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First Location System-on-Chip for ZigBee: The CC2431 from Texas Instruments is the first SoC with a hardware location engine targeting low-power ZigBee(R) wireless sensor networking applications, such as asset tracking, patient monitoring, inventory control, security and commissioning networks. It features a powerful RSSI-based location engine, which reduces network traffic compared to centralized location systems, and is supported by TI's Z-Stack_ protocol stack. For development kits, samples and datasheets, visit www.ti.com/cc2431.


Table Of Contents
Chipset drives mobile broadcast over WiMAX
Integrating GPS, Bluetooth and FM on a single chip
CTIA unwraps 700 MHZ multi-carrier power amplifier platform
Intel, Maxim ink integrated power management deal for MIDs
Simulation software supplier acquires EDA giant Ansoft
Digital video demodulator chips support DVB-T, DVB-C and fixed DVB-H
EMI reduction chip achieves USB compliance
LDMOS RF power transistors target 2.5 to 2.7 GHz WiMAX
Ultra-thin ceramic trimmer capacitors are RoHS-compliant
Miniature GPS-grade TCXOs exhibit very tight frequency stability
Events


News

Chipset drives mobile broadcast over WiMAX
By Ashok Bindra, Editor
 NextWave Wireless Inc. displayed a second-generation mobile WiMAX chipset, the NW2000.

Integrating GPS, Bluetooth and FM on a single chip
Texas Instruments Inc. is readying a monolithic solution that combines assisted GPS (A-GPS), ultralow power Bluetooth 2.1, as well as FM receive/transmit capabilities on a single chip.

CTIA unwraps 700 MHZ multi-carrier power amplifier platform
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. is displaying a prototype of its new 700 MHz multi-carrier power amplifier (MCPA) platform that supports mixed-mode operation compatible with CDMA/W-CDMA and OFDM/OFDMA/LTE.

Intel, Maxim ink integrated power management deal for MIDs
Intel Corp. and Maxim Integrated Products have entered into a collaboration to develop highly integrated power-management and multimedia solutions for Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs).

Simulation software supplier acquires EDA giant Ansoft
ANSYS, Inc. has signed a definitive to acquire EDA software giant Ansoft Corporation for approximately $832 million in a mix of cash and ANSYS common stock.


Products

Digital video demodulator chips support DVB-T, DVB-C and fixed DVB-H
Silicon Laboratories Inc. has released Si2161 and Si2165 digital video demodulators that DVB-T, DVB-C and fixed reception DVB-H in a single chip.

EMI reduction chip achieves USB compliance
EMI specialist PulseCore Semiconductor's USB 2.0 Peak EMI Reduction IC has tapped spread-spectrum technology to achieve USB compliance.

LDMOS RF power transistors target 2.5 to 2.7 GHz WiMAX
Infineon Technologies has released two new LDMOS RF power transistors targeting wireless infrastructure applications, such as WiMAX, in the 2.5 GHz-to-2.7 GHz frequency band.

Ultra-thin ceramic trimmer capacitors are RoHS-compliant
Sprague-Goodman Electronics, Inc. has added a new line of ceramic trimmer capacitors designed for telecom and microwave applications requiring miniature components.

Miniature GPS-grade TCXOs exhibit very tight frequency stability
NDK (Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.) has released SMD temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) series NT2520SA that measures 2.5 x 2.0 mm with a height of only 0.8 mm max.


Calendar

Events
Embedded Systems Conference
April 15-17
McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, Calif.
www.cmp-egevents.com

Next-Generation Networks and Basestations
 April 22-25
Bath, UK
www.avrenevents.com/bath2008

NIST-ATIS Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunication Systems (WSTS '08)
May 13-15
The Omni Interlocken Resort
Broomfield, Colorado
www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/080513.htm

2008 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium
June 15-20, 2008
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA
www.ims2008.org


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