TD-SCDMA/GSM module offers video phone support

Spreadtrum and Rahotech unveiled the first TD-SCDMA/GSM dual mode wireless communication module supporting video phone function.

HB LED driver simplifies green lighting designs

Maxim's MAX16834 is designed to reduce the size, complexity, and cost of solid-state lighting designs, thus simplifying the implementation of green lighting tech.

Multiply your sampling rate with time-interleaved data converters

Interleaving multiple ADCs is usually performed with the intent to increase a converters effective sample rate. However, time-interleaving data converters is not an easy task, because even with perfectly linear components, gain/offset mismatches and timing errors can cause undesired spurs in the output spectrum.

Explore key issues about amplifiers.

Part 3 answers questions likes what is a closed loop buffer? What is a open loop gain, voltage feedback op amp? What is an amplifier's intercept point?

DRAM adopts better features

Samsung Electronics' 56nm DRAM is something to watch out for. Changes to the basic transistor design for both the cell access transistor in the memory array and the peripheral support transistors used to design the control logic are in the works.

Maximizing multi-vendor
compatibility

This article will determine what Consumer Electronic Control is and what is not, explain the key features of interests to consumers of home entertainment products, describe details of the physical interface, and address system level hardware and software considerations.

Know the basics of video transcoding for CE

Adapting media to play on different CE devices requires transcoding, adapting container formats, and adapting network protocols. This article addresses these functions and describes how they can be implemented using Texas Instrument's DaVinci family of processors.

Manage power supply systems

Power supply designers are using flexible supply monitoring, sequencing, and adjustment circuits to manage their systems. This article discusses why and how.

Reduce standby mode energy use

The number of electrical products used in private homes and offices is growing at an extremely fast pace. The problem with most of these products is that they consume considerable amounts of electrical power during standby.

Save battery life with ambient light sensors

Active optical sensors can dramatically increase the range and usefulness of ambient light sensors, which are now found in a wide range of display apps. But power management strategies are critical in order to reduce total consumption and preserve battery life.

Enabling next-generation
mobile TV handsets

Designers faced with making mobile TV a reality have a number of challenges in front of them, including battery life, reception, range, screen size, and picture quality.

Foreign components distributors still woo Japan

Breaking into any Japanese economic sector has always been difficult but the second-biggest economy is proving difficult for foreign electronic component distributors.

• Sony rules out further restructuring
• China plans 3G wireless in 3 flavors
• Consumer electronics on pause
• Smartphones drive mobile markets
• Taiwan consumer IC demand in China to drop
• Chip suppliers see strong demand from digital broadcasting
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2009 IC fearless forecasts

2009 is just beginning to unfold in the electronics industry and there is already a looming uncertainty based on recent industry data.

Top 15 challenges to conquer for 22nm

The team of expert analysts from Semiconductor Insights—Xu Chang, Vu Ho, Ramesh Kuchibhatla, and Don Scansen—came up with a list of top challenges for the 22nm node.

Navteq: Navigating the future

2008 was a very good year for the navigation industry in Asia Pacific.

Outlook is positive for health care, wireless

While almost all segments of the electronics industry will be flat or decline in 2009, a few exceptions are possible, according to an industry survey.

4G wireless: Far from reality

Don't hold your breath waiting for the next wireless broadband technology. It will be a few more years before we have access to broadband Internet services that are truly wire-free.

Broadband expected to grow in 2009

Motorola Inc. said it will continue its LTE work, and expand WiMAX and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments into a projected expansion of broadband in 2009.

A flexible future awaits displays

So what can you do with printed electronics? There are a bunch of applications waiting to be exploited, ranging from foldable, rollable, biodegradable and other types of everyday electronics wear to flexible electronic displays.

Study: LED lighting could reap $1.8T savings

The emerging solid-state lighting that replaces incandescent and fluorescent bulbs with LED can reap enormous savings in cost, natural resources and pollution, according to a study by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

China's fabless company rethinks investments

Actions Semiconductor Co. Ltd has reported its recent investment activities. Due to market conditions, Actions has withdrawn from a recently announced transaction. The company also announced that it has made two new investments.

ChinaChip honors China's top IC fabless companies

China Software and IC Production Centre held its 2008 ChinaChip Awards Dinner Celebration Dec. 19, 2008 at the Park Hotel in Beijing, China and recognized China's top semiconductor fabless companies that have demonstrated excellence through their success, vision, strategy and future opportunity in the nation.

China Telecom to upgrade CDMA 2000 network

Motorola Inc. has been selected by China Telecom as a CDMA network infrastructure supplier to upgrade a portion of its nationwide CDMA 2000 1X network to include next-gen broadband data capability and advanced multimedia services.