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Wi-Fi 7 Solutions Gear Up for Next-gen System Designs

Wi-Fi 7 Solutions Gear Up for Next-gen System Designs

With Wi-Fi 7 on the horizon, silicon vendors have already started introducing solutions supporting the new Wi-Fi specifications.


News Sep 10, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Nordic Semiconductor Rolls Out Its First Wi-Fi IC

Nordic Semiconductor Rolls Out Its First Wi-Fi IC

Complementing its existing wireless IoT offerings, Nordic Semiconductor has unveiled a dual-band Wi-Fi 6 companion chip.


News Aug 22, 2022 by Jake Hertz
GaN Transistors Race Beyond Performance Limits as New Products Roll

GaN Transistors Race Beyond Performance Limits as New Products Roll

As gallium nitride (GaN) technology gathers steam, new GaN transistor products are emerging to satisfy today’s engineering needs.


News Aug 09, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Messages From Underwater: Researchers Reveal Two Water-Air Communication Methods

Messages From Underwater: Researchers Reveal Two Water-Air Communication Methods

Back in 2018, MIT broke the water-air wireless communication barrier. Now, a team at KIT has transmitted messages in a novel way from the Titanic.


News Aug 08, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
Harvard Researchers Control and Modulate Acoustic Waves on Chip

Harvard Researchers Control and Modulate Acoustic Waves on Chip

In a recent publication, researchers at Harvard demonstrated how they tuned and controlled sound waves on an integrated circuit for the first time.


News Jul 14, 2022 by Ingrid Fadelli
Qualcomm and Partners Send 5G Out of This World

Qualcomm and Partners Send 5G Out of This World

Hoping to further the spread of 5G networks, a collaboration between Qualcomm, Ericsson, and Thales investigates 5G non-terrestrial networks (5G NTN).


News Jul 13, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Semtech Cloud Service Simplifies LoRa IoT Asset Tracking

Semtech Cloud Service Simplifies LoRa IoT Asset Tracking

By moving location calculation to the cloud, Semtech’s new service allows for lower-power LoRa devices to be embedded in tracked Internet of Things (IoT) assets.


News Jun 22, 2022 by Jeff Child
Unpacking 6G Security Challenges—The Metasurface-in-the-Middle Attack

Unpacking 6G Security Challenges—The Metasurface-in-the-Middle Attack

Since 6G technology is still in its early days, there's a lot to be learned. Increasing the world's 6G knowledge, Rice University discovered an attack that creates a vulnerability in 6G frequency bands.


News Jun 03, 2022 by Jake Hertz
“Quantum Radio” Trials Help Push for More Sensitive RF Hardware

“Quantum Radio” Trials Help Push for More Sensitive RF Hardware

Researcher's from the British Telecommunications (BT) Group are leveraging a new technique in RF radio-receiving that could lead to exponentially more sensitive RF hardware.


News May 19, 2022 by Jake Hertz
GaN-on-Silicon for RF Applications? ST and MACOM Claim Success

GaN-on-Silicon for RF Applications? ST and MACOM Claim Success

STMicroelectronics and MACOM announced the successful production of RF GaN-on-Silicon technology, hoping to solve GaN production challenges for RF components.


News May 16, 2022 by Jake Hertz
AMD SoC Fuels Open RAN Designs for Meta’s Evenstar Effort

AMD SoC Fuels Open RAN Designs for Meta’s Evenstar Effort

By leveraging AMD’s RFSoC device, radio units for Meta’s Evenstar program are well-positioned to speed the adoption of Open RAN infrastructure.


News May 11, 2022 by Jeff Child
Qualcomm Helps Push Wi-Fi 7 From Theory to Hardware

Qualcomm Helps Push Wi-Fi 7 From Theory to Hardware

As wireless communication technology keeps propelling forward, Qualcomm’s newest release is representing a shift toward Wi-Fi 7.


News May 06, 2022 by Jake Hertz
New Audio Devices Target Next-gen Audio System Designs

New Audio Devices Target Next-gen Audio System Designs

Three semiconductor companies have recently announced devices aimed at next-gen audio. These ICs aim to enable engineers to improve the quality and capabilities of their audio system designs.


News May 03, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Lighting Systems Get an IoT Facelift With Bluetooth Mesh

Lighting Systems Get an IoT Facelift With Bluetooth Mesh

Compared to other mesh networking protocols, Bluetooth mesh has the adoption rate and the specs to expand the infrastructure of smart lighting.


News May 02, 2022 by Dr. Steve Arar
RF Switch Ups Power Density and Integration for 5G Networks

RF Switch Ups Power Density and Integration for 5G Networks

The new RF switch device from Menlo Micro offers 25 W power handling and an integrated charge pump driver circuit.


News Apr 12, 2022 by Jeff Child
Team Up Shoots for Global Direct-to-satellite LoRaWAN IoT Connectivity

Team Up Shoots for Global Direct-to-satellite LoRaWAN IoT Connectivity

Omnispace and Lacuna collaborate to reinvent space-based Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity to seamlessly connect the unconnected remote regions around the globe.


News Mar 21, 2022 by Darshil Patel
How Did the 5G C-Band Threaten to Ground Thousands of Flights?

How Did the 5G C-Band Threaten to Ground Thousands of Flights?

AT&T and Verizon agreed to delay a mass 5G launch near airports. But major airlines are still concerned about how the 5G C-band may affect their aircraft altimeters.


News Jan 19, 2022 by Jake Hertz
5G Backhaul May Move Data From Base Stations to a Core Network

5G Backhaul May Move Data From Base Stations to a Core Network

The future of 5G NR means moving into mmWave frequencies. What opportunities and challenges await operators in designing backhaul network services?


News Dec 13, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow Makes Its Debut—and Graduates Its First Reference Design

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow Makes Its Debut—and Graduates Its First Reference Design

Wi-Fi HaLow is described as having the best combination of range, throughput, density, low-power operation, and deployment costs. Now, the certification program will bring this latest IEEE standard to market.


News Nov 05, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Could Laser-based Wireless Power Transmission Be Taking Center Stage?

Could Laser-based Wireless Power Transmission Be Taking Center Stage?

Though wireless power transfer research continues to gain momentum, laser-based wireless power is garnering great interest from both Ericsson, JAXA, and DARPA.


News Oct 28, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons