| MEMS accelerometer fits ultraslim designs
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2009-06-15 |
| STMicroelectronics has launched the LIS302DLH, claimed to be the thinnest three-axis digital MEMS accelerometer. |
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| Palm Pre teardown intros new multitouch controller
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2009-06-10 |
| A teardown of the Palm Inc.'s Palm Pre revealed few surprises, but left two intriguing questions unanswered. |
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| Buck regulator delivers fast transient response
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2009-06-09 |
| From Fairchild Semiconductor comes the FAN8060 highly efficient synchronous buck regulator that offers user-definable features to optimize performance. |
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| Low-power RF chip mimics inner ear
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2009-06-09 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers claim to have developed a fast, low-power radio chip imitating the human inner ear, or cochlea. |
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| Power modules fit solar, UPS systems
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2009-06-02 |
| Power, GPS and hybrid modules provider Vincotech has released of two new product families featuring 3-level topologies dedicated to solar inverter and UPS applications |
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| GPS solution tailored for outdoor navigation apps
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2009-05-26 |
| MediaTek Inc. has announced that its MT3329 advanced single-chip all-in-one GPS solution has been integrated in the Garmin GPSMAP 60 series of outdoor navigators |
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| Miniature LNA simplifies mobile app design
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2009-05-12 |
| Avago Technologies has released the miniature MGA-21108 LNA monolithic microwave IC suitable for use in a wide range of wireless mobile communications applications. |
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| LED flash drivers offer design optimization
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2009-05-11 |
| CAP-XX Ltd is introducing supercapacitor-optimized LED flash drivers from several power management IC companies to optimize the design of high-power LED flash units for high-resolution camera phones and digital cameras. |
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| RF switch connectors tailored for UWB apps
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2009-05-08 |
| Murata Manufacturing has enhanced the operating frequency range and reduced the footprint of its tiny RF switch connectors to create the new SWG series suitable for UWB applications. |
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| Sensor hardware kit rolls for RFID, security apps
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2009-05-08 |
| STMicroelectronics has released the a comprehensive hardware developer kit for building active RFID tags and readers that comply with the global standard for 433MHz active RFID technology, ISO 18000-7. |
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| Sykworks injects LNAs with pHEMT, SiGe tech
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2009-05-06 |
| Skyworks Solutions Inc. has unveiled a new suite of LNAs featuring pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) and silicon germanium (SiGe) technologies. |
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| Tiny charger IC fits slimmer portable apps
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2009-04-24 |
| Summit Microelectronics has released the SMB239 charger IC that enables slimmer designs for portable consumer electronics. |
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| Broadband module packs wake-on wireless feature
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2009-04-21 |
| Ericsson has unveiled an advanced mobile broadband module designed with innovative features to provide a richer and cost-effective Internet experience for all. |
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| Rectifiers boast ultralow forward voltage drops
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2009-04-17 |
| Vishay Intertechnology Inc. has released two new Schottky rectifiers with ultralow forward voltage drops of 0.35 V at + 85°C and 0.4 V at + 25°C. |
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| Embedded GPS receiver targets timing apps
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2009-04-13 |
| Trimble has introduced an embedded GPS receiver for timing applications. The Resolution-SMT GPS receiver enables system integrators to add precise GPS to provide location, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and synchronization to many products or systems where cost or size had previously been a limitation |
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| Audio subsystems aim to simplify design
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2009-04-03 |
| National Semiconductor Corp. has expanded its line of low-power Boomer Class D audio subsystems with two devices—the LM49352 mixed-signal audio subsystem and LM49151 analog subsystem—aimed at simplifying portable product design. |
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| Solution supports CTIA A-GPS over the air test
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2009-03-26 |
| The combined offering of Spirent's A-GPS instrumentation and ETS-Lindgren's OTA test facilities, antennas, and EMQuest software allows wireless device manufacturers to test their products in compliance with the upcoming 3.0 release of the CTIA's test plan for mobile station OTA performance |
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| Miniature crystal oscillator offers massive performance
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2009-03-23 |
| Epson Toyocom Corp. has developed what it claims is the world's smallest 32.768kHz crystal oscillator. The SG-3050BC will help electronic equipment makers downsize their products while boosting performance. |
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| Troposcatter devices operate over AN/TRC-170
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2009-03-17 |
| Comtech Systems Inc. has demonstrated new on-air troposcatter communications products in conjunction with the AFCEA TechNet meeting. |
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| ESD device protects handset antennas
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2009-03-13 |
| California Micro Devices Corp. (CMD) has announced the PicoGuard CM1282, a single channel ESD protection device for the FM radio, GPS, Bluetooth and WLAN antennas used in advanced mobile handsets |
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| Oscillators cut current use to 5µA
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2009-03-04 |
| Fox Electronics has expanded its line of small form factor, low voltage oscillators with the 1V F200 series offering standby function that reduces the current consumption to 5µA for more efficient power usage. |
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| Integrated battery charger supplies 2A charge current
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2009-02-27 |
| Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. has introduced what it claims is the industry's first fully integrated single-cell Li-ion battery charger capable of supplying up to 2A charge current in a 3mm x 3mm TDFN package. |
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| Solution eases on-site testing
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2009-02-26 |
| Rohde & Schwarz has launched the R&S ROMES2GO walk test solution that makes it easy to perform on-site coverage measurements of mobile radio networks. |
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| 45nm smart phone ICs join OMAP family
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2009-02-23 |
| To answer handset manufacturers' diverse requirements in the rapidly-evolving smart phone and Mobile Internet Device (MID) markets, Texas Instruments has extended its OMAP 3 family with 45nm products. |
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| GPS IC promises up to 165dBM sensitivity
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2009-02-19 |
| Seiko Epson Corp. and Infineon Technologies AG have unveiled the XPOSYS GPS single-chip design optimized for mobile devices for the consumer market; especially cellular phones with navigation features |
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| Gobi2000 module supports 5.76Mbit/s uplink
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2009-02-17 |
| Qualcomm Inc. has launched its second-generation embedded Gobi module, delivering multi-mode 3G mobile Internet access on either High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) or CDMA2000 EV-DO networks in markets around the world. |
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| GPS/GPRS chip cuts costs in handsets
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2009-02-16 |
| From MediaTek Inc. comes the MT6253 GSM/GPRS single-chip solution, which integrates all essential electronic components, including DBB, ABB, power management unit and RF transceiver onto a single chip, to reduce the materials costs in mobile phones. |
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| Flash MCMs flaunt low power feature
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2009-02-16 |
| Austin Semiconductor has announced the addition of two hermetic flash multichip modules (MCMs) to their line of product and services, touting very low operating (120mA max.) and standby (150µA) power. |
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| DSP architecture aims at 4G
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2009-02-13 |
| Ceva Inc. has started sampling to select customers CEVA-XC, the programmable DSP architecture that supports full transceiver processing for multiple air interfaces in software, targeting 4G terminals and infrastructure. |
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| Chip integrates flurry of RF features
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2009-02-11 |
| The race to get ever tighter integrated RF functionalities on to a single chip has hotted up again with Broadcom Corp. extending its combo chip line-up with a device integrating its GPS location-based IP, Bluetooth and FM radio |
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