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Smart dummy facilitates pedestrian detection system design and test
Smart dummy facilitates pedestrian detection system design and test
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A technology collaboration between innovITS Advance (UK ITS Centre for Excellence for Transport Telematics and Technology for Sustainable Mobility) and…
Improved batteries with carbon nanoparticles
Improved batteries with carbon nanoparticles
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From smartphones to e-bikes, the number of mobile electronic devices is steadily growing around the world. As a result, there…
Silicon-on-insulator at STM and IBM closing gap with Intel
Silicon-on-insulator at STM and IBM closing gap with Intel
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Silicon wafer maker Soitec S.A. claims that chip makers can sidestep years of development work needed to perfect fully-depleted (FD)…
TriQuint and U.S. military team up on gallium nitride ICs
TriQuint and U.S. military team up on gallium nitride ICs
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TriQuint Semiconductor will work with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop high-frequency and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs)…

Ultra-sensitive electrical biosensor based on Tunnel-FET design beats conventional field effect transistors
Ultra-sensitive electrical biosensor based on Tunnel-FET design beats conventional field effect transistors
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Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have come up with a new quantum mechanical-based biosensor that could detect biomolecules at ultra-low concentrations, from instant point-of-care disease diagnostics, to…
Silicon-on-insulator at ST and IBM closing gap with Intel
Silicon-on-insulator at ST and IBM closing gap with Intel
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Silicon wafer maker Soitec S.A. claims that chip makers can sidestep years of development work needed to perfect fully-depleted (FD) silicon transistors by switching to its silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, a…
Which USB is right for your application? (Part 3)
Which USB is right for your application? (Part 3)
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Dan Harmon, Texas Instruments examines how different 'versions' of USB technology have been deployed in the market in the past five years and looks at the impact of SuperSpeed USB…
Vibration energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks: Assessments and perspectives
Vibration energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks: Assessments and perspectives
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Sebastien Boisseau and Ghislain Despesse, CEA-Leti examines the challenges facing designers seeking to use vibration energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks.
ISO/IEC wireless standard optimised for ultra-low power consumption and energy harvesting
ISO/IEC wireless standard optimised for ultra-low power consumption and energy harvesting
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The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has ratified a new standard — ISO/IEC 14543-3-10 — for wireless applications with ultra-low power consumption. It is the first and only wireless standard that…
Wearable human motion energy harvester
Wearable human motion energy harvester
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A team from Riga Technical University, Latvia has designed a "Human Motion Energy Harvester for Wearable Applications". The design consists of a jacket with an electrical generator. The team's human…
Ghent University and imec release open source parametric design environment for integrated photonics
Ghent University and imec release open source parametric design environment for integrated photonics
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Ghent University and imec announce the launch of IPKISS as open source software platform. IPKISS is a generic and modular software framework for parametric design of photonic integrated components and…
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #64: How a poorly designed 20W amplifier can destroy a speaker system
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #64: How a poorly designed 20W amplifier can destroy a speaker system
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Dafydd Roche of Texas Instruments explains how poor design of 20W amplifier is capable of destroying a speaker system.
Early and accurate power analysis: myth or reality?
Early and accurate power analysis: myth or reality?
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Preeti Gupta, Director RTL Product Management, Apache Design explains some of the key advantages why RTL delivers the best trade-offs between accuracy and the ability to design for low-power.
Benefits of a coupled-inductor SEPIC converter
Benefits of a coupled-inductor SEPIC converter
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John Betten, Application Engineer, Texas Instruments focuses on the single-ended primary-inductor converter - the SEPIC converter - and discusses the impact the type of magnetic windings has on a practical…
Molecular catalyzer breakthrough aims to boost the uptake of solar energy
Molecular catalyzer breakthrough aims to boost the uptake of solar energy
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Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, have constructed a molecular catalyzer that rapidly oxidizes water to oxygen which could prove…
JEDEC turns focus on standardization of non-volatile wireless memory
JEDEC turns focus on standardization of non-volatile wireless memory
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The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association’s JC-64 Committee for Embedded Memory Storage and Removable Memory Cards has formed a subcommittee focused on the standardization of non-volatile wireless memory.
Miniaturizing and optimizing the design of miniaturized hairpin resonator filters
Miniaturizing and optimizing the design of miniaturized hairpin resonator filters
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Nuhertz Technologies’ FilterSolutions™ and QuickFilter™ programs enhance the design techniques for standard and miniaturized hairpin resonator or ring resonator filters.
Wireless power system for portable electronics
Wireless power system for portable electronics
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Researchers in Germany have succeeded in wirelessly transmitting power from a portable transmitter module to electronics around the body.
Pilot project to focus on bi-directional data link between electric vehicles and the power grid
Pilot project to focus on bi-directional data link between electric vehicles and the power grid
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IBM has teamed with American Honda Motor and Pacific Gas and Electric Company on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid.
OpenET Alliance unveils first members, releases updated interface specification
OpenET Alliance unveils first members, releases updated interface specification
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The OpenET Alliance, the industry association that promotes energy efficient wireless transmission through Envelope Tracking (ET), is unveiling its first wave of members, and the release of an updated interface…
PHARAON project bets on parallel processors to reduce energy consumption
PHARAON project bets on parallel processors to reduce energy consumption
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Thales and its partners have been granted 3.7 million euros to pursue the PHARAON project (Parallel and Heterogeneous Architecture for Real-time ApplicatiONs).
Increasing the realism of radar testing with an advanced signal scenario generator
Increasing the realism of radar testing with an advanced signal scenario generator
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Radar designers face three seemingly contradictory imperatives: Increasing system capability while shrinking overall size and accelerating time-to-market. They face similar needs when creating systems capable of testing their new designs.
Design Sallen-Key low-pass filters with G above 1, achieve lower output noise
Design Sallen-Key low-pass filters with G above 1, achieve lower output noise
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Michael Steffes, Senior Applications Manager, Communications, Intersil Corp. considers ways of using Sallen-Key low-pass filters to optimize noise performance.
A standards-based approach to capacitive-sensor EMC problems
A standards-based approach to capacitive-sensor EMC problems
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J.D. van Wyk, M. Visser, and D.B. Rademeyer of Azoteq look at the most relevant EMC standards and noise threats, and discuss what can be done to ensure compliance for…
Overcome signal attenuation, noise and jitter interference challenges in USB 3.0 system design
Overcome signal attenuation, noise and jitter interference challenges in USB 3.0 system design
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Joseph Juan of Pericom Semiconductor explains how to overcome signal attenuation, noise and jitter interference challenges in USB 3.0 system designs.
Graphene composite boosts heat spreader
Graphene composite boosts heat spreader
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A US researcher has developed a more efficient, less expensive way of cooling electronic devices using a composite of copper and graphene.
OpenCL for FPGA programme reduces development time for early customer
OpenCL for FPGA programme reduces development time for early customer
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Video system developer goHDR has seen a significant reduction in development time and a dramatic increase in performance using the high level OpenCL language on Altera FPGAs.
Bridging energy harvesting wireless sensor networks to TCP/IP
Bridging energy harvesting wireless sensor networks to TCP/IP
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Jim O'Callaghan, President, EnOcean Inc., examines how to bridge energy harvesting wireless sensor networks to TCP/IP to make buildings more energy efficient.


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