Graphene May Hold The Key To Future THz Applications
This schematic diagram shows a graphene-based subharmonic FET mixer. LO and RF signals are fed to the gate and drain terminals, respectively, while the intermediate-frequency (IF) signal is extracted from the drain terminal. ...
Company Profiles
Toumaz develops wireless technologies for a range of markets including medical monitoring and Internet-connected consumer devices. The company's licensable smart-sensor interface and transceiver platform, Sensium, is used in the real-time wireless ...
From Dafty To Genius
European Editor Paul Whytock looks at the formative years of one of the worlds greatest mathematical physicists: James Clerk Maxwell.
Protect RF-Activated Data
This new RFID family uses 1-Wire secure-authentication ICs to protect IP in embedded systems. As data stored in RF credentials becomes more valuable, efforts to crack, counterfeit, and duplicate cards and credentials will increase. ...
Gateway Reference Design Simplifies Home Automation
Also in Germany, Dialog Semiconductor has debuted its SmartPulse IP-gateway reference design. This reference design enables SmartPulse and other DECT ULE home-automation wireless-sensor/actuator products to be connected to the web for remote ...
PHY Software Targets LTE Small-Cell Market
DUISBURG, GERMANY: A collaboration on 3GPP-compliant LTE physical-layer (PHY) software has been forged between Texas Instruments and mimoOn, a specialist in LTE software licensing for software-defined-radio (SDR) platforms. TI will now ...
lTE PHY Software Runs On TI SoCs
DUISBURG, GERMANY: Long-Term-Evolution (LTE) software-licensing specialist mimoOn is collaborating with Texas Instruments on 3GPP-compliant LTE physical-layer (PHY) software. TI plans to offer complete PHY software for LTE Releases 8 and 9 ...
Nokia And CSR Collaborate
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, and San Jose, CA: Thanks to a licensing agreement, Nokia Corp. can now incorporate CSR's aptX Bluetooth audio-compression technology into its consumer-electronics products. Using CSR aptX technology and associated CSR ...
Femtocell Services See 60% Growth Rate
In a presentation given at the Femtocells World Summit, Informa Telecoms & Media reported that there are now in excess of 2.3 million 3G femtocells globally compared to 1.6 million 3G macrocells. Worldwide, commercial femtocell services have reached a ...
