Lime Microsystems has signed an agreement with the strategic investment firm In-Q-Tel,which specialises in supporting technology used by the US Intelligence Community. The UK-based multi-band,multi-standard transceiver chip firm has ...
Tags: Lime, US, Radio Technology, CIA, In-Q-Tel, multi-band, transceiver
Security researcher Jonathan Brossard created a proof-of-concept hardware backdoor called Rakshasa that replaces a computer's BIOS (Basic Input Output System) and can compromise the operating system at boot time without leaving traces on ...
Tags: Hardware, Basic Input Output System, computer technology, Brossard
Sprint announced Monday it had launched its 4G LTE network in 15 cities, mainly in areas surrounding the major markets of Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and San Antonio. Residents in and around Waco, Texas, were also added to the ...
Tags: 4G LTE, Sprint, USA, wireless service
At the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada(17-22 June),Germany's Infineon Technologies AG has launched the BFx840xESD series of SiGe:C(silicon-germanium:carbon)heterojunction bipolar ...
Tags: Infineon, transistors, WiFi
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched the RFVA0016,an integrated,analog-controlled,variable-gain amplifier(VGA)for broadband applications with external matching,allowing operation in all bands from 400MHz to 2700MHz with a ...
Tags: RFMD, VGA, Broadband Applications
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 launched a 120W PIN diode SPDT switch for network applications and ...
Tags: M/A-COM, SPDT switch, LTE baseStations, military communications
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched the RFFM7600 front-end module(FEM),which contains an integrated three-stage power amplifier(PA)with Tx harmonic filtering and Tx/Rx switching.The RFFM7600 is provided in a 6mm x 6mm ...
Tags: RFMD, FEM, 5V, 2.5-2.7GHz high-power front-end module, LTE/WiMAX, USA
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched the RFSW6131,a gallium arsenide(GaAs)pHEMT single-pole three-throw(SP3T)switch designed for use in cellular,3G,LTE,and other high-performance communications systems.The device has a ...
Tags: RFMD, GaAs pHEMT SP3T symmetric switch, USA, GaAs
For first-quarter 2012,GaAs-based broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren,NJ,USA has reported revenue of$28.4m,down a greater-than-seasonal 22%on$36.5m last quarter and down 35%on$43.5m a year ...
Tags: Anadigics, revenue falls, GaAs-based broadband wireless
Implementing vision,video and radar in unmanned aerial vehicles is now a task for multicore DSPs,writes Sandeep Kumar. Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)used by the military and in commercial applications such as fire-fighting are ...