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SAR and delta-sigma ADC signal path
SAR and delta-sigma ADC signal path
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Bonnie C. Baker, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments focuses on SAR and the delta-sigma ADC signal path.
ST plots wireless MEMS roadmap
ST plots wireless MEMS roadmap
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STMicroelectronics NV is pushing a system-in-package (SIP) approach to MEMS which it claims will yield wireless MEMS components by the…
Bandwidth is key as Altera plans for the end of copper backplanes
Bandwidth is key as Altera plans for the end of copper backplanes
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Bandwidth is the key driver for Altera’s next generation of FPGAs as copper gives way to optical backplanes, says its…
CUI’s Novum power modules select Powervation’s digital power controllers to deliver self-adapting, automatic loop compensation
CUI’s Novum power modules select Powervation’s digital power controllers to deliver self-adapting, automatic loop compensation
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Power module maker CUI, Inc., a subsidiary of CUI Global, Inc. has selected Powervation Ltd’s PV3012 next-generation digital controller in…

AMD wants graphics processors to run Java
AMD wants graphics processors to run Java
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Microprocessor chip company Advanced Micro Devices Inc., has announced it is joining with Oracle Inc., to work on how Java can be accelerated by a mix of processor engines including…
Mayo Clinic study confirms telemedicine with smartphones
Mayo Clinic study confirms telemedicine with smartphones
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A Mayo Clinic study confirms smartphones medical images are good enough to evaluate stroke patients in remote locations through telemedicine.
STMicroelectronics unveils advanced process technology for new generation of sensor electronics
STMicroelectronics unveils advanced process technology for new generation of sensor electronics
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STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new generation of ICs using an advanced manufacturing process that helps save energy, improve accuracy and simplify the design of sensors for applications from automotive electronics…
ST Microelectronics unveils advanced process technology for new generation of sensor electronics
ST Microelectronics unveils advanced process technology for new generation of sensor electronics
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STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new generation of ICs using an advanced manufacturing process that helps save energy, improve accuracy and simplify the design of sensors for applications from automotive electronics…
LED prototype enables flexible headlight design
LED prototype enables flexible headlight design
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Osram Opto Semiconductors announces the prototype of the Oslon Compact, currently the most compact high-power LED for the automotive market. Thanks to the flexible arrangement of these small LEDs it…
Power Tip 52: Making over the wall wart
Power Tip 52: Making over the wall wart
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Robert Kollman of Texas Instruments considers how advanced circuit techniques have remade the lowly cell phone charger from a clunky wall wart that consumes significant amounts of power to an…
Silica unveils new engineering design competition for UK Universities
Silica unveils new engineering design competition for UK Universities
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Silica is launching a design competition, Pedal4Innovation, which is open to all engineering students at UK universities and will see the winning three students each securing £3000 towards their tuition…
Heat pump uses ambient energy for interior heating in e-cars
Heat pump uses ambient energy for interior heating in e-cars
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Visteon Corporation has developed a heat pump system for hybrid and electric vehicles that utilizes ambient air and ancillary heat to improve cabin conditioning. By drawing less power from the…
Biocompatible electronics dissolve in reaction with water when no longer needed
Biocompatible electronics dissolve in reaction with water when no longer needed
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Tufts University are the first to demonstrate "transient electronics" - which are electronics that gradually…
Extend the life of LED lighting systems with thermal management
Extend the life of LED lighting systems with thermal management
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With light emitting diodes (LEDs) at the forefront of new residential and commercial fixtures, engineers and designers often struggle with ways to protect LEDs from premature failure due to thermal…
Silicon nanomembranes enable fingertip electronics
Silicon nanomembranes enable fingertip electronics
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(Authors contributed equally to this work.) 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA 2.
Turning waste heat into electrical energy
Turning waste heat into electrical energy
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Josh Moczygemba, Marlow Industries outlines an energy harvesting solution that can be customized to fit any pipe diameter and pipe orientation, without modification to existing pipeline infrastructure.
Organic lasers could be printed on any surface, say Cambridge researchers
Organic lasers could be printed on any surface, say Cambridge researchers
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Scientists from Cambridge University (UK) have developed a process to print lasers using everyday inkjet technology, which could be used to form lasers on virtually any surface, rigid or flexible,…
Firm seeks breakthroughs in rechargeable batteries
Firm seeks breakthroughs in rechargeable batteries
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Wildcat Discovery Technologies, a privately held San Diego company focused on battery materials development, said it signed a multi-year joint development agreement to develop materials to improve rechargeable battery technology…
Transition to silicon substrate bears risks for LED industry, analyst says
Transition to silicon substrate bears risks for LED industry, analyst says
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The next technological challenge for the Solid-state lighting industry is the transition to silicon wafers. Everybody knows that silicon offers many advantages in terms of cost and availability. Nevertheless, the…
Renesas brings 40nm Flash memory to automotive MCUs
Renesas brings 40nm Flash memory to automotive MCUs
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Chipmaker Renesas Electronics announced the RH850/F1x Series of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) for automotive body applications as the first products to be released in the RH850 Family of automotive MCUs with…
batteryuniversity.eu to run basic training courses and an Expert Forum at 2012 electrical energy storage (ees) Fair
batteryuniversity.eu to run basic training courses and an Expert Forum at 2012 electrical energy storage (ees) Fair
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Munich Trade Fairs is to forge closer ties between innovative technologies and mass production by staging a special event entitled electrical energy storage (ees) – Trade Fair for Batteries, Energy…
A new generation of microcontrollers: The RH850 Family of 40-nm MCUs for better, safer motor vehicles – part 2
A new generation of microcontrollers: The RH850 Family of 40-nm MCUs for better, safer motor vehicles – part 2
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A previous Part-1 Technology Special story, "Jumping Far Ahead to 40-nm Process Technology", described a unique Renesas MONOS (metal-oxide nitride-oxide silicon) production technique for the internal flash memory essential for…
Software framework helps designers to develop car-to-x applications
Software framework helps designers to develop car-to-x applications
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At the ITS World Congress 2012 to be held later this year in Vienna, Scientists from Fraunhofer ESK will demonstrate the car-to-x framework they developed. By means of the platform,…
4G mobile broadband services to bridge the digital divide in underserved markets
4G mobile broadband services to bridge the digital divide in underserved markets
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Urging U.S. telecommunications operators competing with the largest, national carriers to think like mobile broadband providers, Robert Vrij, President, Americas of Alcatel-Lucent, will outline new service and revenue possibilities enabled…
Taiwan embeds ReRAM in 28-nm logic process
Taiwan embeds ReRAM in 28-nm logic process
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The ability to embed resistive RAM (ReRAM) into mainstream logic process technology could have major implications for the design of system-on-chip, and foundry chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is…
Celcite demonstrates LTE optimisation techniques
Celcite demonstrates LTE optimisation techniques
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Celcite Management Solutions has announced that it will be demonstrating its ground-breaking optimisation platform, COPST, at Futurecom in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (8-11 October). The company will showcase COPS-AIC for…
Texas Instruments unveils a fully-functional and low-price evaluation kit for ARM Cortex-M4 developers
Texas Instruments unveils a fully-functional and low-price evaluation kit for ARM Cortex-M4 developers
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Texas Instruments Incorporated is expanding the company’s innovative LaunchPad portfolio to the ARM ecosystem with the unveiling of a new low-price, easy-to-use Stellaris LM4F120 LaunchPad evaluation kit.
Piezo wireless switch: No battery, no cable, no wear
Piezo wireless switch: No battery, no cable, no wear
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Dr. Venkatesh Sivasubramaniam, Algra AG examines how a piezo wireless switch can offer energy harvesting benefits.


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