Communications
National Semiconductor Introduces 3G-SDI Development Kits
National Semiconductor has introduced the industry’s first triple-rate (3G/HD/SD) serial digital interface (SDI) and video clocking daughter card development kits that maximize system performance and simplify the design of new broadcast video equipment. The two daughter cards are compatible with development kits from Altera and Xilinx and include synthesizable field-programmable gate array (FPGA) source code and the entire SDI signal path and v...
National Semiconductor Introduces 3G-SDI Dual SerDes
National Semiconductor has introduced a triple-rate (3G/HD/SD) serial digital interface (SDI), dual-channel serializer and deserializer (SerDes) transceiver. With industry-leading jitter performance and two channels of receive and transmit on a single chip, National’s LMH4345 SerDes transceiver enables engineers to reduce board space, system cost and power consumption in multi-channel broadcast video equipment. The device is well-suited for use...
TI introduces flexible, quad SerDes device
Texas Instruments has introduced a four-channel serializer/deserializer (SerDes) IC that enables high-speed, bi-directional, point-to-point data transmission with up to 30 Gbps. The device has the flexibility to be configured either as a XAUI or 10 GFC transceiver. This multi-rate transceiver supports a wide data bandwidth range from 600 Mbps to 3.75 Gbps per serial lane to address design challenges in a variety of applications such as gigabit Et...
SiGe Semiconductor Power Amplifier for Mobile WiMAX
SiGe Semiconductor has expanded its series of power amplifiers and RF front end modules with the release of the SE7262L. A 2.5GHz high-power amplifier targeted for the mobile WiMAX market, it delivers industry-leading performance while exceeding the spectral mask requirements outlined in IEEE 802.16e and WiMAX Forum specifications.
Isolator Family from NVE Corp
NVE Corporation has announced the introduction of the IsoLoop IL500-Series of digital isolators, designed to be cost-effective optocoupler replacements. Compared to NVE’s industry-standard IL700-Series isolators, which have speeds up to 150 megabits per second, IL500-Series isolators operate at two megabits per second, offer a DC-correct design, and have an external clocking option on certain models.
Intersil’s video SERDES IC eliminates data control cables while increasing signal distance
Intersil has introduced the ISL34340, a SERDES Interface that transports 27 bits of video data and bi-directional I2C into a single high-speed LVDS cable of up to 10 meters long. The ISL34340 is ideal for SERDES applications in video systems, industrial and medical displays and video transport in printing and security systems.
Peregrine Semiconductor Expands UltraCMOS™Digital Step Attenuator Line
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation today released three new 7-bit UltraCMOS™ Digital Step Attenuators to complement its popular 50-Ohm DSA line. Building on their high-performance predecessors, along with flexible Serial and Parallel interface logic these new HaRP™-enhanced devices also offer an unprecedented serial-addressable control interface which allows the user to control up to 8 different DSAs using a common 3-wire interface b...
Analog Devices Adds Direct Conversion Receiver Solution for Next Generation Cellular And Broadband Wireless To RF Portfolio
Analog Devices, Inc. continues to expand its radio frequency product portfolio, adding a new quadrature demodulator and dual gain trim amplifier for direct conversion receivers in next generation cellular 3G/4G and broadband wireless 802.16 applications. The ADL5380 demodulator is the industry’s first product capable of operating from 400 MHz to 6 GHz, which allows radio designers to apply the same device across a range of products and frequen...
RALCWI Family Grows With Duplex Vocoder IC
CML Microcircuits announces a new RALCWI integrated circuit to its Vocoder family. The new CMX638, is a flexible, highly integrated, high performance duplex vocoder, utilising RALCWI (Robust Advanced Low Complexity Waveform Interpolation) technology. CML now offers the CMX608, CMX618 and CMX638 high performance vocoders, which all offer near toll-quality voice performance at very low bit-rates.
RMS power detector measures signals with highly varying crest factors up to 6 GHz
Analog Devices has introduced the AD8363 TruPwr root-mean-square (RMS) power detector that precisely measures signals with highly varying crest factors up to 6 GHz used in WiMAX/802.16, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, and LTE applications. The AD8363 supports the communications industry’s focus on increasing efficiency and improving ease-of-use to reduce the overall system size and cost. The AD8363 targets high performance RF applications including power ampl...