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After 25 years of stellar growth, the cell phone (also known as mobile phone) industry faces huge challenges this year from a poor economy and a lack of new features, reports In-Stat. The bleak cell phone industry outlook is unprecedented, with dramatic ramifications for device manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers and...

Shipments of Wi-Fi-enabled cellular handsets will double in volume by the end of 2010, compared to January 2008, and that growth curve is expected to continue through 2013. This data, contained in a new ABI Research study, shows how driven by increasing consumer awareness and demand, new operator business...

Industry News AWR , a leader in high frequency electronic design automation (EDA), announced it has acquired Simulation Technology and Applied Research Inc. (STAAR), Mequon, WI, a developer of 3D parallelized FEM tools for EM simulation of components and subsystems operating at RF and microwave frequencies. STAAR is now...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) applications are expanding rapidly. The promise of accurate and cost-effective asset tracking, secure point-of-sale transactions and supply chain management all contribute to this growth along with US Department of Defense mandates. The adoption of RFID technology is also leading to an increase in available RFID...

Advancements in Vector Network Analysis (VNA) hardware and software algorithms have enabled a new class of instrumentation for analysis of active components. The Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer (NVNA) performs a variety of measurements for a number of different application areas. These measurement applications are of importance for those designing...

Auto-ID technology is implemented in several different ways, including barcodes, lasers, voice recognition and biometrics. These techniques suffer from limitations such as the need for line-of-sight (LOS) with the interrogator (lasers and barcodes), low data storage capacities (barcodes) and the need for human intervention (voice recognition and biometrics). Radio...

The Weinschel Associates DA series of digital attenuators represents the latest in programmable attenuator technology. The DA attenuator architecture combines the rugged design and superior performance expected of Weinschel Associates products with modern technology to achieve the ease of integration and price performance expected in a plug-and-play marketplace. The...

Accurate and efficient probing techniques play a vital role in the production process in order to guarantee the functionality for the customer. This is particularly true for today’s high speed, high data rate and wireless-everywhere generation where it is crucial to provide the industry with high performance testing solutions....

Test Solutions Aeroflex.com has been completely redesigned to be more user-friendly and easily accessible. The new site utilizes several convenient new features including a streamlined corporate home page and Aeroflex Test Solutions page, a product locator feature that makes finding products a snap and an integrated Google™ search engine....

New Waves: Test and Measurement LTE Receiver Measurements Agilent announces LTE Receiver Measurements as a software upgrade to its proven drive test platform, protecting customers’ previous investments in receiver hardware and offering multiple tests that accelerate deployment of LTE networks. Network equipment manufacturers and wireless service providers can use...