RF

Texas Instruments Incorporated announced that TI has joined the newly formed RF4CE (Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics) Consortium. This consortium is designed to create a new protocol that will enable development of radio frequency remote controls which replace IR remote controls, deliver richer communications, increase reliability and improve flexibility. As a key contributor to this technology, TI will provide both hardware and software solutions for the new RF4CE protocol.

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Infineon Technologies announced a new family of RF power transistors specifically targeted at wireless infrastructure applications in the 700 MHz frequency band. This band will be used in the U.S. to introduce 4G (fourth-generation) cellular, mobile TV broadcast and other mobile broadband-based services, including LTE (Long Term Evolution), the next-generation wireless network standard. Extending Infineon's broad portfolio of RF power transistors, the new family includes a 55 W driver and two output stage transistors (170 W and 240 W), offering the industry's highest peak power in the 700 MHz band.

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Infineon Technologies announced a new family of RF power transistors in an innovative open-cavity plastic package with a copper base. The new EPOC (Enhanced Plastic Open-Cavity) pack-age offers a 12 percent improvement in thermal resistance – compared to existing solutions – due to the better thermal conductivity of copper, allowing superior thermal and RF performance that are similar to traditional ceramic packages, but at a lower total cost and with improved reliability. With its EPOC package, thin-die and proprietary die-attach technologies, Infineon achieves the best thermal performance with high reliability and consistency for a high-volume cellular infrastructure market.

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Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a world leader in semiconductors for signal processing applications, introduced RF (radio frequency) detector products for RF and analog engineers who need to improve power detection performance while simplifying the design of cellular handsets, wireless infrastructure equipment and communications instrumentation.

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Analog Devices, Inc., a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, announced the availability of the ADF9010, a fully integrated RF Tx modulator and Rx analog baseband for applications that operate in the 900 MHz frequency range, including RFID readers, industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band radio communications devices, professional mobile radios, cellular base stations and RF-over-coax applications.

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Microchip Technology Inc. announced the MiWi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Wireless Protocol Stack, which is based upon the IEEE 802.15.4 specification. Available as a free download from Microchip's new online Wireless Design Center at www.microchip.com/wireless, the small-footprint, proprietary stack complements the new MRF24J40MA 2.4 GHz FCC-certified transceiver module and is targeted for low-cost, low-power applications, such as sensors, remote control, lighting and metering.

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Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced the MRF24J40MA FCC-certified Radio-Frequency (RF) transceiver module. The new module services the 2.4 GHz unlicensed Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) short-range wireless frequency band for the IEEE 802.15.4 specification, for ZigBee or proprietary wireless-protocol systems. It includes discrete biasing components and an integrated PCB antenna to be used in sensor and control network environments. The module is fully regulatory-agency certified for the US (FCC), Canada (IC) and Europe (ETSI), and is expected to save designers time and money by eliminating the need to receive FCC certification for their wireless products.

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AVX Corporation has expanded its AntennaGuard Series of low capacitance multilayer varistors (MLVs) to include a sub 1pf version. Designed to provide a one chip solution for protecting high speed digital interfaces, RF antenna and RF amplifier circuits against ESD events, the application specific, bi-directional transient voltage suppressor provides minimal signal distortion and low insertion loss

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Atmel Corporation announced the availability of the AT86RF212 800/900 MHz IEEE 802.15.4™ RF transceiver for low power wireless applications, including ZigBee. The AT86RF212 offers an industry best RF performance with a link budget of up to120 dB in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz ISM bands available in Europe and North America, respectively. The link budget is the result of the -110 dBm sensitivity offered by the device and the maximum output power of +10 dBm.

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Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX2170E/W RF tuner for triple-band, dual-mode mobile TV and digital radio in a fully RF-tested die. Building on the success of the TQFN-packaged MAX2170ETL, the MAX2170E/W supports implementation of system-in-package (SIP) solutions for terrestrial digital multimedia broadcast (T-DMB) and ultra-small, digital audio broadcast (DAB) modules. By using RF-tested dice, this tuner provides significant cost reduction through higher module yield, making it ideal for fixed or mobile DAB and T-DMB applications.

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