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Peregrine Semiconductor Invents DuNE Technology for Mobile Antenna Tuning

Peregrine announced a breakthrough in the highly sought-after solution to mobile antenna tuning. The Company’s new DuNE Technology, a patent-pending design methodology made possible by...  >>  

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Introduces New Wide-Band VHF Amplifier Modules

M/A-COM Technology Solutions introduced a new pair (10 watt and 40 watt) of wide-band VHF power amplifier modules. These modules shorten the final application design stage in mobile, portable and...  >>  

Freescale DSP sets new performance levels to speed deployment of LTE and other next generation wireless standards

Freescale introduces the MSC8156 processor − a six-core device based on SC3850 StarCore DSP core technology to advance the wireless broadband base station capabilities.  >>  

ANADIGICS Announces First in New Family of Power Amplifiers Engineered Specifically for 3G and 4G Femtocell Markets

ANADIGICS has announced its AWB7220 power amplifier (PA), targeted at the 3G and 4G femtocell markets and for use in customer premises equipment (CPE) worldwide.  >>  

Hifn Extends Security Processor Leadership into Communication and Consumer Markets with New SentryXL Family of Security Processors

Hifn announced the SentryXL family of security processors, an addition to its Applied Services Processors (ASPs), delivering high-performance data encryption, compression, and hashing.  >>  

LT5581: 10MHz to 6GHz Low Power RMS Detector with 40dB Dynamic Range Provides Accurate RF Power Measurement

Linear Technology has introduced the LT5581, a broadband 6GHz RMS detector, featuring 40dB dynamic range and a low operating supply current of 1.4mA. The device is well suited for a wide range...  >>  

Skyworks Launches Industry's First RF Subsystem for GSM/GPRS/EDGE Femtocell Base Stations and Cellular Repeaters

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. has introduced the industry's first highly integrated RF subsystem for GSM, GPRS and EDGE femtocell base stations and cellular repeaters. The RF subsystem...  >>  

±0.5°C accurate temperature sensor powers up with a user-defined configuration and thermostat thresholds

Maxim has introduced the DS7505 ±0.5°C accurate, digital temperature sensor and thermostat with nonvolatile memory (EEPROM).  >>  

Exar Adds Next Generation Single-Channel T1/E1/J1 BITS Framer and Line Interface Unit (LIU) Combo to Industry's Most Extensive T/E Portfolio

Exar Corporation adds T1/E1/J1 framer and LIU combination with next generation capabilities and features to the industry's deepest portfolio of T/E solutions. The single-channel XRT86VL30...  >>  

LATTICE ENHANCES ITS WIRELESS BASE STATION SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO

Lattice announced the availability of three new Intellectual Property (IP) core and reference design products targeting the wireless communications market.  >>  

Vertical architecture gives RF designers an LDMOS alternative

As RF power amplifier designers weigh cost, efficiency, linearity, thermal performance and peak power in transistors, Phoenix, Ariz. based fabless semiconductor start-up HVVi Semiconductors, Inc.,...  >>  

Avago Technologies Introduces the World's Smallest RF Amplifier

Avago Technologies announced the world’s smallest RF amplifier. With miniature 0402 package dimensions and no wirebonds, the innovative VMMK-2x03 amplifiers experience almost no signal loss...  >>  

Cavium Networks' New OCTEON CN52XX Wireless Processors Enable Converged and Scalable 3G, 4G, WiMAX Platforms

Cavium announced the OCTEON Multi-core MIPS64 Processor family: The OCTEON Plus CN52XX wireless dual- and quad-core processor family delivers breakthrough performance at unmatched power and cost...  >>  

Avago Technologies Delivers Industry's Smallest FETs for Multiple Wireless Applications

Avago Technologies announced the industry’s smallest packaged field effect transistors (FETs). These ultra small, low-profile discrete low noise devices occupy less than 5% the volume of a...  >>  

TI introduces industry's first 16-bit, dual-channel DAC family with 1 Gbps LVDS inputs

Texas Instruments has introduced a high-performance 16-bit, dual channel, 1 GSPS (giga sample per second) digital-to-analog converter (DAC) family.   >>  

IDT Announces Optimized CPRI -solution with Serial RapidIO to Address Rapidly Evolving Wireless Market

IDT announced a new family of common public radio interface (CPRI[1])-based functional interconnect chip (FIC) solutions.  >>  

Drop-in wireless modules allow design engineers to build button-cell powered wireless links in an afternoon

Nordic announced that designers without specialist RF knowledge can now build an Ultra-Low Power (ULP) ISM-band wireless link into a product or application within hours by using pre-approved...  >>  

NEC and NEC Electronics Successfully Develop Reconfigurable Analog Baseband LSI for Software Defined Radio

NEC announced the successful development of a reconfigurable analog baseband LSI for Software Defined Radio (SDR).  >>  

TI DELIVERS FIRST SINGLE-CHIP DSP COUPLING MATH AND LOGIC FUNCTIONS FOR BEYOND 3G CELLULAR INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS

TI has advanced functionality of digital signal processors (DSPs) for complex, multiprocessing beyond 3G cellular infrastructure applications such as HSPA/HSPA+, LTE and WiMAX Wave 2.  >>  

TI introduces industry's most highly integrated transmit processor for wireless basestations

TI introduced a single-chip wireless transmit processor that combines digital upconverter (DUC), crest factor reduction (CFR), and digital pre-distortion (DPD) linearization functions.  >>  

INDUSTRY'S HIGHEST PERFORMANCE BROADBAND MODULATOR AND DEMODULATOR ENABLE DIRECT CONVERSION CELLULAR BASESTATIONS

ADI is extending its RF portfolio with the industry’s highest performance broadband direct conversion radio solution: the ADL5375 I-Q modulator and companion ADL5382 I-Q demodulator. With the...  >>  

TRIQUINT INTRODUCES NEW 3G BASE STATION AMPLIFIERS THAT CAN REDUCE WASTE HEAT NEARLY 50%

TriQuint Semiconductor has announced the availability of a new generation of high-voltage gallium arsenide (GaAs) power amplifier transistors designed to substantially increase the efficiency of 3G...  >>  

Xilinx Enhances Wireless Infrastructure Solutions With New Virtex-5 FPGA IP for CPRI and OBSAI Standards

Xilinx, Inc. has announced immediate availability of two high performance wireless connectivity LogiCORETM solutions optimized for Xilinx(R) 65nm Virtex(TM)-5 LXT and SXT FPGAs, compliant with CPRI...  >>  

TI'S NEW SINGLE-CHIP DIRECT DOWN-CONVERSION ARCHITECTURE REDUCES COMPONENT COUNT BY 75 PERCENT

Texas Instruments has introduced a new monolithic, high-linearity quadrature demodulator for direct down conversion applications. The new device reduces the component count of the receive signal...  >>