Demand for 2.4 GHz Wireless Will Continue to Stay Strong
April 8, 2009 6:48 am | Articles | CommentsBy Svenn-Tore Larsen, Chief Executive Officer, Nordic Semiconductor Like many organizations in today's electronics sector, my company, Nordic Semiconductor, is rising to the challenge of operating in a global semiconductor market that analysts say could drop by around 20 percent this year compared to 2008.
LTE Testing Challenges
February 25, 2009 10:46 am | Articles | CommentsWorking closely with the test equipment vendor is required in order to synchronize feature implementation, reference specifications and timely delivery of the test equipment software. By Paul Gooding, Rohde & Schwarz click to enlarge Figure 1.
Modulator Driver Targets 40-Gb/s Lightwave Systems
January 21, 2009 10:16 am | Product Releases | CommentsNarda Microwave-East’s FO-MDA-40-25G-1 lithium niobate modulator driver serves 300-pin MSA transponders employed in DPSK long-reach 40-Gb/s lightwave communication systems. The 1.10” × 1.10” × 0.34” device produces an eye pattern with electronic eye-crossing control from 40 to 70%. The unit demonstrates a 3-dB bandwidth from 85 kHz to 40 GHz, gain of 29 dB, input and output return loss of 12 dB, rms additive jitter of 550 ps, rise...
LISTED UNDER: ModulatorsRF Quadrature Modulator Offers 100-MHz to 1-GHz Operation
January 14, 2009 9:43 am | Product Releases | CommentsCML Microcircuits unveils its CMX993 highly integrated, general purpose, RF quadrature modulator that offers 100-MHz to 1-GHz operation and optimal wide-band noise performance. Additional features include gain control and uncommitted differential amplifiers. Targeted to meet the requirements of wireless data (digital TV, CATV modulators, ISM transmitters, Wireless LAN, WLL) and two-way radio systems (APCO P25), the device's I/Q architecture...
LISTED UNDER: ModulatorsΣ Δ A/D Converters Fill the Gap
December 30, 2008 6:41 am | Product Releases | CommentsA low noise, wide bandwidth family of continuous-time sigma-delta (CTSD) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) is available from Analog Devices. The 16-bit, AD9261 and AD9262 CTSD converter, and the AD9267 CTSD modulator couple low noise and high dynamic range with a bandwidth of up to 10 MHz. The AD9267 is exportable to China....
LISTED UNDER: Digital Hardware, A / D ConvertersBroadband Quadrature Modulator Integrates Automatic Gain Control
December 18, 2008 7:11 am | Product Releases | CommentsAnalog Devices, Inc. introduces its high-performance broadband I/Q quadrature modulator to integrate automatic gain control (AGC) circuitry within a compact 6 × 6 mm LFCSP (lead-frame chip-scale package). The ADL5386 provides a combination of performance and integration levels for low IF and RF transmitters within broadband wireless access systems, microwave radio links, cable modem termination systems and cellular infrastructure equi...
LISTED UNDER: ModulatorsHigh-speed Pulse Width Modulator
January 14, 2008 4:30 am | Product Releases | CommentsMicrochip Technology Inc. announces the MCP1631 2.0 MHz, high-speed pulse width modulator. The highly integrated device contains a 1 Ampere (A) integrated MOSFET driver, high-speed comparator for over-voltage protection and both battery-current and voltage-sense amplifiers in one small package....
LISTED UNDER: ModulatorsA/D Converters for Demanding Low Power Requirements
December 12, 2007 9:16 am | Product Releases | Commentsaustriamicrosystems has added the AS1528 10-bit, low power, single-channel, fully-differential A/D converter and the AS1529 dual-channel, single-ended, low power A/D converter to its micro-power A/D converter family. Combining low power operation at a high sampling speed of 150 ks/s, with good dynamic performance in a small 3 × 3 mm TDFN 8-pin package, the AS1528/29 family is an optimal solution for small battery-powered devices and por...
LISTED UNDER: Digital Hardware, A / D ConvertersBroad Band Variable Attenuator/Modulator
November 15, 2007 7:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsAmerican Microwave Corporation offers model AGT-2018-60D-100 Option RW, a broad band variable attenuator/modulator with 60 dB dynamic range. --> American Microwave Corporation offers model AGT-2018-60D-100 Option RW, a broad band variable attenuator/modulator with 60 dB dynamic range, designed to operate over the full 0....
LISTED UNDER: Modulators12-Bit A/D Converter
November 15, 2007 7:48 am | Product Releases | Commentse2v announces its model AT84AS001TP 12-bit A/D converter that can provide 500 Msps data conversion from a single monolithic chip, allowing system designers to digitize intermediate frequency (IF) signals with frequencies up to 500 MHz at twice the sampling rate of conventional 12-bit ADCs. The converter is suitable for applications that include telecommunication infrastructure, high IF broadband digital receivers, test and measurement equip...
LISTED UNDER: Digital Hardware, A / D ConvertersHigh-dynamic Range Direct Demodulators
July 17, 2007 11:09 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Skyworks Solutions’ SKY73012 is an integrated, broadband, high-dynamic range quadrature demodulator with outputs that are differential and can be directly connected to most commonly available analog to digital (A/D) converters. It is also an appropriate solution for CDMA, UMTS, GSM/GPRS receivers, WiMAX (IEEE 802....
LISTED UNDER: Demodulators | ModulatorsDual 14-Bit A/D Converter
February 26, 2007 10:55 am | Product Releases | CommentsAnalog Devices Inc. introduces its Model AD9640 dual 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to achieve sampling rates of 150 mega samples per second. Supporting all third-generation (3G) base station wireless standards including W-CDMA, CDMA2000 and TD-SCDMA, it samples at rates beyond 135 ms/s, a common requirement for the WiMAX standard....
LISTED UNDER: Digital Hardware, A / D ConvertersLow Power A/D Converters
February 9, 2007 5:02 am | Product Releases | Commentsaustriamicrosystems introduces its AS1526/27 family of 10-bit, single-channel, ultra low power A/D converters. Combining ultra low-power operation at a high sampling speed of 73 ks/s with high dynamic performance in a small SOIC-8 package, this product family is suitable for battery-powered devices and portable data acquisition systems such as remote sensors or pen digitizers....
LISTED UNDER: Digital Hardware, A / D ConvertersEnabling Next Generation Base Stations: Fulfilling the 3G Promise
January 3, 2007 7:36 am | Articles | CommentsMicrowave and Millimeter Wave Conversion Catalog
August 11, 2006 10:47 am | Articles | CommentsMITEQ has released its Microwave and Millimeter Wave Conversion Products short-form catalog. It features a sampling of the company’s latest mixers, images rejection mixers, modulators, multipliers and custom products. There are also sections discussing quality assurance, manufacturing flow diagrams, MITEQ's Space Heritage and options available to the customer.
