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TowerJazz , a global specialty foundry leader, announced the availability of additional SiGe process design kits (PDK) for TowerJazz’s 0.18 μm SiGe process platform. The design kits target high-frequency products for optical networks, automotive radar and 60 GHz WiFi, as well as high-power front-end modules for wireless handsets. The...

The Femto Forum and international research firm Parks Associates today announced that femtocells, small wireless base stations designed to provide five bars of local wireless signal strength, are climbing up global consumers’ “want” lists as determined by the most comprehensive survey to date of consumer attitudes toward femtocells in...

ANADIGICS announced that two of its power amplifiers are being utilized by LG Electronics (LG) for the new VL600 USB wireless modem, which will be offered by Verizon Wireless. The VL600 is LG’s first product for Verizon’s 4G network enabling higher mobile data speeds with increased network throughputs. Verizon...

Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range communications technology intended to replace the cables connecting portable and/or fixed devices while maintaining high levels of security. A Bluetooth device, as well as a cell phone, is often carried by people themselves, resulting in a very compact size requirement for the Bluetooth...

A decade ago, "cell phones" were all about voice communication, an extension of the home phone for those who needed to be on the go. Global roaming was minimal at best, with multiple communications standards worldwide: GSM, TDMA and CDMA, primarily, with many devices carrying backward compatibility to AMPS....

Figure 1 iPhone 4 antennas (courtesy of intomobile. Most people have heard about the iPhone 4 antenna problems. Apple released the new phone with a novel set of external antennas that immediately had reception problems. The company cleverly used the stainless steel band around the phone as the antenna...

When it comes to monolithically integrating functionality, a new benchmark has been set by M/A-COM Tech Asia with the introduction of an X-band, 8.5 to 11 GHz GaAs MMIC core chip for transmit/receive (T/R) modules. This multi-function chip, the XZ1002-BD, consists of fully integrated transmit/receive switches, a low noise...

Avago Technologies' five-chip monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) solution, shown in Figure 1 , targets the expanding 38 and 42 GHz point-to-point radio markets. This solution enables the end user to source a complete RF front-end solution from a single supplier allowing for fast time-to-market. Avago designs millimeter-wave products...

RF/Microwave Filters and Products This short form catalog features cavity, ceramic, SAW, LC and crystal filter products. Filters are available in bandpass, lowpass, highpass and bandstop designs. Additional products include duplexers, directional couplers, attenuators, terminations, EMI filters, antennas, RF surge arrestors and RF cable assemblies. Standard and custom products...

GaAs MMIC SP4T Switches These two new SMT packaged GaAs PHEMT MMIC SP4T switches are ideal for industrial sensors, test and measurement, microwave radio, military EW and space applications up to 30 GHz. The HMC641LP4E is a MMIC SP4T switch that is rated for operation from DC to 20...