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Advances in integration for base station receivers
Advances in integration for base station receivers
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Todd Nelson, Linear Technology Corporation focuses on some of the key advances in integration for base station receivers.
Intersection assistant systems make use of car-to-x communications
Intersection assistant systems make use of car-to-x communications
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BMW and Volkswagen have developed prototypes of "smart" intersection assistant systems aiming at improving the safety in blind or complex…
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #53: Properly scaled filter components improve noise attenuation
SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #53: Properly scaled filter components improve noise attenuation
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Matthew Hann, Applications Manager, Precision Analog, Texas Instruments explains how properly scaled filter components can help improve noise attenuation.
20nm dual Damascene structures plated with new copper chemistries
20nm dual Damascene structures plated with new copper chemistries
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Atotech has partnered with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) in Albany, New York to develop, evaluate, qualify,…

High performance development platform enables rapid deployment of motor control systems
High performance development platform enables rapid deployment of motor control systems
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Analog Devices, Inc., in collaboration with Boston Engineering has demonstrated a development platform which can be used to design and optimise motor control systems with any type of motor. …
New packaging technology replaces wire bonding to double the current density in power semiconductors
New packaging technology replaces wire bonding to double the current density in power semiconductors
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Semikron has developed a revolutionary packaging technology for power semiconductors, which removes the need for bond wires, solders and thermal paste. The new SKiN technology is based on the use…
Energy Micro releases starter kit for energy sensitive product development
Energy Micro releases starter kit for energy sensitive product development
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Energy Micro has introduced a starter kit for its ARM Cortex-M3 based EFM32 Tiny Gecko microcontrollers. The EFM32TG-STK3300 kit provides users with all the functionality needed to create ultra low…
SID: Single layer technology boosts capacitive touchscreens
SID: Single layer technology boosts capacitive touchscreens
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp., has developed what its calls a true single layer enabling technology for its TrueTouch touchscreen controllers and is revealing details at this weeks Society for Information Display…
HP discovers memristor mechanism
HP discovers memristor mechanism
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Electrical engineers who expressed skepticism that Hewlett Packard Co.'s memristors could switch as fast as DRAM and yet retain their memories millions of times longer than flash can now rest…
Imec launches neural science lab
Imec launches neural science lab
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Belgium's Imec research institute has officially opened a new center to study the brain as part of a broader European research program. The Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF) lab will explore…
36-V, 8-A step-down µModule regulator is certified to EN55022 Class B
36-V, 8-A step-down µModule regulator is certified to EN55022 Class B
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Linear Technology has introduced the LTM4613, an 8 A step-down µModule regulator certified by TUV Rheinland an accredited laboratory, to meet EN55022 Class B EMI emissions limits at up to…
NXP’s GreenChip smart lighting solution opens new dimension in energy efficient lighting
NXP’s GreenChip smart lighting solution opens new dimension in energy efficient lighting
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NXP Semiconductors has introduced its GreenChip smart lighting solution that makes the Internet-enabled, energy-efficient lighting network a reality – not only for businesses, but also for consumers trying to make…
High-performance capacitive touchscreens to replace resistive solution for single-layer touchscreen sensors
High-performance capacitive touchscreens to replace resistive solution for single-layer touchscreen sensors
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp., has unveiled a new feature for its TrueTouch touchscreen controllers that enables manufacturers of handsets, cameras, GPS systems and other mobile systems to offer the benefits of…
FTDI to support Android USB API
FTDI to support Android USB API
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Following the launch of the the Android Open Accessory initiative, which will enable Android-powered devices to do more through USB, FTDI has announced it will support the initiative, allowing engineers…
10GBase-T Ethernet revs up at Interop
10GBase-T Ethernet revs up at Interop
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10GBase-T, the version of 10 Gbit/second Ethernet geared for standard copper cables, plugged into the recent Interop event, a sign the technology may be taking hold-- finally.
Activated graphene makes superior supercapacitors for energy storage
Activated graphene makes superior supercapacitors for energy storage
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped to uncover the nanoscale structure of a novel form of carbon, contributing to an explanation of why this…
Lattice Semiconductor and System General unveil programming support for Lattice MachXO2 PLD family
Lattice Semiconductor and System General unveil programming support for Lattice MachXO2 PLD family
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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation and System General, a leading provider of device programming instruments, have announced that both automated and manual programming systems now fully support the first member of the…
Multicore processors target Honeycomb tablets
Multicore processors target Honeycomb tablets
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ZiiLabs has announced two new members of its Zii family of media processors, the ZMS-20 and ZMS-40, which target Android Honeycomb-based tablets. They feature either a dual (-20) or quad…
TV station reveals serious security flaws with RFID-equipped credit and debit cards
TV station reveals serious security flaws with RFID-equipped credit and debit cards
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Commenting on a consumer TV report into the insecurity of RFID-equipped credit and debit cards, SecurEnvoy says that the apparent ease with which researchers have been able to create a…
Power Tip 35: Minimize transformer interwinding capacitance effects
Power Tip 35: Minimize transformer interwinding capacitance effects
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Robert Kollman of Texas Instruments examines the techniques to reduce the capacitance effects that allow higher frequency operation when designing a low-power flyback converter.
Low power solar energy harvesting in a compact footprint
Low power solar energy harvesting in a compact footprint
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Jeff Gruetter of Linear Technology Corp. outlines a low power solar energy harvesting solution in a compact footprint that provides a straight forward power solution for a growing number of…
Aircraft structures take advantage of energy harvesting implementations
Aircraft structures take advantage of energy harvesting implementations
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Tony Armstrong of Linear Technology Corp., explains how health monitoring of aircraft structures is able to take advantage of energy harvesting technology.
Designing reliable capacitive-touch interfaces (Part 2 of 2)
Designing reliable capacitive-touch interfaces (Part 2 of 2)
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Sachin Gupta, Prakhar Goyal, and Kurian Polachan of Cypress Semiconductor Corp continue to examine the challenges behind designing reliable capacitive-touch interfaces.
Software development tool suite supports high-end ARM processors
Software development tool suite supports high-end ARM processors
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IAR Systems' software development tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench is now supporting code generation and debugging on the ARM Cortex-A8 and ARM Cortex-A9 processor cores. IAR Embedded Workbench allows engineers…
Maxim to demo real-time power efficiency inside LED ballast with Teridian energy-measurement SoC
Maxim to demo real-time power efficiency inside LED ballast with Teridian energy-measurement SoC
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Teridian Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Maxim Integrated Products, is planning to demonstrate both AC- and DC-power measurement suitable for high-power LED-lighting ballasts at the forthcoming LIGHTFAIR International in Philadelphia, USA.
OpenCL training targets GPUs
OpenCL training targets GPUs
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AMD is collaborating with Acceleware to deliver professional training programs to help developers learn how to create applications that comply with OpenCL standards. This announcement follows AMD’s recent introduction of…
Carbon Design to distribute MIPS core models
Carbon Design to distribute MIPS core models
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Carbon Design Systems and MIPS Technologies are collaborating to create and distribute virtual platform models of MIPS Technologies' processor intellectual property (IP) cores. Carbon's processor models are generated from the…
XP Power calls for an industry-standard for ‘green’ component power supplies
XP Power calls for an industry-standard for ‘green’ component power supplies
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The deputy chairman of power supply manufacturer, XP Power, James Peters, is calling upon the industry to adopt a standard definition for ‘green’, energy-efficient component power supplies that are built…


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