The software improves advanced-node RFIC designs, including increases in speed for periodic steady state (harmonic balance) analysis, a single-sideband noise option and fast envelope support for wireless virtual test benches.
Test & measurement equipment supplier Agilent Technologies has announced a series of RF installation and maintenance seminars in major Australian cities.
ST-Ericsson has announced mass production of its 3G multi-mode, multi-band Aero4228 RF transceiver.
An increasingly common approach to RF receiver validation is to test receivers with recorded GPS waveforms. David A. Hall explains
Bluetooth low energy wireless technology could grab a large chunk of the exploding RF remote control sector, predicts Svenn-Tore Larsen, CEO of ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist, Nordic Semiconductor (distributed in Australia by Braemac).
IMEC has provided details of a 60 GHz front-end receive chain, phase-locked loop and power amplifier in 45 nm digital CMOS technology.
CML Microcircuits (distributed by in Australia by Caelera) has released an evaluation kit (EvKit), for their recently launched CMX993 RF quadrature modulator IC.
The latest addition to Bluegiga’s (distributed in Australia by Glyn) embedded Bluetooth product range, WT21 module, offers OEM’s a small form factor Bluetooth HCI module with full integration and certifications.
Teseq (distributed in Australia by Westek) has released a large range of RF broadband, power amplifiers covering frequencies to 6 GHz and with output powers to 1100 watts, suitable for EMC immunity/susceptibility testing including radiated and conducted interference testing protocol requirements
Atmel (distributed in Australia by Braemac) has announced the availability of its AVR microcontroller-based RF transmitter family ATA577x for Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) applications.