Communications

Texas Instruments has introduced a four-channel serializer/deserializer (SerDes) IC that enables high-speed, bi-directional, point-to-point data transmission with up to 30 Gbps. The device has the flexibility to be configured either as a XAUI or 10 GFC transceiver. This multi-rate transceiver supports a wide data bandwidth range from 600 Mbps to 3.75 Gbps per serial lane to address design challenges in a variety of applications such as gigabit Et...

SiGe Semiconductor has expanded its series of power amplifiers and RF front end modules with the release of the SE7262L. A 2.5GHz high-power amplifier targeted for the mobile WiMAX market, it delivers industry-leading performance while exceeding the spectral mask requirements outlined in IEEE 802.16e and WiMAX Forum specifications.

NVE Corporation has announced the introduction of the IsoLoop IL500-Series of digital isolators, designed to be cost-effective optocoupler replacements. Compared to NVE’s industry-standard IL700-Series isolators, which have speeds up to 150 megabits per second, IL500-Series isolators operate at two megabits per second, offer a DC-correct design, and have an external clocking option on certain models.

Intersil has introduced the ISL34340, a SERDES Interface that transports 27 bits of video data and bi-directional I2C into a single high-speed LVDS cable of up to 10 meters long. The ISL34340 is ideal for SERDES applications in video systems, industrial and medical displays and video transport in printing and security systems.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation today released three new 7-bit UltraCMOS™ Digital Step Attenuators to complement its popular 50-Ohm DSA line. Building on their high-performance predecessors, along with flexible Serial and Parallel interface logic these new HaRP™-enhanced devices also offer an unprecedented serial-addressable control interface which allows the user to control up to 8 different DSAs using a common 3-wire interface b...

Analog Devices, Inc. continues to expand its radio frequency product portfolio, adding a new quadrature demodulator and dual gain trim amplifier for direct conversion receivers in next generation cellular 3G/4G and broadband wireless 802.16 applications. The ADL5380 demodulator is the industry’s first product capable of operating from 400 MHz to 6 GHz, which allows radio designers to apply the same device across a range of products and frequen...

CML Microcircuits announces a new RALCWI integrated circuit to its Vocoder family. The new CMX638, is a flexible, highly integrated, high performance duplex vocoder, utilising RALCWI (Robust Advanced Low Complexity Waveform Interpolation) technology. CML now offers the CMX608, CMX618 and CMX638 high performance vocoders, which all offer near toll-quality voice performance at very low bit-rates.

Analog Devices has introduced the AD8363 TruPwr root-mean-square (RMS) power detector that precisely measures signals with highly varying crest factors up to 6 GHz used in WiMAX/802.16, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, and LTE applications. The AD8363 supports the communications industry’s focus on increasing efficiency and improving ease-of-use to reduce the overall system size and cost. The AD8363 targets high performance RF applications including power ampl...

Intersil has introduced an RS-485/RS-422 transceiver, a next-generation interface IC that combines what is said to be the industry’s fastest data transmission rate (100Mbps) with a low 2.6mA supply current and rugged 15kV IEC61000-4-2 ESD (electro-static discharge) protection.

New from microwave and RF component specialist Link Microtek is a family of nine GaAs MMIC receiver products that integrate LNAs, I/Q mixers and multipliers or LO amplifiers to provide compact solutions with a very high level of performance. Manufactured by Hittite Microwave Corporation, the receivers cover the microwave radio bands from 7 to 28GHz and are suitable for a variety of commercial and military satcom applications.