Wireless

Summit Microelectronics, the leader in programmable mixed-signal power management IC solutions, has introduced the SMB274 programmable driver for the LensVector™ solid-state AutoFocus device.

Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the latest in motion-sensing technology to enhance mobile consumer experiences. The MMA8450Q accelerometer is a highly accurate, power-efficient solution that extends battery life for smart mobile devices and captures precise movement via highly sensitive gesture and orientation detection capabilities.

The leading test equipment expert COMPRION presented the first solution for LTE/USIM handset conformance testing according to 3GPP TS 31.121 USIM Rel-8. COMPRION SIMfony LTE was developed with support of Rohde & Schwarz, a leading global test & measurement specialist. It will be shown for the first time at the Mobile World Congress February 15-18, 2010 in Barcelona. COMPRION SIMfony LTE consists of the Rohde & Schwarz network simulator R&S®CMW50...

u-blox expands its high-speed wireless connectivity reference design offerings to include full High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) capabilities: 7.2 Mb/s download and 5.8 Mb/s upload speeds. The N731 is a mature design combining a powerful baseband processor, RF transceiver, antenna multiplexer and power amplifier components to support eight bands of HSPA / UMTS / EDGE / GPRS / GSM functionality including data, voice, and SMS.

Connect One™, the Device Networking Authority™, today unveiled Wi-REACH Classic, a compact, battery-operated, mobile, personal WiFi hotspot that delivers high-speed Internet connectivity for laptops and wireless devices such as cameras, PDAs, and multimedia players. Using 3G/4G mobile network technology, Wi-REACH Classic quickly and easily provides multi-connection Internet access wherever you are, whether at the beach, in the car, or on the ...

Wolfson Microelectronics today introduces the myZone WM182, an industry-defining stereo ear-bud headset reference solution, delivering Wolfson’s unique feed-forward Ambient Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology in a mass-market headset. This product can be quickly and easily customised and branded by the world’s leading consumer electronics companies, including mobile phone manufacturers.

At today’s International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), Holst Centre, imec and TNO present a dual-gate-based organic RFID chip with record data rate and lowest reported operating voltage. For the first time, the advantages of dual gate transistors in circuit speed and robustness have thereby been exploited in a complex organic-electronic circuit.

Atmel announced a new family of single-key touch controllers for the portable device market. This new family offers designers power consumption of below 17 µA for next-generation portable touch devices, including power buttons, hearing devices, consumer toys and proximity sensors. The embedded low-power features in Atmel's new family of single-key touch controllers also enable longer battery life for these portable devices.

mimoOn announced that it will be demonstrating LTE for pico base stations at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next week. mimoOn will showcase its advanced LTE PHY implementation running on TI's DSPs, February 15-18, 2010, in the mimoOn booth 2B17 at MWC.

Demonstrating its leadership in the wireless connectivity market, Texas Instruments Incorporated today unveiled its WiLink 7.0 single-chip solution, the industry’s first offering to integrate WLAN 802.11n, GPS, FM transmit/receive and Bluetooth technologies. Integrating these capabilities on a true single chip, the 65-nanomenter WiLink 7.0 solution reduces costs by 30 percent, reduces size by 50 percent and delivers superior coexistence perfor...