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Integrated PMbus controller enables GUI programming of digital power controller
Integrated PMbus controller enables GUI programming of digital power controller
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Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced an advanced digital power controller with PMBus interface targeting ultra-compact, high density isolated DC-to-DC power…
Pre-engineered smart battery range speeds time to market
Pre-engineered smart battery range speeds time to market
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Accutronics, a UK-based independent battery design, development and manufacturing company, has launched Entellion a new range of smart, innovative portable…
Get your digital copy of eeNews Europe
Get your digital copy of eeNews Europe
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The April edition of EETimes Europe is out in print and also available as a digital edition. This month's focus…
Fan speed control through digital power management
Fan speed control through digital power management
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Almost a decade has passed since the first Digital Power Forum took place in San José, CA, on September 2004,…

AMD offers get-started-in-GPGPU guidance
AMD offers get-started-in-GPGPU guidance
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Graphics processing units (GPUs) are built around an array of processing cores, initially conceived as the means of efficiency carrying out the massively-parallel task of producing fast and detailed displays.
Who’s managing your power management?
Who’s managing your power management?
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Today’s complex systems employ a wide variety of semiconductor technologies. From the deepest sub nanometer processors to the Analog I/O, it’s easy to see the need for power management devices…
1200-V IGBTs rated at 25, 50 and 70A extend Microsemi’s high power industrila device offering
1200-V IGBTs rated at 25, 50 and 70A extend Microsemi’s high power industrila device offering
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Microsemi Corporation has unveiled more than a dozen new devices in the company’s new generation of 1200 volt (V) non-punch through (NPT) IGBTs which include 25 A, 50 A and…
Explore gallium-nitride power switch driving with development board
Explore gallium-nitride power switch driving with development board
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Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) has introduced the EPC9010 development board to make it easier for engineers to start designing with a 100 V enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) field effect…
Autocompensation feature of digital power controller saves design effort in DC/DC design
Autocompensation feature of digital power controller saves design effort in DC/DC design
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Intersil Corporation has introduced a digital power supply management solution which features automatic compensation and adaptive performance optimization algorithms that improve power conversion efficiency.
Energy-efficient power supplies benefit from uprated superjunction devices from ST
Energy-efficient power supplies benefit from uprated superjunction devices from ST
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STMicroelectronics has introduced special fast-acting variants of the company’s advanced superjunction power MOSFETs used in energy-efficient consumer products, computing and telecom systems, lighting controllers and solar energy equipment.
Updated power/thermal analysis software package
Updated power/thermal analysis software package
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Docea Power has unveiled new releases of the company's Aceplorer 3.1 and AceThermalModeler 2.0 dynamic power and thermal management analysis software.
Cadence to acquire Tensilica for $380 million
Cadence to acquire Tensilica for $380 million
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EDA tool vendor Cadence Design Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tensilica, a provider of dataplane processing IP, for approximately USD380 million in cash.
European chip industry throws switches to regain global competitiveness
European chip industry throws switches to regain global competitiveness
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For some time now, the European chip industry has had difficulties to define its future. Confronted with the choice of “More Moore” and “More than Moore”, the industry as a…
MEMS shrink gas chromatography
MEMS shrink gas chromatography
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Founded in 2011 by Leti and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), startup Analytical Pixels (APIX) is now sampling its first commercial and very compact portable gas chromatography device dubbed…
Designing a universal software defined radio platform
Designing a universal software defined radio platform
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Today the SDR technology enjoys a very different status than it had back in 1984 when the term software radio (software defined radio) was first coined in the E-Systems laboratory.
Online IGBT product selector and performance evaluation tool simplifies device optimization
Online IGBT product selector and performance evaluation tool simplifies device optimization
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International Rectifier has enchanced the company's IGBT selection tool that enables design optimization in a wide range of applications including motor drives, uninterruptable power supplies (UPS), solar inverters, and welding.
Memory capacity in cell phones is reduced as online storage and cloud services increase
Memory capacity in cell phones is reduced as online storage and cloud services increase
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Growth in the average amount of NAND flash memory in each smartphone and tablet shipped is slowing this year, as the rising availability of cloud storage and streaming services reduces…
Ethernet targeted as the data backbone in vehicles in research project
Ethernet targeted as the data backbone in vehicles in research project
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Ethernet is on the rise in the automotive world. While this networking technology currently is mainly targeted by developers of camera-based driver assistance systems, a research project of the HAW…
Verbatim introduces GaN LEDs, high-brightness OLEDs
Verbatim introduces GaN LEDs, high-brightness OLEDs
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Verbatim will exhibit a broad range of OLED and LED innovations at the Euroluce trade fair in April,. Visitors will see the company's latest OLED modules as well as GaN-based…
Sensor fusion hub simplfies designs of portable devices
Sensor fusion hub simplfies designs of portable devices
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Swiss chip designer EM Microelectronic and PNI Sensor collaboratebto develop a sensor fusion hub integrating complex motion sensors on mobile devices.
PSA and Bosch develop hybrid drive with effective energy recuperation
PSA and Bosch develop hybrid drive with effective energy recuperation
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A full-hybrid powertrain concept jointly developed by automotive supplier Bosch and carmaker PSA Citroen excels through particular high fuel efficiency. It also helps to significantly reduce the CO2 emission and,…
Developing 3D IC manufacture in Europe
Developing 3D IC manufacture in Europe
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The European 3D TSV Summit that took place at Grenoble's Minatec campus late February gathered 320 attendees from over 20 countries, a testimony of Grenoble’s high tech reputation and France’s…
3D noise cancellation makes voice control significantly more reliable
3D noise cancellation makes voice control significantly more reliable
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Voice quality is becoming a hot issue due to the recent rise of voice control interfaces for tablets, computers, Smart TVs and other consumer electronic devices. Without intelligible speech, automatic…
From ROM to Flash for added flexibility
From ROM to Flash for added flexibility
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Restrictions of ROM-Based technology require new memory concepts. Until now, data were saved on a chip card with security controllers based on ROM and EEPROM memory technology. However, conventional Mask…
Moving from magnetic random access memory to magnetic logic units
Moving from magnetic random access memory to magnetic logic units
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Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is a new nonvolatile memory technology that is growing in acceptance as a mainstream technology for data storage. It integrates a magneto-resistive device with a…
Bit by Bit, DRAM module testing
Bit by Bit, DRAM module testing
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Building DRAM memory modules doesn't seem to be a difficult task. The DRAM technology is well known, components are fully standardized products and the product commodity definition forces the product…
Testing HDMI and MHL successfully
Testing HDMI and MHL successfully
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Today's set-top boxes, tablet PCs and smartphones are equipped with analog or digital video interfaces such as the high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) and the mobile high-definition link (MHL).
Designing low-power video image stabilisation IP for FPGAs
Designing low-power video image stabilisation IP for FPGAs
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Image stabilisation is an important capability for many electro-optic sensors, where an operator or user is required to view the output imagery. The technique can therefore enhance many practical viewing…


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