MENU

Technology News Page 790

Technology News Page 790
Imec demoes speedy HBTs using complex process
Imec demoes speedy HBTs using complex process
Technology News |
Research consortium Imec has developed a heterojunction bipolar transistor device with a fT/fMAX 245GHz/450GHz as a key enabler for millimeter-wave…
Broadcom, Freescale, Omnivision bring Ethernet to parking assistance system
Broadcom, Freescale, Omnivision bring Ethernet to parking assistance system
Technology News |
In an environment where an increasing amount of data needs to be processed, automotive data bus systems such as FlexRay…
Plessey samples electric potential sensor
Plessey samples electric potential sensor
Technology News |
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. (Plymouth, England) is now able to sample an electric potential sensor that detects changes in electric field,…
Car-2-X field trial brings car communications closer to serial production
Car-2-X field trial brings car communications closer to serial production
Technology News |
A number of German carmakers, suppliers and research institutes have launched the hitherto largest car-2-x communications field trial. The trial…

German OEMs demo universal e-car charging system
German OEMs demo universal e-car charging system
Technology News |
At the International VDI congress and exhibition “Electronic Systems for Motor Vehicles”, vehicle manufactures Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche, and Volkswagen are going to present the Combined Charging System for the…
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #58: Analyze the RL drive in an ECG front end using SPICE
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #58: Analyze the RL drive in an ECG front end using SPICE
Technology News |
Matthew Hann of Texas Instruments explains how to use SPICE to simplify the design of an analog electronics interface to the electrodes/patient is in the optimization of the right leg…
Plessey Semiconductors begins sampling of EPIC sensor samples
Plessey Semiconductors begins sampling of EPIC sensor samples
Technology News |
Commercial samples of Plessey Semiconductors' Electric Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC) sensors are now available. The first products are optimized for use as an ECG sensor and claim to provide a…
Complexity of DUTs boosts modular instrumentation
Complexity of DUTs boosts modular instrumentation
Technology News |
Greater product sophistication, along with the incorporation of radio frequency in an increasing number of devices, is compelling engineers to change their test strategy according to research from Frost &…
Qualcomm describes Snapdragon S4
Qualcomm describes Snapdragon S4
Technology News |
Qualcomm released a white paper on its next-generation Snapdragon S4 mobile applications processor, giving a few additional details of the 28nm chip expected to ship before June 2012. The S4,…
Meet the SERDES challenge: Design a high-speed serial backplane
Meet the SERDES challenge: Design a high-speed serial backplane
Technology News |
Dr. Michael Heimlich examines the design flow for a high-speed serial backplane to meet the challenge posed by SERDES technology.
Infineon produce first silicon using 300-mm thin wafer technology for power semiconductors
Infineon produce first silicon using 300-mm thin wafer technology for power semiconductors
Technology News |
Infineon Technologies AG has produced the first chips on a 300-mm thin wafer for power semiconductors at the Villach site in Austria making Infineon the first company in the world…
Wireless window contacts benefit from energy harvesting sensors
Wireless window contacts benefit from energy harvesting sensors
Technology News |
Research scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg have now developed wireless window contacts which indicate when a house's windows are open or closed. …
Optical signal processing device satisfies power-hungry, high-speed networks
Optical signal processing device satisfies power-hungry, high-speed networks
Technology News |
Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a new all-optical signal processing device that meets the demands of high capacity optical networks and with a wide range of applications…
Are ac mains-dimmable LED lamps green?
Are ac mains-dimmable LED lamps green?
Technology News |
Victor Zwanenberg, Sr. Application Engineer, NXP compares the 60 W incandescent lamp and two other mains dimmable LED lamps including the light output versus power consumption under different dimming situations…
Philips CityTouch offers flexible street lighting control
Philips CityTouch offers flexible street lighting control
Technology News |
At its recent Innovation Experience house fair, Philips demoed its CityTouch municipal light control system. The system brings unseen flexibility into street lighting - and it is tailored for LED-based…
Ultra-low voltage SoC targets implantable medical devices
Ultra-low voltage SoC targets implantable medical devices
Technology News |
STMicroelectronic and the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology have presented the results of an advance R&D project targeting a low-power microprocessor technology at this year's European Solid-State…
Intelligent next-generation LED street lighting
Intelligent next-generation LED street lighting
Technology News |
More and more towns and cities are turning to LED street lighting. Working together with Osram Opto Semiconductors and Portuguese solid-state lighting (SSL) specialist Arquiled, Rutronik has developed the next…
Consortium intends to break down the ‘memory wall’
Consortium intends to break down the ‘memory wall’
Technology News |
Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology have formed a consortium for developing and implementing an open interface specification for a new memory technology called the Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC). Working closely…
3D imaging enters the human body with microlens-equipped endoscopes
3D imaging enters the human body with microlens-equipped endoscopes
Technology News |
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg and the project partners in the EU project "Minisurg", have developed an image sensor that transmits perfect…
Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems (Part 3 of 5)
Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems (Part 3 of 5)
Technology News |
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…
STMicroelectronics and MTL develop ultra-low-voltage SoC for future wireless and implantable devicess
STMicroelectronics and MTL develop ultra-low-voltage SoC for future wireless and implantable devicess
Technology News |
STMicroelectronics and the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology have presented the results of an advanced R&D project targeting a low-power microprocessor technology at the 2011 European…
austriamicrosystems extends high-voltage CMOS technology towards power grid applications
austriamicrosystems extends high-voltage CMOS technology towards power grid applications
Technology News |
austriamicrosystems' Full Service Foundry business unit is to expand its 0.35 µm High-Voltage CMOS technology portfolio. By introducing special inter-metal dioxide (IMD) layers, galvanic isolation is improved to over several…
Austriamicrosystems extends high-voltage CMOS technology towards power grid applications
Austriamicrosystems extends high-voltage CMOS technology towards power grid applications
Technology News |
austriamicrosystems' Full Service Foundry business unit is to expand its 0.35 µm High-Voltage CMOS technology portfolio. By introducing special inter-metal dioxide (IMD) layers, galvanic isolation is improved to over several…
FineSim SPICE simulation enables Diodes to accelerate tape out of two synchronous switching voltage regulators
FineSim SPICE simulation enables Diodes to accelerate tape out of two synchronous switching voltage regulators
Technology News |
Diodes Incorporated has used FineSim SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulation technology to tape out two highly integrated synchronous switching voltage regulators. The AP6502 and AP6503, 340 kHz switching frequency external compensated…
X-FAB qualifies Cadence Physical Verification System for all process nodes
X-FAB qualifies Cadence Physical Verification System for all process nodes
Technology News |
X-FAB, a foundry group for analog/mixed-signal semiconductor applications, has qualified the Cadence Physical Verification System for the majority of X-FAB’s process technologies. Foundry qualification means that X-FAB has given its…
Artificial leaf performs direct hydrolysis in sunlight
Artificial leaf performs direct hydrolysis in sunlight
Technology News |
Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced something they call an "artificial leaf": Like living leaves, the device can turn the energy of sunlight directly into a chemical…
Unmanned vehicles push wireless, the rise of the drones
Unmanned vehicles push wireless, the rise of the drones
Technology News |
Military electronics is going through a mobile boom in drones—a rise in unmanned planes, trucks and ships—that is just beginning.
SuVolta to talk low power at ARM TechCon
SuVolta to talk low power at ARM TechCon
Technology News |
Scott Thompson, chief technology officer of startup SuVolta Inc., will provide an overview of advanced transistor technologies at the ARM TechCon, which takes place Oct. 25 to 27 at the…


10s