Wireless
Silicon Labs Claims Highest Performance Embedded Wireless Solution
Silicon Laboratories has announced a high performance embedded wireless solution, the EZRadioPRO family and C8051F9xx series low-power MCU. The EZRadioPRO embedded wireless radio family delivers the highest single-chip output power (up to +20 dBm) and industry leading sensitivity (-118 dBm), providing a best-in-class link budget that substantially increases communication range while minimizing power consumption.
I/O expanders increase functionality and reliability in mobile handset designs
Toshiba has announced the TC35893XBG and TC35894XBG flexible I/O expander devices – the newest additions to its mobile peripheral device product portfolio. The TC35893XBG and TC35894XBG easily allow the addition of I/O peripheral ports so keypads, LEDs, and switches can interface seamlessly within a mobile handset or other portable consumer electronics device.
ReVerb Networks’ Digital Integrated Antenna Arrays enabled by AxisNT platform
ReVerb Networks has announced it will build its new line of digital integrated antenna arrays using Axis Network Technology’s WiMAX and LTE Multiple Input Multiple Output – MIMO – digital and RF platform.
Alpha Micro claims Smallest GPRS SMT module from SAGEM
Alpha Micro Components has announced the SAGEM HiLoNC module to its portfolio of networking products. The new component is the smallest of its kind and hosts a range of essential features for Machine-to-machine (M2M) applications and is ideal for use in the automotive and security markets.
Fujitsu Announces WiMAX Baseband Device for Mobile PCs
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) has announced the MB86K23, a Mobile WiMAX baseband device targeting the expanding mobile PC market. MB86K23 is the next-generation of the successful MB86K21, which targeted embedded WiMAX in mobile PCs or in WiMAX PC cards and which has been certified by the WiMAX Forum.
ST-Ericsson is new name for Wireless-Semiconductor Industry Leader
The joint venture that united the wireless semiconductor division of STMicroelectronics and the mobile platform division of Ericsson will move forward as ST-Ericsson. This announcement follows the recent closing of the agreement announced in August 2008, between the parent companies, to merge Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST-NXP Wireless.
Tensilica Enables Easy Addition of Bluetooth Audio to Portable Devices
Tensilica has announced the immediate availability of the Bluetooth sub-band codec (SBC) decoder and encoder for its popular HiFi 2 Audio DSP, which can easily be integrated into system-on-chip (SOC) designs. Now designers of cellular phones, portable music players and other devices can easily design in Bluetooth capabilities, along with over 50 other audio standards already available, that run on the HiFi 2 Audio DSP.
ON Semiconductor claims First Integrated Bi-Directional OVP for Portable Electronics and OCP for External Accessories
ON Semiconductor has introduced the industry’s first integrated bi-directional device, with positive and negative (+/-) overvoltage protection (OVP) for cell phones, MP3/4, PDAs and GPS systems, and overcurrent protection (OCP) for portable accessories such as FM transceiver, loud speakers and flash modules.
CommAgility, Tata Elxsi and AxisNT team up to demonstrate a WiMAX base station reference architecture
At this year’s Mobile World Congress (16-19 February), CommAgility, Tata Elxsi (Booth 2D98, Hall 2) and Axis Network Technology (Booth Hall 1 - Stand 1H29) will demonstrate a WiMAX base-station reference solution including WiMAX baseband processing and WiMAX Remote Radio Heads. The three companies worked together at integrating their reference designs and commercial products into a base station reference design.
Omnipolar Hall switches from Diodes Inc
Diodes Incorporated has introduced two low voltage Omnipolar parts that substantially reduce power consumption in battery-powered, hand-held devices and dramatically simplify production processes. Uses include contact-less lid or display orientation and position detection tasks in notebooks, mobile phones, digital still cameras and camcorders.