New Radio Tech Can See Through Walls Oct 14, 2009
A man walks within a square of 28 radio transceivers on pipes ... Joey Wilson and Neal Patwari of the University of Utah used so-called radio tomographic imaging (RTI), which can detect and or other objects in an area surrounded by inexpensive radio transceivers that send and receive signals, they announced today ... To test out the technique, the researchers placed a of 28 radio transceivers around a square-shaped portion of an atrium and a similar part of the lawn. (Fox News)
New Method Reveals All You Need To Know About 'Waveforms' Oct 13, 2009
Anecdotal data suggest that for one product alone, Ethernet optical fiber transceivers, industry could save tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars through manufacturing innovations (such as the new NIST method) that reduce component reject rates and/or boost yields. Of particular interest to scientists and engineers, the NIST calibration method incorporates new techniques for quantifying errors in waveform measurements. (Science Daily)
IBM claiming ultra-fast optical comms with carbon chips Oct 13, 2009
The 40-GHz graphene photodetector demonstration matched IBM's earlier demonstration of a , the second component needed for bi-directional carbon chip-based optical transceivers. Graphene is formed as a single atomic layer of carbon atoms that, unlike metals, have no bandgap. (EETimes)
Clever new device sees through walls Oct 13, 2009
Researchers had a person walk around a square of 28 radio transceivers mounted on plastic pipes ... Joey Wilson and Neal Patwari of the University of Utah used so-called radio tomographic imaging, which can detect and or other objects in an area surrounded by inexpensive radio transceivers that send and receive signals, they announced today ... To test out the technique, the researchers placed a of 28 radio transceivers around a square-shaped portion of an atrium and a similar part of the lawn. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Radio waves that can 'see' people through walls Oct 12, 2009
The method uses radio tomographic imaging (RTI), which can "see", locate and track moving people or objects in an area surrounded by inexpensive radio transceivers that send and receive signals ... The study involved placing a wireless network of 28 low cost radio transceivers - called nodes - around a square-shaped portion of the atrium and a similar part of the lawn, says an U-U release. (India Times, India)
SiGe experts push CMOS envelope for Light Peak transceivers Oct 9, 2009
"We were used to 10-Gbit transceivers costing $50 or more," said vice president of marketing Al Gharakhanian. "But to get to the $10 price point you need for consumer devices, we had to go with standard CMOS, then work hard to meet the specifications for a 1012 bit error rate and a 135-milliwatt-per-channel power budget.". (EETimes)
Fujitsu Develops World's First Millimeter-Wave Gallium-Nitride Transceiver Amplifier Chipset Oct 1, 2009
Compared to transceivers based on conventional GaAs technology, transmission ranges can be expected to be three times as great (3x) ... Fujitsu led the industry with its development of the HEMT in 1980, and the technology now underpins much of today's fundamental IT infrastructure, including satellite transceivers, wireless equipment, GPS-based navigation systems, and broadband wireless networking systems. (JCN Network, Japan)
DVI, USB and Audio With Infinite Possibilities? Sep 11, 2009
"You can deploy a simple point to point extension model, or you can apply AdderLink INFINITY to a sprawling enterprise scale network and deliver multicast audio & video to an endless number of receivers. Furthermore, you can use an endless number of transceivers to connect any user, any place to any computer any place while maintaining total digital fluidity". Digital Fluidity describes the transparent way in which the product works. (PR Newswire)
Sanmina-SCI and OneChip Photonics Announce Optical Manufacturing Partnership Sep 7, 2009
and OTTAWA, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq NM: SANM, SANMD), a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, and OneChip Photonics, an emerging supplier of low-cost, high-performance optical transceivers, today announced a manufacturing partnership to produce OneChip Photonics' breakthrough Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)-based Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) transceivers ... OneChip Photonics is a privately held company, headquartered in... (PR Newswire)
BSM Technologies and Datacom Wireless Enter Into Definitive Agreement for a Business Combination to Create a Major Player in the Canadian Telematic Market Aug 22, 2009
SecTrack sells Inmarsat D+ transceivers and airtime subscription to value added resellers around the world. These VARs are typically local companies who have built a proper monitoring and tracking service for end-users in a multitude of maritime and land based sectors including nuclear transport monitoring, mining, security tracking of trucks, trailers and other vehicles and tracking of airplanes and rescue helicopters. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Fujitsu Optical Components and Furukawa Electric to Jointly Develop Integrated Receivers for 40Gbps and 100Gbps Optical Networks Aug 19, 2009
Its broad products line-up includes DWDM pluggable transceivers, full-band tunable 300pin transponders, G-PON transceivers and 40G/100G LN modulators. The company also plans to provide the most advanced 40G/100G integrated receivers in the near future. (JCN Network, Japan)
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results Aug 19, 2009
-- Spreadtrum increased transceivers shipments by 93% sequentially, including greater shipments of GSM/GPRS/EDGE transceivers to Samsung in 2Q09 ... Commenting on the results, Spreadtrum's CEO, Dr. Leo Li, said: "We are beginning to see the fruits of our efforts to focus on product quality and customer support, as we firmly exceeded our top line guidance for the second quarter. We have improved our financial health with a non-GAAP net loss of $0.15 per ADS in 2Q09, an improvement of 12% compared... (PR Newswire)
Tech.view: When less is more Aug 15, 2009
Today s netbooks are now the size of low-end laptops, with up to 12-inch screens, 160 gigabyte drives, one or two gigabytes of random-access memory, a video camera, and cellular as well as wireless transceivers. As a result, they now weigh well over three pounds and need a padded case to lug them around. (The Economist)
Test Technician Jul 19, 2009
Perform testing on hybrid transceivers. Apply MIL-STD 883 Internal and External Visual criteria for hybrid electronic devices. (Florida Today)
Fujitsu Develops World's First Gallium-Nitride HEMT for Power Supply Jun 24, 2009
Invented in 1979 by Dr. Takashi Mimura (currently a Fellow at Fujitsu Laboratories), this technology is currently widely used in various IT applications, including satellite transceivers, mobile phones, GPS-based navigation systems, and broadband wireless networking systems. (3) On-state current: The drain current flowing through a transistor in the on state. (JCN Network, Japan)
Enablence Shipping New Products that Support Mobile Backhaul (Fiber-To-The-Cell Tower) and Integrate with T1 and E1 Services for High Bandwidth Business Applications May 28, 2009
Network and equipment designers around the world turn to Enablence for a variety of components and subsystems for access, metro and long-haul including transceivers, splitters, waveguides, optical channel monitors, multiplexers, ROADMs, switches, tunable dispersion compensators, and photodiodes. The Division serves over 120 system and subsystem developers and its products have been integrated in all major communications networks worldwide, serving tens of millions of subscribers. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Building the Smart Grid: Proven Methods to Secure the Future May 21, 2009
I read on another EP article lately that Texas is passing state legislation that will force all Texas utility companies to provide all customers smart meters equipped with a standardized communication portal into their homes (like Itrons Open-Way system, or similar Zigbee radio transceivers). I dont recall exactly by when but it is something like by 2015, presumably at least to enable consumer real-time energy monitoring and also enable utility demand response capabilities through AMI... (Energy Pulse, CO)
Interop does Ethernet many ways May 19, 2009
includes transceivers from startups Aquantia, Solarflare and Teranetics ... Today's transceivers consume more than 5W power. (EETimes)
Tech.view: Cry for help May 16, 2009
Shorn of their early debts, they have bounced back by selling voice and data connections for satellite phones, pagers, computer modems and transceivers for tracking mobile assets such as aeroplanes, trains, trucks, trailers and shipping containers. For consumers who have grown used to broadband speeds, satellite phones and modems are a reminder of the dawn of the internet age. (The Economist)
Drawing from actual experience May 5, 2009
It has even taken a new approach to designing its professional products, especially its mobile radios and two-way transceivers (better known as walkie-talkies). We have moved far beyond traditional research methodology, said senior director of design integration for Motorola, Bruce Claxton. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Testing times Apr 28, 2009
A series of microwave transceivers links the base to Svalbard's main town of Longyearbyan, which then has a cable connection to the mainland. The mast from Amundsen' successful airship flight over the North Pole in 1926 is still standing. (BBC News -- Technology)
Agilent's GoldenGate certified for 65/40-nm designs Apr 11, 2009
GoldenGate enables full characterization of complete transceivers, including parasitics, prior to tape-out. GoldenGate takes advantage of frequency-domain, time domain and mixed-signal simulation technologies to ensure proper device operation, increased manufacturability and reduced design spins. (EETimes)
Reports say Freescale nears sale of unit Apr 10, 2009
A portion of the wireless business that makes radio-frequency transceivers is based in Tempe. Freescale, which employs 3,000 Valley workers, also produces components for microcontrollers, embedded processors, power amplifiers and other electronic parts at facilities in Tempe and Chandler. (AZCentral -- Business)
Stocks Under $10 Apr 4, 2009
Manufactures power amplifiers, front-end modules and integrated rf transceivers for the wireless telecom market. 97. (Investors Business Daily)
Xilinx Starts Shipments of Virtex-6 FPGAs Apr 1, 2009
With high-speed serial transceivers, power-saving technology and 40nm architecture, the Virtex-6 family is the foundation upon which Xilinx and selected third party vendors are developing tools and IP resources for systems developers and designers in a variety of markets, including: communications, audio/visual and broadcast, industrial, test and measurement, medical and military ... 2 Gbps transceivers enable developers of 40GbE and 100GbE wired telecom equipment to address the need for high... (PR Newswire)
Samsung Selects Spreadtrum as New Chipset Supplier Mar 27, 2009
Spreadtrum's QS520 GSM/GPRS and QS1001 EDGE transceivers have been designed into Samsung's mobile phone models that are to be shipped internationally ... "We have developed competitive GSM/GPRS and EDGE transceivers, and it feels great to have a world-class customer confirm this. We will work with Samsung to achieve a smooth ramp-up of these products and cooperate with Samsung in future products." ... These chips feature integrated quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE radio frequency (RF) transceivers... (PR Newswire)
Globalstar Announces Coface Backing for Proposed Financing Mar 25, 2009
The new interface chipsets will be used to provide satellite capability to various next-generation Globalstar handsets, fixed units and modem-equipped transceivers and transmitters. These new Globalstar devices are expected to be manufactured for a fraction of the cost of Company's current first and second-generation handsets and data modems. (Primezone Releases)
Photonic IC startup secures $19.5 million Mar 18, 2009
Currently, the company is developing these low-cost, high-performance transceivers for Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) and Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) in Ethernet PON (EPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) networks. OneChip is monolithically integrating the functions required for an optical transceiver onto a single, InP-based chip. (EETimes)
Breakthrough For Post-4G Communications Mar 15, 2009
Other components developed by the project include 110GHz modulators, 110GHz photodetectors, 300GHz dual-mode lasers, 60GHz mode-locked lasers, and 60GHz transceivers. Truly disruptive technology. (Science Daily)
Tech.view: Socket to me Mar 8, 2009
Already, a handful of meter makers have begun incorporating ZigBee transceivers into their products to do just that ... At a dollar a chip, ZigBee transceivers could even be built into toasters and coffee pots. (The Economist)
People of Nogales - WAKE UP! Mar 6, 2009
I do not dispute that these towers are abnormal, but considering the hilly terrain of Nogales, and the need for line of site for these low power microwave transceivers (which you would have to be in close proximity to and within the path to be harmed. thus the height) require to communicate with each other, there may not have been any other option than to place them high and the structure of the towers then needed to be as wide as they are. (Nogales International, AZ)
Huge opportunties seen for 40/100 GigE devices Feb 24, 2009
In its latest report, CIR says the market for 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet transceivers will reach $ 482 million in revenues by 2013. The researchers suggests just a handful of firms are likely to shape the future of 40/100 GigE. These include Cisco, Juniper, Sun Microsystems, Force10, Nortel at the OEM level; JDSU, Finisar, Avago, Luxtera and Opnext at the transceiver level. (EETimes)
RFMD(R) Targets CDMA Components Market With Compelling New Products Feb 17, 2009
RF Micro Devices' business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including variability in quarterly operating results, the impact of global macroeconomic and credit conditions on our business, the rate of growth and development of wireless markets, risks associated with our planned exit from our wireless systems business, including cellular transceivers and GPS solutions, the risk that restructuring charges may be greater than originally anticipated and that the cost savings and other... (PR Newswire)
Motorola Announces Next Generation Cellular Base Station Controller for Its GSM Solution Feb 16, 2009
For example, while the unit is physically small, it is modular in design and scales to support over 2000 transceivers, making it the ideal BSC solution for covering a wide range of network deployment scenarios. The controller is designed to support networks today and into the future as it already supports IP over the A-interface. (PR Newswire)
Databeans cuts IC forecast, sees recovery Feb 13, 2009
We expect considerable inventory replacement for analog and ASSPs, with focus on amplifiers, power, and transceivers specifically. Further down the road, the digital markets should follow suit, although we do expect the competitive landscape to look substantially different by that time. (EETimes)
MEMS accelerometers: A fast-track to design success? Feb 12, 2009
Mathieu Potin, MEMS analyst at Yole Developpement, believes the MEMS accelerometer market was worth $876million in 2008 " a revised figure, following the financial downturn. With the total MEMS market worth an estimated $7.6bn in 2008, the technology is an important contributor to MEMS sales as a whole. Though MEMS accelerometer sales are likely to decrease to $846million in 2009 due to a slump in automotive demand, he estimates that the market will recover to be worth $1.6billion by 2012,... (EETimes)
Researcher describes 77-GHz transceiver Feb 12, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO Researchers pushed wireless transceivers to new giga-heights at the International Solid State Circuits Conference () ... Previous conferences have hosted as many as 17 papers about 60 GHz technology, now being developed for wireless video in HDTVs, but none have reported on transceivers running at 77 GHz, said Yoichi Kawano who presented the Fujitsu paper ... Two other papers described transceivers supporting 24-GHz operation targeting side and back mounted radars that operate... (EETimes)
Fujitsu Laboratories Develops CMOS-Based RF Transceiver Chip for 77GHz Automotive Radar Feb 12, 2009
This has spurred research into using low-cost CMOS circuits as replacements for compound semiconductors in RF transceivers, suggesting that automotive-radar circuitry could be consolidated into a single chip containing the baseband circuitry, resulting in a smaller package and lower costs. Last year, Fujitsu Laboratories announced that it had developed CMOS circuitry that can be used in millimeter-band applications and had produced a high-output amplifier for an RF transceiver chip that operates... (JCN Network, Japan)
Engineers push into 40G networking Feb 12, 2009
Engineers showed progress pulling transceivers and other building blocks for 40 Gbit/second networking into CMOS at the International Solid State Circuits Conference () ... 8 W. That compares to today's much larger silicon germanium transceivers that draw 10 W and require fans. (EETimes)
Intel lists five challenges for IC scaling Feb 10, 2009
Using optical interconnects for on-chip signaling may be further off in the future due to the difficulties with scaling optical transceivers and interconnects to the dimensions required. . (EETimes)
