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Microwaves & RF’s Products of the Week (2/12-2/18)

Whether you are looking for power dividers or MOSFETs, Microwaves & RF has you covered. Here are some of the latest components to optimize your product.
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Using its Cellular Experience, Qualcomm Prepares for the Next Wi-Fi Standard

Feb. 14, 2017
Qualcomm's new chips join a short list of technologies to support the nascent 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard.
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Using Carbon Nanotubes, Silicon Chips Leap to High Frequencies

Feb. 8, 2017
“What we are looking at is something like gallium arsenide on silicon technology,” said the chief executive of Carbonics, a Los Angeles startup that has made chips based on carbon...
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Radio Transmitter Chip Beams Power to Smartphones and Hearing Aids

Feb. 1, 2017
The chip comes from Energous, a San Jose-based company that wants wireless charging to be more like using Wi-Fi.
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Wireless Sensor Networks Will Spread to Factories and Farms, Report Says

Jan. 28, 2017
The report, from technology research firm OnWorld, says that a majority of industrial automation engineers are using some form of mesh networking sensors, while interest in low...
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Microwaves & RF’s Products of the Week (1/15-1/21)

Jan. 17, 2017
Whether you are looking for power amplifiers or duplexers, Microwaves & RF has you covered. Here are some of the latest components to optimize your product, device, or system....
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Intel Attempts to Clean Slate with 5G Modem

Jan. 9, 2017
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel revealed plans to sell a new modem chip for handling 5G wireless communications.
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Test & Measurement

Microwaves & RF’s Products of the Week (12/11-12/17).

Whether you are looking for power amplifiers or waveguides, Microwaves & RF has you covered. Here are some of the latest components to optimize your product, device, or system...
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Mixed Signal

Tiny MEMS Switches Route DC to 14 GHz

This pair of MEMS switches offers SP4T functionality in miniature components that feature companion low-voltage switch drivers for ease of installation and application.
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Semiconductors

NFC Forum Plans Certification Program for Smart Tags

The NFC Forum has announced plans to offer a certification program for tags using near-field communications, which allow short, secretive messages to be shared with compatible...
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Mixed Signal

Front-End Modules Make Smart Connections for IoT

The integration of RF/microwave functionality in highly integrated front-end modules paves the way for smaller, lower-power, cost-effective IoT solutions for a wide range of application...