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Designing a 60V Buck-Boost LED driver with up to 98% efficiency
Designing a 60V Buck-Boost LED driver with up to 98% efficiency
Technology News |
Synchronous buck-boost converters with four power switches can deliver very high efficiency while providing both step-up and step-down DC/DC conversion.
Medicinal cannabis improves under LED lighting
Medicinal cannabis improves under LED lighting
Technology News |
A study conducted by Wageningen University & Research Center found that some varieties of cannabis produce more medicinally active substances…
VCR era ends due to lack of chips – and demand
VCR era ends due to lack of chips – and demand
Feature articles |
Bill Schweber considers the end of the electronic and mechanical that was the video cassette recorder.
3D images ‘floating in air’ realized with aerial imaging
3D images ‘floating in air’ realized with aerial imaging
Technology News |
At electronica, Omron Electronic Components Europe will be exhibiting three spatial projection display prototypes, demonstrating what it calls Aerial Imaging…

Wearables sensor dev platform from ROHM/Kionix
Wearables sensor dev platform from ROHM/Kionix
New Products |
The Aistin Blue Sensor Platform is conceived as an adaptable compact modular sensor system with Bluetooth LE and antenna, suited to the IoT and wearable markets.
Spatial projection displays on the cheap
Spatial projection displays on the cheap
Technology News |
At electronica, Omron Electronic Components Europe will be exhibiting three spatial projection display prototypes, demonstrating what it calls Aerial Imaging technology where fixed signs can be made to appear floating…
Omron prototypes fixed spatial projection displays
Omron prototypes fixed spatial projection displays
Technology News |
At electronica, Omron Electronic Components Europe will be exhibiting three spatial projection display prototypes, demonstrating what it calls Aerial Imaging technology where fixed signs can be made to appear floating…
China leads global chip market recovery
China leads global chip market recovery
Market news |
The tempo of year-on-year chip market growth increased in September led by a strong surge of sales in China and backed up elsewhere in the eastern hemisphere. However, the Americas…
Beating the jitter bug – how to apply multiple measurement strategies to identify noise source
Beating the jitter bug – how to apply multiple measurement strategies to identify noise source
Technology News |
Digitising an analogue signal can improve the chances that the information it represents arrives at its destination uncorrupted by electrical noise. However, digital signals can be corrupted if noise signals…
K-band capable digital-to-analog converter
K-band capable digital-to-analog converter
New Products |
The EV12DS460 from e2v is a 6 GS/s digital-to-analog converter (DAC) which can achieve clean signal generation up to 26.5 GHz.
Precision voltage reference drives up to 200mA, stable vs load
Precision voltage reference drives up to 200mA, stable vs load
New Products |
Linear Technology is calling its latest IC a “refulator” as it combines the functions of voltage reference and voltage regulator; LT6658 is a precision voltage reference that incorporates two high…
Automotive bus; 6Gbps duplex on UTP, by ST/Valens
Automotive bus; 6Gbps duplex on UTP, by ST/Valens
Market news |
Valens and STMicroelectronics are to, “join forces to revolutionize in-car connectivity”; their HDBaseT Automotive technology enables simultaneous transmissions of up to 6 Gbps of high-definition video & audio, USB, data,…
Prototype ‘mid-air touch’ controls with Ultrahaptics’ dev kit
Prototype ‘mid-air touch’ controls with Ultrahaptics’ dev kit
Market news |
Simplifying evaluation and prototyping of mid-air haptics in touchless gesture controls, Ultrahaptics (Bristol, UK) has introduced a development platform that allows companies looking to evolve innovative control solutions a route…
IoT use cases demonstarted with LTE Cat 1, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi
IoT use cases demonstarted with LTE Cat 1, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi
Technology News |
Swiss company, u-blox will demonstrate its latest LTE Cat 1 technology as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth gateway connectivity at the forthcoming electronica trade fair.
MEMS design contest offers $5000 prize, & fab slot
MEMS design contest offers $5000 prize, & fab slot
Market news |
Cadence, X-FAB, Coventor and Reutlingen University are offering a first prize of $5000 for ingenuity in MEMS and mixed-signal designs.
RS-485 transceivers meet IEC surge standards
RS-485 transceivers meet IEC surge standards
New Products |
Analog Devices claims a first with its RS-485 transceivers, fully certified for Level 4 EMC surge protection, eliminating the need for external transient-voltage surge-suppression devices.
Wearables sensor platform from iProtoXi and Rohm Semiconductor
Wearables sensor platform from iProtoXi and Rohm Semiconductor
New Products |
The Aistin Blue Sensor Platform is conceived as an adaptable compact modular sensor system with Bluetooth LE and antenna, suited to the IoT and wearable markets.
Compact CMOS image sensors with SVGA resolution
Compact CMOS image sensors with SVGA resolution
New Products |
This 1/3.6-inch device is aimed at providing industrial-level sensitivity and performance to cost-effective, small-footprint applications…
DAB is set to take over from FM
DAB is set to take over from FM
Market news |
Are the times gone when AM and FM radio receivers dominated the center stack in the cars? The latest figures from the WorldDAB industry forum show that even if DAB…
Series-connected supercapacitor modules maximise pulse power
Series-connected supercapacitor modules maximise pulse power
New Products |
AVX’ SCM Series supercapacitor modules offer high capacitance values, low ESR, low DCL, and long lifetime performance for hold-up, energy harvesting, and pulse power applications in the industrial and consumer…
Collaboration expands secure element access for mobile services
Collaboration expands secure element access for mobile services
Technology News |
SIMalliance has announced that it is transferring ownership of its established Open Mobile API (OMAPI) specification to GlobalPlatform.
SMT multichip LEDs turn matrix headlights mainstream
SMT multichip LEDs turn matrix headlights mainstream
New Products |
The Oslon Black Flat S series is what Osram Opto Semiconductors claims to be the world’s first surface mountable LEDs with up to five individually controllable chips.
Better light extraction for DUV LEDs
Better light extraction for DUV LEDs
Technology News |
Improving upon prior art, an international team of researchers has open a promising path towards high efficiency deep UV LEDs (emitting at 280nm) thanks to a novel device geometry.
Better light extraction for deep UV LEDs
Better light extraction for deep UV LEDs
Technology News |
Improving upon prior art, an international team of researchers has open a promising path towards high efficiency deep UV LEDs (emitting at 280nm) thanks to a novel device geometry.
Broadcom, Brocade deal slices Fibre Channel from Ethernet
Broadcom, Brocade deal slices Fibre Channel from Ethernet
Business news |
Broadcom Ltd., chief executive Hock Tan is at it again, carving up an appetizing company with the skill of a private-equity chef embedded in a semiconductor company.
M2M test platform supports remote SIM provisioning scenarios
M2M test platform supports remote SIM provisioning scenarios
New Products |
The RSP M2M test platform from Comprion supports remote SIM provisioning (RSP) tests in a lab environment. It consists of a modular set of server simulations providing SOAP (Simple Object…
Marvell Technology Group to restructure, cut jobs
Marvell Technology Group to restructure, cut jobs
Business news |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd., has announced that it intends to restructure the company to refocus its research and development (R&D), increase operational efficiency and improve profitability. These actions are expected…
30 GHz bandwidth socket for mixed pitch BGA378
30 GHz bandwidth socket for mixed pitch BGA378
New Products |
Ironwood Electronics has introduced a high performance BGA socket for 0.61- x 0.635-mm pitch BGA 378 pin ICs.


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