RF & Microwave

For those who wonder if NFC could usefully add function to their products, STMicroelectronics has a neatly-packaged contactless near-field communication development kit with eight snap-out boards to offer a “large set of ready-to-use antenna configurations”, it said. Built around the company’s 4 x 4mm ST25R200 NFC reader/writer IC, the boards within the kit, called STEVAL-25R200SA, plug together to create an ...

RANsemi, the Bristol 5G O-RAN specialist, has brought out an O-RAN Starter Kit designed to enable out-of-the-box testing and accelerate the development of 5G RANs. The end-to-end platform simplifies testing, fosters innovation, and shortens time-to-market for 5G RAN products. The starter kit combines all the elements for an end-to-end 5G network from Core to UE, simplifying the task of developing ...

Rohde & Schwarz is claiming to have invented a new test set-up for verifying power amplifier performance when connected to an antenna, which typically shows a dispersive impedance, by swapping the vector network analyser for an oscilloscope. It is based on the company’s RTP084 scope, equipped with the wide-band modulated load-pull option (RTP-K98) and paired with its SMW200A vector signal ...

Cavli Wireless of San Jose has launched a cellular IoT module compliant with 3GPP Release 17, measuring 45 x 52 mm which supports download speeds of up to 3.7 Gbps and upload speeds of 2.5 Gbps, The 5G-NR Sub-6 CQM205 Cellular IoT Module uses a Qualcomm SDX75 baseband chipset containing a Quad Core Arm Cortex A55 processor and Qualcomm Hexagon ...

Rohm is sampling 320GHz resonant tunneling transmit and receive diodes in 4 x 4.3mm PLCC packaging, borrowed from LED production. “Terahertz waves are anticipated to be applied to non-destructive testing, imaging and sensing in the medical and healthcare sectors, as well as potentially fast communication technologies,” according to the company. The die within measure 500 x 500μm and are capable ...

The ESA and Telesat are claiming a world-first for a direct 5G connection to a non-geostationary space craft. Specifically, connecting from the ground to a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite using 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technology in the Ka-band frequency range. They say it marks another important step “towards making space-based connections as simple as using a mobile phone”. Previously, ...

Texas Instruments has announced an in-cabin radar IC for vehicles that includes both RF front-end, signal processing and application processing. Revealed at CES today, AWRL6844 is a 60GHz radar made on a 40nm RF CMOS process and packaged in a 9.1 x 9.1mm BGA. Running AI algorithms locally, it is intended to provide occupancy monitoring for seat belt reminder, child ...

Ceva has added Bluetooth High Data Throughput (HDT) to IEEE 802.15.4 for Zigbee, Thread and Matter in radio intellectual property aimed at TSMC’s FFC+ 12nm finfet semiconductor process. “Ceva-Waves Links200 [is] the first turn-key multi-protocol platform IP to support next generation Bluetooth HDT,” claimed Ceva. “High Data Throughput mode more than doubles the speed of traditional Bluetooth, delivering up to ...

The Qorvo QPF4239 is an integrated front end module (FEM) designed for Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) systems. The compact form factor and integrated matching minimises layout area in the application. Performance is focused on optimising the PA for a 3.3V supply voltage that conserves power consumption while maintaining the highest linear output power and leading-edge throughput. Integrated die level filtering for ...

Vehicle-to-Everything may be the technology answer to the continuous automotive trend to access digital services and third party and OEM applications, says Holger Rosier. Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) devices serve as an interface to the digital world and offer the capability to provide software and firmware updates over the air, to offer real-time traffic information to the driver, to serve infotainment and ...