Wireless
Qualcomm Atheros and Mindspeed Technologies Introduce Embedded Video-over-Wi-Fi Solution
Qualcomm Atheros Inc. and Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. have announced a joint embedded video-over-Wi-Fi solution and an integrated board using Qualcomm Atheros’ new three-stream 802.11n chip, the AR9580. Qualcomm Atheros’ Wi-Fi solutions are now fully integrated with Mindspeed®’s Comcerto 1000 broadband packet processors, providing a seamless development experience for original equipment and design manufacturers (OEMs and OD...
ip.access launches 3G C-class consumer small cell
At its European User Group conference in Central London today, ip.access announced a new C8 consumer femtocell Access Point. In front of representatives from its existing customer base, which numbers some 60 network operators, ip.access unveiled the smart new 3G residential small cell which can provide strong 3G signal for up to eight phones simultaneously within a home or home office.
Enabling multistandard wireless base stations with TI’s KeyStone SoCs
Since its inception, the wireless market has grown rapidly. At first, growth was measured as subscriber growth with a focus on voice, but now, it is measured by data rate and throughput improvements. Arguably wireless spectrum is the wireless operators’ most precious resource. As such, an operator’s ultimate measuring stick is the number of bits transmitted per Hertz of spectrum.
Murata launches world’s smallest 2.4 GHz balanced output filter for Texas Instruments wireless connectivity solutions
Murata today announced the LFB182G45BG2D280 balanced output matching filter, aimed at a broad range of 2.4 GHz wireless applications using ZigBee and Bluetooth® low energy technologies. The new filter has been designed specifically for use with wireless connectivity system-on-chips (SoCs) from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), the CC253x and CC254x for ZigBee and Bluetooth technology networking respectively.
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Announces S-Band Additions to Family of Digital Phase Shifters
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. introduced today a new set of S-Band digital phase shifters for communications, electronic warfare (EW), and radar applications. These phase shifters facilitate easy implementation in communication antennas, phased array radars, weather radars, and EW receivers.
Green Hills Software Adds Latest Secure Integrated Wi-Fi Solutions to Platform for Secure Wireless Devices
Green Hills Software and Silex Technology America Inc. announced today that Silex’s latest Qualcomm Atheros Wi-Fi radio modules and security supplicant software offerings now are integrated and available for Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY real-time operating system – the foundation for its Platform for Secure Wireless Devices. These new platform capabilities provide customers a low-risk, low power, rapid time-to-market path via an end-to-...
State-of-the-art integrated IR-UWB enabling global high-quality low-power mobile applications
Imec and Holst Centre present a fully chip-integrated ultralow-power IR-UWB (impulse-radio ultra-wideband) solution for use in the worldwide available 6-10GHz band. The radio delivers high-quality communication for battery-operated mobile and sensing applications. It operates fade-resilient and interference-free.
Coexistence Tips the Market for Wireless System Simulation
From time to time, marshalling events occur in stable markets placing difficult new requirements on established system designs. Subsequently, innovative new design tools and processes emerge to address shortcomings in the legacy design flows for the established systems. In the case of wireless systems, the emergence of coexistence represents one of these marshalling events. In particular, the connectivity boom in consumer electronics and the impo...
Freescale Introduces Ultra-Low-Power Smart Radio for Wirelessly Connected Metering and Medical Applications
Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its broad portfolio of wireless connectivity solutions with the new ultra-low-power, sub-1 gigahertz (GHz) MC12311 smart radio. The feature-rich, cost-effective MC12311 includes software and development tool support, making it a ready-to-go wireless networking solution ideal for smart metering, medical, building and home automation applications.
Ultralow Noise & Spurs 373MHz to 5.79GHz Integer-N Synthesizers with Integrated VCO Improve System Performance
Linear Technology announces the LTC6946, the first device in a family of high performance integer-N frequency synthesizers with integrated VCO, delivering -226dBc/Hz normalized closed-loop in-band phase noise, superior -274dBc/Hz normalized in-band 1/f noise, and best-in-class -103dBc spurious output.