Roland, thanks for your views. Here is part of the article from Qualcomm's home page. With CDMA handsets, the power output is kept to the lowest output to ensure contact, so it seems that having a noise reducer at the base station, the handset need put out less power to connect; hence fewer photons into brain and reduced risk. Yes? Or am I misunderstanding something? The power control system of CDMA is one of the major benefits, giving improved battery life. I wonder if it is possible to make frosty little chips in the handset too? I guess you wouldn't know Karl, but from what I remember, he was working in much the same field [ie theoretical quantum physics, but not in relation to superconductors]. Superconductor Core Technologies seem to have a good position in the cellphone noise reduction business. I'll try to learn a bit about it. Maybe I can figure out a good company in the field after a while. Another field related to what you do is the use of atomic scale memory systems; maybe by 3D volatage applications to a cube of stuff, which would store information on an atomic scale. Umpty trillion petabytes of info per mm3. That would really get my investment juices flowing. Being a civil engineer [20 years ago], I wouldn't have a clue how to do it, but maybe a few Schrodinger factors with some Bernoulli effects would see it right? Hmmm! Understanding is a wonderful thing. Maurice.
QUALCOMM and Superconducting Core Technologies Successfully Complete First Field Tests of Cryoelectronic
PCS Base Station Receiver
SAN DIEGO - Sept. 11, 1995 - QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) and cryoelectronic wireless hardware
developer Superconducting Core Technologies, Inc. (SCT) today announced that they have successfully completed the first
field tests of a cryoelectronic Personal Communications Services (PCS) base station receiver front end. The tests were
performed using QUALCOMM's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 2 GHz PCS test system in San Diego.
Successful implementation of cryoelectronic technology could achieve advances over the current high level of CDMA system
performance by enabling CDMA PCS base station receivers to receive weaker signals that would otherwise go undetected.
Higher system performance would allow carriers to further reduce costs since even fewer cell sites would be required.
"QUALCOMM evaluates emerging technologies so that it can continue to provide its customers with the most advanced and
cost effective wireless communications technology available," said Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi, vice chairman of the board and chief
technical officer for QUALCOMM. "As it matures, cryoelectronics could play a significant role in improving network efficiency
in the future by increasing range and thus, lowering infrastructure costs. QUALCOMM will continue to work with SCT to
investigate potential applications for cryoelectronic technology in our CDMA systems."
"This test is a landmark for the field of superconductivity and cryoelectronics," said Dr. Robert M. Yandrofski, president and
CEO of Superconducting Core Technologies, Inc. "We're excited to be the first to field test a cryoelectronic product |
