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Low-power mobile applications to benefit from Imec’s 3D integrated DRAM-on-logic
Low-power mobile applications to benefit from Imec’s 3D integrated DRAM-on-logic
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Imec and its 3D integration partners have proven the potential of 3D integration of a commercial DRAM chip on top…
Imec unveils implant-free quantum-well SiGe pFETs for high-performance CMOS architectures
Imec unveils implant-free quantum-well SiGe pFETs for high-performance CMOS architectures
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Imec has successfully fabricated implant-free quantum-well (IF-QW) pFETs with an embedded silicon-germanium (SiGe) source/drain. The Centre claims the devices show…
Alternative methods of LCD control (Part 2 of 2)
Alternative methods of LCD control (Part 2 of 2)
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Robert Murphy, Application Engineer, Cypress Semiconductor Corp. looks at a conventional implementation and show two alternative approaches, requiring only digital…
Model-based design passes muster for defense system
Model-based design passes muster for defense system
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Model-based design continues to grow within the aerospace and defense industries. It is especially used in the development of certified…

Major improvement in 200 mm RF MEMS switch manufacturing process
Major improvement in 200 mm RF MEMS switch manufacturing process
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CEA-Leti announced that its RF MEMS switch technology has reached a new level of maturity, allowing it to provide customers with a significantly improved manufacturing process. A major advance has…
High-contrast displays with LED-backlit TFT LCDs
High-contrast displays with LED-backlit TFT LCDs
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High brightness LED backlit TFT LCDs combine high performance and extensive brightness control to ensure that displays remain perfectly easy to read under all ambient light conditions - an absolute…
Low-power mobile applications to benefit from Imec’s 3D integrated DRAM-on-logic
Low-power mobile applications to benefit from Imec’s 3D integrated DRAM-on-logic
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Imec and its 3D integration partners have proven the potential of 3D integration of a commercial DRAM chip on top of a logic IC for next-generation low-power mobile applications. Imec's…
Energy harvesting shock absorber technology wins R&D 100 award
Energy harvesting shock absorber technology wins R&D 100 award
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A team headed by Lei Zuo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering working through the Advanced Energy Technology & Research Center at Stony Brook University has won…
Wireless power could cut cord for patients with implanted heart pumps
Wireless power could cut cord for patients with implanted heart pumps
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Mechanical pumps to give failing hearts a boost were originally developed as temporary measures for patients awaiting a heart transplant. But as the technology has improved, these ventricular assist devices…
Major improvement in 200mm RF MEMS switch manufacturing process
Major improvement in 200mm RF MEMS switch manufacturing process
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CEA-Leti announced that its RF MEMS switch technology has reached a new level of maturity, allowing it to provide customers with a significantly improved manufacturing process. A major advance has…
Gennum Snowbush IP Group unveils new multi-standard PHY IP Platform on TSMC 28-nm
Gennum Snowbush IP Group unveils new multi-standard PHY IP Platform on TSMC 28-nm
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The Gennum Snowbush IP group, a leader in high-speed serial interface IP, has announced the availability of its third generation of silicon-proven Multi-Standard (MS) PHY IP Platform on TSMC 28…
Sterilization methods and impact on electronics in medical devices
Sterilization methods and impact on electronics in medical devices
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Bernhard Linke, Principal Member Technical Staff, Maxim Integrated Products examines various popular sterilization methods and discusses their suitability for objects containing electronics.
Thunderbolt: A lot of noise, but very little spark
Thunderbolt: A lot of noise, but very little spark
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The newly released Thunderbolt interconnect provides two channels of bi-directional data transfer at 10-Gbps rates, which admittedly is way beyond an order of magnitude more than what the USB 2.0…
IMEC identifies hot spots in 3-D mixed IC stacks
IMEC identifies hot spots in 3-D mixed IC stacks
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IMEC researchers have proven out that its 3-D design tools have the appropriate thermal models for designing next-generation 3-D stacked chips.
AMD contest to create heterogeneous compute applications
AMD contest to create heterogeneous compute applications
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AMD announced the AMD OpenCL Coding Competition, being run by software development leader TopCoder. This contest is intended to encourage the creation of applications that take advantage of OpenCL as…
Toumaz forms joint venture to commercialise its Sensium Digital Plaster
Toumaz forms joint venture to commercialise its Sensium Digital Plaster
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Toumaz Ltd has established a new joint venture with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's company California Capital Equity LLC ('CCE’), to expand the commercialisation and distribution of the Sensium Digital Plaster. The…
OK Labs gets boost from Qualcomm
OK Labs gets boost from Qualcomm
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Through its integration with select Qualcomm chipsets such as the MSM8xxx Mobile Station Modem series and the Snapdragon family, OK Labs says it virtualisation technology, OKL4, can now be found…
ST gets Air for TV
ST gets Air for TV
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STMicroelectonics has claimed a significant step forward in its third generation TV SoC platform for STBs, with the successful porting and certification of Adobe AIR 2.5 for TV. It enables…
Silicon holds the key to longer battery life – Part Two
Silicon holds the key to longer battery life – Part Two
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Dr Scott Brown is CEO of Nexeon outlines in the second part of this two-part article that discusses how silicon can be used in place of carbon for battery anodes…
Balancing safety and cost-effectiveness in solar power inverter installations
Balancing safety and cost-effectiveness in solar power inverter installations
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Bernard Richard, Claude Gudel and Stephane Rollier of LEM examine how to balance safety and cost-effectiveness issues that relates to solar power inverter installations.
Light propagation controlled in photonic chips
Light propagation controlled in photonic chips
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Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have built optical nanostructures that enable them to engineer the index of refraction and fully control light dispersion. They have shown that it is possible…
Innovation in inexpensive medical imaging techniques
Innovation in inexpensive medical imaging techniques
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Every doctor, every nurse and every patient dreams of having a simple, inexpensive and reliable solution for non-invasive monitoring of the interior of the human body. Thanks to the results…
Optical sensor discriminates fog, twilight
Optical sensor discriminates fog, twilight
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As an additional signal source for advanced driver assistance systems, Fraunhofer researchers have developed an intelligent optical sensor that can differentiate between fog and twilight. In contrast to available systems…
MIT, France create joint lab for energy research
MIT, France create joint lab for energy research
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At a France-MIT Forum on energy this week in Paris, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and France's national scientific research center (CNRS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for…
Efficiency of half-bridge vs. inverter DC/DC topologies (Part 1 of 2)
Efficiency of half-bridge vs. inverter DC/DC topologies (Part 1 of 2)
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Dave Divins of International Rectifier Corp. examines switching topologies including half-bridge and inverter topologies, the end applications, and how their components and component parameters affect overall efficiency.
Harvesting solar, wind and rain energy all at once
Harvesting solar, wind and rain energy all at once
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A hybrid photovoltaic-piezoelectric device has been developed at the Institute of Material Research and Innovation (IMRI) of the University of Bolton which is capable of generating electrical energy from solar,…
NicAlloy-XT photo stencils bridges the gap between laser cut and electroformed stencils
NicAlloy-XT photo stencils bridges the gap between laser cut and electroformed stencils
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Photo Stencil's NicAlloy-XT technology is aimed at printing solder paste on PCBs, combining the best of NicAlloy and electroform stencils. The new technology enables PCB manufacturers to produce the exacting…
Ambient electromagnetic energy harvesting drives small electronic devices
Ambient electromagnetic energy harvesting drives small electronic devices
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Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite…


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