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Antenova   GPS RADIONOVA® M10214-A RF Antenna Module
 
Polatis   Worldwide salesforce expands
 
Antenova. GPS RADIONOVA® M10214-A RF Antenna Module. 10 September 2007
 

Antenova, the integrated antenna solutions company, announced the general availability of GPS RADIONOVA M10214-A RF Antenna Module – the world’s smallest RF antenna module incorporating a complete SiRFstarIII GPS chipset targeting mobile handset, portable navigation device (PND) and portable media player (PMP) applications.

Antenova’s GPS RADIONOVA M10214-A is a full GPS hardware implementation combining the high performance SiRFstarIII GPS architecture with Antenova’s high efficiency complementary antenna technology.

“GPS RADIONOVA M10214-A RF Antenna Module is the result of significant customer demand for a small form factor module that integrates both a complete SiRFstarIII architecture based GPS receiver and Antenova’s leading GPS antenna architecture,” stated Greg McCray, CEO of Antenova. “Antenova’s RF Antenna Modules have been designed from inception to deliver a high performing drop-in system solution that will work with a range of GPS receiver chips. This flexibility enables us to provide customers with an RF antenna module with the GPS receiver option of their choice and one that is best suited for their mobile applications. “

Antenova’s GPS RADIONOVA M10214-A RF Antenna Module is the world’s smallest single package system solution to combine SiRF’s GSC3LTf GPS receiver IC with Antenova’s high efficiency patented GPS antenna technology. The M10214-A is an optimized and integrated GPS RF antenna module consisting a high performance and low power receiver IC with Antenova’s single feed two-part complementary antenna and all the front-end components (e.g. low noise amplifier, SAW filters and TCXO), that provides a dropped-in system solution for mobile devices with no customization required. The low profile connector and optional PCB cut-out allow the small 43x9x4mm3 single package module to be vertically mounted with a low 6mm height requirement.

GPS RADIONOVA M10214-A operates on a single 3.6V positive bias supply with low power consumption and available low power modes for further power savings. M10214-A is supported by SiRF’s GPS software suite and uses a UART/SPI host processor interface.

McCray added, “SiRF is a recognized leader in the GPS semiconductor market. Our active engagements with leading chip partners demonstrates our commitment to providing customers the broadest range of high performing, lowest cost complete GPS RF antenna module system solutions for the GPS enabled handheld and mobile device markets.”

For more information please visit http://www.antenova.com
Polatis. Worldwide salesforce expands. 12 September 2007
 

Polatis, a leading manufacturer of optical switches, today announced the appointment of three senior executives to its international sales force as it strives to meet growing demand for high performance optical switch technology.

Stuart Santoro, previously Vice President of Sales at Opvista, joins Polatis as Director of Telco Sales, North America, driving sales of the company’s compact latching switch and other fibre switching products. Sean Gordon, formerly with Foxcom Ltd, joins Polatis as Director of Sales, Video/Broadcast worldwide, and Philip Benguhe, formerly of DiCon Fiberoptics, joins as Director of Sales, Defense and Federal sector.

“ We have increased our market share across a range of sectors as customers deploy optical switches to manage networks and better utilize fibre assets,” said Dr Aaron Bent, VP Sales and Marketing at Polatis. “The performance and reliability of our technologies creates a unique offering for the telecoms, broadcast and Defence sectors that has seen a significant increase in sales in the last 12 months.

“ All three sales directors bring invaluable expertise to the company and will allow us to continue to capitalise on the ever-increasing demand for the highest quality optical switching products,” concluded Bent.

Mr. Santoro has over 20 years’ experience with many distinguished sales positions and has played a key role in building worldwide sales networks for major players in the telecommunications space, including Opvista, Ubiquitair Incorporated, Ceterus Networks, and ECI Telecom.

Mr. Gordon boasts 14 years’ experience as VP Marketing and Business development at Foxcom Ltd, including the supply of fibre optic equipment to the video broadcast, satellite communications, and RF over Fibre markets.

Mr Benguhe was previously Director of Sales – Specialty Products at DiCon Fibreoptics and National Account Sales Manager at JDSU. He has worked with numerous key Defense contractors and US Defence agencies.

Polatis has the highest performing switching products in the telecom sector, including the newly released CLS Switch, which is ideal for network monitoring, and its ultra low-loss WSS technology, aimed at reducing network cost and enabling new architectures in next generation DWDM networks. To meet growing demand for fibre in video broadcast applications, Polatis offers the Trinity™ family of optical video routing switches as a specialized product for customers in the video transport, broadcast, and video post-production industries. Polatis has also deployed products for numerous applications in the Federal and Defense sector, including its plug-and-play OSB Compact-PCI Optical Switch Blade, and its High Port Asymmetric (HPA) product, aimed at RF-over-fiber, security and encryption, and secure comms applications.

For more information please visit http://www.polatis.com
 
 

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