As wireless electronics technology became an industry norm over the last several decades, radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) were at the core. RFICs enabled the cost-saving shift of much-if not all-of a wireless transceiver to a single technology, leading to great advances in system-on-a-chip solutions we see today. While key applications for RFICs include communications and radar, they can essentially be applied to any electrical integrated circuit operating in wireless transmission-ranging from power amplifiers to MEMS switches to RFID systems. Such technology was just on display at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) May 26-29 in Sapporo, Japan. And you can find many more at IEEE Microwave Week-to be held June 2-7 in Boston, MA. Here's a look at a handful of new solutions on the market that incorporate RFIC technology.
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