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Communication Design

As analogue tv switches off, innovative applications are ... 08/05/2012

As the last elements of the UK's analogue television network are switched off, attention is turning to what industry might be able to do with the ...

Integrated device addresses HART communications 23/04/2012

The humble 4 to 20mA current loop has been a faithful servant of process control systems for decades, largely down to its reliability and simplicity.

Creating frequency scalable nonlinear transmission line ... 10/04/2012

High frequency vector network analysers (VNAs) make use of harmonic samplers, or mixers, to down convert measurement signals to intermediate ...

Helping mobile operators to help their customers 27/03/2012

According to mobile telecom consultancy Unwired Insight, March 2012 saw data services overtake voice as the main source of revenue for the UK's ...

LED links tolerate lower currents 13/03/2012

Despite the emergence of alternative isolation approaches, high speed optocouplers remain a popular technology. According to IMS Research, sales of ...

As the server market changes, can ARM challenge the ... 28/02/2012

A confluence of events is enabling the ARM microprocessor core to gain a foothold in the server market; until now, the preserve of AMD and Intel.

Maximising range and battery life in cost sensitive ... 14/02/2012

Given the high profile of 2.4GHz wireless standards such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, many manufacturers assume this is the de facto transceiver ...

Company takes the assp route to support 100Gbit Ethernet ... 24/01/2012

Merchant chips that address 100Gbit Ethernet and optical transport are finally coming to market. Cortina Systems claims its CS605x family of ...

Connector system removes the need for a midplane in high ... 10/01/2012

High performance computing systems by necessity pack as many boards in an enclosure as possible. But the fact they are high performance means they ...

Identifying new applications for rfid devices 13/12/2011

The market for rf identification (rfid) devices is exploding. Active and passive tags are appearing in our cars, clothes, food packaging and luxury ...

Altera embeds ARM processors to create ‘distinct class of ... 08/11/2011

Towards the end of 2010, Altera announced what it called its Embedded Initiative, the aim of which was to speed the take up of programmable logic ...

Circular connectors continue to evolve to meet modern day ... 08/11/2011

Circular connectors have been the device of choice for many years when it comes to rugged applications. In fact, the technology dates back to before ...

Is there a trend to smaller connectors carrying more power ... 08/11/2011

Following the trend at the component level, many systems are getting smaller. While they might be getting smaller, they're integrating more ...

FPGA industry rises to the challenge of 28Gbit/s ... 11/10/2011

At last month's European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication, Altera demonstrated an fpga implementing a 100Gbit/s link using four ...

Faster clock speed or more parallelisation? That is the ... 04/10/2011

Baseband processors for mobile devices typically run at as slow a clock speed as possible in order to minimise power consumption, generally in the ...

Outlook 2012: Semiconductor IP 01/10/2011

For semiconductor companies, an IP infrastructure is a strategic investment and a successful IP strategy depends on having strong partnerships with ...

Concurrency checkers can improve multicore process ... 27/09/2011

To take advantage of performance improvements provided by multicore processors, it is essential to have a good command of concurrency. Yet most ...

Optoelectronics sustaining innovation in the telecoms market 27/09/2011

Even if you have nothing to do with the telecoms industry, it is hard not to see just how rapidly and dramatically things are changing. Just a few ...

Cutting cables: Demand for wireless links is on the increase 13/09/2011

Cables are, in almost every application, yesterday's technology; if it isn't wireless, it's almost not worth considering. If you've decided that ...

Issues and solutions for variation aware custom IC design 30/08/2011

In today's highly competitive semiconductor industry, profitability hinges largely on advantageous design performance, high yield and rapid time to ...

60GHz band emerges as a complement to wifi 09/08/2011

The emergence of smartphones and tablet computers alongside digital cameras, tvs and laptops means most interactions will soon be between devices, ...

Increasing operating frequencies provide new opportunities ... 26/07/2011

People like wireless data communications: if you walk into a typical high street coffee house, you're likely to see customers updating their Facebook ...

Network processor set to support 200Gbit/s throughput 12/07/2011

EZchip has disclosed the first 200Gbit/s data plane network processor for the transport switches and edge routers used in telecom service providers' ...

The best route to avoiding counterfeit electronics 11/07/2011

It's been discussed and analysed for years, yet there does not seem to be an end in sight for the trade in counterfeit electronics.

Connectors meet the needs of high speed communications ... 29/06/2011

Communications applications are seeing datarates creeping ever higher. In the telecomms world, major routes are beginning to see data rates of ...
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