Metamaterials antenna supports multiple bands (EETimes)

The world's first metamaterial antenna permits multiple bands--LTE, 3G, WiMax, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS--to share the same antenna without the usually switching circuits and matching components. Bluetooth - WiMax - Global Positioning System - Wi-Fi - GPS

ZTEST Announces Proposed Consolidation of Outstanding Common Shares (Marketwire)

NORTH YORK, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 18, 2010) - ZTEST Electronics Inc. ("ZTEST" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:ZTE) wishes to announce that its annual and special meeting of shareholders will be held at the offices of the Corporation on Thursday March 11, 2010 and 1:00 p.m.(the "Meeting"). At the meeting management will be seeking shareholder support to, among other things, consolidate ...

Electronic Interconnect Offers Medical Electronics, PCBs, Design Engineering (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Electronic Interconnect (EI), a leading provider of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and PCB engineering and design services, announces the availability of specialized PCBs for medical device electronic assemblies and engineering and design services to help customers plan and develop medical electronic printed circuit assemblies.

BGA Socket targets 0.8 mm pitch BGA 194 pin ICs. (ThomasNet)

Designed for 12 x 12 mm package size, CG-BGA-4010 socket operates at bandwidths up to 6.5 GHz with less than 1 dB of insertion loss. It features clamshell lid with integrated heat sinking mechanism and is mounted on PCB using supplied hardware, with no soldering. Contact resistance and current capacity per pin are 20 mW and 2 A, respectively, while pin self inductance is 0.11 nH and mutual ...

U-blox modem design provides HSPA capabilities (EETimes)

U-blox (Thalwil, Switzerland) has expanded its high-speed wireless connectivity reference design offerings to include full high-speed packet access (HSPA) capabilities: 7.2 Mb/s download and 5.8 Mb/s upload speeds.

IC distributor WT Microelectronics looks to strong sales in 1Q10 (Digi Times)

IC distributor WT Microelectronics has experienced better-than-expected sales in early first-quarter 2010 due to strong demand from the PC and consumer electronics segments, according to company general manager Cheng Wen-tsung. Additionally, the supply of IC components is expected to remain dripless through the whole of the year.