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High-performance standard and custom-designed signal sources. Surface-mount and modular Phase-Locked Oscillators (PLO) and Frequency Synthesizers (PLL). Products include Fixed-frequency and serially-programmable VCO, CRO and YIG-based phase-locked product designs. (4 MHz to over 18 GHz).

Modular RF Components - EM Research

The ESP-100 and ESP-200 from EM Research were designed as local oscillators in high level mixers designed to test picocell and femtocell base stations. The ESP-100 and ESP-200 operate fixed at 100 MHz and 200 MHz, respectively, and feature extremely low phase noise, (<-130 dBc/Hz @ 100 KHz, typical).

ESP Series: Phase-Locked DRO Replacement used in Femtocell Test Equipment

Resources for Radio, Radar, RF, Microwave, & Wireless Engineering. Collection of links to various application notes for different RF Vendors. Links to RF equations, technical data sheets, math notes and much more.

RF Cafe - Microwave & Wireless Engineering

Some important areas

• RF Engineering Calculators
• Electrical / Electronics Conversions, Formulas & References
• Design Data Resources

Interconnects Devices and Computers on WiGig technology for High Speed Media Rich DataCommunications. Multi-gigabit wireless communications using the unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum.

Wireless Gigabit Alliance - WiGig 60 GHz

"The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig Alliance) today announced a cooperation agreement for multi-gigabit wireless networking" - Wi-Fi & WiGig cooperate

WiGig version 1.0 specification Includes data transmission rates up to 7 Gbps. Backward compatible with the IEEE 802.11 standard.

The WiGig specification will allow devices to communicate without wires at multi-gigabit speeds. It enables high performance wireless data, display and audio applications that supplement the capabilities of today's wireless LAN devices. - WiGig at Wikipedia

WiGig gets spec and Alliance endorsement

"WiGig offers connections of up to 7Gb/sec, but operating at the top end of the dial, 60GHz, makes for very short range. WiGig will carry over about 10 meters in ideal conditions,....."

GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile telephone systems in the world. The GSM Association, its promoting industry trade organization of mobile phone carriers and manufacturers, estimates that 80% of the global mobile market uses the standard.[1] GSM is used by over 3 billion people across more than 212 countries and territories. - GSM Wiki

GSM World - Online face of GSM Association - "The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry"

GSM Technology for Mobile Communications

EDGE - GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology provides up to three times the data capacity of GPRS

HSPA - The set of technologies that defines the migration path for 3G/WCDMA operators worldwide

GSM - An open, digital cellular technology used for transmitting mobile voice and data services

GPRS - A very widely deployed wireless data service, available now with most GSM networks

An US Company developing Specialized Test Instruments. Handheld and remote test equipment for troubleshooting telecommunications and RF communication equipment. Audio, Ethernet, and Broadband/Wireless Internet Communications. Electrodata Map

Electrodata - Telecommunications Test

ATS 2 Enhanced Audio Test Set Electrodata

The ATS 2 is a full feature audio test set in a portable, hand-held package. The set facilitates the installation and maintenance of leased or dial-up circuits and equipment connected to the public switched networks. Designed to comply with IEEE and Bell specifications, the ATS 2 is capable of performing all basic analog transmission measurements plus Impulse Noise, Signal-to-Noise, and P/AR tests.

Products and Solutions for wireless and network communication. CMOS Semiconductor Chips/ICs developed with Radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital semiconductor design technologies.

Atheros Communications Semiconductors

Products include Semiconductors for WLAN, Wi-Fi, GPS, Powerline, Bluetooth and Ethernet.

Technical Papers and Resources - Atheros

Atheros AR5007EG

Second generation single-chip IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN solution with support for PCI Express. Integrates a complete WLAN solution-media access controller (MAC), baseband processor, and a high-performance 2.4-GHz radio in a low cost digital CMOS design.

Designer and supplier of CDMA chipsets, system software, network base stations, handsets, modems

Qualcomm - Wireless - CDMA chipsets

"Qualcomm started out providing contract research and development services, with limited product manufacturing, for the wireless telecommunications market. One of the team's first goals was to develop a commercial product. This effort resulted in OmniTRACS.

QCT WLAN

"Based on the revolutionary MIMO (multiple input multiple output) technique, Qualcomm's highly integrated, high performance WLAN chipset solution for the next generation 802.11n"

Qualcomm Snapdragon

Mobile Computing Devices (MCDs) offer a revolution in computing and communications in a thin and light form factor with a 7-12" display and full keyboard.

Gobi - Global Mobile Internet Technology

BARCELONA, Spain - February 15, 2010

Qualcomm Unveils New Smartbook Applications...

ACS - RF and Microwave EDA Tools

"ACS delivers high performance state-of-the-art RF and microwave circuit design and simulation software for the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) marketplace."

"A wide range of applications are supported, from analog sub-circuit design to RF circuit design for complex wireless communications systems. ACS offers circuit design, synthesis, simulation and optimization programs for the advanced engineering professional and first time CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) user alike."

LINC2 -

The program LINC2 (LINear Circuit Analysis version 2), is a circuit simulation program written for the Microsoft Windows (TM) graphical operating environment. The program uses a nodal circuit file description that is very similar to several of the most popular RF/Microwave simulator programs currently used in the industry today.

Vectron International - RF-Microwave Components

"Products include crystals and crystal oscillators; frequency translators; clock and data recovery products; SAW filters and other components"

MD-010 Disciplined Oscillator Module

"The MD010 is a Vectron standard platform module that provides 1 pps TTL,10 MHz sine wave and 10 MHz square wave outputs that are disciplined to an external 1pps reference. Internal to the module is a Vectron oscillator, ranging from a TCXO to a double oven OCXO, dependent upon performance requirements."

Vectron Application Notes

Vectron International is A Dover Company.

RF Micro Devices - RFMD Semiconductors

Manufacturer of RF integrated circuits. Product line includes quadrature modulators, quadrature demodulators, LNA/mixers, IF amplifiers, attenuators, etc.

Products for

• Amplifiers (Broadband, General Purpose)
• Low Noise Amplifiers and Discretes
• High Power Amplifiers and Discretes
• Integrated PLL/Mixers
• Signal Sources (VCOs and PLLs)