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In-car networking (save FlexRay), smart image systems drive electronics development, expert says
In-car networking (save FlexRay), smart image systems drive electronics development, expert says
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At the VDI congress on automotive electronics in Baden-Baden (Germany), top engineers and strategists from the automotive value chain discussed…
Supercap drives iPhone expander LED flash
Supercap drives iPhone expander LED flash
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CAP-XX, a company dedicated to manufacturing supercapacitors for space-constrained electronic devices, announced that Chicago-based electronics company Corr-Tech has selected its…
NXP expands I2C with Agile I/O
NXP expands I2C with Agile I/O
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NXP Semiconductors has developed technology to expand its two wire I2C interface to 8 or 16bits for keyboards, switches, LEDs,…
Network monitoring innovation drives down the cost of deploying and operating fiber networks
Network monitoring innovation drives down the cost of deploying and operating fiber networks
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Alcatel-Lucent is to save service providers time and cost in maintaining their fiber-optic broadband access networks with the introduction of…

High efficiency, ultralow IQ, 42 V, 2.5 A sync buck regulator
High efficiency, ultralow IQ, 42 V, 2.5 A sync buck regulator
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The LT®8610 step-down regulator integrates key high performance features in one compact IC. It offers synchronous rectification, for efficiencies up to 96%. The low quiescent current of 2.5 µA extends…
MIT applies invisibility to electronics
MIT applies invisibility to electronics
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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are applying technology developed for the visual cloaking of objects to enable particles to "hide" from passing electronics, which could lead to…
New automotive connector spec speeds EV charge time
New automotive connector spec speeds EV charge time
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Electric vehicle charge times could be as short as 10 minutes using the revised J1772 EV connector spec published by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
TSMC selects Cadence Virtuoso and Encounter platforms for its 20-nm design infrastructure
TSMC selects Cadence Virtuoso and Encounter platforms for its 20-nm design infrastructure
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TSMC has selected Cadence solutions for the company’s 20-nm design infrastructure. The solutions cover the Virtuoso custom/analog and Encounter RTL-to-signoff platforms.
TSMC taps ARM’s V8 on road to 16-nm FinFET
TSMC taps ARM’s V8 on road to 16-nm FinFET
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TSMC laid out roadmaps for 20-nm planar, 16-nm FinFET and 2.5-D stacks at its annual event on Tuesday (October 16). The Taiwan foundry will use ARM’s first 64-bit processor, the…
Imagination tools graphics cores for 28 nm
Imagination tools graphics cores for 28 nm
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Imagination Technologies is integrating details of process technologies at 28 nm and beyond into the designs of its graphics cores. The effort is aimed at helping SoC designers better optimize…
UK startup ramps up 60 GHz development
UK startup ramps up 60 GHz development
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Blu Wireless Technology has moved from being a fabless company to supply System IP (SIP) for gigabit communication applications using the unlicensed 60GHz band. This has converted what had previously…
Smart grids turn to wireless systems
Smart grids turn to wireless systems
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Gert Skriver of Kamstrup explains why wireless systems prevail in smart grid technology.
Variable-gain differential amplifier operates at extremely high temperatures
Variable-gain differential amplifier operates at extremely high temperatures
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Chau Tran, Marco Ablao, and Sherwin Gatchalian of Analog Devices, Inc.describe a variable-gain differential amplifier that operates at extremely high temperatures.
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #70: Digital correction of analog quadrature modulator imbalances
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #70: Digital correction of analog quadrature modulator imbalances
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Robert Keller, Systems and Advanced Technology Manager, High-Speed Data Converters, Texas Instruments takes a look at digital correction of analog quadrature modulator imbalances.
Opinion: Wireless will revolutionise the medical world
Opinion: Wireless will revolutionise the medical world
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Medicine is set to benefit from the wireless and smartphone revolution and practical moves have recently being made in this important area.
3D packaging takes a key step forward as TSMC tapes out CoWoS chips
3D packaging takes a key step forward as TSMC tapes out CoWoS chips
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Fabless chip companies will have more design options for 3D integration and smaller footprint packaging as TSMC tapes out its first CoWoS (Chip on Wafer on Substrate) test chips using…
University of Luxembourg researchers focus on preventing solar cell degradation during production
University of Luxembourg researchers focus on preventing solar cell degradation during production
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University of Luxembourg’s Laboratory for Photovoltaics has established a method to observe and prevent solar cell degradation before solar cell production is finished, which has implications for the solar cell…
New organic solar cell offers high voltage to recharge a lithium-ion battery directly
New organic solar cell offers high voltage to recharge a lithium-ion battery directly
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University of Warwick researchers in collaboration with spin-out company Molecular Solar, have created an organic solar cell that generates a sufficiently high voltage to recharge a lithium-ion battery directly, without…
Developments in wireless bonding LED technology
Developments in wireless bonding LED technology
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Wireless bonded LED technology, often referred to as “flip chip” or “delta chip”, offers several key performance benefits. Though the technology was first introduced to the industry about a decade…
IP architecture of a MOST150 based infotainment system
IP architecture of a MOST150 based infotainment system
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Internet access has become an essential feature of modern vehicle infotainment systems. Today, it is the prerequisite to provide the user with up-to-date online information and services. In the case…
BMW drives Connected Car into the cyberspace
BMW drives Connected Car into the cyberspace
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In the project webinos, researchers are developing an open-source application platform for apps. The platform will help carmakers to integrate them into one of the most sophisticated mobile devices: The…
Nujira samples low noise second-generation Envelope Tracking chip for smartphones
Nujira samples low noise second-generation Envelope Tracking chip for smartphones
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Envelope Tracking technology pioneer Nujira Ltd, has begun sampling the company's next generation ET IC for mobile handsets, the NCT-L1200, to lead partners.
Real time DNA analysis comes to the High Street
Real time DNA analysis comes to the High Street
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The world’s first on-the-spot DNA testing has been launched for a cosmetics application.
New IEC Technical Committee is formed to accelerate the integration of renewable energy
New IEC Technical Committee is formed to accelerate the integration of renewable energy
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The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), the world’s leading standards body in electrotechnology, has created the new Technical Committee:  TC 120 Electrical Energy Storage (EES) Systems, to accelerate the integration of…
Single chip planned for radio receivers across Europe
Single chip planned for radio receivers across Europe
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The BBC and Deutschlandradio have joined forces to support the rollout of a single, universal chip to enable radios to receive multiple broadcasting standards across Europe.
Cadence Signoff Solution shaves weeks from design cycle and timing convergence for complex STMicroelectronics SoC
Cadence Signoff Solution shaves weeks from design cycle and timing convergence for complex STMicroelectronics SoC
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STMicroelectronics has slashed multiple weeks from its design schedule on a 28-nm system-on-chip (SoC) by switching to the Cadence signoff solution.
ARM upgrades its SoC interconnect to 1Tbit/s and DDR4 memory
ARM upgrades its SoC interconnect to 1Tbit/s and DDR4 memory
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ARM has upgraded its CoreLink on-chip interconnect to support bandwidth of 1Tbit/s for the next generation of system on chip (SoC) designs as well as the emerging DDR 4 memory…
Heinrich-Hertz-Institut doubles the efficiency of black silicon solar cells
Heinrich-Hertz-Institut doubles the efficiency of black silicon solar cells
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Solar cells convert three-quarters of the energy contained in the Sun‘s spectrum into electricity – yet the infrared spectrum is entirely lost in standard solar cells. In contrast, black silicon…


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