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Design: Multimode, multiband transceiver technology delivers LTE
Design: Multimode, multiband transceiver technology delivers LTE
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Ganesh Krishnan and Claudio Rey of Fujitsu Semiconductor Wireless Products focuses on challenges posed by LTE technology from the transceiver…
LED driver reference design focuses on high-efficiency universal-voltage fluorescent tube replacement
LED driver reference design focuses on high-efficiency universal-voltage fluorescent tube replacement
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Power Integrations has unveiled a new reference design (DER-286) which describes a 30 W LED tube replacement ballast power supply…
Researchers develop novel form of hafnium oxide
Researchers develop novel form of hafnium oxide
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Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a novel form of hafnium oxide, a compound used at the leading-edge…
Autosar 4.0.3 focuses on maintenance, stability
Autosar 4.0.3 focuses on maintenance, stability
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Revision 4.0.3 of the automotive standard software architecture is now available to autosar member companies. In the first place, the…

Power MOSFETs in LFPAK enable slimmer AC/DC adapter designs
Power MOSFETs in LFPAK enable slimmer AC/DC adapter designs
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NXP Semiconductors is showcasing a wide range of highly efficient Power MOSFETs at APEC 2012 which can be used alongside the company's GreenChip switched-mode power supply (SMPS) controller ICs, to…
Energy Micro and Pengutronix to demonstrate the world’s most energy friendly Linux for ARM Cortex-M3
Energy Micro and Pengutronix to demonstrate the world’s most energy friendly Linux for ARM Cortex-M3
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Energy Micro and Pengutronix are planning to demonstrate µClinux for Cortex-M3, embedded Linux running on the energy friendly EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers at this year's Embedded World Show.
Transform a DC/DC convereter into a high performance, full-featured battery charger
Transform a DC/DC convereter into a high performance, full-featured battery charger
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Portable electronic devices, powered by batteries, require battery chargers. In higher powered applications, efficiency and thermal management requirements lead to solutions using DC/DC converters.
Microsemi joins new SOI-HITS research project to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve energy savings
Microsemi joins new SOI-HITS research project to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve energy savings
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Microsemi Corporation is participating in a multi-disciplinary consortium tasked with developing innovative CMOS-compatible, high-temperature sensors that help reduce carbon emissions and drive energy consumption savings. The European Union's Seventh Framework…
Research project looks into the exhaust pipe
Research project looks into the exhaust pipe
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The reduction of CO2 emissions is the long-term goal of the research project SOI-HITS (Silicon on Insulator - High Temperature Systems). The project's contribution to this goal is developing CMOS-compatible…
Digital controller for DDR memory offers real-time adaptive loop compensation technology
Digital controller for DDR memory offers real-time adaptive loop compensation technology
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Powervation Ltd., has begun sampling of a new dual phase digital DC/DC controller with SVID interface. The PV3201 complies with the Serial VID (SVID) communications protocol of Intel's VR12/VR12.5 specification…
Microsemi joins new SOI-HITS research project to reduce CO emissions and achieve energy savings
Microsemi joins new SOI-HITS research project to reduce CO emissions and achieve energy savings
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Microsemi Corporation is participating in a multi-disciplinary consortium tasked with developing innovative CMOS-compatible, high-temperature sensors that help reduce carbon emissions and drive energy consumption savings. The European Union's Seventh Framework…
Powering and controlling high-brightness LEDs
Powering and controlling high-brightness LEDs
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This application guide provides extensive information on various ways to power and control high brightness LEDs. The note covers many of the common problems encountered in powering LEDs, and includes…
LTE Spectrum bands foxing networks and devices alike
LTE Spectrum bands foxing networks and devices alike
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The global deployment of LTE is radically changing the mobile space. But the rapid deployment of LTE is not without its challenges. As carriers and handset providers navigate the path…
Energy Micro and Pengutronix demonstrate most energy friendly Linux for ARM Cortex-M3
Energy Micro and Pengutronix demonstrate most energy friendly Linux for ARM Cortex-M3
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Energy Micro and Pengutronix are planning to demonstrate µClinux for Cortex-M3, embedded Linux running on the energy friendly EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers at this year's Embedded World Show.
Cadence and Samsung collaborate on DFM for 32-, 28- and 20-nm chip design
Cadence and Samsung collaborate on DFM for 32-, 28- and 20-nm chip design
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Samsung Electronics' Foundry business, Samsung Foundry, has collaborated with Cadence to develop a design-for-manufacturing (DFM) infrastructure to produce the most advanced chips. Working closely together, Cadence and Samsung Foundry have…
Calibrating amplifiers and ADCs in SoCs
Calibrating amplifiers and ADCs in SoCs
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M. Ganesh Raaja and Pushek Madaan of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. examine the most important errors that affect an ADC's output - offset and gain errors.
Cadence collaborates with Samsung foundry to deliver DFM solution for 32-, 28- and 20-nm chip design
Cadence collaborates with Samsung foundry to deliver DFM solution for 32-, 28- and 20-nm chip design
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Samsung Electronics' Foundry business, Samsung Foundry, has collaborated with Cadence to develop a design-for-manufacturing (DFM) infrastructure to produce the most advanced chips. Working closely together, Cadence and Samsung Foundry have…
Chip-on-board LED modules allow scaling across wide power range
Chip-on-board LED modules allow scaling across wide power range
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LED manufacturer Optogan has developed a Chip-on-board (COB) module. The X10 consists of 50 segments and can easily be divided into smaller LED segments. Thus, the device enables luminaries designers…
EIC offers energy innovators access to funds of £29.2m
EIC offers energy innovators access to funds of £29.2m
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Innovators and companies in the UK looking to bring new ideas for tomorrow's energy industry to market are being offered access to £29.2 million of funding by the Cheshire-based Energy…
NXP gives sneak peek at new engineering workbench app
NXP gives sneak peek at new engineering workbench app
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Semiconductor company NXP has expanded its mobile app efforts by launching a new iPad app meant to help engineers put together projects, store and easily share them.
Simulation framework automates test procedures
Simulation framework automates test procedures
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In today's automotive design process, simulating new vehicles or building blocks of vehicles has widely replaced the iterative process of building prototypes, testing them and modifying the design. Tesis Dynaware…
Select Schottky diodes based on avalanche performance
Select Schottky diodes based on avalanche performance
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Helene Goulin and Philippe Merceron, STMicroelectronics examines how to select the best Schottky diode in automotive applications to preserve the low forward voltage drop performance on one side and the…
Extreme Design: When radar failure at 12,000 feet is not an option
Extreme Design: When radar failure at 12,000 feet is not an option
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Ani Dimusheva of Power Standards Lab explains how they overcame a frustrating power problem at a radar site located on Red Table Mountain at an altitude of 12,000 feet in…
Programmable logic, SoC simplify power steering, accessory control
Programmable logic, SoC simplify power steering, accessory control
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Ronak Desai of Cypress Semiconductor discusses the design of a control system featuring a microcontroller plus ASIC or microcontroller plus programmable logic SoC for an automotive electric power steering system.
Leverage Ethernet to improve passenger safety, comfort, and convenience
Leverage Ethernet to improve passenger safety, comfort, and convenience
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In-car electronics are become increasingly complex and data-intensive. This situation again raises questions about networking technologies, bandwidths and architectures. This article describes the properties of two-wire Ethernet in vehicles.
HP releases OpenFlow code for its switches
HP releases OpenFlow code for its switches
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Hewlett-Packard has released OpenFlow software for 16 of its network switches with plans to extend that support this year to all its switches. The move marks what HP claims is…
Qualcomm, Ericsson demo LTE-to-3G handover
Qualcomm, Ericsson demo LTE-to-3G handover
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Qualcomm has announced that, working with Ericsson AB, it has completed a voice call handover from an LTE mobile network to a WCDMA network using Single Radio Voice Call Continuity…
Advanced mixed-signal process design kit from X-FAB enhanced with Silicon Frontline’s post-layout extraction software
Advanced mixed-signal process design kit from X-FAB enhanced with Silicon Frontline’s post-layout extraction software
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X-FAB Silicon Foundries has used Silicon Frontline Technology’s R3D (Resistive 3D) software for X-FAB’s 0.18 micrometer high-voltage process (XH018), to provide improvements in reliability and efficiency by addressing the high-voltage…


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