Insight SIP welcomes major new investor, 2C Invest
Insight SIP (www.insightsip.com), the specialist in ultra-miniature RF modules announces that 2C Invest, a Toulon (France) based Investment fund, has purchased the shareholding of a number of existing investors. As a result of this investment, 2C Invest will hold 18.6% of the capital of Insight SIP. Insight SIP was founded in 2005 in Sophia [...]
Advanced System-in-Package Design Service: Benefits and Trades-off
Abstract The System-in-Package (SiP) concept can be defined as of integrating several heterogonous components like semiconductor and passive devices into a single package or miniaturized module. This allows for extremely rapid and low cost development cycles. This article will highlight the key benefits of having a SiP implementation especially for RF applications and how [...]
UWB rides again in Insight-SIP module
From: David Manners UWB rides again with an interesting application in time-of-flight measurement enabled by the Sofia-Antipolis RF packaging specialist, Insight-SIP, which is celebrating its 10th birthday today with a party for 100 people in the South of France. UWB rides again in Insight-SIP module UWB is a relatively new departure for Insight-SIP which has [...]
Shrinking UWB for mass adoption
Shrinking UWB for mass adoption By Nick Wood and Christopher Barratt Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) has for some time been the “Cinderella” technology of the RF world – seemingly never quite receiving an invite to the wireless party that has been in full swing over the last decade. Whilst Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and 4G are [...]
Understanding Antenna in Package Design
Understanding Antenna in Package Design From: Insight SiP Antenna in Package (or AiP) is an new trend in IC packaging which is an enabler of smaller and high integrated ICs that consists of ICs and Antenna inside a package. Antenna in Package allows integration of all the complex RF components, together with the base-band circuitry [...]
Radar subsystem upgrades simplified with DPCSS retrofit
Radar subsystem upgrades simplified with DPCSS retrofit CASE STUDY-RADAR Radar subsystem upgrades simplified with DPCSS retrofit Challenge Air Navigation Services Providers (ANSP) worldwide face difficult technical and budgetary decisions: whether to upgrade or replace their radar systems with analog or digital technology. The decision involves their existing fleet of aged analog Air Traffic Control (ATC) [...]
GaN Power Devices
GaN Power Devices From: Panasonic What is GaN? With various environmental issues, the depletion of oil resources, limited source of energ etc., energy saving became a worldwide priority. The role of power supplies of electrical systems in energy conservation is rapidly becoming an important part of the solution. Power devices used in electrical energy [...]