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RFID Tags Take A Space Trip To Test Durability
Laser coding and printing specialist DataLase along with US company Intermec and NASA have collaborated in the launch of a selection of marked RFID tags and aluminium discs into space... — Paul Whytock
May 6, 2008 [Communications]
Clocking Family Trims Noise In Wireless Infrastructure
A family of three ultra-low-noise clock buffers, dividers, and distributors vows to simplify system clock design while providing additive noise of just 30 fs of additive root-mean-square (RMS) jitter... — Paul Whytock
May 6, 2008 [Communications]
2.4-GHz Transceiver Delivers Lean Power Solution
A single-chip, 2.4-GHz transceiver is promising to deliver impressive radio performance. The nRF24L01+ from Nordic Semiconductor (www.nordicsemi.com) delivers a 250-kb/s data-rate option mode that triples operating range and drop-in compatibility with the company’s existing nRF24L01 2.4-GHz Ultra Low Power (ULP) transceiver... — Paul Whytock
May 6, 2008 [Communications]
Renesas Teams Up With IMEC On Reconfigurable RF Transceivers
Renesas Technology has entered into research collaboration with IMEC, Europe's independent nanoelectronics research centre. The joint venture will concentrate on developing 45nm RF transceivers targeted at Gbit/s cognitive radios... — Paul Whytock
May 6, 2008 [Applications]
Wireless Modules Score A Hit At Clay Pigeon Shoots
Short-range radio device specialists Low Power Radio Solutions (LPRS) has developed an unusual application using wireless technology that means clay pigeon shooting can be enjoyed without firing lead shot around the countryside. The application is being used by leisure pursuits company Lasersport International... — Paul Whytock
May 6, 2008 [Research & Development]
Wireless Brain Monitoring System Is Powered By Patient’s Body Heat
Independent research centre, IMEC, has developed a battery-free wireless 2-channel EEG (electroencephalography or brain wave monitoring system) powered by a hybrid power supply using body heat and ambient light... — Paul Whytock
April 2008 [Communications]
Rugged Cables And Connectors Can Take Abuse
Microwave and optical cables and connectors currently serve a variety of industries. Yet they always have the common objective of delivering a transmission path for both highspeed digital and high-frequency analog signals. Their diverse capabilities and performance are derived from their design as well as other factors, such as materials. As it does in every industry, design follows demand. In other words, the evolution of such factors is driven... — Nancy Friedrich
March [Communications]
Mobile Television Prepares For Its Big Debut
The industry must leverage the right standards and technologies to provide mobile-TV services on the go, deep inside buildings, and to millions of people at the same time. Nancy Friedrich Editor Television and cellular phones are among the most popular consumer-electronic products in history. As a result, putting the two together should result in the ultimate killer wireless application. Numerous carriers and technology companies have been... — Nancy Friedrich
March [Communications]
Synthesizers Squeeze Into Smaller Spaces
Demanding requirements for newer communications systems are pushing frequency synthesizer developers to pack more performance into more compact designs. Jack Browne Technical Director Frequency synthesizers are instrumental to modern communications systems, which rely on stable RF signals for frequency downconversion and upconversion in receivers and transmitters, respectively. In response to customer demands for smaller and lower-power... — Jack Browne
March 12, 2008 [Industry News]
TriQuint Agrees To Acquire WJ Communications
— Jack Browne
March 12, 2008 [Industry News]
GraSen Technology Launches 6-GHz Gain Block
— Jack Browne
March 12, 2008 [Industry News]
FreeWave Technologies Teams With Arcadian Networks
— Jack Browne
March 12, 2008 [Industry News]
Krytar Offers 50-GHz Directional Coupler
— Jack Browne
March 12, 2008 [Industry News]
Lark Engineering Develops High-Power SMT Filter
— Jack Browne
March 12, 2008 [Industry News]
VCO Tunes to 2440 MHz with Low Phase Noise
— Jack Browne
March 12, 2008 [Industry News]
Skyworks Secures LG's 2007 Best Supplier Award
— Jack Browne
March 12, 2008 [Conferences]
Microwave Meetings
— Jack Browne
February 21, 2008 [Industry News]
Vectron Goes Small With Low-Noise TCXO
— Jack Browne
February 21, 2008 [Industry News]
Lansdale Launches CMOS Radio IC
— Jack Browne
February 21, 2008 [Industry News]
China Unicom Joins CDMA Group
— Jack Browne
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