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Battery anode architecture helps charge portable electronics in ten minutes
Battery anode architecture helps charge portable electronics in ten minutes
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a 3-D, silicon-decorated, cone-shaped carbon-nanotube cluster architecture…
ADC pushes boundaries for software defined radio
ADC pushes boundaries for software defined radio
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At this week’s VLSI circuits symposium 2014 in Honolulu, imec will present a low power pipelined SAR (successive-approximation register) ADC…
20-Bit 1Msps 0.5ppm INL SAR ADC
20-Bit 1Msps 0.5ppm INL SAR ADC
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The LTCR2378-20 is a versatile general purpose ADC which provides state-of-the-art performance at any sampling rate up to 1MHz.
Can ion ‘highway systems’ solve battery safety problems?
Can ion ‘highway systems’ solve battery safety problems?
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A Northwestern University  research team has combined two traditional theories in materials science to explain how the charge dictates the…

ADC pushes the boundaries for software defined radio
ADC pushes the boundaries for software defined radio
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At this week’s VLSI circuits symposium 2014 in Honolulu, imec will present a low power pipelined SAR (successive-approximation register) ADC in 28nm digital CMOS with record resolution, speed and power…
Ford to introduce ‘adaptive’ steering
Ford to introduce ‘adaptive’ steering
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Within the next 12 months, carmaker Ford plans to introduce a new generation of steering aid: Adaptive Steering is a system that enables a variable steering ratio and improves vehicle…
Xilinx’ SDNet: where software defined networks truly begin
Xilinx’ SDNet: where software defined networks truly begin
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Even when designed into large volume applications, FPGAs are increasingly competing with ASICs and ASSPs, mainly for easy bug fixing during development, then to update hardware functions on-the-fly once deployed…
Color tunable phosphorescent white OLED boosts lighting performance
Color tunable phosphorescent white OLED boosts lighting performance
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A new approach for color tunable phosphorescent white OLED lighting and a novel display architecture were revealed by Universal Display Corporation last week in San Diego, California at the 2014…
Colloidal quantum dots promise cheaper, lighter solar cells
Colloidal quantum dots promise cheaper, lighter solar cells
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Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that offer the prospect…
Flexible 5.9-inch OLED displays demonstrate folding capabilities
Flexible 5.9-inch OLED displays demonstrate folding capabilities
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Semiconductor Energy Laboratory demonstrated two-fold and three-fold flexible 5.9-inch OLED displays at last week's 2014 Society for Information Display (SID) exhibition held in San Diego, California.
Newtec demonstrates UltraHD broadcasts with DVB-S2X
Newtec demonstrates UltraHD broadcasts with DVB-S2X
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Belgian encoder maker Newtec has demonstrated the world's first 4K UltraHD transmissions using the new DVB-S2X protocol.
AVnu readies automotive Ethernet profile in battle for the car bus
AVnu readies automotive Ethernet profile in battle for the car bus
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The battle for the infotainment bus in the car is set to take a new turn as an automotive version of the AVB deterministic Ethernet standard goes out to ballot.
MEMS raise the game of 3D ultrasonic imaging
MEMS raise the game of 3D ultrasonic imaging
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Ultrasonic sensors are widely used to inspect and image materials, based on the propagation and evaluation of high frequency sound pulses.
First UltraHD broadcasts with DVB-S2X
First UltraHD broadcasts with DVB-S2X
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Belgian encoder maker Newtec has demonstrated the world's first 4K UltraHD transmissions using the new DVB-S2X protocol.
Export tool speeds power supply designing process
Export tool speeds power supply designing process
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Texas Instruments has unveiled WEBENCH PCB Export, which is a new feature in TI’s online WEBENCH Power Designer tool that enables engineers to quickly create a power supply PCB layout…
Colloidal quantum dots promise infrared LED benefits
Colloidal quantum dots promise infrared LED benefits
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Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that offer the prospect…
IoT controls wireless smart lighting solution
IoT controls wireless smart lighting solution
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TTP and Mayflower have completed development of a new wireless smart lighting control system. The new MK3 design is now available and shipping in volume, with the Zigbee based solution…
Electronics takes the blame for Mercedes F1 team’s Canadian stumble
Electronics takes the blame for Mercedes F1 team’s Canadian stumble
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Formula One team Mercedes cited a power-electronics system failure as the cause of a power loss that affected both of the team’s cars within moments of each other in their…
Understanding efficiency: looking for the worst-case scenario
Understanding efficiency: looking for the worst-case scenario
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Peter Blyth of XP Power advises that looking at worst-case scenarios can help to understand power supply efficiency issues.
Can copper wires be transformed to become batteries?
Can copper wires be transformed to become batteries?
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Researchers at the University of Central Florida believe they have discovered a way of storing energy using copper wires that could lead to smaller electronics, lighter hybrid cars or aircraft…
Dynamic photodiode eases logic-photovoltaic integration
Dynamic photodiode eases logic-photovoltaic integration
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ActLight SA (Lausanne, Switzerland), a fabless chip company working on the combination of photovoltaics and logic on silicon chips, has developed a dynamic photodiode technology that is a fundamentally different…
Discovery pinpoints LiFePO4 electrode high charging rates
Discovery pinpoints LiFePO4 electrode high charging rates
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Researchers at MIT claim to have revealed the inner workings of a type of electrode widely used in lithium-ion batteries and discovery explains the unexpectedly high power and long cycle…
Samsung looks to imec for health sensor technology
Samsung looks to imec for health sensor technology
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Imec in Belgium is collaborating with Samsung on an open reference platform for health sensors.
Maximizing the effectiveness of power designs through IGBT thermal calculations
Maximizing the effectiveness of power designs through IGBT thermal calculations
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Alan Ball of ON Semiconductor explains how to measure the power dissipation in the two components and calculate both the average and peak junction temperatures using the thetas for the…
TRW demos Emergency Steering Assist
TRW demos Emergency Steering Assist
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Automotive supplier TRW, according to a recent Semicast study the global number six in the automotive electronics market rankings, prepares for rising demand for camera and radar based driver assistance…
Cheap lithium sulfur batteries soon on the horizon?
Cheap lithium sulfur batteries soon on the horizon?
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Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Arizona in Tucson and Korea’s Seoul National University have created an inexpensive, high-capacity lithium-sulfur battery that can…
Are cheap lithium sulfur batteries on the horizon?
Are cheap lithium sulfur batteries on the horizon?
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Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Arizona in Tucson and Korea’s Seoul National University have created an inexpensive, high-capacity lithium-sulfur battery that can…
Newswatch: LEDs to cash in on smartphone surveillance opportunities
Newswatch: LEDs to cash in on smartphone surveillance opportunities
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This week Xicato entered a strategic partnership with Digital Lumens which is aimed at bringing wireless intelligent solutions to professional indoor applications. Until this year Xicato was perhaps better known…


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