As mobile network and device makers explore many paths to using wireless spectrum more efficiently, one possible solution is still hard to achieve: Sending and receiving data on the same frequency at the same time, in the same space. ...
Tags: mobile network, mobile device, radios, mobile spectrum
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission says it will act by the end of the year on a White House-appointed panel's recommendation to have federal agencies share 100MHz of spectrum with commercial users. The FCC will take steps this ...
Tags: U.S., Federal Communications Commission, 100MHz of spectrum
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes analog semiconductors, components and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications), has introduced a new line of small package directional detectors for ...
Tags: new line, package directional detectors, power monitoring
Researchers in China have designed and constructed a two-stage 2.5-5GHz low-noise amplifier(LNA)using enhancement-mode(normally-off)aluminium gallium arsenide(AlGaAs)pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistors(pHEMTs)[Peng Yangyang et ...
Tags: LNA AlGaAs AlGaAs pHEMT
Innovative fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg tried on Glass, Google's latest technology that captures moments from a new perspective, at a conference that she attended with Google's co-founder Sergey Brin. Von Furstenberg immediately ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has unveiled three high-power single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switches for multiple . The SKY12207-478LF (0.9-4.0GHz; 50W), ...
Tags: mixed-signal semiconductors, semiconductors, Electrical
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)—small colored lights available in any electronics store—are ubiquitous in modern society. They are the indicator lights on our stereos, automobile dashboards, and microwave ovens. Numeric displays on ...
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Adaptive-controls specialist Daintree Networks has expanded its ControlScope Connected Community program to include component manufacturers and has released an open-source ZigBee protocol stack that can be integrated into LED drivers and ...
Tags: DaintreeNetworks, Expanded, ControlScope, LED, Drivers
Multichannel time-synchronised mesh networks based on 802.15.4 radios address many of the challenges involved in designing wireless sensor networks, write Lance Doherty, Jonathan Simon and Thomas Watteyne from Linear Technology While both ...
Tags: IEEE, radio, wireless networking
Citizens Band (CB) radios and GPS navigation systems manufacturer Cobra Electronics has introduced a new professional GPS navigation system, Cobra 6000 Pro HD, which meets the needs of truckers. The company claims that the new navigation ...
Tags: navigation systems, cobra electronics, Cobra 6000 Pro HD, truckers
A plan by a satellite carrier to make better use of its spectrum could open up an extra channel for Wi-Fi in the U.S.,though how and when consumers would get to use it isn't yet clear. The proposal that satellite operator Globalstar ...
Tags: US, Satellite Carrier, Wi-Fi, FCC, LightSquared, Dish Network, Globalstar
LONDON, UK (BRAIN) – Hornit is launching its 140 decibel bicycle horn in North America, with distribution by Action Bicycle, Olympic Supply Company, Cyclone Bicycle Supply and Cycles Lambert. The $44.95 retail horn is designed to be ...
Tags: Hornit, decibel bicycle horn, North America, Action Bicycle
In conjunction with the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) in Orlando, FL (26-29 November), RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has announced what it claims is ...
Tags: TriQuint GaN-on-SiC, Triquint
Cisco Systems plans to build small cellular base stations,building upon its fast-growing business in Wi-Fi base stations for mobile operator networks,Chairman and CEO John Chambers said on Tuesday. The move will bring the networking giant ...
Tags: Cisco Systems, small cellular base stations, Wi-Fi base stations
It is 50 years since laser scientist Dr Nick Holonyak and his team of researchers at General Electric made the breakthrough with a new type of alloy that allowed them to create the first practical, visible-spectrum LED and paved the way for ...
Tags: LED Lighting