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21 August 2008
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ICs
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Network switch processors
Galileo Technology announced the GalNet-3 architecture family of converged voice/data network switch
processors.
The first products in the family support switching of voice and data traffic over Fast Ethernet, Gigabit
Ethernet, and packet over SONET (POS). The GalNet-3 operates on the concept of availability of service (AoS),
which works by reserving bandwidth within the switch for specific flows of data. For example, a voice over IP
(VoIP) session can be considered a flow for which GalNet-3 would reserve bandwidth within the switch.
GalNet-3 can make bandwidth reservation decisions on a packet-by-packet basis by
reassigning bandwidth as
needed. Up to 128,000 different flows can be tracked simultaneously with either strict or flexible limits set for
flow policing. Systems based on GalNet-3 will have full wire-speed Layer 2/3/4/5 switching with a maximum port
density of 256 10/100 Ethernet ports and up to thirty-two Gigabit Ethernet or POS/SDH ports, and support for
64,000 IP/IPX routes.
Galileo Technology,
www.galileoT.com
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Product Xpress 101
Wireless baseband processor
Motorola announced a baseband processor that can execute support for CDMA, GSM, iDEN, and TDMA wireless devices as well as satellite-based products. The DSP56690 baseband processor integrates a DSP core and an
M-CORE microcontroller. It is designed to support mid- to high-tier wireless applications like General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Wireless Access Protocol (WAP)-enabled microbrowsers. The device architecture is also scaleable to low-tier applications. The processing duties are divided between a DSP56600 core running at over 100 MHz and an M-CORE M210 32-bit microcontroller operating at over 50 MHz. These two core processors communicate between an interface consisting of a shared RAM memory block.
Motorola, Inc.,
www.motorola.com
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Product Xpress 102
4-port chipset
GlobeSpan, Inc. introduced its 4-port Titanium Fourte-RT chipset, an ADSL digital loop carrier
solution. The chipset supports all ADSL standards, including ITU G.992.1 (G.DMT), ITU G.992.2 (G.Lite), ANSI T1.413 Issue 2, and ANSI TR-59 rate-adaptive DSL (RADSL). The chipset consists of a 4-channel, high-performance DSP and four analog front ends (AFEs) with integrated line drivers. The DSP performs all the ADSL communication algorithms, while the AFEs convert signals between the analog copper telephone line and the DSP. The chipset is fully programmable and contains an integrated framer and microcontroller.
GlobeSpan, Inc.,
www.globespan.net
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Product Xpress 103
2.5- and 10-Gbps ADM/framers
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group announced ICs that per- form
add/drop multiplexing (ADM), SONET/SDH framing, and data termination in high-speed linear and protected-ring optical networks. TADM042G5 and TSOT0410G, based on Bell Labs’ 0.28µ CMOS, support SONET/SDH protocols for linear and ring ADM and data termination solutions for optical networks, and operate from 2.5 to 10 Gbps. The TADM042G5 features software-configurable ports/ protocols that reduce system development time for multiple line-card applications. The TSOT0410G is a single-OC-192 and
quad-OC-48 line-termination equipment solution. The device is a SONET/ SDH and OC-192 framer and a full OC-192 STS1 level pointer processor solution. It supports any valid mix of STS-1 concatenated payloads from STS3c to STS-192c.
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group,
www.lucent.com/micro
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Product Xpress 104
Line interface unit
Dallas Semiconductor announced the DS2148 line interface unit (LIU), which supports E1, T1, or J1 circuits at 3.3-V, 5-V, and industrial temperature ranges. The DS2148 requires a single crystalless 2.048-MHz clock for all three interfaces, using an internal digital PLL to convert the 2.048-MHz clock to the 1.544 MHz that is used in
T1 and J1 applications. E1 requires either a 120- balanced or 75- unbalanced termination, while T1 and J1 require a 100- balanced termination on the receive side. The DS2148 comes in two standard packages for the single version, 44-TQFP, and a 44-CABGA. The CABGA will be used to create a multichip module yielding four independent channels in a single 17 x 17-mm BGA footprint.
Dallas Semiconductor,
www.dalsemi.com
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Product Xpress 105
Bluetooth RF transceiver
Temic Semiconductors announced a short-range RF transceiver for the radio portion of Bluetooth systems. The T2901 complies with the Bluetooth radio standard of 0-dBm output power at the antenna, spectrum spreading
with 1,600 frequency hops per second among seventy-nine frequencies in the 2.402- and 2.480-GHz range, and a gross data rate of 1 Mbps. The device has a ramp-signal generator for a smooth increase of the output power and an on-chip auxiliary voltage regulator. A proprietary on-chip image-rejection mixer offers up to 35-dB image rejection. The sensitivity exceeds the Bluetooth requirements by 10 dB, achieving a sensitivity of -80 dBm. The T2901 also contains an MCC for modulating the VCO. The MCC enables a
closed-loop modulation scheme and eliminates the need for I&Q modulation.
Temic Semiconductors,
www.temic-semi.com
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Product Xpress 106
CAM family
NetLogic
Microsystems, Inc. introduced the IPCAM-3 ternary content-addressable memory (CAM) as the newest member of its IPCAM family. The device has a mono-lithic density of more than 4 Mbits and a user-defined width of 72, 144, or 288 bits. The 32k x 144 NL877313 device (configurable to 64k x 72 or 16k x 288) operates at up to 83 MHz, making it possible to perform as many as 83 million address or data comparison tasks per second. The device includes an instruction bus, comparand bus, results bus, and an NFA bus that
advertises the next available free (empty) address in the CAM array.
NetLogic Microsystems,
www.netlogicmicro.com
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Product Xpress 107
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HDSL2 transformers
Coilcraft announced a line of high-performance magnetics for xDSL applications, offering three HDSL2 transformers optimized for the Level One SK70740/-41/-42 and other HDSL2 transceiver chipsets. The H27650-A
and surface-mount H27695-A transformers have a footprint of 0.65 x 0.675 in and a 0.35-in height. The de-vices have a DC resistance of 1.5 to 2 . Primary inductance with and without bias is stable from -40º to +85ºC. Return loss is 13 to 15 dB at 320 kHz, and typical longitudinal balance at 40 kHz is rated at 65 dB. All parts are designed to meet UL 1459 and UL 1950 requirements.
Coilcraft,
www.coilcraft.com
Product Xpress 108
GaAs FETs
The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc. announced the sample availability of a family of GaAs FETs for C-band WLL power amps that operate in the 3.4- to 3.6-GHz frequency band. The family
offers high output power at 1-dB gain compression (P1 dB) with low distortion. The IM3 distortion for the family is typically -45 dBc at power outputs ranging from 25 dBm for the MGFC36V3436 device to 34.5 dBm for the MGFC45V3436A device.
Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc.,
www.mitsubishichips.com
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Product Xpress 109
SiGE dual LNA
Maxim Integrated Products introduced the MAX2652 SiGe LNA, which is capable of operation at the GSM900, DCS1800, and PCS1900 bands. The MAX2652 consists of two LNAs. One LNA is optimized for the GSM900 band and provides a 1.3-dB noise figure and an 18-dB gain, and the other LNA is optimized for the DCS1800 band, providing a 1.8-dB
noise figure and an 18-dB gain. A band-select pin allows either of the two LNAs to be active at one time. The MAX2652 operates on a single 2.7- to 3.3-V supply and draws 7mA in high-gain mode and 2.3mA in low-gain mode.
Maxim Integrated Products,
www.maxim-ic.com
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Product Xpress 110
PCS diplexers
Wireless Technologies Corp. introduced the Model W1805D PCS diplexer. The diplexer was designed intermodulation distortion (IMD)-free, and has Standard Two 40-dBm signals that produce less than -130 dBm of IMD, covering full PCS bands with <1.2 dB of insertion loss. Rx/Tx isolation is >90 dB, and Rloss is >-16 dB. Power capability for the diplexer is >50W.
Wireless Technologies Corp.,
www.diplexers.com
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Product Xpress 111
Gigabit Ethernet transformers
Bel Fuse, Inc. released a three-module family of Gigabit
1000Base-T transformers, the M8, M9, and P3 models, designed to interface with major IC manufacturers’ transceivers that require a 1-to-1 turns ratio. The P3 module features an added autotransformer to support termination of the unused twisted pair. The family of modules provides voltage isolation and impedance matching for maximum power transfer in Gigabit Ethernet routers, switches, hubs, repeaters, servers, and NICs. The devices comply with IEEE 802.3ab standards and are backward-compatible with existing
10/100 Mbps Ethernet designs. Each magnetic component supports four pairs of Category 5 UTP cabling. They are provided in a 24-pin, low-profile, small-footprint package (0.700 x 0.480 x 0.225 in).
Bel Fuse, Inc.,
www.belfuse.com
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Product Xpress 112
Diode Array
ProTek Devices introduced the PMAD and PMMAD series of steering diodes. These devices are intended for use on high-frequency analog or digital data I/O ports for protection against electrostatic discharge and electrical fast transients such as IEC 1000-4-2 & -4. The PMAD and PMMAD series are connected rail-to-rail or rail-to-ground for clamping and diverting overvoltage transients to protect sensitive
network circuits. Applications include microprocessor-based equipment; handheld electronics; telecommunications equipment on ISDN, T1/E1, or ASDL transmission lines; and computer-interface networks such as USB, SCSI, Ethernet, or similar high-frequency circuits.
ProTek Devices,
www.protek-tvs.com
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Product Xpress 113
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PCS power modules
Xemod, Inc. announced the first products in
its PCS and DCS lines of QuikPAC power modules, as well as the first product in its line of power modules designed for IMT-2000 (3G) equipment. The first IMT-2000 offering is a 100-W QuikPAC designed for the 2,110- to 2,170-MHz band. Xemod’s PCS products (1,930-1,990 MHz) include the QPP-201 25W and QPP-205 120-W modules. DCS products (1,805-1,880 MHz) include QPP-207 25W and QPP-211 120-W units. These products are available in both Xemod’s standard and GR lines. QuikPAC products feature
single-polarity operation, 50- RF interfaces, high gain, low intermodulation distortion, simplified biasing, and easy mounting.
Xemod, Inc.,
www.xemod.com
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Product Xpress 114
Telephony processors
Analogic’s TAP-800 family of telephony application processors moves to CompactPCI (CPCI) with the TAP-810, a CPCI-based DSP resource card designed for PSTN-to-VoIP connectivity applications. Specified for 120 channels of G.723.1 and G.729a, as well as other standard and proprietary algorithms, the board features quad T1/E1 line interfaces and a 100Base-T controller. Integrating these resources onto a single CPCI board allows voice and data entering the T1/E1 interface to be
compressed by the DSP resource and to exit through the Ethernet interface. The TAP-810 is hot-swappable, and all connections made to the board are through a rear-panel I/O transition module. The device has 120 channels per board, and a standard 19-in chassis that can house up to 672 ports.
Analogic Corp.,
www.analogic.com/cti
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Integrated packet engine
RadiSys Corp. announced its Packet Circuit Engine (PACE) platform, an integrated subsystem that customers start with, add their application, and go to market. Based on Windows NT, the PACE2000 includes all the necessary voice, fax, and modem algorithms and support through its Universal Port APIs (UPA).
The UPA, built on RadiSys’ TASK-6000, is compatible with interfaces such as S.100 and CT Media. The subsystem comes with environmental qualification and safety certification.
RadiSys Corp.,
www.radisys.com
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Product Xpress 116
VMEbus CPU board
General Micro Systems, Inc. announced Atlas-V, a multiprocessor VMEbus board based on the Intel Coppermine-256 Pentium III processors. Atlas-V features a pair of 15-W, 450-MHz Coppermine processors. Each processor is equipped with 256 kbytes of no-wait-state on-die L2 cache. The two processors also share up to 768 Mbytes of 100-MHz synchronous DRAM main memory. The processors, cache, and memory are linked via a 100-MHz local
bus, which is an extension of Intel’s front side bus. Included are dual 10-/100-Mbps Ethernet interfaces (twisted-pair) and a 40-Mbyte/sec ultrawide SCSI interface.
General Micro Systems, Inc.,
www.gms4vme.com
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Product Xpress 117
Gigabit interface
converter
Finisar announced a new version of its GBIC transceiver module for Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet networks. The Snoop GBIC adds an electrical test port for monitoring critical network connections without interruption. It also provides transparent, short-circuit-proof connections without degrading signal quality or disrupting the system under test. Data replicated at the Snoop ports is a buffered image of the
analog signal on the link. The module is designed to directly replace standard GBIC components in switches, hubs, or other network elements. Snoop GBICs are currently available for multimode fiber with SC connectors.
Finisar Corp.,
www.finisar.com
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Product Xpress 118
Signal analyzer
Tektronix, Inc. introduced the CSA8000, a communication signal analyzer. The CSA8000 features a user-configurable modular architecture and a variety of optical plug-in modules that support conformance testing to multiple standards. Its short-term trigger jitter is typically less than 1 ps and its time-base stability is better than 0.1 ppm. The CSA8000 features three optical modules that support
OC-12/STM4, OC-48/STM16, OC 192/STM64, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel 1063 standards.
Tektronix, Inc.
www. tektronix.com/measurement
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Product Xpress 119
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Development kit
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group, Wind River Systems, Inc., and Trillium Digital Systems, Inc. announced that they are jointly creating an integrated hardware/software development
kit based on Lucent’s SOC for Internet telephones. Lucent announced the capability to introduce a single-chip solution for VoIP in May, 1999, and will initially offer a two-chip solution. Wind River’s VxWorks RTOS will run on Lucent’s hardware solution and a target license for the software will be included with the Lucent semiconductor offering. The integrated bundle of hardware and software also features H.323 IP telephony software technology from Trillium. In addition, the kit contains an
integrated reference design with Wind River and Trillium software packages and application demonstration software provided by Lucent.
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group,
www.lucent.com/micro
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Product Xpress 120
Command-line interface
builder
Rapid Logic, Inc. announced RapidControl for CLI, a command-line interface builder embedded software product for Internet-based device management. RapidControl for CLI will be released as part of RapidControl 3, the third generation of the RapidControl product family. RapidControl 3 offers interfaces that can be upgraded and customized across multiple product releases and product lines, and has a uniform framework for
creating commands and tools that automatically generate the code for industry-standard interfaces modeled on common command sets. RapidControl for CLI includes a command-line interface modeled on the command set found in Cisco devices, and a complete Telnet server. The product will integrate with Rapid Logic’s RapidControl Backplane management architecture.
Rapid Logic, Inc.,
www.rapidlogic.com
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Product Xpress 121
Tri-mode software
Qualcomm, Inc. announced its new tri-mode software for the sixth-generation MSM3100 Mobile Station Modem solution. MSM3100 software supports automatic CDMA/FM wireless operation for 800-MHz CDMA, 1,900-MHz CDMA PCS, and 800-MHz
AMPS technologies in a single handset. The software release is compliant with IS-95B, protocol revision level four, which features voice enhancements, call setup, roaming indication, incoming call forwarding, neighbor searching, and pilot reporting. The software supports high-speed packet data up to 86.4 kbps.
Qualcomm, Inc.,
www.qualcomm.com
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Product Xpress 122
Echo canceller IP core
Altera Corp. announced the Echo Canceller MegaCore. This function is a programmable-logic solution developed for use in VoIP applications such as Internet gateways, voice over ATM gateways, xDSL, and cable modems. The Echo Canceller megafunction uses an adaptive-filtering algorithm to
generate an estimate of the echo. This estimate is subtracted from the received signal to eliminate the echo. When combined with the MegaWizard plug-in manager, the core provides a highly parameterizable function, by which the customer can specify data coefficient widths, echo tail length, and number of channels. Other features include double-talk support, fax-tone, and DTMF detection.
Altera Corp.,
www.altera.com
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Product Xpress 123
Real-time and control middleware
VenturCom, Inc. an-nounced Data, Control, and Exchange (DCX), scaleable middleware that offers real-time data and control exchange between software components, including applications and device drivers. It
fully supports the common object model (COM) and distributed COM (DCOM) connectivity standards, and includes an OPC server for communication with OPC-based client applications. DCS leverages VenturCom’s Win32rt, a selection of Win32 API calls that facilitate the design of real-time Windows application components and real-time device drivers. Win32rt allows developers to create a single set of source code for deployment across all Windows operating systems.
VenturCom, Inc.,
www.vci.com
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Product Xpress 124
DSP core
LSI Logic Corp. announced a DSP core based on the ZSP DSP architecture. The ZSP400 core is targeted at customer-developed SOC designs and can be optimized for
specific application requirements. The ZSP400 extends performance to over 400 million multiply-accumulates per second for a single ZSP core. The core is a four-way, superscalar, 16-bit architecture with dual multiplier accumulator clock speeds at up to 200 MHz. The ZSP400 can be targeted within a 3.5- to 5.5-mm2 die area, designed in LSI Logic’s G12 (0.18µm drawn) process.
LSI Logic Corp.,
www.lsilogic.com
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Product Xpress 125
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