Wireless & Communications

Link Microtek will be using this year’s European Microwave event to highlight a new broadband dual-channel coaxial rotary joint that employs special contacting technology to give it long life in commercial and military satellite communications applications.

u-blox, the Swiss-based provider of wireless and GPS/GNSS semiconductor components, has announced the opening of an LTE RF (Radio Frequency) design centre in Cork, Ireland. It is the company’s fourth R&D centre focusing on chip design for embedded 4G wireless communications.

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has begun mass producing what it claims in the world"s fastest embedded memory - the eMMC 5.0 devices - in 16 gigabyte (GB), 32GB and 64GB densities for next-generation smartphones and tablets.

Micrel has launched the SY88053CL and SY88063CL, limiting post amplifiers that are suitable for FTTH XGPON and 10GEPON OLT (Optical Line Terminal) applications supporting the build out of next generation PON networks. This product family is also suitable for use in fiber optic transceiver modules for multi-rate applications up to 12.5Gbps supporting Ethernet, Fibre Channel, OTN, and CPRI/OBSAI data rates.

STMicroelectronics has revealed that its NFC / RFID-enabled memory device has been integrated into the Classe Cube refrigerator from Dongbu Daewoo Electronics. The recently launched Classe Cube is able to offer a variety of innovative services to consumers and is being marketed as “Korea’s first NFC fridge.”

Link Microtek, a manufacturer and supplier of microwave and RF components, has launched a family of high-performance filter products for protecting Freeview TV channels from interference when 4G mobile phone networks are rolled out across the UK.

Samsung Electronics has announced that its secure contactless smart card chip has been selected by the VDV-Kernapplikations GmbH & Co. KG (“VDV-KA”), the Association of German Transport Undertakings, to power eTicket Deutschland cards starting from mid 2013. eTicket Deutschland is VDV-KA’s electronic fare management standard in Germany and over eight million transportation cards are expected to be issued throughout Germany from 2013 to 2016.

Wolfson Microelectronics has announced that the company’s WM5102 High Definition (HD) Audio Hub has been adopted by Sharp for its new range of AQUOS smartphone and tablet devices. The WM5102 provides for exceptional audio quality in the AQUOS PHONE ZETA SH-06E and AQUOS PHONE si SH-07E, as well as the upcoming AQUOS PAD SH-08E tablet, all from NTT Docomo.

B&B Electronics, a developer of rugged wireless and wired M2M connectivity solutions for harsh environments, has expanded its family of industrial-grade USB port protectors with the small-form-factor, affordable USBSSP2 “USB Sentinel” USB 3.0 surge suppressor.

Link Microtek, a UK based manufacturer of infra-red, RF and microwave systems, has won a 4-year contract from the UK MoD for the provision of spares, repairs and other support services for the company’s Azdec mobile infra-red communications system. Installed on board various ships within the Royal Navy fleet, the Azdec system provides secure, wire-free, short-range voice communications, giving personnel the freedom to roam unhindered from their base positions.