Vol 1. No.1 October 2008

NEWSLETTER

By A. Marzuki

Technical Consultant of C-RAD Technologies

Vol 1. No.1 October 2008

Highlights&News

1. IC ranking (Fabless) in the world: Qualcomm, Broadcom …, pleasesee at this URL for more info.http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/bulletins2008/bulletin20080801.html 2. Wireless Transfer Technology which was announced in 2006 byMIT is a fascinating research topic,http://www.mit.edu/~soljacic/wireless_power.html. Product basedon this technology is currently being pursued. So hopefully we cansee a product that recharge your battery’s hand phone wirelessly inthe future!3. Femtocell development is to configure each house as smallerversion of ‘base station’, it is another version of Picocell. Femtocell isthought could improve the cost and efficiency of the network, it willbe connected with broadband IP in house. It seems a lot of work needto be done to roll out this technology!4. Lead-Free material is thought good to nature, is it so? Some say itcauses in increase on Tin usage, and we back to square one, as TinMining is not good for nature. What do you think?5. Wireless PAN at 60 GHz for high definition TV is thought to offervery high speed, high data rate wireless connectivity, but thefrequency is one of the resonant frequencies of water. Unless we areshielded by metal, the frequency can be used at will, maybe atdifferent frequency? But we don’t want to waste tremendous researcheffort on 60 GHz circuit design.

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Vol 1. No.1 October 2008

Circuit Techniques

1. Voltage reference circuit which is much smaller than standardband-gap circuit employs PTAT and CTAT current sources.Ref1: A voltage reference circuit for current source of RFIC block,http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13565360810889593 Ref2: Low Power Bandgap Circuit, WIPO, WO 03/050847 A2

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