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The coming revolution in vehicle technology and its implications
The coming revolution in vehicle technology and its implications
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We are on the threshold of a radical change in vehicle technology, driven by crash avoidance technology and delivered by…
Google Car’s road traffic accident
Google Car’s road traffic accident
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On Valentine’s Day this year, near Google's global headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Google’s autonomous test car was involved in…
Reliability and physics of failure in eGaN devices: Part 1
Reliability and physics of failure in eGaN devices: Part 1
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Alex Lidow, Chris Jakubiec and Robert Strittmatter discuss their company's enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) FETs.
The coming revolution in vehicle technology and its implications
The coming revolution in vehicle technology and its implications
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We are on the threshold of a radical change in vehicle technology, driven by crash avoidance technology and delivered by…

What do InVisage and InvenSense have in common?
What do InVisage and InvenSense have in common?
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Has ten-year-old startup called InVisage Technologies Inc. been taking a leaf out of the business playbook of fabless inertial MEMS sensor vendor InvenSense, encouraged by manufacturing partner in common, TSMC?…
Simplify small solar systems with hysteretic controller
Simplify small solar systems with hysteretic controller
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Battery-based solar power systems in the 10W–100W range often use a switching regulator to control battery charge. These have the advantage of high efficiency and facilitate peak power point tracking,…
X-in-the-loop enables earlier testing, faster development
X-in-the-loop enables earlier testing, faster development
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In order to achieve better utilisation of cost-intensive development tools and test stands for electric vehicles, five research institutes in Germany have launched a laboratory network that enables real-time testing…
Audi commits to electromobility – and bows to Tesla
Audi commits to electromobility – and bows to Tesla
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“Speed without repentance” is the promise of electromobility, according to Stefan Niemand who oversees Audi’s electromobility strategy. At the recent Technical Congress of Germany’s powerful automotive industry organization VDA, Niemand…
Reliability and physics of failure in eGaN devices: Part 1
Reliability and physics of failure in eGaN devices: Part 1
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Alex Lidow, Chris Jakubiec and Robert Strittmatter discuss their company's enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) FETs.
Audi commits to electromobility – and bows to Tesla
Audi commits to electromobility – and bows to Tesla
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“Speed without repentance” is the promise of electromobility, according to Stefan Niemand who oversees Audi’s electromobility strategy. At the recent Technical Congress of Germany’s powerful automotive industry organization VDA, Niemand…
Design Idea; Forced quenching improves three-transistor FM tuner
Design Idea; Forced quenching improves three-transistor FM tuner
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The idea of using a super-regenerative radio to receive commercial FM stations can be found at various locations on the Internet. Because the circuit is so small, it might be…
Taking analog circuits to lower voltages
Taking analog circuits to lower voltages
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Brandt Braswell, a distinguished member of the technical staff at NXP Semiconductor, discusses some of the trials and pitfalls of shrinking voltage for analog circuit blocks.
Electromobility in the luxury range at BMW
Electromobility in the luxury range at BMW
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A new electric luxury car model, a gradual move towards electric powertrains and more smart connectivity in mobility are the goals of carmaker BMW for the years ahead. At the…
BMW throws the switch to smart and electric mobility
BMW throws the switch to smart and electric mobility
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A new electric luxury car model, a gradual move towards electric powertrains and more smart connectivity in mobility are the goals of carmaker BMW for the years ahead. At the…
Rapid prototyping platforms for embedded developers
Rapid prototyping platforms for embedded developers
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Driven by the demands for ever faster design cycles and increasingly complex products, embedded developers feel compelled to back the “right horse” at the earliest stage.
What do InVisage and InvenSense have in common?
What do InVisage and InvenSense have in common?
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Has ten-year-old startup called InVisage Technologies Inc. been taking a leaf out of the business playbook of fabless inertial MEMS sensor vendor InvenSense, encouraged by manufacturing partner in common, TSMC?…
Hands-on training for advanced GUI’s
Hands-on training for advanced GUI’s
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Intelligent Display Solutions (IDS) and Altia have teamed up to host two workshops that will provide hands-on training in the development of advanced 'graphical user interfaces' (GUI's).
Pitching one AI solution against next
Pitching one AI solution against next
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According to Artificial Intelligence software solutions provider Dato, apps of the future will all run a form of machine learning or another to better serve their users.
Taking analog circuits to lower voltages
Taking analog circuits to lower voltages
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Brandt Braswell, a distinguished member of the technical staff at NXP Semiconductor, discusses some of the trials and pitfalls of shrinking voltage for analog circuit blocks.
Bandwidth demand drives connector design
Bandwidth demand drives connector design
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Meeting today's bandwidth needs is often defined in terms of performance requirements and what can or can't be achieved with current technology options. Many engineers are currently struggling to design…
Understanding your chip’s age
Understanding your chip’s age
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In this Q&A about in-chip monitoring, Moortec's CTO, Oliver King shares his insights on the relevance of understanding the mechanisms for chip ageing and how one can take this ageing…
Understanding your chip’s age
Understanding your chip’s age
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In this Q&A about in-chip monitoring, Moortec's CTO, Oliver King shares his insights on the relevance of understanding the mechanisms for chip ageing and how one can take this ageing…
Dynamic Envelope Tracking in a power supply for the automotive market
Dynamic Envelope Tracking in a power supply for the automotive market
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During a visit with Intersil recently, I met with Niall Lyne, Product Line Director for Automotive and Ed Kohler, Marketing Manager for Automotive-Grade Power Solutions. Once in a while, I…
Selecting heavy duty connectors for industrial applications
Selecting heavy duty connectors for industrial applications
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The process for selecting industrial multipole connectors, wherever connections are required to power, control, data and signal circuits has to take into consideration a variety of aspects as well the…
Startup with mixed-signal ASICs to boost 4G capacity
Startup with mixed-signal ASICs to boost 4G capacity
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No doubt 5G is coming to save a mobile world that’s struggling to keep up with the explosion in data traffic. But mobile network operators must find a solution —not…
Shoot-through suppression: the diodes make the difference
Shoot-through suppression: the diodes make the difference
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When two switching devices are placed in series to serve as a hi-low switching pair (think of half-bridge inverters, of full-bridge inverters and the like), one insidious phenomenon that must…
Stress management using sensors presents challenges
Stress management using sensors presents challenges
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Chip technology lets us improve existing measurement and diagnostic methods for conditions such as cardiac and neuro disorders by making medical equipment more compact, more economical, and more comfortable for…
High-integration system design simplified with Zynq-on-a-module
High-integration system design simplified with Zynq-on-a-module
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Trenz Electronic’s UltraSoM+ is a system-on-module that hosts the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC – the module maker is targeting in automotive, broadcast, communications, industrial, medical, mil/aero, and test & measurement…


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