RF range extender combines PA, LNA, switches
Texas Instruments Inc. is rolling out a highly-integrated, cost-effective RF range extender for low-power wireless applications at 850MHz to 950MHz.
- Power amp cuts need for RF component matching
- Surface-mount inductors deliver 1µH to 100µH
- Core router boasts up to 322Tbit/s throughput
- ESD protection device offers 8kV for USB 3.0, eSATA
- MCUs pack brushless DC motor control function
- SPI flash memory allows multiple parameter options
- AM/FM receiver gives analog radios digital efficiency
Wireless MCUs tailored for home automation, metering
Silicon Laboratories has released the ultralow-power Si10xx wireless microcontroller family that addresses the power and RF requirements of battery-operated home automation systems.
Buzz: Samsung to go gate-last for 22nm
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd is reportedly looking at gate-last technology as an alternative in high-k dielectrics, according to sources.
- Carbon nanotubes fuel thermowave power
- Long road still to e-beam direct-write litho
- Alchimer establishes 300mm facility in South Korea
- IMEC, Synopsys join hands on 3D stacked ICs
- RFID market to enjoy steady growth
- Battle over e-book display alternatives heats up
- Yingli ups 300MW monocrystalline capacity in Baoding
For FPGAs to be part of an ultra-reliable design, designers must protect the valid FPGA configuration used for initialization and prevent SRAM corruption during device operation.
Blood glucose testing in the palm of your hands
As the need for home diabetes care continues to increase, and with many competitors in the space, look for blood glucose meters to add features and reduce price in the future.
How to deal with worst slew propagation
Currently, static timing analysis is based on worst slew propagation. Hence, some of the timing paths are not able to achieve the desired frequency targets.
Growing challenges in nanometer timing analysis
By including nanometer effects, advanced timing analysis methods deliver the precision needed to accurately predict performance and avoid costly silicon iterations.
Timing analysis tools greatly impacts a successful design
This article examines the different kinds of timing analysis products used in ASIC, FPGA, and board-level design.
Moving DSP industrial apps onto FPGAs
This article discusses the general issues of moving part, or all, of a DSP industrial application onto an FPGA using system software design tools.
Obtain best performance from your FPGA design
This article will explore how FPGA designers can benefit from the latest FPGA building blocks in their quest for higher system-level performance.
Simulation boosts FPGA-based DSP systems
The use of FPGAs as coprocessors provides considerable speed gains over high-end DSPs. The wide range of automated tools makes the development of FPGA-based DSP systems faster and easier than ever before.
Implementing low, high frequency ADCs using reference designs
This article explains the implementation of both a low frequency and higher frequency ADC using reference designs and demo boards available from Lattice Semiconductor.
Achieve optimum ADC performance
This article gives an overview of ADCs and recommendations on how to apply them successfully.
Using ADC with resistive touchscreens
This paper describes how to wire the touchscreen to the ADC, and how to design the system software to interact with the ADC
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2010 Southeast Asia telecom market forecast
Fierce competition, driven by post-crisis moment and the need to catch up with rapid technology developments will be motivational factors that will shape the year of the SEA telecommunications market.
3D TV launch rouses eyestrain concern
Experts in human perception are raising concerns that stereo 3D TVs could cause eye strain and related health problems.
3D TV boom spurs need for health research fund
Big bucks will be made selling stereo 3D TV over the next few years, but whether any of it funds research on the health impacts of broad use of such novel systems remains to be seen.
3D TV shipments to hit 78M units by 2015
Global 3D TV shipments will reach 78 million units by 2015, rising at a CAGR of 80 percent from 4.2 million in 2010 according to iSuppli Corp.
TSMC takes on 40nm yields, high-k, litho issues
At the TSMC Japan Executive Forum in Yokohama, Shang-Yi Chiang, senior VP of R&D at TSMC, addressed several issues about the silicon foundry giant.
Intel, TSMC put Atom partnership on hold
Intel has no immediate plans to bring to market any Atom chips manufactured by TSMC, confirming a report that the groundbreaking partnership has hit a lull.
Kingdee sets up R&D centre in Singapore
Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd has opened its corporate premises and R&D center in Singapore.
HP Labs research facility rises in Singapore
HP Labs has established new research facility in Singapore, which will focus on developing an enterprise cloud software platform, dubbed Cirious.

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Mobile IC vendors prep LTE product roadmaps
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8Kx8 Nonvolatile SRAM (Rev. A)
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