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Trial by fire: Boeing should have chosen a safer type of Lithium-ion battery chemistry for its 787
Trial by fire: Boeing should have chosen a safer type of Lithium-ion battery chemistry for its 787
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Boeing uses high-energy batteries inherently at risk of thermal runaway, and should switch to an alternate type of lithium-ion battery,…
Novel E-Mobility Grid Model (NEMO) will gear up European electricity networks for influx of electric vehicles
Novel E-Mobility Grid Model (NEMO) will gear up European electricity networks for influx of electric vehicles
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A European consortium, consisting of DNV KEMA, Fraunhofer ISE, EMD International, RAH and RFVV, has begun an EU funded project…
u-blox demonstrates navigation using Chinese BeiDou satellite system
u-blox demonstrates navigation using Chinese BeiDou satellite system
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Swiss-based u-blox has achieved successful satellite positioning using China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.
Joint research project develops car2x modelling environment
Joint research project develops car2x modelling environment
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A group embracing Volkswagen, the University Duisburg-Essen, automotive design tool vendor dSpace GmbH and RF engineering company IMST has launched…

Infineon rolls 32-bit MCUs otimized for LED lighting applications
Infineon rolls 32-bit MCUs otimized for LED lighting applications
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With an entry-level but 32-bit microcontroller product family Infineon addresses the low-end segment of the industrial controls market. The new products are designed to displace 8-bit products, which still are…
Audio synthesis and noise reduction in modern vehicles
Audio synthesis and noise reduction in modern vehicles
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Audio optimization has become a mainstream issue for today’s auto designers. From compensating for the absence of engine noise to keeping sound levels down in the vehicle interior, audio synthesis…
Infineon positions 32-bit MCUs against 8-bit devices
Infineon positions 32-bit MCUs against 8-bit devices
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With an entry-level but 32-bit microcontroller product family Infineon addresses the low-end segment of the industrial controls market. The new products are designed to displace 8-bit products, which still are…
3D through-silicon via void detection using GHz scanning acoustic microscopy
3D through-silicon via void detection using GHz scanning acoustic microscopy
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Imec and PVA Tepla presented breakthrough results in the detection of TSV voids in 3D stacked IC technology. After having applied Scanning Acoustic Microscopy to temporary wafer (de)bonding inspection, they…
Miniaturized NIR spectrometer smaller than a sugar cube
Miniaturized NIR spectrometer smaller than a sugar cube
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS announced it will be presenting an extremely miniaturized near-infrared spectrometer at Photonics West.
Heliatek establishes new world record for organic solar technology with12% cell efficiency
Heliatek establishes new world record for organic solar technology with12% cell efficiency
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Heliatek GmbH announced a record breaking 12.0% cell efficiency for its organic solar cells, established in cooperation with the University of Ulm and TU Dresden.
Accuris Networks claims only Wi-Fi offload and roaming using mobile account credentials
Accuris Networks claims only Wi-Fi offload and roaming using mobile account credentials
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Accuris Networks claims that its Wi-Fi offload and roaming platform, AccuROAM is the only solution using SIM-based account credentials to enable smart phone and laptop users to automatically connect to…
Accurate position sensor helps BLDC motor in transmission control unit to run smoothly
Accurate position sensor helps BLDC motor in transmission control unit to run smoothly
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Automotive systems manufacturer Continental has started to use the robust, accurate AS5134 angular position sensor from ams to help the high-speed brushless DC (BLDC) motor in Continental’s transmission control unit…
Heliatek establishes new world record for organic solar technology with12 percent cell efficiency
Heliatek establishes new world record for organic solar technology with12 percent cell efficiency
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Heliatek GmbH announced a record breaking 12.0% cell efficiency for its organic solar cells, established in cooperation with the University of Ulm and TU Dresden.
Mobile data use reveals new challenges for operators
Mobile data use reveals new challenges for operators
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For the third year running Arieso has unveiled the latest trends in mobile data usage in a new report. Using ariesoGEO to provide insight into the nature of billions of…
Fraunhofer launches pilot line for industry-scale OLED production
Fraunhofer launches pilot line for industry-scale OLED production
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Organic LEDs (OLEDs) are at the threshold from the lab to the fab: While many research institutes already have recipes in place how to manufacture OLEDs, volume production with industrial…
MIT’s newly developed polymer film could harvest energy from water vapour
MIT’s newly developed polymer film could harvest energy from water vapour
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MIT engineers have created a new polymer film that can generate electricity by drawing on a ubiquitous source: water vapor. The new material changes its shape after absorbing tiny amounts…
The efficient implementation of asynchronous logic in COTS FPGAs
The efficient implementation of asynchronous logic in COTS FPGAs
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Clive Maxfield considers how to efficiently implement asynchronous logic in COTS FPGAs.
MIT polymer film could harvest energy from water vapour
MIT polymer film could harvest energy from water vapour
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MIT engineers have created a new polymer film that can generate electricity by drawing on a ubiquitous source: water vapor. The new material changes its shape after absorbing tiny amounts…
Dialog Semiconductor makes strategic investment in MIT spin-off Arctic Sand
Dialog Semiconductor makes strategic investment in MIT spin-off Arctic Sand
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Dialog Semiconductor announced a strategic equity investment into Arctic Sand Technologies, an MIT spin-off commercialising an innovative new approach to power conversion for multiple markets, including smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks and…
Panasonic unveils a 56-inch OLED panel produced with RGB all-printing method
Panasonic unveils a 56-inch OLED panel produced with RGB all-printing method
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Featuring 8.29 million pixels in a 3840x2160 resolution format, the panel is believed to be the world's largest OLED panel produced through the "RGB all-printing method" whereby materials are applied…
Six of the Best Filter Wizard Articles of 2012
Six of the Best Filter Wizard Articles of 2012
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The Filter Wizard aka Kendall Castor-Perry is a Principal Architect at Cypress Semiconductor, doing mixed-signal system analysis and design for the new PSoC platform. The Wizard's articles are some of…
Making ESL power optimization a reality
Making ESL power optimization a reality
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Shawn McCloud, Bryan Bowyer and Vikas Tyagi of Calypto discuss how to make ESL power optimization a reality.
Samsung reveals eight-core mobile processor
Samsung reveals eight-core mobile processor
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has launched an eight-core ARM-based processor that uses the big-little processing technique announced by ARM Holdings plc in 2011. The announcement was made by Stephen Woo,…
Lexus highlights safety technologies at CES
Lexus highlights safety technologies at CES
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Nothing less than an era of integrated safety technologies is what Japanese carmaker Lexus is promising at the current Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In its struggle to reduce…
Non-invasive blood pressure monitoring with heartbeat accuracy
Non-invasive blood pressure monitoring with heartbeat accuracy
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After having endured hospitalization, cardio patients usually go through a drawn out rehabilitation phase in the form of outpatient treatment. As part of the rehabilitation measures, patients are often prescribed…
University of Southampton scientists claims lightest glass nanofibres in the world
University of Southampton scientists claims lightest glass nanofibres in the world
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The University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) has claimed to have created the strongest, lightest weight silica nanofibres - 'nanowires' that are 15 times stronger than steel and can…
Bundesdruckerei, Infineon Technologies and Fraunhofer IZM join forces on “SeManTiK” project for contactless ID documents
Bundesdruckerei, Infineon Technologies and Fraunhofer IZM join forces on “SeManTiK” project for contactless ID documents
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What are the requirements for electronic identity documents to provide reliable functionality during their long term of validity? Experts from German printing office “Bundesdruckerei”, the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG…
Key ADC specifications for system analysis
Key ADC specifications for system analysis
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Bonnie C. Baker, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments examines the key specifications for ADCs when comparing the performance of SAR and delta-sigma converter systems.


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