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Russia shows home-grown chip for digital TV
Russia shows home-grown chip for digital TV
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Russian microelectronics design house RC Module JSC has demonstrated a 90-nm system-on-chip (SoC) based on its NeuroMatrix DSP technology suitable…
Actuation-powered wireless switch eases remote controls
Actuation-powered wireless switch eases remote controls
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Energy harvesting technology has only become commercially available in the last few years and is enabling entirely new, energy-saving applications…
Industry’s first system-on-chip two-way radio enabling cost effective digital radios
Industry’s first system-on-chip two-way radio enabling cost effective digital radios
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Freescale Semiconductor claims to have introduced the industry's first system-on-chip for the two-way radio market. The MC13260 consists of an…
Current-induced torque in non-volatile magnetic memory devices
Current-induced torque in non-volatile magnetic memory devices
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Using a very fast oscilloscope, researchers led by Dan Ralph, the Horace White Professor of Physics, and Robert Buhrman, the…

Bridgelux claims ‘silicon’ LED is commercial
Bridgelux claims ‘silicon’ LED is commercial
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Bridgelux (Livermore, CA) was founded in 2002 and has raised about $110 million in venture capital since then. Most epitaxial wafers for LED use sapphire or silicon carbide substrates as…
MOTT enables silicon-based detectors and actuators
MOTT enables silicon-based detectors and actuators
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For electronics engineers, 'silicon' is mostly synonymous with integrated circuit. Transistors, diodes, FETs of all kind are silicon-based devices, and electronics today is generally perceived as the technology related to…
Bridgelux claims ‘silicon’ LED is commercial
Bridgelux claims ‘silicon’ LED is commercial
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Bridgelux Inc., a developer of semiconductor technology for solid-state lighting, has said it has demonstrated a light output of 135 lumens per watt from a GaN-on-Si LED. The company claimed…
TrueTouch PSOC solution delivers accurate touchscreen for new Fujitsu mobile phone
TrueTouch PSOC solution delivers accurate touchscreen for new Fujitsu mobile phone
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The docomo PRIME series F-01C is one of the world’s most advanced phones and offers a list of features, including 3.4-inch TFT color VGA display, a 13.2 megapixel camera with…
TrueTouch PSOC solution delivers accurate touchscreen for new Fujitsu mobile phone
TrueTouch PSOC solution delivers accurate touchscreen for new Fujitsu mobile phone
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Fujitsu Limited has selected the TrueTouch touchscreen solution from Cypress Semiconductor to implement the touchscreen in the new docomo PRIME series F-01C mobile phone. The flexible TrueTouch solution, based on…
Current-induced torque in non-volatile magnetic memory devices
Current-induced torque in non-volatile magnetic memory devices
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Magnetic tunnel junctions are memory storage devices made of a sandwich of two ferromagnets with a nanometers-thick oxide insulator in between. The electrical resistance of the device is…
Bridgelux claims ‘silicon’ LED is commercial
Bridgelux claims ‘silicon’ LED is commercial
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Bridgelux Inc., a developer of semiconductor technology for solid-state lighting, has said it has demonstrated a light output of 135 lumens per watt from a GaN-on-Si LED. The company claimed…
Docea Power’s Aceplorer 2.2 adds new library of customizable blocks and supports UPF 2.0
Docea Power’s Aceplorer 2.2 adds new library of customizable blocks and supports UPF 2.0
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The new software features a library of generic blocks that can be customized by users to implement designs, and support for IEEE Std. 1801-2009, also known as Unified Power Format…
Docea Power’s Aceplorer 2.2 adds new library of customizable blocks and supports UPF 2.0
Docea Power’s Aceplorer 2.2 adds new library of customizable blocks and supports UPF 2.0
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Docea Power is planning to demonstrate a new version of the company’s flagship software product, Aceplorer 2.2 at the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2011) event from 15…
Microsemi targets solar conversion
Microsemi targets solar conversion
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With the availability of its solar technology portfolio, Microsemi's products for renewable energy applications now include SmartFusion and IGLOO FPGAs analogue, mixed signal devices and pulse width modulation (PWM) modules,…
NI wireless sensor network platform expanded
NI wireless sensor network platform expanded
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National Instruments has announced two new products that extend the communication and measurement capabilities of the NI wireless sensor network (WSN) platform. The NI 9792 is a programmable WSN gateway…
New mil/aero bus converter halves size and weight requirements
New mil/aero bus converter halves size and weight requirements
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Vicor has introduced a high-efficiency, non-regulated MIL-COTS BCM bus converter, the MBCM270F450M270A00, to complete a family of V•I Chip power components for airborne, naval and land-based applications.
Microsemi unveils solar technology portfolio
Microsemi unveils solar technology portfolio
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Microsemi Corporation has unveiled the company's new solar technology portfolio which include products for renewable energy applications include SmartFusion and IGLOO FPGAs; analog, mixed signal devices such as bypass diodes/switches,…
“V3DIM” research project to lead the 3D vertical design of 40 to 100 GHz ICs
“V3DIM” research project to lead the 3D vertical design of 40 to 100 GHz ICs
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The "V3DIM" research project lays the foundations for working out the design requirements to develop innovative, highly integrated 3D System-in-Package (SiP) solutions for systems in the extremely high frequency range…
Leti brings silicon capabilities to III-V Lab
Leti brings silicon capabilities to III-V Lab
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CEA-Leti has announced it has joined the III-V Lab, created in 2004 by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and Thales, to broaden the scope of the lab's targeted applications by combining its…
Ultrafast laser ‘scribing’ technique to cut cost, hike efficiency of solar cells
Ultrafast laser ‘scribing’ technique to cut cost, hike efficiency of solar cells
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Researchers are developing a technology that aims to help make solar cells more affordable and efficient by using a new manufacturing method that employs an ultrafast pulsing laser. The innovation…
Does application security pay?
Does application security pay?
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The last decade has seen a dramatic shift in the way companies manage information security and protect vital data. In the past, businesses confronted the threat of cyberattacks and data…
Ultrafast laser ‘scribing’ technique to cut cost, hike efficiency of solar cells
Ultrafast laser ‘scribing’ technique to cut cost, hike efficiency of solar cells
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Critical to both are tiny "microchannels" needed to interconnect a series of solar panels into an array capable of generating useable amounts of power, he said. Conventional "scribing"…
Digital microphone technologies improve the mobile user experience
Digital microphone technologies improve the mobile user experience
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Yongjin Luo of Fairchild Semiconductor illustrates some of the key market and technical perspectives regarding modern mobile microphones.
Leti brings silicon capabilities to III-V Lab
Leti brings silicon capabilities to III-V Lab
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Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Thales and CEA-Leti said they are combining their expertise in III-V semiconductors and silicon technologies to open opportunities for innovation. The enlarged partnership will target applications in…
Lowest power HD compatible silicon tuner family focuses on set top box and TV applications
Lowest power HD compatible silicon tuner family focuses on set top box and TV applications
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Elonics Ltd., has unveiled what the company claims is the world’s lowest power high definition (HD) compatible silicon tuners. The E4005 low IF compatible tuner consumes less than 140 mW…
Electromagnetic, thermal, stress and deformation analysis of a space-based satellite dish antenna
Electromagnetic, thermal, stress and deformation analysis of a space-based satellite dish antenna
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M.H. Vogel of ANSYS gives a multi-physics analysis of a space-based satellite dish antenna which encompasses electromagnetic, thermal, stress and deformation analysis.
“V3DIM” research project to lead the 3D vertical design of 40 to 100 GHz ICs
“V3DIM” research project to lead the 3D vertical design of 40 to 100 GHz ICs
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V3DIM stands for “design for vertical 3D system integration in millimeter-wave applications”. Five partners from industry, science and research joined forces in the project funded by the German Federal…
New mil/aero bus converter halves size and weight requirements
New mil/aero bus converter halves size and weight requirements
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Operating from the typical 270 VDC (230-330 VDC) MIL-STD-704E/F power rail, the new converter uses Vicor’s proprietary Sine Amplitude Converter (SAC) topology to deliver isolated power to a nominal 45…


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