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An electronic circuit used to generate high-frequency pulses. |
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2013-10-09 | Understand low-power MCU benchmarking Know the advantages and traps of different implementations of ultra-low power. |
2003-07-02 | UMC, Spirea to produce WLAN radio chips United Microelectronics Corp. has delivered Spirea AB's TripleTraC and gTraC WLAN radios using its 0.18?m RF CMOS process. |
2006-02-23 | UMC claims silicon frequency record of 192GHz United Microelectronics has fabricated a "push-push" voltage-controlled oscillator that it claims has the highest operating frequency for any circuit implemented in silicon to date: 192GHz. |
2007-01-16 | UHF TV RF modulators shorten time-to-market Freescale's 3.3V UHF TV RF modulators based on CMOS technology are cost-effective, low-power solutions designed to help shorten design-to-market cycles. |
2009-10-19 | UHF devices enable low-cost wireless car apps The new device family includes UHF transmitters, receivers and transceivers for wireless and car access systems. |
2012-08-29 | U.S. defense researchers say future is in analog DARPA proposes searching for new methods outside of the digital universe for intelligence gathering and analysis. |
2003-07-21 | TXC surface-mount VCTCXOs target 2-way radio apps TXC Corp. has released its 7N series of seam sealed surface-mounted VCTCXOs that are designed for use in 2-way radios and pagers. |
2006-11-01 | Turning science-fiction idea into fact David Schurig sat down with EE Times to describe how the cloaking device works and what electronic engineers can do to turn the science fiction idea into fact. |
2006-12-11 | Tuner ICs serve Japanese mobile-broadcast TV Maxim Integrated Products is fabbing two power-managed chip types for designers of Japanese digital broadcast products. |
2005-04-28 | Transceivers suit space-sensitive apps Maxim introduces the MAX7030/MAX7031/MAX7032 family of crystal-referenced VHF/UHF transceivers, which delivers more than 10dBm output power and -114dBm (MAX7030/MAX7032 in ASK mode)/-110dBm (MAX7031/MAX7030 in FSK mode) sensitivity. |
2008-09-30 | Toshiba taps Agilent for RFIC design, evaluation Toshiba has selected Agilent's GoldenGate EDA software for its RFIC design and evaluation. |
2008-12-11 | Tiny low-heat oscillator fits mobile apps Fox Electronics has released a 1.8V HCMOS oscillator that combines small footprint with low heat generation and current consumption. |
2004-12-16 | Timing synchronization for 3G wireless GPS forms the foundation of a reliable clock distribution in wireless networks. |
2008-08-07 | Timing platform improves IP backhaul networks Semtech has released the Timing Over Packet Synchronization ACS9510 device that enables IEEE1588v2 Precision Time Protocol to work closely with SONET/SDH synchronous equipment timing source solution, employing backhaul for broadband wireless base stations. |
2011-02-15 | TI Tx/Rx processors tip DPD tech base stations Texas Instruments's GC533x family of transmit/receive processors features two turn-key processors that provide a flexible digital transmit and receive solution for wide-bandwidth and multiantenna wireless base stations at a fraction of the cost of high-gate-count FPGAs. |
2004-03-19 | TI transceiver drives down handset cost, complexity The dual-band WCDMA RF transceiver from Texas Instruments promises to drive down the cost and complexity of WCDMA handset design. |
2012-10-15 | TI rolls MCUs, PMICs, motor drivers The SafeTI design package includes the 32bit Hercules safety MCUs, TPS65381-Q1 PMIC and DRV3201 motor driver to help speed and ease customer motor control design and certification. |
2012-11-29 | TI releases C2000 32bit Piccolo F2805x MCUs The devices target three-phase inverter motor control applications that claim to enhance power efficiency and control performance of electric pumps, fans, traction drives and textile machines. |
2007-07-16 | TI clock generators offer low jitter performance TI has introduced a family of highly programmable, one-to-four PLL clock generators that deliver very low jitter at 60ps typical for consumer applications. |
2008-09-11 | TI brings 32bit real-time control to cost-sensitive apps Helping bring processor intensive, real-time control to cost-sensitive applications, Texas Instruments Inc. announced a new series of 32bit TMS320F2802x/F2803x MCUs starting at less than $2 in volume. |
2007-03-13 | Thin-film chip inductors save PCB space TT electronics BI Technologies Magnetic Components Division is offering a series of thin-film chip inductors designed to fit space-constrained applications, thus saving PCB space. |
2013-12-23 | The lowdown on high-perf timing in board design Know the various scenarios facing board designers when working with high-performance timing. |
2000-02-01 | The future of mixed-signal design I hear two contradictory things regarding mixed-signal IC design. One set of voices says the systems-on-chip (SoC) of the future will be large mixed-signal systems, and the proportion of these being built will double from about 33 percent currently to 66 percent by 2005. The other set of voices says everything will be big digital chips constructed in ever-deeper submicron CMOS, in that the ASICs of the future will use as many 15 million logic gates, but that the analog and mixed-signal circuitry will be left off-chip. |
2003-04-30 | Temex ceramic material boasts high Q performance The E7000 series of high-frequency ceramic materials from Temex offers twice the performance of the company's previous materials over the 8GHz to 15GHz range. |
2009-10-23 | Techniques for evaluating deterministic jitter This article discusses the effects of power supply noise interference on PLL-based clock generators and describes measurement techniques for evaluating the resulting deterministic jitter. |
2004-07-26 | Technical Crystal SAW resonators operate to 434MHz The new single-port SAW resonators from Technical Crystal operate within the 433.845MHz to 433.995MHz frequency range with a tolerance of 75kHz. |
2006-01-02 | TCXOs tout tight stability MtronPTI offers a family of low voltage, surface-mount TCXOs and VCTCXOs with tight stability and excellent aging characteristics for network and wireless engineers. |
2009-09-29 | TCXOs deliver 0.5ppm frequency stability AVX Corp. has expanded its SMD temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) series to include AEC-Q200 approved versions. |
2004-05-26 | TCE VCOs operate to 70MHz The VCXO-1 series of VCOs from Jiangsu Changheng Group Top Crystal Electronic operates within the 1MHz to 70MHz frequency range. |
2012-03-21 | Taking advantage of MCU sleep modes to boost energy savings Learn about the different MCU modes that allow energy conservation. |
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