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Video: Wide VIN range step-down regulators consume only 2.8 µA input current
Video: Wide VIN range step-down regulators consume only 2.8 µA input current
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Battery life is paramount in modern battery-powered systems. Portable applications, such as remote sensors, require voltage regulators which have low…
GSA releases of analog/mixed-signal/radio frequency process control monitoring checklist tool
GSA releases of analog/mixed-signal/radio frequency process control monitoring checklist tool
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The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) is releasing its Analog/Mixed-Signal/Radio Frequency (AMS/RF) Process Control Monitoring (PCM) Checklist Version 1.0, which is…
Self-diagnosing sensor detects primary failure modes in RF cables
Self-diagnosing sensor detects primary failure modes in RF cables
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Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology and PPC Corp., have developed a “Smart Connector” sensor to automatically detect equipment damage…
Researchers create an almost noiseless nanomechanical microwave amplifier
Researchers create an almost noiseless nanomechanical microwave amplifier
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Researchers from the Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University in Finland, have shown how a nanomechanical oscillator can be used for…

Making HDTV in the car reliable and secure
Making HDTV in the car reliable and secure
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Unique Ser/Des technology supports encrypted video and audio content with full duplex bi-directional control channel over a single wire interface.
Flexible substrates harness carbon nanotube ink for smart devices
Flexible substrates harness carbon nanotube ink for smart devices
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Switching to a new formulation of cabon nanotube ink can enable the fabrication of smart devices that are flexible, fast, cheap and extremely durable, according to new results at the…
Geo-location tagging in smartphones to potentially cause major security risks
Geo-location tagging in smartphones to potentially cause major security risks
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Commenting on the ICO's call for a rethink on location privacy, Cryptzone says that geo-location tagging security issues are likely to be a major issue in 2012 - and that…
Globalfoundries and ARM announce 20-nm chip tape out
Globalfoundries and ARM announce 20-nm chip tape out
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ARM Holdings plc., and Globalfoundries Inc., have announced the tape out of a 20-nm chip and have demoed a Cortex-A9 SoC operating at more than 2.5 GHz on 28-nm technology.
Laser headlight, OLED pilot production, LED dimming: This was 2012 in LED Lighting
Laser headlight, OLED pilot production, LED dimming: This was 2012 in LED Lighting
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The calendar rapidly approaches the end of the year. Time to look back to what happened on the EE Times Europe LEDLighting website - and to review which articles our…
New Bluetooth low energy blood pressure monitor works with any Bluetooth version 4.0 ‘Smart Ready’ smartphone or computer
New Bluetooth low energy blood pressure monitor works with any Bluetooth version 4.0 ‘Smart Ready’ smartphone or computer
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IDT International Limited is claiming to have developed the world's first Bluetooth low energy (or Bluetooth Smart) blood pressure monitor, which is expected to be ready to go into volume…
Offline LED lighting simplified: LED driver needs no opto-isolators and is TRIAC dimmer compatible
Offline LED lighting simplified: LED driver needs no opto-isolators and is TRIAC dimmer compatible
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As environmental concerns over traditional lighting increase and the price of LEDs decreases, high power LEDs are fast becoming a popular lighting solution for offline applications. The article describes a…
Bluetooth blood pressure monitor uses any Bluetooth version 4.0 ‘Smart Ready’ smartphone or computer
Bluetooth blood pressure monitor uses any Bluetooth version 4.0 ‘Smart Ready’ smartphone or computer
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IDT International Limited is claiming to have developed the world's first Bluetooth low energy (or Bluetooth Smart) blood pressure monitor, which is expected to be ready to go into volume…
Imec, Polyera and Solvay set 8.3% efficiency record for organic solar
Imec, Polyera and Solvay set 8.3% efficiency record for organic solar
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Imec, Polyera and international chemical group Solvay have achieved a new world-record efficiency of 8.3% for polymer-based single junction organic solar cells in an inverted device stack. These excellent performance…
What auto electronics engineers found most interesting: Top ten articles in 2011
What auto electronics engineers found most interesting: Top ten articles in 2011
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The year 2011 comes to an end - time to look back to what was interesting and important this year. EE Times Europe Automotive presents the top ten articles -…
EU research project looks into testing of distributed functions over the Internet
EU research project looks into testing of distributed functions over the Internet
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Embedded systems are increasingly networked with the internet. An example is the steady development of car-to-x services in the automotive industry. In order to roll out this type of applications…
Renesas unveils 40nm embedded flash memory IP for automotive real-time applications
Renesas unveils 40nm embedded flash memory IP for automotive real-time applications
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Renesas Electronics has developed the industry's first 40-nanometer memory intellectual property (IP) for automotive real-time applications. The company plans to commercialize this IP by launching 40nm embedded flash microcontrollers (MCUs)…
Microsemi’s next-generation IDE solution Streamlines cSoC design efforts
Microsemi’s next-generation IDE solution Streamlines cSoC design efforts
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Microsemi Corporation has released Libero SoC v10.0 which is a new version of the Libero integrated design environment (IDE) offers system-on-chip (SoC) designers several new features, including improved ease-of-use, increased…
First 40nm embedded flash for real-time automotive applications
First 40nm embedded flash for real-time automotive applications
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Renesas Electronics has developed the industry's first 40nm memory blocks for automotive real-time applications. The technology will be used in 40nm embedded flash microcontrollers (MCUs) for automotive applications that are…
austriamicrosystems supplies ambient light and proximity sensors to Samsung Galaxy smartphones
austriamicrosystems supplies ambient light and proximity sensors to Samsung Galaxy smartphones
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austriamicrosystems has revealed that the company is supplying high volumes of intelligent ambient light and proximity sensors into four Samsung Galaxy models.
EU research project digs into testing of distributed functions
EU research project digs into testing of distributed functions
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Embedded systems are increasingly networked with the internet. An example is the steady development of car-to-x services in the automotive industry. In order to roll out this type of applications…
Green Hills and SafeNet team for embedded security
Green Hills and SafeNet team for embedded security
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Green Hills Software and SafeNet have teamed up to develop new secure hardware platforms for the embedded and mobile markets. The integrations include the support and integration of SafeNet portable…
WiGig preps software specs for 60 GHz
WiGig preps software specs for 60 GHz
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The Wireless Gigabit Alliance launched an effort to define upper layers of its software stack and completed work on three low layer software efforts. The 60 GHz technology promises to…
Carbon better than copper for TSVs
Carbon better than copper for TSVs
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Three-dimensional chip stacks are better connected with through-silicon-vias (TSVs) filled with carbon nanotubes instead of copper, according to researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.
CEA-Leti and ST-Ericsson stack a 3D network on chip
CEA-Leti and ST-Ericsson stack a 3D network on chip
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ST-Ericsson and Fench research lab CEA-Leti have developed a three layer stack of multi-core system on chip devices all connected by the same network on chip (NoC). The 3D stack…
Lattice releases new version of mixed signal design software
Lattice releases new version of mixed signal design software
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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has released version 6.2 of its PAC-Designer mixed signal design software, with updated support for Lattice’s Platform Manager, Power Manager II and ispClock devices. Users designing with…
Squeezing more from less: How to design smart gas and water meters for the ultimate in energy efficiency
Squeezing more from less: How to design smart gas and water meters for the ultimate in energy efficiency
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Keith Odland of Silicon Labs explains how to design smart gas and water meters to achieve the ultimate in energy efficiency performance.
The Advanced Smart Grid – Edge Power Driving Sustainability (Part 2 of 2)
The Advanced Smart Grid – Edge Power Driving Sustainability (Part 2 of 2)
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Placing emphasis on practical "how-to" guidance, this 2011 book from Artech House provides a first-hand, insider's perspective on the advent and evolution of smart grids in the 21st century (smart…
Generate dual supply rails using a high-efficiency SEPIC-Cuk converter
Generate dual supply rails using a high-efficiency SEPIC-Cuk converter
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Kevin Tompsett of Analog Devices, Inc. explains how to generate dual supply rails using a high-efficiency SEPIC-Cuk converter.


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