Reliable communication is vital in all types of transportation and in particular communication systems need to work effectively in marine vessels. Typically, a ship will use a number of transmitter-receivers or 'transceivers', for example ...
Tags: Electronics, Antenna, communication
Avago launches 120Gbps parallel-optic modules for cloud computing and data centers Avago Technologies has announced the availability of production volumes of 120Gbps multi-channel optical transmitter and receiver modules ...
GigOptix Inc of San Jose,CA,USA(a fabless supplier of semiconductor and optical components for high-speed information streaming)has signed a license agreement with IBM to incorporate IBM's silicon germanium(SiGe)millimeterwave transceiver ...
Tags: GigOptix, SiGe, semiconductor, optical components, IBM
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn,MA,USA(which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors)has launched a front-end system that integrates all RF and analog content between the transceiver and antenna for simplified ...
Tags: Skyworks, USA, semiconductor, SkyOne
22 June 2012 Fujitsu develops first high-output,single-chip 10GHz transceiver using GaN HEMT At the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS 2012)in Montreal,Canada(17-21 June),Fujitsu Laboratories of Kawasaki,Japan presented what ...
20 June 2012 Avago launches wireless products for3G/4G small-cell base stations and portable GPS systems Avago Technologies(which supplies wireless components for cellular base stations,macrocells,other communications subsystems,and ...
Tags: Avago, wireless products, GPS systems
Texas Instruments demonstrated a ZigBee Light Link implementation at Computex Taipei and announced Golden Unit status,while Atmel announced Golden Unit compliance and an evaluation kit. The ZigBee Light Link standard promises to offer ...
Specialty foundry TowerJazz(which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek,Israel,and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach,CA,USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd)and Phasor Solutions Ltd of ...
Tags: TowerJazz, SiGe, BiCMOS, Satellite Communications
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched the RFPA1012 linear power amplifier,designed specifically for wireless infrastructure applications. Using a gallium arsenide(GaAs)heterojunction bipolar transistor(HBT)fabrication ...
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2012(to end-April),fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale,CA,USA has reported revenue of$239.9m,up 1.3%on$236.9m a year ago but down 1.3%on$243m last quarter. ...
Tags: Finisar, USA, datacom product, China
4 June 2012 Handset RF device market to grow from$3.8bn to$5bn in 2016 As handset RF front ends(containing gallium arsenide)are becoming increasingly sophisticated in the 4G era,they cost$9-11 for 4G devices,which is twice that for 3G and ...
New standards-based,easy-to-implement ZigBee Light Link profile expected to boost wireless networked LED lighting space TAIPEI,Taiwan,June 3,2012/PRNewswire via COMTEX/--Texas Instruments Incorporated(TI)today announced the industry's ...
Tags: Ti Unveils Industry, Taipei, wireless networked, LED lighting space
Gao Comm Inc of Toronto,Canada has launched an Extreme-compatible 10GBASE-SR XENPAK transceiver,which can be used in switches and modules that support XENPAK transceivers. The model C018XX01 is a fully integrated 10.3Gb/s optical ...
Tags: Gao Comm Inc, Transceiver, VCSEL, InGaAs, semiconductor
At the IEEE Photonics Society Optical Interconnects Conference(OIC 2012)in Santa Fe,NM,USA,OneChip Photonics Inc of Ottawa,Canada,which develops and manufactures optical chips and transceivers based on monolithic photonic integrated ...
Firecomms Ltd of Cork,Ireland,a manufacturer of transceivers(including its OptoLock technology,licensed worldwide)for consumer plastic optical fiber(POF),says that Hsin Chia has joined it as CEO.The firm says that Chia has experience that ...
Tags: Firecomms Ltd, Hsin Chia joined as CEO, strategic expansion