Amplifiers are one of the most common circuits frequently used in electronics. There are several types of amplifiers, including: Audio amplifiers: amplify the audio signals like music and speech signals Radio frequency amplifiers: boost weak radio frequency signals of radios and televisions Power amplifiers: amplify the overall power of a weak signal Operational amplifiers: used…
Qualcomm offers the world’s first 5G NR-light modem-RF system
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF System, the world’s first 5G NR-Light modem-RF system. NR-Light, a new class of 5G, fills the gap in between high-speed mobile broadband devices and extremely low-bandwidth NB-IoT devices. NR-Light devices, powered by Snapdragon X35, can be smaller, more cost-efficient, and provide longer battery life than traditional mobile…
Keysight combines 5G and GNSS technology for advanced location services
Keysight Technologies, Inc., a technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that it is first to gain Global Certification Forum (GCF) validation of a 5G location-based services (LBS) Assisted Galileo (A-Galileo) test case by combining 5G new radio (NR) and global navigation…
STMicroelectronics and MACOM announce successful RF GaN-on-Si prototypes
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider, and MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, a supplier of semiconductor products for the telecommunications, industrial, defense, and datacenter industries, have announced the successful production of radio-frequency Gallium-Nitride-on Silicon (RF GaN-on-Si) prototypes. With this achievement, ST and MACOM will continue to work together and enhance our relationship. RF GaN-on-Silicon offers high potential for…
ADI launches first RadioVerse SoC for 5G radio designers
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has announced a breakthrough RadioVerse System-on-Chip (SoC) series, providing radio-unit (RU) developers with an agile and cost-effective platform to create the most energy efficient 5G RUs in the industry. The new SoC series provides advanced RF signal processing with expanded digital functionality and RF capacity that greatly improves 5G RU performance…
Microchip expands its gallium-nitride RF power portfolio
Microchip Technology Inc. recently announced a significant expansion of its gallium-nitride (GaN), radio-frequency (RF). power-device portfolio with new MMICs and discrete transistors that cover frequencies up to 20 gigahertz (GHz). The devices combine high power-added efficiency (PAE) and high linearity to deliver new levels of performance in applications — ranging from 5G to electronic warfare, satellite communications, commercial…
Keysight’s channel emulation solutions used by vivo for 5G device testing
Keysight Technologies, a technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that vivo, a global technology brand, selected the company’s 5G channel emulation solutions to perform complex 5G device testing. Keysight’s PROPSIM F64 Radio Frequency (RF) Channel Emulator, part of the company’s portfolio of channel emulation…