Communications
Wideband Upstream Amplifier Completes Microtune’s DOCSIS 3.0 RF Solution Offering
Microtune has introduced the MT1570 wideband upstream amplifier, the latest addition to the Company’s portfolio of radio frequency (RF) silicon products supporting the cable industry’s new DOCSIS 3.0 specification. A companion product to Microtune’s DOCSIS wideband and narrowband tuners, the new MT1570 upstream amplifier enables an impressive 120-Mbps upstream pipeline, significantly increasing performance, data rate and reliability for b...
TI’s single-chip MCU and low power RF solution
Texas Instruments has announced the new CC430 technology platform – demonstrated for the first time at electronica – offering the industry’s lowest power, single-chip radio-frequency (RF) solution for microcontroller- (MCU) based applications. By reducing system complexity, shrinking package and printed circuit board (PCB) size by up to 50 percent and making RF design easy, the CC430 platform helps advance applications including RF network...
CML Unveils RF Quadrature Modulator
CML Microcircuits unveiled an I/Q modulator at the Electronica exhibition in Munich, Germany, adding to its family of RF integrated circuits. The new CMX993 is a highly integrated, general purpose, RF quadrature modulator, offering 100MHz to 1GHz operation and excellent wide-band noise performance. Additional features include gain control and uncommitted differential amplifiers.
Signal Processing Nirvana From Sundance
Sundance has announced the introduction of Radio Giga to the high-end communications market. Designed for applications such as 3G/4G Radio, Wireless infrastructure applications, Broadband cable modem head-end systems and Software Defined Radio (SDR), Radio Giga provides designers with a cross technology platform that is user configurable by processing fabric, architecture, comms ports and protocol.
IDT announces PCIe system interconnect switches
IDT has announced the availability of a new series of PCI Express (PCIe) system interconnect switches that provide higher levels of performance, availability and optimal resource utilisation in demanding applications. The switches, built on a new IDT architecture, are the first in the industry to support multicast and multi-root partitioning. Moreover, IDT is further enabling the adoption of PCIe as the primary systems interconnect for computing ...
Microchip's Automotive Certified LIN/SAE J2602 Transceivers
Microchip has announced the MCP2021 and MCP2022 (MCP202X) LIN/SAE J2602 transceivers. The new devices are 3rd party-LIN/J2602 approved, OEM approved, and AEC-Q100 certified to meet the stringent requirements of global automotive manufacturers worldwide. The transceivers include built-in voltage regulators and are compliant with the LIN Bus 2.0/2.1 and SAE J2602 standards, as well as the previous-generation LIN 1.X standards.
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.