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Improve DAC integral nonlinearity through gain correction
Improve DAC integral nonlinearity through gain correction
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Onur Ozbek of Cypress Semiconductor Corp considers how to improve DAC integral nonlinearity by applying gain correction techniques.
Options for simulating wideband signals
Options for simulating wideband signals
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John S. Hansen of Agilent Technologies investigates some of the options for simulating wideband signals.
Quad cores in mobile platforms: is the time right?
Quad cores in mobile platforms: is the time right?
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We are in the midst of an exciting transition to the mobile computing era where more impressive devices are announced…
Colored LCD filters could double as solar cells while making thinner displays
Colored LCD filters could double as solar cells while making thinner displays
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University of Michigan's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has developed the reflective photovoltaic color filter device that can…

IHS spotlights iPhone 4S component changes
IHS spotlights iPhone 4S component changes
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Apple's latest iPhone—the iPhone 4S—may share many similarities to the iPhone 4, but it also features several notable upgrades, including a major upgrade to the applications processor, the use of…
Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems (Part 4 of 5)
Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems (Part 4 of 5)
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Steven Beeby and Neil White, University of Southampton, Hampshire, U.K. continues to provide a detailed understanding of the options for harvesting energy from localized, renewable sources to supply power to…
Encapsulating graphene within boron nitride layers for the next generation of chips
Encapsulating graphene within boron nitride layers for the next generation of chips
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Writing in the journal Nature Physics, a team of researchers from the University of Manchester has demonstrated how graphene could be encapsulated, sandwiching two sheets of graphene with another two-dimensional…
Processor models aid automotive software testing
Processor models aid automotive software testing
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Imperas and Renesas Electronics are cooperating on the verification of the Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) Fast Processor Models of the Renesas V850 cores. These models are being used with the…
Collateral damage from Intel’s DTV decision
Collateral damage from Intel’s DTV decision
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So, who are the unsuspecting victims of Intel Corp.'s plans, publicly disclosed this week, to “wind down” its digital TV SoC business? Rick Doherty, co-founder and director of Envisioneering Group,…
Sematech researchers to probe 15-nm challenges at IEDM
Sematech researchers to probe 15-nm challenges at IEDM
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Research engineers from International Sematech will present technical papers on semiconductor process technologies that address both high performance and low power at the upcoming International Electron Devices Meeting.
Expanded online design tool simplifies POL design using integrated voltage regulators
Expanded online design tool simplifies POL design using integrated voltage regulators
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International Rectifier has expanded its online design tool for the SupIRBuck family of integrated point-of-load voltage regulators to include new devices utilizing hysteretic constant on-time (COT) control designed to offer…
Intematix phosphor blend enables near perfect LED light quality
Intematix phosphor blend enables near perfect LED light quality
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Materials supplier for LED lighting Intematix Corporation demonstrated a phosphor blend that provides a near perfect color rendering index (CRI) of 98 and R9 value of 99 when applied to…
MOST Cooperation demonstrates integration of Ethernet-based devices with MOST
MOST Cooperation demonstrates integration of Ethernet-based devices with MOST
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The MOST150 network supports consumer standards such as UPnP (Universal Plug-n-Play) and DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) as well as diagnostics standards (DoIP). The flexibility of MOST network technology allows…
Highly featured CAN chip supports new ‘partial networking’ for improved fuel efficiency and emissions
Highly featured CAN chip supports new ‘partial networking’ for improved fuel efficiency and emissions
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STMicroelectronics says it has perfected one of the world’s first automotive ICs supporting advanced networking technology to unlock valuable improvements in fuel efficiency and emissions. The company claims that the…
Multicore MCUs target cleaner automotive powertrains
Multicore MCUs target cleaner automotive powertrains
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Freescale Semiconductor has announced the first of several powerful multicore automotive MCUs intended to help make it easier for automotive designers to improve engine efficiency and reduce exhaust pollution. Global…
RSA delivers integrated, strong and invisible authentication for mobile applications
RSA delivers integrated, strong and invisible authentication for mobile applications
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Software developers now have the ability to build additional layers of security and access control into mobile applications for leading mobile device platforms including Android devices, Blackberry devices and Apple…
Ziptronix bonds with Sony on image sensors
Ziptronix bonds with Sony on image sensors
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Ziptronix, Inc. recently licensed its ZiBond technology to Sony Corp. providing its oxide bonding technology for backside illumination imaging sensors.The Morrisvile, N.C., company has an extensive worldwide patent portfolio covering…
Drive makers forge HAMR for 2015
Drive makers forge HAMR for 2015
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Hard disk drive makers are gearing up for a generational shift to heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology. Leading researchers will share their progress toward that goal at the annual Diskcon…
IMEC brings back ultrawideband
IMEC brings back ultrawideband
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Ultrawideband is back. The IMEC research institute will describe and demonstrate early next year a chip set using the technology that sunk a handful of startups a few years ago.
AMD, Nvidia to power 10-petaflop Titan
AMD, Nvidia to power 10-petaflop Titan
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Cray Inc. will use Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Tesla graphics processors from Nvidia Corp. to build a supercomputer with a peak speed between 10 and 20…
Imec brings back ultrawideband
Imec brings back ultrawideband
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Ultrawideband is back. The Imec research institute will describe and demonstrate early next year a chip set using the technology that sunk a handful of startups a few years ago.
Qualcomm looks to smartphones to drive growth
Qualcomm looks to smartphones to drive growth
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Mobile computing, in many instances, is taking over from PCs and in some cases laptops. This trend is been driven by the smartphone revolution, still in its infancy and to…
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) in E-vehicles
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) in E-vehicles
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Electric propulsion brings with it high voltages which challenge vehicle electrical/electronic architecture. Delphi Automotive is continuing to build its HEV/EV expertise through new and complex simulation methods.
Microwatt charge pump boosts 1-V to 1.8-V at 90 percent efficiency
Microwatt charge pump boosts 1-V to 1.8-V at 90 percent efficiency
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Martin Tomasz of Sageloop Designs explains how two ultra-low-power op amps can be used in a charge pump configuration to double an input voltage, creating an output voltage of approximately…
Imec demos speedy HBTs using complex process
Imec demos speedy HBTs using complex process
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Research consortium Imec has developed a heterojunction bipolar transistor device with a fT/fMAX 245GHz/450GHz as a key enabler for millimeter-wave low-power circuits to be used in automotive radar applications.
Altera announces its answer to Zynq
Altera announces its answer to Zynq
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Just over half a year after Xilinx announced its FPGA with integrated dual ARM Cortex-A9 product line, Zynq, Altera has revealed details of its own version of an extensible platform…
R&D group begins TSV chip pilot production
R&D group begins TSV chip pilot production
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All Silicon System Integration Dresden (ASSID), a microelectronic wafer-level packaging and system integration center backed by the government of the German state Saxony and operated by the Fraunhofer IZM Institute,…
IMEC, Panasonic show reconfigurable area win
IMEC, Panasonic show reconfigurable area win
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Reconfigurable logic, often touted as a nice-to-have feature to help cope with late-changing standards and to improve time-to-market, is starting to show clear advantages in area efficiency over conventional ASIC…


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