and 1.700 to 2.000 GHz with average RF power handling capability of 1,000 W (5 kW peak). Both products are suited for PCS band high power dividing or combining applications.
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Sensor Calibrator
Tegam announces its model 1827 RF power sensor calibrator, which calibrates within the frequency range of 100 kHz to 18 GHz using one standard. This product is able to calibrate most power sensors in 30 minutes or less.
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SMD Isolators
Temex to introduces a range of RoHS compliant SMD isolators, designed to protect other microwave components from excessive signal reflection, and covering the frequency range 380- 430 MHz. The isolators have a typical isolation of 12 dB, a VSWR of 11 dB and insertion loss of 1dB.
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SMT Frequency Synthesizers
SLX-series surface mount frequency synthesizers from EM RESEARCH feature fixed-frequency or serially-programmable outputs in bands from 100 MHz to 3 GHz. Bandwidths are available from octave at fc >= 600 MHz to 20% bandwidths at 2.
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Spiral Inductors
Micrometrics has expanded their spiral inductor chip product line, offering chips with up to 17.5 turns and inductance values reaching 100 nH. The MMI 300 series chips provide an alternative to staking coils.
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Stand-alone VCOs
National Semiconductor introduces the first member of a family of stand-alone, monolithic VCOs for mobile handsets. The LMX2604 is designed for the GSM and GPRS cellular markets. The product provides on-chip RF VCOs for GSM at 880 MHz to 915 MHz, for DCS at 1710 MHz to 1785 MHz, and for PCS at 1850 MHz to 1910 MHz.
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Surface Mount Reed Switches
Coto Technology introduces three additions to its line of surface mount reed switches. The RI-80, miniature SMT switches, with 5 mm max glass length, feature a wide flat lead design to provide both stability during component placement and improved solderability for surface mounted applications.
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Surface Mount Resistor
Vishay announces the release of a surface-mount Power Metal Strip® resistor. The resistor combines a 0.25 W rating and a resistance range of 10Ωto 10,000Ω in the 0805 package, which measures 0.
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Switchmode Transformer
Prem Magnetics introduces a printed circuit mount transformer, the SPP-3002, designed for AC/DC converter applications, specifically in conjunction with the TNY255 TinySwitch integrated off-line switching power supply chip from Power Integrations, Inc.
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Test Socket
Aries announces a high frequency test socket for devices from 14 to 27 mm 2 wide. The socket is suitable for manual testing of devices with pitches down to 0.50 mm, in applications with speeds from 1 GHz to over 10 GHz, such as CSP, MicroBGA, MLF, QFN, DSP, LGA, SRAM, DRAM, and Flash devices.
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TrenchFET Power MOSFETS
Vishay Siliconix incorporated announces a trio of 250 V n-channel TrenchFET power MOSFETs that offer the low on-resistance in the SO-8, PowerPAK SO-8, and
D2PAK packages for this voltage rating. The Si4434DY (LITTLE FOOT SO-8), Si7434DP (PowerPAK SO-8), and SUM45N25 58 (D2PAK) are designed to serve as primary switches in DC/DC converters, including forward converters and half-bridge converters, as well as in AC/DC converters and inverters, for telecom power supplies, distributed architectures, and miniature power modules.
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Vertical PDUs
Pulizzi announces the release of a multiple configuration PDU with current monitoring. The V42 and V70 series are designed in vertical strip, suitable for rack and cabinet enclosures where high density is required.
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VME64 extensions System
Schroff® introduces a thermally managed, 10U-high, fully integrated system incorporating a 21-slot VME64 extensions backplane with P0 connectors. The system features a shielded EMC 19 inches subrack that can accommodate up to 21 6U × 160 mm deep boards and 21 rear, 6U × 80 mm deep transition cards with ESD clips installed in each card guide; a wide range input; PFC; and 1000 W, 4-output power supply.
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WCDMA Power Amplifier
SiGe Semiconductor announces the RangeCharger SE5120 power amplifier for cellular handsets compliant to the WCDMA standard. The SE5120 is a single-band, three-stage power amplifier excellent linearity and efficiency.
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Wireless I/O
Phoenix Contact's wireless I/O for industrial applications enables monitoring and control at low point count remote sites while eliminating the need for a PLC where local logic is not required. The data radios move RS-232, Rs-422, and RS-485 for serial data from any PLC or controller with MODBUS and Allen-Bradley DF1 protocols, and allow users to read and write analog and digital I/O from remote locations.
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Wireless Module
Radiotronix announces their embedded wireless module, the Wi.232DTS, that includes the company's wireless serial engine (WiSE) technology. The module combines a wireless DTS spread-spectrum transceiver, based on the Xemics XE1203, with a protocol controller to create a transparent wireless solution for wire replacement applications.
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Wireless Network Transmission System
Stratex announces the availability of the Eclipse wireless network transmission system. The system enables wireless network node configurations in the smallest form factor available, supporting up to six independent radio traffic paths from a modular Intelligent Node Unit (INU).
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WLAN Antenna Switches
Toshiba introduces two new antenna switches that combine low insertion loss and low voltage operation with small UF6 or TU6 packages. The TG2216TU and TG2211FT are single pole, double throw switches that are suitable for use with antennas in WLAN applications.
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February 2004
15% Price Reduction on Vacuum Reed Switches
Hermetic Switch announces a 15% reduction on the price of its high voltage line of vacuum reed switches. Improved manufacturing processes that result in greater throughput enable the company to pass the savings on to its customers.
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1U Hotswap Rectifiers
Cherokee introduces a low-profile, 1U version of its CAR Rectifier series for telecom and networking devices. The CAR0548 delivers 500 W and is designed to deliver reliable bulk power to distributed power architectures and dc-dc systems used in optical routing equipment, enterprise networks, and wireless applications.
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2.5 Watt Amplifier
Stealth Microwave introduces the SM3436-34HS, a 3.4 to 3.6 GHz amplifier designed to meet the needs of service providers working in the fixed wireless access market. The module provides a minimum P1dB of +34 dBm, a typical OIP3 of +48 dBm, linear gain of 34 dB with a ۪.
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6-Volt VRLA Battery for High Rate Discharge Applications
EnerSys expands its DataSafe NPX line of VRLA batteries with the addition of the NPX 35-6 battery for applications which require high power for short intervals. The battery provides 30% more power than conventional batteries with an equivalent footprint and voltage and was designed to meet the high energy needs of a wide range of UPS and general electronics applications.
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802.11 a/b/g Analysis Package
Tektronix introduces a software analysis package to speed design and validation of WLAN products complying with any of today's prevailing WLAN standards. WLAN technology is providing users with wireless access to the Internet and email in airports, office buildings and coffee shops.
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Arrays
AVX introduces their TransFeed array in the 0612 (3.2 × 1.6mm) package. Designated the V3F4 series, the device pairs the electrical characteristics of AVX's TransGuard (MLV) and FeedThru filters to offer circuit protection and EMI reduction over a broad range of frequencies.
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Beamforming Network
TRM introduces a 1 × 4 beamforming network designed for use in military airborne radar environments. The octave band device offers low loss and moderate power handling capability in a compact housing.
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Cascadable SiGe Gain Block Amplifiers
Hittite announces the release of three plastic packaged SiGe MMIC Gain Block Amplifiers, the HMC476MP86, HMC479MP86, and HMC481MP86, which are suited for wireless infrastructure/handhelds, test equipment, microwave radio and military COTS applications from DC to 6 GHz.
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COLFET Low-Noise Calibration Source
Spacek Labs Model CS-K Low-Noise COLFET Calibration Source offers a new way to calibrate K-band radiometers. Instead of a liquid nitrogen-cooled load, a small waveguide-output source (K-connector optional) radiates 33-60 K over 20-24 GHz when biased by +8 VDC, 100 mA max.
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COTS Family of Thin Film Resistors
IRC introduces the COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) family of its TaNFilm® and TaNSil® thin film resistors. Using the same manufacturing equipment and materials as the military qualified thin film resistors, IRC's COTS-level products are suitable for military and aerospace applications.
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Current Controlled Attenuator
American Microwave announces the CVAN-8018-60-SP with Options 002 and 10F. It is a 60 dB, Current Controlled, Non-Linearized, Absorptive and Analog Attenuator which typically operates over the Octave Band of 8.
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Current Sensing Chip Resistor
KOA Speer Electronics introduces its UR73 Current Sensing Chip Resistor, which offers low resistance with a range of 30 m Ω to 100 m Ω. The UR73 utilizes thick film technology and offers low T.
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DC-DC Converter Offers Nine Output Voltage Variations
C&D technologies has increased the number of available variations of its WPA60 DC-DC converter from one to nine. Each of the units from the range delivers two independently regulated outputs that provide full regulation down to zero load.
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Design Verification System
CATC introduces v2.2 software for the BT Tracer/Trainer> which is compliant with the recently approved Bluetooth v1.2 specification. This release allows for the creation of a second independent recording channel, includes a profiles decode toolbar for easier protocol selection and debug, and expands Bluetooth test cases support.
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DirectConnect Antennas
Astron introduces the DirectConnect series antennas. DirectConnect Omni and Yagi antennas incorporate all of the same features found in standard off the shelf antennas, but with the addition of DirectConnnect.
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Downloadable Toolkit
Cambridge Consultants launches a web-downloadable toolkit for its royalty-free RISC processor core, XAP2. The free-trial SDK allows users to write and simulate application software in C or assembler, or to evaluate the 16-bit processor's architecture for use in an SoC ASIC or FPGA project.
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Dual Band Antennas
Radiall/Larsen announces dual band technology to cover the entire WIFI frequency spectrum. This PCB technology delivers 2.5 dBi gain at 802.11a and up to 7 dBi gain at 802.11g. The wide band performance for 802.
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Ethernet/IP Test Systems
Anritsu Company introduces the MD1230A-20, a traffic monitor option that allows its MD1230A Family of Ethernet/IP Test Systems to conduct analyses of streaming traffic such as video/IP and voice/IP.
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Family of Low Profile Filters for Microwave Applications
Spectrum FSY Microwave introduces a line of low profile, highly stable, microwave filters. These filters meet or exceed MIL environmental requirements and are designed for use in a variety of space-constrained applications, including avionics and UAVs.
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Full Band GSM Duplexers
Spectrum FSY Microwave has expanded its portfolio of GSM duplexers, all of which exceed custom requirements. These duplexers allow simultaneous transmission and reception through a common antenna. Specifications include insertion loss of less than 0.
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Full Fan-Out Switch Matrix
Dow-Key introduces a CANbus-based Coaxial Switch Matrix system with Ethernet, GPIB, RS-232, RS-485, and CANbus control interfaces. The system performs from 300 MHz to 1 GHz and is configured as an 8 × 8 full fan-out switch matrix.
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Hex Jam Nut with Washer Face
MicroPlastics has made an addition to their "Hex Jam Nut" inventory, including sizes 1-111/2 and 11/4-111/2 NPT, with a washer face. These devices are molded in Nylon 6/6 material, and are for use in installations of threaded pipe through sheet metal, composition board, or cabinet walls.
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High Frequency VCXO for Applications from 120 to 600 MHz
Fox has expanded its product line with the addition of the high frequency VCXO. The VCP Series is suited for high-end applications with frequency ranges within the 120 to 600 MHz range, including SONET, ATM/SDH, and other applications in the optical market.
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High Linearity LNAs & PAs
Hittite announces three GaAs pHEMT Medium Power Amplifier die that complement their line of LNAs and PAs for the point to point, point to multipoint, VSAT, military and space markets. Each of these amplifiers feature fully matched (50 ) RF ports and a +5 V power supply, for implementation in Multi-Chip-Module and subsystem applications.
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IF Quadrature Demodulator
A monolithic, high performance IF quadrature demodulator from Linear Technology operates with a supply voltage as low as 1.8V, making it suitable for portable applications. The LT5546 has applications in GPS receivers, wireless local loop, satellite IF receivers, and mobile wireless data receivers.
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InGaP HBT Divider
Hittite announces a family of InGaP HBT MMIC prescalers which operate from DC (with a square wave input) to 18 GHz. The low additive SSB Phase Noise, -151 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset, make this family of dividers suited for commercial PLL applications such as VSAT, point to point radio, fiber optic, and test equipment markets, as well as military PLL systems.
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Inline Programmer Provides Support for Siemens' Placement Machines
Data I/O® announces ProLINE-RoadRunner™ support for Siemen's HS60 and C Class surmount technology electronics assembly machines. The programmer provides cost efficiency and quality to electronics manufacturing.
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Introduces Sound Level Meter
The AEMC® Sound Level Meter Model CA832 is designed to access sound ambiences or nuisances in accordance with international safety and quality standards. The meter features two weighting curves A and C for measurement integrating the sensitivity of the human ear according to sound frequency, three measurement ranges from 35 to 130 dB and two time weighting curves: S (slow) - 550 ms and F (fast) - 55 ms.
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Layout and Verification Software
Tanner EDA launches L-Edit Pro™ version 11. The latest release of the Windows®-based layout and verification software can be used for analog and mixed-signal IC, MEMS and integrated optical device design.
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Linear Amplifier Detector Module
Planar Monolithics introduces the ADA-506F-30-TSS61-LM. It is a DC Coupled, Temperature Compensated, Linear Amplifier Detector Module with 30 dB of Dynamic Range which operates from 5.4 to 5.9 GHz with an 8 nS Rise Time and 10 nS Fall Time and a TSS of 㫕 dBm (0.
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LVDS Serializers and Deserializers
Fairchild announces the release of four LVDS serializers and deserializers. These devices solve EMI and cables size problems associated with wide, high-speed TTL interfaces that are commonly found in a range of communications, computing, industrial and automotive applications.
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Microcontrollers
Microchip Technology introduces four PICmicro® 8-bit Flash microcontrollers. This PIC16F family delivers fault-redundant clocking and the ability to shut the system down reliably, meeting the needs for safety-critical and power-managed motor control in the automotive and general purpose markets including utility metering, motor control, appliance, battery/handheld, and radio frequency.
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Mil-Spec Diplexer
ILSI America introduces the D08004 high power Diplexer, designed for Mil-Spec requirements. The rugged package measures 204 mm square by 64 mm high. TX band covers a frequency range of 870 to 880 MHz.
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Modulation Module
PMI Model LSP-0518-SK is an analog Level, Scan and Pulse Modulation Module that is capable of exponential (linear in dB) modulation, for rugged and high reliability applications using digital process techniques, that operates from 0.
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Open/Close Bushings
Micro Plastics announces the addition of Open/Close Bushings to their inventory of wiring accessories. These bushings are used to protect wires, cables, tubing, and hoses from sharp uneven drilled or punched holes in sheet metal.
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Rugged Versions of Low-Power, High-Performance PowerPC-750FX SBCs
Thales Computers introduces two rugged versions of its PowerEngine7 SBC. The RA and RC SBCs combine high performance with low power dissipation, for data processing applications in the aerospace, military, and other harsh environment industries.
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Self-Adjusting Automated Matrix Tray Feeder
Data I/O® introduces the TF30 Automated Tray Feeder, a self-adjusting, automated handling solution for processing devices in and out of JEDEC and semiconductor-specific matrix trays during programming.
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Serial Infrared Transceiver
Vishay introduces a serial infrared (SIR) transceiver for short-distance, wireless communication. The TFBS4711 transceiver measures 1.9 mm high, 3.1 mm deep and 6.0 mm long. With the transceiver, design engineers can add short-range infrared connectivity to smaller and thinner handheld systems with greater flexibility, enabling mobile phones and PDAs to transfer digital images and data files or to pay for goods using the infrared Point and Pay application.
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Series of Integrated Connector Modules
Pulse announces the PowerJack™ Series of ICMs for end-span PoE applications. These modules are dedicated 1ࡧ, 1ࡨ, and 1ࡪ ICM solutions compliant with IEEE 802.3af. They maintain system HiPOT integrity and typically provide greater than 2 kV isolation.
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SiGe Prescaler
Hittite introduces a standard product prescaler fabricated in SiGe. This Divide-by-4 is suited for high volume synthesizer applications in DBS/CATV, WLAN, Fixed Wireless, WLL, Cellular/3G, Microwave Radio and VSAT.
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Silicon-Based RF Capacitors
Vishay introduces silicon-based RF capacitors that boost electrical performance while reducing the board space. These products provide the same range of capacitance values as conventional capacitors while delivering better stability over a wide frequency range, high Q factors, low ESR values, and accurate dimensions.
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Snap-in Audio Jacks
Shogyo introduces a line of snap-in panel-mount audio jacks, designed for one-step mount into pre-drilled PCB holes. The jacks are available in sizes of 2.5 mm and 3.5 mm, and in 2, 3, and 4 conductor versions.
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Software Options
Two new software options from Rohde & Schwarz complement both the signal analyzers of its R&S FSQ series as well as the R&S FSU and R&S FSP spectrum analyzers, making the instruments suitable for use in development and production.
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Surface Mount Speaker
Projects Unlimited introduces the SMS-1508 Surface Mount Speaker. The compact size measures 15 × 15 × 4.0mm. This speaker is rated at 0.3W nominal at 8Ω. The output is 86dB at 10cm at the nominal wattage at frequency range of 850 Hz to 20 KHz.
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Technologies
Data I/O® and M-Systems have created a high-speed gang programming solution specifically for M-Systems memory products. The release of this configuration of FlashPAK is a four-socket programmer called FlashPAK-MSYS.
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Test and Development System
Tracewell, in conjunction with backplane partner Comtel Electronics GmbH, announces the 14-slot T-Frame for AdvancedTCA™, a development system for engineers designing ATCA™ switch fabric boards and systems.
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Test Equipment with HSDPA Capabilities
Agilent introduces high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) capabilities for its high-performance E4438C vector signal generator, PSA Series spectrum analyzers, and E4406A vector signal analyzer. These powerful tools give design engineers the ability to design, debug and evaluate the performance of their 3G and 3.
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Triac Driver Optocouplers
Fairchild expands its family of random-phase triac driver optocouplers with these nine products in four-pin, MFPs that provide designers flexibility and space-saving benefits in industrial and consumer applications.
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Universal Adapter Kit Available in Expansion Kit Format
With the evolution of wireless, broadband, IEEE 802.11a,b,g Wi-Fi, WLAN, and new telecomm solutions, the need for new coaxial interfaces has spurred the development of MCX, MMCX, SMB, 7-16 DIN, reverse polarity SMA and reverse polarity TNC Unidapt® Adapters.
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V1.2 Protocol Analysis System
CATC introduces the Merlin II, Bluetooth protocol analyzer, compliant with v1.2 of the Bluetooth specification and is based on a portable form factor. The analyzer enables designers to identify and correct design issues and assist manufacturers to pre-screen devices for standard compliance and interoperability.
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Video Amplifiers
American Microwave introduces a line of Detector Log Video Amplifiers, in both 40/45dB and 70dB models with a variety of available packages and capabilities. The Model No: LVD-218-50 is a 40/45 dB, Miniature, 2.
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Voltage Controlled Oscillator
The CRO6030A VCO utilizes a ceramic coaxial resonator at 6 GHz and operates at a frequency range of 6020 - 6040 MHz. Used in microwave data link applications, this oscillator offers phase noise at 𤩫 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz and 㪶 dBc second harmonic suppression.
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Wireless Product Line from Hanwell Instruments
Transcat announces the availability of the full line of Hanwell Instruments, Ltd. WDAS. WDAS include all the components needed to sense, collect, transmit, receive, record, store and graph obtained data.
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Xinger®-brand, 3dB Hybrid Coupler
Anaren introduces a Xinger®brand, 3dB hybrid coupler for 800 to 1000 MHz applications. The component offers low loss and matches the CTE of typical power amplifier PCBs for durability in the field.
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January 2004
Air Filters
Universal Air offers electronics equipment design engineers SolidWorks 3-D models. SolidWorks air filter models allow design engineers to identify products that will integrate into their designs. Other benefits available include: the ability to check component stack-up early in the design process, and time savings gained from minimizing the number of required designed iterations.
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Amplifier Module
The PCM3Q4AAL is suitable for ultra linear CDMA repeater and microcell applications in the cellular A&B frequency range. Also suitable for GSM and TDMA applications, this amplifier utilizes DIP (Direct Injection Pre-D) circuit and linear LDMOS power devices that provide output power margins, high gain, wide dynamic range, and group delay and phase linearity.
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Analyzer Cards
Acqiris introduces Model AP240 and AP235 dual-channel reconfigurable analyzer platforms with Sustained Sequential Recording (SSR) firmware capability. The SSR firmware enhances the analyzers' ability to acquire, store and transfer sequential waveforms to a host PC at sustained trigger rates.
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Arbitrary/Function Generator
The Dual-Channel Arbitrary/Function Generator R&S AM300 has been added to the Rohde & Schwarz Smart Instruments family. As an I/Q generator, it can be used to generate complex digitally modulated signals as required for mobile radio.
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Audio Receivers
Star Micronics introduces the RBB-04A-PS and RBB-04B-PS audio receivers. Its wideband characteristics allow the RBB series to reproduce voice audio on all bands. Both the RBB-04A-PS and RBB-04B-PS are balanced-armature receivers that reproduce high quality 3D sound.
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Automated Testing
Spirent announces the release of a single-source solution for automated testing of GSM and WCDMA handsets that support Assisted GPS (A-GPS) location technology. Spirent's ULTS product is fully integrated and enables comprehensive A-GPS performance analysis of GSM/GPRS mobile devices in the lab.
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AWGN Generators
dBm Corp introduces the WGN Series Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) generators for use in BER and SINAD testing, wireless link emulation, and receiver performance evaluation. Standard models cover 1 MHz to 4.
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Bandpass Filter
Designed for military environments, ILSI's F08002 is a high power bandpass filter designed for frequencies between 870 to 880 MHz. The package measures 122 × 84 × 52 mm high. The device has a low insertion loss of – 1.
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Bandpass Filter
Lorch's 4CFX-9250/R240-P is a low profile surface mount bandpass filter offering a high 'Q' performance in a maximum height of .335 inches. The filter is designed to operate with a 2.6 % equi-ripple bandwidth, while maintaining an insertion loss specification of 1.
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Block Down Converter
Tampa Microwave announces the LNB-6300-50-112 low noise block down converter. This X band LNB converts the X band downlink frequencies of 7.25 to 7.75 to an output frequency of 950 to 1450 MHz. Key performance specifications include conversion gain of 50 dB, typical noise figure of 1.
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BNC Connectors
Bomar announces dual mini BNC jacks. These double-stacked miniature connectors measure 23.7 × 8.60 × 24.10 mm. The BNC jacks are nickel-plated, and feature PCB board lock mounting posts. Devices are rated for use in applications operating up to 4 GHz.
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BNC Connectors
Nemal introduces a series of 75 Ω BNC connectors. the NE8000 series includes models for 75 Ω cables, all using industry standard crimping tools. Construction is user friendly, both in terms of installation and mating.
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Cable Connectors
Tyco Electronics announces a cable connector product extension to the MULTI-BEAM XL line of modular Power/Signal connectors. The cable mount connector terminates up to 8 AWG, 600 V wire, carries up to 55 Amps on a single contact and satisfies Hot-Swap and Cable I/O applications.
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Cavity Filters
K&L Microwave's series of Mini-Pack cavity filters have been designed to meet the harsh requirements of a military environment. The Mini-Pack filters feature maximum performance within minimum package size.
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Ceramic Filters
CTS introduces a miniature 2.5 × 2.5 × 1.6 mm ceramic monoblock bandpass filter for WLAN applications operating in the 2.4 GHz frequency band. Applications for the CER0113A include devices such as wireless broadband routers, wireless access points, and WLAN PC cards.
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Ceramic Notch Filter
The 7DL35-1960/NX60 is a broadband notch filter that has greater than 30 dB rejection across the PCS frequency band and greater than 60 dB at f 0. The unit is designed with 7 sections, 6 mil resonators and operates from – 40°C to +85°C.
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Chip Resistors
International Manufacturing Services, Inc. (IMS) announces that its ULX-2512 series of ultra-low ohm chip resistors are available in values ranging from 0.001 Ω to 0.1 Ω. Tolerances available are 5% (0.
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Chip Varistors
Amotech introduces their chip varistor product line. These suppressors are ZnO based devices and are designed to protect sensitive electronics equipment against high voltage transient surges in the low and medium voltage regions.
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Co-Simulation Interface
The MathWorks and Mentor Graphics announce the release of The MathWorks Link for ModelSim, which provides a co-simulation interface between The MathWorks MATLAB and Simulink system-level design environments with ModelSim, Mentor Graphics' HDL simulator.
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Coaxial Resonator Oscillators
Atlantic Microwave introduces coaxial resonator oscillators in the ACR series. The Series provides a stabilized fixed output frequency in the range 300 MHz to 3000 MHz with a minimum of +13 dBm of output power.
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Coaxial Switches
RLC Electronics' terminated single pole, two position coaxial switch line provides reliability and long life. This switch features low insertion loss and VSWR over the DC to 40 GHz range while maintaining high isolation.
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Common Mode Choke
API Delevan announces the CM6149 common mode-choke series, featuring an epoxy potted surface mount configuration. The potting shell is a molded, thermo-set epoxy material with molded in terminals that provide coplanarity.
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DC Power Supply
Model P6000 programmable DC power supply features an RS 232/485 interface for PC or front panel keyboard program entry. With ± 36 V at 3 A output, this source will store 10 voltage current settings in memory.
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DC/DC Controllers
Maxim introduces the MAX8553/MAX8554 DC-DC step-down controllers that ensure balanced current sourcing and sinking capability of ± 25 A. The MAX8553 generates 1/2 reference input voltage for VTT and VTTR voltages in DDR and RDRAM memory applications.
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DC/DC Converters
C&D Technologies announces two non-isolated DC/DC converters targeted at intermediate bus distributed power architectures. The NNL05S04 and NNL05S12 are designed for use with nominal 3.0 V to 5.5 V and 10.
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DC/DC Converters
The low ripple performance of Torex's XC9215/16/17 series of synchronous-rectification type step-down DC-DC converters in a chip scale USB-6B (2.0 × 1.8 × 0.88 mm) package, makes them suited for noise sensitive RF applications such as Bluetooth and next-generation mobile phones.
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DC/DC Converters
Unipower's models TPCMQ48-24 and TPCMQ48-27 DC/DC converters operate from a range of 40 to 40 VDC (48 V nominal) input and produce outputs of 24 VDC at 29.2 amperes or 27.2 VDC at 25.7 amperes. Other voltages can be provided up to 32 VDC.
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Digital Audio Subsystem
ARC announces the ARC 600 Digital Audio Platform. The initial set of digital audio codecs available on the ARC 600 includes: MP-3 encode, MP-3 decode, MPEG-4 AAC encode (with Temporal Noise Shaping), AAC decode (with Temporal Noise Shaping) and WMA decode.
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Directional Couplers
RLC Electronics' surface mount directional couplers simplify installation, while providing the high directivity and low VSWR of standard couplers. These units are available in both octave or multi-octave bandwidths, over the frequency range of 500 to 3000 MHz.
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Driver ICs
Maxim introduces the MAX8552 single-phase MOSFET driver IC optimized to complement the MAX8524/MAX8525 high-performance CPU core-supply controllers. Featuring an input range of 6 V to 24 V, the MAX8552 drives the upper and lower MOSFETs in synchronous-buck, DC-DC converters.
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Drop-In RF Modules
XEMICS' 868 MHz and 915 MHz Drop-In RF modules have been designed to facilitate the development of wireless communication applications. Using these DP1203 modules ranges of up to several kilometers may be achieved, through high output power and excellent sensitivity.
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Duplexers
K&L Microwave announces two duplexers, WSD-00357 for 15 MHz SMR, and the WSD-00359 for 18 MHz ESMR requirements. Both duplexers offer high adjacent channel rejection (for co-location with cellular AMPS band services) and isolation.
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Electromotive Receiver
Star Micronics introduces the RDG-08B electromotive receiver. The RDG-08B has been developed for the mobile communication equipment market
and Bluetooth-compatible headsets that are manufactured small and thin in size.
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Embedded Wireless Module
Radiotronix announces the embedded wireless module Wi.232DTS. The module combines a high-performance wireless DTS spread-spectrum transceiver, based on the Xemics XE1203, with a protocol controller to create a transparent wireless solution for wire replacement applications.
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EMI Filters
ProTek introduces the EMIF6-100FC, an integrated 6 line low pass EMI filter and TVS array flip chip. With a desired cut-off frequency that is higher than the baseband, the EMIF6-100FC rejects EMI/RFI signals in the 800 MHz to the 3 GHz range, with an attenuation of more than – 30 dB, suppressing RF noise created by GSM, CDMA, DCS or Bluetooth.
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Enclosure System
Schroff introduces its third generation of 14-slot Advanced TCA (ATCA) systems. The system's backplane is available in a variety of topoloties including full mesh, dual star and dual dual star. The backplanes have a speed typically at 3.
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Epoxy Encapsulant
Tra-Bond 933.-1.5 is an electrically insulating epoxy encapsulant, formulated to provide a smooth crown over the device of wire bonds. This encapsulant is black in color and provides protection from thermal and mechanical shock.
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Epoxy System
Tra-Bond 2254 is recommended for high temperature aerospace and electronics applications. Tra-Bond 2254 is a two-part thixotropic epoxy system that is color coded for easy handling and mixing at room temperature.
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Filter with an LNA
K&L part number 7LB10-00050 (7LB10-72.5/X30-O/O-LNA) is a LC Filter with an integrated Low Noise Amplifier. The filter design is a 7 section low ripple Chebyshev response. Passband is 57.5 MHz to 87.
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Front End Receiver
RF Micro Devices announces the RF2861 single-band receiver front end with an integrated TX LO buffer amplifier designed for CDMA cellular, JCDMA and CDMA450 applications. The RF2861 features a 3 × 3 mm footprint.
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Gaskets
Dymax introduces GA-108, a compressible (00-30) Form-in-Place (FIP) gasket. Curing completely in seconds upon exposure to UV light, the GA-108 cures to a black appearance on black parts and hides the gasket seam.
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GPS Antenna
A miniature GPS antenna from Sarantel can acquire GPS signals inside a vehicle or truck as efficiently as a traditional external device. The F02 SmartAntenna will benefit in-vehicle navigation and tracking systems by offering the designer flexibility in locating the GPS antenna.
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Gunn VCO
Spacek Labs Model GU-529P is a high-power Gunn transmitter source. Output power is 125 mW (minimum). Varactor tuning is ± 100 MHz (minimum) at a modulation rate of up to 50 MHz. The varactor bias is 0 to +15 volts.
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Hardware
Micro Plastics introduces the Snap Latch. The Snap Latch pin and body are supplied as two separate parts. Both sections are modled in a UL94-V2 natural Nylon 6/6 material. The Snap Latch assembly is used for securing a removable panel to a fixed structure.
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High Speed Attenuator
AMC Model ADVAN-218-15DD options HS25NS and 5B is a 2 to 18 GHz digitally variable attenuator. The dynamic range is 15 dB in 0.5 dB steps and uses 5 bit binary control. The switching speed is 15 ns maximum, 6 ns typical.
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Hot Swap Controller
National Semiconductor introduces a – 48 V hot swap controller. This device integrates a 100 V bias regulator with an active current control loop, start and fault timers and under-voltage/over-voltage (UV/OV) protection to provide a system solution for board insertion into live – 48 V backplanes.
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Lead Acid Chargers
Cell-Con announces its line of thermally controlled current regulated lead acid chargers. These products are available in 6 V and 12 V models capable of charging lead acid batteries up to 18 AH. The current regulation will charge batteries at a high rate and automatically reverts to a lower rate as necessary before going float when the battery is fully charged.
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LED Lamps
BivarOpto introduces an all-in-one LED-based lighting alternative for incandescent spot and flood lamps. The INFINITE 1 series design includes an Edison based housing assembly directly interchangeable with PAR style spots and floods.
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LNA/Mixer for CDMA
RF Micro Devices announces the RF2890 dual-band cellular/GPS LNA/mixer for CDMA and JCDMA applications. The RF2890 includes a three-gain state LNA gain (17.5 dB gain control) with an integrated single gain state high IIP3 mixer (8.
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Low Pass Filters
RLC Electronics' surface mount low pass filters offer the same frequency response characteristics of the MLP line in a package suitable for automated soldering. Standard units are .05 dB Chebychev design with up to 5 sections in a CB, C1, C2 or T8S package.
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Microwave Feedthru
Times Microwave introduces a new capability in ultra-high vacuum, high reliability microwave Feedthru's. The custom designs use a glass-to-metal seal technology, in Feedthru's and Beam Position Monitor applications.
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Multipole Connector
Anderson Power Products (APP) offers the SB350 multipole connector. The SB350 connector has spring-loaded, silver-plated contacts that create a self-wiping action during mating and unmating. This hermaphroditic connector is rated at 350 amps, 600 volts and has continuous AC and DC operation.
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Power Conversion ICs
Power Integrations announces the Design Accelerator Kit (DAK-32). The DAK-32 features a 20 W power supply reference design that meets a one-watt standby input power consumption. The DAK-32 contains a 20 W universal input AC/DC power supply, PI Expert design software, TOPSwitch-GX power conversion IC samples, and design collateral.
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Power ICs
The XC9508/09 series is a family of synchronous rectification type DC/DC converters with built in high speed, low noise LDO voltage regulator and an internal comparator for low voltage detection, all in a chip scale USP-10 (2.
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Power Line Filter
Schurter introduces a snap-in version of its filtered AC connector designed for use in power supplies rated up to 20 Amps at 125 volts (16 A/250 V). the AC inlet is designed according to IEC 320-1, type C20, and is combined with a standard or medical grade filter.
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Pull Test Instrument
MiTel introduces their portable tensile strength pull tester used to certify the quality of crimp-on solderless lug, ring, funnel barrel, tongue and spade terminals to wire. The MPT-500 instrument is a portable tool using a handheld ratchet-action tester to make destructive pull type force measurements to crimp-on terminals terminated to wire, exerting up to 200 pounds of force.
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Radio and I/O Module
Phoenix Contact introduces the MCR-RAD, an integrated radio and I/O module designed to eliminate cable and conduit for analog and digital signals in harsh industrial environments. This module uses spread spectrum frequency hopping techniques to guarantee a license-free, interference-free link between remote devices and the control room.
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Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers
Tektronix introduces a series of real-time spectrum analyzers that provide a complete measurement package for engineers developing RF technologies, ranging from RFID to radar applications. Real-time spectrum analysis provides the ability to trigger, capture, and analyze time-varying RF signals.
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Resistors
KOA introduces fixed carbon composition non-inductive, low-capacitance resistor series the RC 1/4 and RC 1/2 . A resistance range is available with the RC 1/4 and 1/2, from 1 Ω to 22 MΩ, tolerance available are ± 5% and ± 10% at 0.
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RF Connectors
TRU introduces a series of quick-release RF coaxial connectors that feature recessed female contacts and a dielectric at the tip of male contacts. TRU QRM series RF coaxial connectors are designed for high power applications up to 6,000 watts @ 100 MHz average and a DC to 4.
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RF Power Detectors
RTG has announced the first RF power detector with on chip programmable threshold detection and a 4 output sequencer. With an input frequency range of 0.1 to 2.5 GHz and a dynamic range of 45 dB, the RTG9001 adds 3 bits of threshold programmability in a 14 pin TSSOP.
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RF Transceivers
Toshiba announces the addition of a 2.4 GHz RF transceiver module that can be used as an embedded reference design for the TB32301AFL radio transceiver or as a ready-to-use RF transceiver. Designated TB32301M, the on-chip voltage controlled oscillator accepts a frequency range of 4 to 20 MHz for 1 MHz channel spacing.
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SAW Filters
AVX introduces a series of surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters for use in mobile phones. Designated the SF16 Series, the line includes a chip scale package (CSP) type RF SAW filter that measures 1.
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Serializers and Deserializers
Fairchild Semiconductor announces four LVDS serializers and deserializers. The serializers (FIN1215, FIN1217) convert parallel LVTTL to serial LVDS, and the deserializers (FIN1216, FIN1218) convert serial LVDS back to parallel LVTTL.
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SMA Connectors
Compel announces the availability of their press-in SMA connector series. Operating from DC to 18 GHz, the line offers typical insertion loss of < 0.06 dB and VSWR of < 1.15:1 with 50 Ω impedance.
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Smart Antenna
Motia introduces Javelin, its smart antenna product that eliminates limitations commonly associated with Wi-Fi. Featuring Motia's beamforming technology, Javelin extends the range of Wi-Fi by up to four times and enhances overall system performance and service quality.
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SMD Converters
Power-One announces the 5A YNM, 10A YNL, and 16A YNS series of POL converters as the initial products in their Nex Family. These maXyz Intermediate Bus Architecture (IBA) compatible products are designed and manufactured by di/dt, a Power-One Company.
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Solid State Relays
Clare announces the CPC1130N, CPC1135N and CPC1231N OptoMOS solid-state relays (SSR). These 3 SSRs are optically coupled, normally closed relays, which utilize depletion mode MOSFETs to achieve a 1 Form B relay contact configuration.
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SP3T Switch
California Eastern Labs introduces a SP3T (Single Pole Triple Throw) switch to it's offering of NEC GaAs MMIC switches. Developed to serve as a high power band selection device in CDMA dual band and GPS cellular phones, the UPG2031TQ operates at frequencies of 500 MHz to 2.
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Spectrum Analyzer
Agilent introduces measurement capabilities for its ESA-E Series mid-performance spectrum analyzers that allow all the required calculations for noise figure and gain from 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz at the touch of a button.
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Switch Matrix
Dow-Key introduces a CANbus-based coaxial switch matrix system with Ethernet, GPIB, RS-232, RS-485, and CANbus control interfaces. This product performs up to 1 GHz and is configures as a 1x32 (expendable to 1x64) switch matrix.
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Test System
Keithlye introduces Model 2790-A SourceMeter Airbag Inflator DC electrical test system. The SourceMeter instruments combine sourcing, measurement, and signal routing capabilities required for insulation resistance and conductor (bridgewire) continuity testing in one package.
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Thin Sheets
Clarex precision thin sheets are manufactured using a specialized cell-casting method. Available in a range of thicknesses from 0.008 to 0.197 inches, the Clarex sheets are available with a hard coating on either one or both sides to prevent surface scratching.
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Transceivers
AeroComm introduces the AC4490-1x1. the modules contain AeroComm's RF232 embedded protocol, which allows for plug-and-play installation. The 1x1's TTL serial interface provides bi-directional communication in point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, or multi-to-multi networks.
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USB Switches
California Micro Devices announced three USB overcurrent protection switches. The CM3511/12/13 USB overcurrent switches support four USB ports in a single device. This allows next-generation PCs, which will have up to 8 ports per desktop, or 3 to 4 USB ports per notebook, to reduce the number of overcurrent protection devices per system by 50% vs.
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Voltage Controlled Oscillator
The SMV5256A operates at a frequency range of 5256 to 5356 MHz and tunes within 1 to 4 VDC of control voltage. With a clean spectral signal of – 86 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz offset, this oscillator offers a power flatness of ± 2 dB over frequency range.
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Wi-Fi Analyzer
Firefly is a 802.11 Wi-Fi analyzer that maintains network throughput and security by recognizing and identifying abnormalities in 802.11, a, b and Bluetooth network traffic. Firefly's core application software creates relational databases of information about a wireless network of remotely configurable Fireflies with each Firefly containing up to 10 calibrated receiver modules.
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Wideband Receiver
Analog Devices introduces a wideband receiver subsystem for cellular base stations. The AD6654 combines a 14-bit analog-to-digital (ADC) converter with a four- or six-channel digital downconverter (DDC).
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