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Axeon receives funding to lead electric vehicle battery recycling research
Axeon receives funding to lead electric vehicle battery recycling research
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Axeon is one of six British companies to receive a share of almost £500,000 funding from the UK’s Technology Strategy…
MOST150: End-of-line testing for Quality Assurance (QA)
MOST150: End-of-line testing for Quality Assurance (QA)
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Many different suppliers are developing electronic control units (ECU) providing an interface to the MOST bus. Detailed compliance testing is…
Researchers bring contactless power transmission to public transport
Researchers bring contactless power transmission to public transport
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Electric mobility drives research on inductive power transmission: The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has launched a project that aims…
First two-layer quantum dot solar cell could yield higher efficiency photovoltaics
First two-layer quantum dot solar cell could yield higher efficiency photovoltaics
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University of Toronto engineering researchers reported in Nature Photonics a new solar cell that may pave the way to inexpensive…

Google selects austriamicrosystems for Arduino prototyping platform
Google selects austriamicrosystems for Arduino prototyping platform
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Google has selected austriamicrosystems' EasyPoint mini joystick module for the company’s new Android Open Accessory Development Kit (ADK). The new reference design platform uses the N50P111 EasyPoint joystick module with…
Sensor module design improves automotive electrical integration, functionality (Part 2)
Sensor module design improves automotive electrical integration, functionality (Part 2)
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In order to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions, designers rely on an increasing number of sensors throughout the car. Reliability and space requirements call for higher integration and…
The energy harvesting tipping point for wireless sensor applications
The energy harvesting tipping point for wireless sensor applications
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Ever since the first watermills and windmills were used to generate electricity, energy harvesting has been an attractive source of energy with great potential. In recent years, energy harvesting technology…
EU-funded tool chain delivers up to 50% productivity gains
EU-funded tool chain delivers up to 50% productivity gains
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The INTERESTED Project (INTERoperable Embedded Systems Tool chain for Enhanced rapid Design, prototyping and code-generation), funded under the 7th Framework Programme, has concluded after its three-year tenure, claiming a successful…
Novel organic semiconductor materials achieve ‘better than amorphous-silicon’ performance
Novel organic semiconductor materials achieve ‘better than amorphous-silicon’ performance
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SmartKem Limited, a developer of novel, printable organic semiconductor materials and ink formulations for flexible electronics announced that its advanced semiconductor materials have achieved performance “better than amorphous-silicon” in recent…
Lattice unveils first PCI Express 2.0 compliant low cost FPGA
Lattice unveils first PCI Express 2.0 compliant low cost FPGA
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Lattice Semiconductor’s LatticeECP3 FPGA family is compliant with the PCI Express 2.0 specification at 2.5 Gbps. The LatticeECP3 FPGA and its PCI Express (PCIe) IP core passed PCI-SIG PCIe v2.0…
EpiGaN raises capital for GaN-on-Si production
EpiGaN raises capital for GaN-on-Si production
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EpiGaN has announced it has closed its first capital round of 4 million euros, which will allow it to start volume production of GaN-on-Si epitaxial material for the next-generation efficient…
Latest profiles in Bluetooth v4.0 will promote proximity sensing and security features
Latest profiles in Bluetooth v4.0 will promote proximity sensing and security features
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Two new profiles within the latest revision of the Bluetooth specification are expected to enable a new era in proximity sensing and security, according to Nordic Semiconductor. The Bluetooth v4.0…
Finalization of Bluetooth low energy Find Me and Proximity profiles opens path to mass-market proximity sensing and security
Finalization of Bluetooth low energy Find Me and Proximity profiles opens path to mass-market proximity sensing and security
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Nordic Semiconductor ASA is predicting that mass-market wireless proximity and security sensing will be viable for the first time following Bluetooth SIG's recent finalization of its Bluetooth low energy Find…
X-FAB adds eFlash to high-voltage 0.18 micrometer foundry offering
X-FAB adds eFlash to high-voltage 0.18 micrometer foundry offering
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X-FAB silicon foundries enhanced its XH018 0.18 micrometer high-voltage process with a highly reliable new embedded Flash solution. It offers what it believes to be the industry's lowest mask count…
Fraunhofer, Semikron research aims at improving passive components reliability
Fraunhofer, Semikron research aims at improving passive components reliability
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A collaborative research project of power components manufacturer Semikron AG and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Components (IISB) looks into failure mechanisms of passive integrated silicon components. The…
Alternative methods of LCD control (Part 1 of 2)
Alternative methods of LCD control (Part 1 of 2)
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Robert Murphy of Cypress Semiconductor outlines how different LCD drive/control techniques can save power and simplify circuitry designs.
Managing power in embedded applications using dual operating systems
Managing power in embedded applications using dual operating systems
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Loc Truong of Texas Instruments explains how to manage power in embedded applications using dual operating systems.
Exposing the hidden costs of using off-the-shelf analog ICs
Exposing the hidden costs of using off-the-shelf analog ICs
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Bob Frostholm of JVD examines the hidden costs of using off-the-shelf analog ICs…
Baolab creates ultra-low cost 3D digital MEMS compasses in CMOS
Baolab creates ultra-low cost 3D digital MEMS compasses in CMOS
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Baolab Microsystems is claiming to be the first to design a pure CMOS Lorentz force MEMS sensor and, as a result, its new 3D Digital NanoCompass matches performance benchmarks for…
Mass-market proximity sensing and security is available with finalization of Bluetooth low energy profiles
Mass-market proximity sensing and security is available with finalization of Bluetooth low energy profiles
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The ability to find missing keys and smartphones, or alarm and securely lock almost any portable device that is separated from its owner, will be just the start of a…
Gigaset selects Dialog Semiconductor Green VoIP ICs for new pro range of VoIP phones
Gigaset selects Dialog Semiconductor Green VoIP ICs for new pro range of VoIP phones
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Gigaset Communications GmbH, Europe’s leading DECT telephony manufacturer, has selected Dialog Semiconductor plc’s ultra low power Green VoIP processors to equip the new Gigaset pro series of professional VoIP desktop…
Baolab’s NanoEMS technology delivers ultra-low cost 3D digital MEMS compasses in CMOS
Baolab’s NanoEMS technology delivers ultra-low cost 3D digital MEMS compasses in CMOS
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Until now, 3D compasses have typically used non-standard technologies such as magneto-resistive materials or Hall-effect structures combined with magnetic field concentrators to detect the direction of the Earth's magnetic field.
MIT scientists claim 9-nm e-beam resolution
MIT scientists claim 9-nm e-beam resolution
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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have developed a technique for pushing the resolution of high-speed e-beam lithography to write patterns for chips as small as 9-nanometers…
Efficient method for interfacing TRIAC dimmers and LEDs
Efficient method for interfacing TRIAC dimmers and LEDs
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James Patterson of National Semiconductor Corp. describes an efficient method for interfacing TRIAC dimmers and LEDs.
Atonometrics provides a continuous solar simulator to Fraunhofer ISE for light soaking
Atonometrics provides a continuous solar simulator to Fraunhofer ISE for light soaking
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Atonometrics, Inc., has announced that it has installed and qualified a Continuous Solar Simulator at Fraunhofer ISE in Freiburg, Germany.
Wafer maker joins GaN-on-Si research
Wafer maker joins GaN-on-Si research
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Wafer maker Siltronic AG has joined a research program organized by IMEC to develop gallium-nitride-on-silicon wafers.
GAMBICA calls for greater energy efficiency awareness when purchasing VSDs
GAMBICA calls for greater energy efficiency awareness when purchasing VSDs
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GAMBICA has responded to the International Energy Agency’s white paper ‘Energy-efficiency policy opportunities for electric motor-driven systems’ by calling for purchasing teams to take action to implement the IEA’s findings.
Reduce SoC device/package leakage/power with improved power management protocols
Reduce SoC device/package leakage/power with improved power management protocols
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Kushagra Khorwal, Abhishek Kumar, Mayank Verma, and Shailesh Kumar outline a way to use SoC power domain partitioning to reduce the leakage in lower variants by taking advantage of package…


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