SiTime Corporation announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Aura Semiconductor to acquire its clock products and license all of its clock IP. This is an all-cash transaction, comprised of fixed payments totaling $148 million, and earnouts capped at $120 million. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2023. SiTime will…
6G Symposium: The discussions continue
The 6G Symposium took place on October 18 and 19, 2023, in Washington, DC. This year, the talk was more about use cases, with less talk about sustainability than in the past. One week before the symposium, I heard two contrasting views on 5G given at a virtual conference. In the morning, Chris Pearson of…
IoT antennas connect wireless devices to 4G and 5G networks
Quectel has unveiled six new antennas designed to provide robust connectivity performance for IoT devices. The new antennas cover a wide range of use cases from 5G to non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) bringing new capabilities to customers. The Quectel YC0001CA is a 4G surface-mount design (SMD) antenna optimized for LTE, LTE-M, and Narrow Band-IoT (NB-IoT) networks.…
Up/down converter development board expats equipment to cover mmWave
TMYTEK announces the launch of their newest range of products, Development UD Board that are designed to elevate your experience and meet your diverse needs. The Development UD Board expands the frequency range of your testing instruments to an impressive 24-30 GHz, all at an affordable price. Key features include: Frequency: 23-30 GHz; Multi-band RF…
How does 4D-PAM5 work in Gigabit Ethernet?
Networks using 10 GbE rely on more sophisticated modulation and coding techniques than networks needed at lower data rates. 4D-PAM5 (four-dimensional five-level pulse amplitude modulation) are the encoding and modulation techniques used in Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). 4D-PAM5 replaced the multilevel transmit MLT-3 encoding and modulation used for 100BASE-TX. IEEE 1000BASE-T (GbE) uses a combination of…
IoT antennas connect devices to Wi-Fi, cellular, and GPS signals.
Fairview Microwave presents the IoT multiband combination antennas, setting a new industry standard for vehicle, fleet, and base station connectivity. Designed to serve the crux of reliable mobile networks, these antennas have elements that cover 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi, and GPS bands, all unified under a single radome. This advancement is particularly crucial for critical service…
GNSS antenna supports meter-level positioning
u-blox has introduced the u-blox ANN-MB5, an active L1/L5 multi-band GNSS antenna joining the latest generation of u-blox’s multi-frequency, multi-constellation meter-level precision GNSS solutions. Optimized for the recently announced u-blox NEO-F10N GNSS module, ANN-MB5 is well-suited for aftermarket telematics, automation and monitoring, and other wide-range of industrial applications requiring meter-level position accuracy in demanding environments. The multi-band…
What’s the difference between an Ethernet extender and a media converter?
Extend the reach of Ethernet by converting the signals to different electrical or optical signals. Ethernet extenders and media converters can both be used to expand network coverage. Extenders operate over unshielded twisted pair (UTP) or coaxial cabling, while media converters change the signals from electrical to optical and back. Extenders and media converters can…
Internal antenna transmits and receives UWB signals
The NanoUWB planar monopole antenna from Laird Connectivity adds UWB to consumer and IoT devices that need precise location data.
Modelithics adds 100 component models for Cadence AWR RF circuit simulation software
Modelithics announced the release of the latest version, v23.4, of the Modelithics COMPLETE Library for the Cadence AWR Design Environment platform. With this release, the Modelithics COMPLETE Library now represents more than 27,000 components from over 70 vendors. The release includes compatibility with version 17.3 of the Cadence AWR Design Environment platform. Version 23.4 adds nearly…