Passive Components

CSR Launches 802.11n Series of Devices

CSR announced the launch of its UniFi UF6000 series of Wi-Fi chips, small and low cost 802.11n compatible devices. At less than 16 mm-sq of silicon, the UniFi UF6000 devices are designed as embedded Wi-Fi products making them the lowest cost way of adding 802.11n enabled Wi-Fi to mobile...
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Wavesat Closes $11.7 M Round of Funding

Wavesat Inc. , a supplier of broadband wireless semiconductor solutions, announced the company has secured its latest round of funding, raising $11.7 M CAD. Existing investors led by BDR Capital, BDC Capital and Multiple Capital participated in the round. Proceeds will be used to further strengthen the company’s leadership...
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DOCOMO Moves Step Closer to LTE with LSI Chip

NTT DOCOMO Inc. has successfully developed a trial large-scale-integration (LSI) chip that consumes less than 0.04 W of power yet supports multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) signal detection and decoding for downlink transmissions at 100 Mbps, the speed required for the forthcoming mobile system known as Super 3G, or LTE, approved...
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Around the Circuit

Industry News AWR , a leader in high-frequency design software, expanded its relationship with Rohde & Schwarz , a leading test equipment manufacturer, to provide expanded sales channels for AWR products such as Microwave Office® in China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. The expanded sales distribution partnership will boost AWR’s...
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Career Corner

The Sharp (and Painful) Relation between Market and Economy Trends to One’s Engineering Field of Expertise and Career Choices
A Real-life Story In this month’s column I have chosen to bring up a real-life story received from one of our readers (name withheld). In summary, it tells the story of an RF engineer who strayed to programming fields and has a hard time coming back. The Story Dear...
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IEEE Celebrates 125 Years of Engineering the Future

IEEE , the world's largest technical professional society, is commemorating its 125 th Anniversary this year with a variety of activities surrounding the theme of "Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future." Major anniversary events include the first IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition for college and university students...
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