RF & Microwave

Nordic’s Thingy:53 is a development board that supports Bluetooth LE, Thread, Matter, Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4, NFC and Bluetooth Mesh RF protocols, and is capable of running embedded machine learning models. It is based on the company’s nRF5340 IC which has a 128 MHz dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 SoC for network and application processing, backed by 1Mbyte of flash and a 512kbyte ram. ...

Connection to Amazon Web Services is the job of u-blox’ SARA-R510AWS module, intended to provide a cloud link for asset tracking, smart farming, sensor monitoring and medical equipment. A variant of the globally certified SARA-R5 LTE-M cellular module, it “offers product developers a straightforward path to secure and scalable AWS cloud services”, said u-blox. “Thanks to a stripped-down command interface, the module can ...

Fujitsu and NEC are to conduct  trials with NTT and NTT DoCoMo towards the realisation of practical applications for 6G. In the joint trials, the partners will utilise radio waves in the high frequency range (sub-terahertz waves) of 100 GHz and 300 GHz, which represent promising candidates for use in 6G to realize a high-speed communication technology with radio wave ...

Infineon has created a 60GHz radar for in-vehicle occupancy detection – scanning the cabin for people and pets. “In-cabin monitoring systems detect micro-movements as well as vital signs of left-behind infants and animals and sound the alarm,” according to the company. “The radar sensor enables additional functions such as seat belt reminder and applications such as gesture sensing.” BGT60ATR24C, as ...

Murata has teamed up with NXP to develop a Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 module. Called Type 1XL, it is built around NXP’s 88W9098 chip set and supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2×2 MU-MIMO (multi-user, multiple-input, multiple-output) and single antenna Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy, BR and EDR. “The Wi-Fi section supports connectivity up to 1.4x faster than conventional Wi-Fi compatible devices, offering data ...

CommAgility has introduced a four-channel 5G small cell gNodeB platform for industrial private networks, cloud applications and video streaming. SC-RF4-5Gn78 is a standalone small cell for indoor use complete with baseband and RF hardware based on NXP’s Layerscape and Layerscape Access SoCs that combine 16 Arm Cortex-A72 cores with NXP’s VSPA DSP cores, security and wireless accelerators. Each channel offers up ...

BT today announced a pioneering trial of a new hyper-sensitive quantum antenna technology using excited atomic states that could boost the capability of next generation 5G and IoT networks. Atomic Radio Frequency (RF) receiver technology represents a revolutionary new way of detecting radio waves that could find much weaker signals than conventional receivers. The receiver works by using a quantum ...

U-blox has announced a radio module supporting Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth low energy 5.2 and IEEE 802.15.4 (Thread and Zigbee) that occupies only 10.4 x 14.3 x 1.9mm. “Wi-Fi 6, also referred to as 802.11ax, offers better network efficiency – especially in congested areas, lower latency and improved range over previous Wi-Fi standards,” said U-blox. “Thread paves the way for low-power IP-based mesh ...

ADL5580 is a SiGe dc to 10.0GHz differential-in differential-out gain block from Analog Devices, which has a digital bus for signal path tweaking. “The amplifier offers a referred-to-input noise spectral density of 2.24nV/√Hz at 1GHz and is optimised for distortion performance over a wide frequency range, making the device ideal for driving high speed 12bit to 16bit ADCs,” according to ...

Antenova is aiming a pet trackers, wearables and OBD-II designs with a surface-mount 4G antenna that can work on PCBs as small as 40 x 50mm. Called Pharaoh (part number SR4L073), it covers all 4G frequencies: 698-824MHz, 824-960MHz, 1,710-2,170MHz, 2.3-2.4GHz and 2.5-2.69GHz. Efficiency in the bands is ~20%, 35%, 70%, 60% and 60% respectively. “The performance of an antenna is directly related to ...