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Internet of Things (IOT): Making the component industry think inside the box
Internet of Things (IOT): Making the component industry think inside the box
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The Internet of Things (IoT) vision that is emerging will result in homes, offices and cities becoming gradually interconnected. No…
Microsoft takes new run-up for automotive market
Microsoft takes new run-up for automotive market
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At its recent developers conference, Build 2014 in San Francisco, Microsoft showed a prototype for a software that brings the…
Holst Centre and Imec shrink wearable health patch
Holst Centre and Imec shrink wearable health patch
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Relying on system in package (SiP) technology from industrial partner Shinko Electric Industries, Holst Centre and imec have built a…
Sony curves images sensors; TSMC stacks them
Sony curves images sensors; TSMC stacks them
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Two papers at an upcoming engineering conference promise to take image sensors new directions.

Nanotechnology smartphone battery fully charges in 30 seconds
Nanotechnology smartphone battery fully charges in 30 seconds
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Privately owned Israeli startup, StoreDot Ltd has unveiled a ground-breaking battery capable of charging your smartphone and other devices in just 30 seconds.
Cellulose processing breakthrough cuts cost of supercapacitors
Cellulose processing breakthrough cuts cost of supercapacitors
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Chemists from Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered that cellulose – the most abundant organic polymer on Earth and a component of trees – can be heated in a furnace…
GE metal process improves MEMS RF switches
GE metal process improves MEMS RF switches
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General Electric's research labs have developed a MEMS RF switch that can be engineered to handle up to 1kW or scaled to provide up to provide less than 0.3dB of…
Touch signature can make mobile devices more secure
Touch signature can make mobile devices more secure
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Cybersecurity researchers have developed a security system that continuously monitors how a user taps and swipes a mobile device. If the movements don't match the owner's tendencies, the system recognizes…
Compact electric powertrain does it without rare earth metals
Compact electric powertrain does it without rare earth metals
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A research consortium of Infineon, Siemens, transmission company ZF Friedrichshafen and the Dresden Technical University has developed a motor for electric vehicles that has the potential to boost electric mobility:…
ARM moves to LLVM open source for future compilers
ARM moves to LLVM open source for future compilers
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ARM is moving its future compilers to open source under the LLVM license in a fundamental shift away from proprietary technology.
Metal process improves MEMS RF switches
Metal process improves MEMS RF switches
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General Electric's research labs have developed a MEMS RF switch that can be engineered to handle up to 1 kW or scaled to provide up to provide less than 0.3…
Electric powertrain does away with rare earth metals
Electric powertrain does away with rare earth metals
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A research consortium of Infineon, Siemens, transmission company ZF Friedrichshafen and the Dresden Technical University has developed a motor for electric vehicles that has the potential to boost electric mobility:…
Orientation of organic solar cell molecules improves efficiency
Orientation of organic solar cell molecules improves efficiency
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Researchers from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill have discovered that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dimensional organic solar cells when the donor molecules align face-on,…
Sony curves image sensors; TSMC stacks them
Sony curves image sensors; TSMC stacks them
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Two papers at an upcoming engineering conference promise to take image sensors in new directions.
Degradation discovery helps extend solar cell lifetimes
Degradation discovery helps extend solar cell lifetimes
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A degradation mechanism of solar cells has been discovered by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology's Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit which could help pave the way to…
Material breakthrough speeds production of cheaper solar cells
Material breakthrough speeds production of cheaper solar cells
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Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered a way to tap the sun not only as a source of power, but also to directly produce the solar energy materials…
Rohm and imec collaborate on ultra-low power radio R&D
Rohm and imec collaborate on ultra-low power radio R&D
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Targeting small battery-operated wireless devices, imec and ROHM Semiconductor have entered into a strategic partnership for research collaboration on ultra-low power (ULP) radio technology.
Self-assembled superlattices could create molecular-scale sensors and switches
Self-assembled superlattices could create molecular-scale sensors and switches
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A study of self-assembled silver-based structures known as superlattices has revealed arrays of gear-like molecular-scale machines that rotate in unison when pressure is applied to them.
Fly-buck adds isolated outputs to a buck without optocouplers
Fly-buck adds isolated outputs to a buck without optocouplers
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Xiang Fang and Wei Liu of Texas Instruments; Anoop Chadaga of Wurth Electronics Midcom discuss the basic operation and design of a Fly-Buck converter. The discussion also includes a detailed…
Power Tip 70: Use weighted feedback in multiple-output supplies to meet regulation specs
Power Tip 70: Use weighted feedback in multiple-output supplies to meet regulation specs
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Robert Kollman, Senior Applications Manager, Texas Instruments expalins that many times you are asked to design a multiple output power supply for a minimum cost yet with somewhat stringent output…
Compact and efficient wireless charging
Compact and efficient wireless charging
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Batteries provide power to many different applications across a wide range of industries. In many of these applications, a charging connector is difficult or impossible to use.
Fly-buck adds well-regulated isolated outputs to a buck without optocouplers
Fly-buck adds well-regulated isolated outputs to a buck without optocouplers
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Xiang Fang and Wei Liu of Texas Instruments; Anoop Chadaga of Wurth Electronics Midcom discuss the basic operation and design of a Fly-Buck converter. The discussion also includes a detailed…
Indium nitride nanostructures boost efficiency of LEDs
Indium nitride nanostructures boost efficiency of LEDs
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Simulations by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) have shown that nanostructures half the breadth of a DNA strand could improve the efficiency of…
Coping strategies for interference in a crowded RF spectrum
Coping strategies for interference in a crowded RF spectrum
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As the number of wireless services has grown in recent years, so interference, once uncommon, has become a regular headache for wireless and broadcast service providers.
Harnessing the sun to produce cheap solar cells on demand
Harnessing the sun to produce cheap solar cells on demand
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Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered a way to tap the sun not only as a source of power, but also to directly produce the solar energy materials…
Charging batteries without wires in a compact and efficient manner
Charging batteries without wires in a compact and efficient manner
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Batteries provide power to many different applications across a wide range of industries. In many of these applications, a charging connector is difficult or impossible to use.
Bosch develops ECUs for fuel cell vehicles
Bosch develops ECUs for fuel cell vehicles
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On airports, emission-free mobility is taking shape. Baggage tractors, mobile working machines and other vehicles on airports are increasingly powered with fuel cells. At the MobiliTec exposition in Hanover, Bosch…
Interference in a crowded RF spectrum: why it occurs, and what to do about it
Interference in a crowded RF spectrum: why it occurs, and what to do about it
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As the number of wireless services has grown in recent years, so interference, once uncommon, has become a regular headache for wireless and broadcast service providers.


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