Courtesy of Custom MMIC Custom MMIC is proud to announce a new technical brief describes additional selection criteria commonly overlooked during the initial evaluation phase of an LNA. Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) MMICs are a critical component in virtually all radar, wireless communication and instrumentation systems. There are a wide range of options and tradeoffs an engineer…
Courtesy of Custom MMIC Custom MMIC is proud to announce a new technical brief discussing the phenomenon of high-power pulse recovery in GaN LNAs. The Gallium Nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) is well known for its use in microwave and millimeter wave power amplifiers due to its high breakdown voltage and ability to handle high…
Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor The blockchain-enabled temperature and acceleration logger from modum.io employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide data integrity for pharmaceutical supply chains using Blockchain technology Oslo, Norway 2017/10/26 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Zurich, Switzerland-based technology start-up, modum.io AG, has selected Nordic’s award-winning nRF52832 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) for its temperature logger. The…
Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Cosinuss’ ‘degree°’ employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52840 advanced multiprotocol SoC to wirelessly sync temperature data to a parent’s smartphone or tablet Oslo, Norway 2017/10/25 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Munich, Germany-based body sensor company, cosinuss°, has selected Nordic’s nRF52840 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) advanced multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC) for its ‘degree°’ in-ear wearable thermometer for…
Courtesy of Taoglas Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) is a mature technology widely used in the Mobile, Automotive, Medical, Industrial and Consumer Electronics markets. It allows higher levels of functional integration and is particularly useful for high-performance antenna integration. Taoglas is now offering LDS Technology to address customer needs for smaller, higher performance products with integrated…
Courtesy of Custom MMIC Custom MMIC has announced three new GaAs MMIC mixers for C-band, X-band, K-band, and Ka-band applications. The CMD251C3 fundamental mixer, CMD252C4 I/Q mixer, and CMD180 fundamental mixer deliver best-in-class isolation and conversion loss performance while offering low input power requirements. These new MMIC mixers help increase dynamic range while reducing LO power and subsequent filtering…
Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Software Development Kit for the nRF51 Series and nRF52 The nRF5 SDK provides a rich and well tested software development environment for the nRF52 Series and nRF51 Series devices. The nRF5 SDK is intended be used as a foundation for any generic Bluetooth® Low Energy, ANT or proprietary 2.4Ghz product development. New in…
Courtesy of www.everythingrf.com RF Mixer by Custom MMIC The CMD251C3 from Custom MMIC is a general purpose double balanced mixer with a RF/LO frequency from 4 to 8.5 GHz. It has a low conversion loss of 7 dB, high LO to RF isolation of 45 dB, and a high input P1dB of 21 dBm across the bandwidth. The…
Courtesy of www.everythingrf.com RF Mixer by Marki Microwave The MMIQ-0520H from Marki Microwave is a high linearity, passive GaAs MMIC IQ mixer with a RF/LO frequency range from 5 to 20 GHz and IF range from DC to 6 GHz. It provides up to 40 dB of image rejection due to the excellent phase and amplitude balance of…
Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Engineers designing nRF51 and nRF52 Series Bluetooth Low Energy SoC applications now gain free access to SEGGER’s commercial Integrated Development Environment Oslo, Norway 2017/10/23 Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA today announces it has signed an agreement with Hilden, Germany-based SEGGER Microcontroller GmbH & Co. KG to license…
