Agilent Technologies' FBAR Duplexer Wins EDN Magazine's Innovation of the Year Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2001 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced that its miniature film bulk acoustic resonator resonator /res·o·na·tor/ (rez´o-na?ter) 1. an instrument used to intensify sounds. 2. an electric circuit in which oscillations of a certain frequency are set up by oscillations of the same frequency in another (FBAR FBAR Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator FBAR Foreign Bank Account Report FBAR First Born Anal Retentive ) duplexer, a critical component used to separate incoming communications from outgoing communications in mobile phones, has earned EDN EDN Endothelin EDN Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin EDN European Documentary Network (Denmark) EDN Earth Day Network EDN Electrodesiccation EDN Electrical Design News (periodical) Magazine's 2000 Innovation of the Year award. The awards program, now in its 11th year, is dedicated to honoring outstanding engineering professionals and products in the electronics industry. This is the second industry award Agilent's FBAR technology has received this year, having won Wireless Design & Development Magazine's technology of the year award in February. Agilent's FBAR technology is used to produce a miniaturized duplexer that supports the design of code domain multiple access (CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. ) phones and data cards for laptop or handheld computers. Agilent's FBAR duplexer, which occupies less than 20 percent of the volume of a conventional ceramic device, is a critical component in many innovative mobile phones including Samsung's new Watch Phone and AirPrime's new CDMA Springboard module developed for the Handspring Visor. The EDN Innovation of the Year award recognizes state-of-the-art electronics in 14 major product categories. The EDN editorial panel selected finalists for the Innovation of the Year award from among hundreds of entries. EDN readers using an online ballot posted at the EDN Access Web site picked the winners. FBAR was voted the top product in the Components, Hardware and Interconnect category. "We are very delighted that the FBAR duplexer won the prestigious EDN Innovation of the Year award," said Bryan Ingram, manager of Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group RF Business Unit. "This award is a tribute to the extraordinary engineering work that went into creating this truly innovative product." Agilent's FBAR-based duplexer is part of the Agilent CDMAdvantage chipset, which includes all active RF functions required for 800 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. and 1900 MHz handsets. FBAR was developed in collaboration between Agilent Labs and Agilent's Wireless Semiconductor Division. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. With 48,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent had net revenue of $10.8 billion in fiscal year 2000. Information about Agilent can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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