
‘Umts’
An Electronicstalk guide
Start with the news release Gain blocks for cellular bands GSM, CDMA and UMTS from Avago Technologies, which we summarised at the time by saying "Avago Technologies has expanded its high-performance power amplifier range with the MGA-31589 and MGA-31689 0.5-watt gain blocks, suitable for cellular infrastructure applications.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Data modems dedicated to telematics and telemetry from U-blox: "The LISA-H and LISA-U UMTS/HSDPA data modems from U-blox are dedicated to telematics and telemetry applications that typically require only data and not the full 3G bandwidth. ".
In October 2010, we covered the news from U-blox - take a look at U-blox launches ultra-fast wireless modems which says: "U-blox has introduced a range of small, ultra-fast wireless modems for high-bandwidth applications such as mobile computing, car infotainment, telematics systems and handheld terminals.".
Take a look also at the news release from Avago Technologies, Avago develops LNAs for BTS RF front-end design, as well as Power amplifier modules maximise handset talk time from Avago Technologies, and Panorama releases in-building antennas from Panorama Antennas .
Latest stories...
Modem reference design available for licence (February 2010)
U-blox's N731 is a GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA modem reference design that is available for licence to OEM customers for high-volume applications.
Anritsu to exhibit tools for LTE networks (January 2010)
Anritsu will showcase a variety of tools for LTE networks at Mobile World Congress on 15-18 February in Barcelona, Spain.
Upconverting mixer supports LTE wireless broadband (January 2010)
The LT5578 active upconverting mixer delivers high-dynamic-range performance from 400MHz to 2.7GHz, supporting all of the allocated LTE (Long-Term Evolution) wireless-broadband services.
FXP-14 antenna is ground-plane independent (January 2010)
Alpha Micro Components is offering the Taoglas FXP.14 antenna, a flexible circuit GSM/cellular antenna that is ground-plane independent and measures 70 x 20mm.
Nine-band antenna targets LTE mobile devices (December 2009)
Antenova has announced its nine-band SMD antenna targeting global Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile-device applications.
Kontron PC has application in heavy-duty vehicles (November 2009)
Kontron has unveiled its in-vehicle PC based on the Intel Atom Z530 processor and Intel System Controller Hub US15W.
Insys introduces 2G/3G mobile radio routers (November 2009)
Insys Microelectronics has introduced the MLR 2G/3G series of mobile radio routers for large-scale project applications.
Aeroflex analysers have 30MHz digital demodulator (October 2009)
Aeroflex has announced the 3280A Series spectrum analysers with 30MHz digital demodulator and generic vector demodulation as standard features.
Further reading
- Gain blocks for cellular bands GSM, CDMA and UMTS
Avago Technologies has expanded its high-performance power amplifier range with the MGA-31589 and MGA-31689 0.5-watt gain blocks, suitable for cellular infrastructure applications. - Avago designs duplexer for UMTS Band 2 handsets
Avago Technologies has announced a miniature PCS duplexer that has been specifically designed for use in UMTS Band 2 handsets.

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