This diagram shows the standard layout of transistors in cell phone power amplifiers, at left, and a new highly efficient amplifier design, at right. The new design could help make possible ...

Santa Clara, Calif. – Anticipating the integration of FM stereo radio and other new analog audio sources into cellular telephones, National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced two “Boomer” ...

After experiencing a long inventory adjustment period, Taiwan-based Win Semiconductors, Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) have started to see ...

In what may be the most impractical discovery I’ve ever made, it came to my attention last week that sea caves make serviceable cell phone amplifiers. Last weekend I was on an 88-foot liveaboard dive ...

The mik Sound Case is a new type of phone case available for the iPhone 4/4S and iPhone 5/5s. It amplifies the phone’s speaker by an additional 15 to 20 decibels and improves the clarity and quality ...

A new highly efficient power amplifier for electronics could help make possible next-generation cell phones, low-cost collision-avoidance radar for cars and lightweight microsatellites for ...