Category Archives: Analog and RF

The Broadcom BCM4334 – Circuit Innovation Snapshot

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Chipworks

The Broadcom BCM4334 is a single chip dual-band combo device supporting 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0+HS, and FM receiver and started showing up in smartphones in mid 2012; it marked Broadcom’s transition from 65-nm to 40-nm processing in this space. Chipworks has documented … Continue reading →

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MWC – NFC Everywhere with the help of NXP and Broadcom

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Chipworks

Consumers (mostly) all know that we have had these little NFC chips in our phones for a while.  Touted as a specification we should care about, and yet the darn thing just doesn’t seem to do anything.  Well, if the … Continue reading →

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Circuit highlights from the Texas Instruments WiLink 7.0 (and more)

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Chipworks

The Texas Instruments WL1283 (WiLink 7) is a topic on which we have written in the past.  It is a multi-band chip with an impressive set of specifications, in a small size that competes with the market leader, the Broadcom … Continue reading →

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iPAD 3 LTE/3G – Multi-band support is very complex

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Chipworks

Contributed by Gary Tomkins and Jim Morrison The new iPad is Apple’s first device that uses 4G LTE and also supports multiband 3G. In fact, it supports 700 MHz and 2100 MHz LTE, UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA  at 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz  … Continue reading →

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