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Silicon Labs announced a new family of secure, ultra-low-power Zigbee® system-on-chip (SoC) devices designed for eco-friendly IoT products deployed in mesh networks. The EFR32MG22 (MG22) family expands Silicon Labs’ Zigbee portfolio by delivering the smallest, lowest power SoCs optimized for Zigbee Green Power applications. Based on Silicon Labs’ Wireless Gecko Series 2 platform, the MG22 SoCs are an ideal choice for Zigbee devices powered by coin cell batteries or energy-harvesting sources. Target applications include smart home sensors, lighting controls, and building and industrial automation.

The R&S CMW platform of Bluetooth® testers already support the new Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) version  5.2 power control test routines. These are the only T&M instruments that measure all specified RF tests up to Bluetooth LE 5.0 via the air interface. This unique solution has already been submitted to the Bluetooth® SIG for the specification of a new Bluetooth LE test mode.

Rohde & Schwarz and Gemalto, a Thales company, are working on significantly reducing expensive and
time-consuming drive tests. IoT protocol stack features have been specified by 3GPP, but IoT devices have
to interact with different network configurations worldwide. This makes it important to ensure that these
features are working well in all sorts of configurations, configured by different network operators.
Thanks to the current cooperation, manufacturers of IoT solutions can use virtual drive tests during the
development phase of CAT M1 and NB IoT modules to find and fix problems at an earlier stage.

MetawaveTM announced the successful demonstration of the industry’s first, award-winning, SPEKTRA™ analog beamsteering radar. SPEKTRA is the most accurate and intelligent automotive radar available today able to clearly detect vehicles beyond 300 meters and pedestrians beyond 200 meters with the highest angular resolution. Metawave has filed for 150+ patents to date and received its first issued patent in 2019. Metawave’s SPEKTRA radar demonstration from CES 2020 can be viewed on the company’s YouTube channel or www.metawave.co.

Presenting its industry-leading solutions under the slogan “Driven by connection”, Rohde & Schwarz will be welcoming visitors at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 24 to 27, 2020 in hall 6, Booth 6B30. The company will exhibit in an enlarged and newly designed show booth, covering not only various aspects of communications and connectivity, but also providing plenty of space for the visitors to connect and interact with the experts.

Würth Elektronik presents its new Themisto-I radio module. It features high output power and can attain ranges of up to 10 km. Proprietary network solutions for IIoT/M2M applications can be implemented in the shortest possible time using the slim module, the WE-ProWare firmware, and the SDK package. With its 915 MHz frequency band, as well as FCC and IC module certification — Themisto-I is ideally suited for the American market.

CES 2020 RF and Microwave Highlights covering test/measurement and semiconductor companies exhibiting this year.

Microwave Journal editors Pat Hindle and Gary Lerude review the Jan Radar & Antennas issue technical articles, CES 2020 products and favorite picks of the show.

Qorvo^® introduced a full suite of products to enable a reliable vehicle-to-everything (V2X) link in the Telematics Control Unit (TCU) and antenna.