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Cubic GaN grown out of silicon make for greener LEDs
Cubic GaN grown out of silicon make for greener LEDs
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign have developed a new method for making brighter and more efficient…
Making green LEDs more efficient and brighter
Making green LEDs more efficient and brighter
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign have developed a new method for making brighter and more efficient…
High current phase control thyristors aim to replace older designs
High current phase control thyristors aim to replace older designs
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IXYS UK Westcode has developed a 2.8kV pressure contact phase control thyristor that gives a 25% boost in average power density…
Nissan tests solid-oxide fuel-cell car in Brazil
Nissan tests solid-oxide fuel-cell car in Brazil
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Nissan is currently testing its e-Bio Fuel-Cell prototype vehicle in Brazil using 100-percent ethanol or ethanol-blended water to charge a…

Dual output step-down charge pump operates without inductors
Dual output step-down charge pump operates without inductors
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Linear Technology's LTC3256 is a high voltage low noise dual output power supply, which takes a single positive input and generates 5V and 3.3V step-down supplies with high efficiency and…
USB Type-C multiport minidock reference design speeds development
USB Type-C multiport minidock reference design speeds development
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Texas Instruments has introduced a multiport USB Type-C and Power Delivery (PD) minidock reference design that provides audio, USB data, power and video support.
Mini power supplies aimed at smart building infrastructure
Mini power supplies aimed at smart building infrastructure
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Intelligently networked smart homes and smart offices often require control systems with many low power nodes, actuators and sensors that are “always on”. Recom’s robust and reliable 2W and 3W…
Diodes with 400W surge protection in compact SMF package now in distribution
Diodes with 400W surge protection in compact SMF package now in distribution
New Products |
Vishay's 400W surface mount transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes are now in stock at distributor Rutronik.
High quality LED packages at economic prices
High quality LED packages at economic prices
Technology News |
With ever increasing energy-saving efforts all over the world and improvement of LED applications as this- and many next-generation light sources, more and more emphasis is put on the performance…
Step down regulator discards inductors
Step down regulator discards inductors
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Linear Technology has launched a highly integrated, high voltage low noise dual output power supply that generates 5V and 3.3V step-down supplies without needing inductors.
CEVA, Rockchip partner on smart camera devices
CEVA, Rockchip partner on smart camera devices
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China’s leading fabless semiconductor company Rockchip (Fuzhou, Fujian, China) has licensed CEVA's (Mountain View, California) XM4 imaging and vision DSP to enhance the imaging and computer vision capabilities of its’…
GNSS receiver targets covert asset tracking
GNSS receiver targets covert asset tracking
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u-blox' EVA-M8Q GNSS receiver is a TCXO-based GNSS receiver optimized to provide the highest acquisition and tracking sensitivity, making it suitable for use with small antennas either in covert applications…
Ultra-thin transistors promise high-performance, transparent wearable displays
Ultra-thin transistors promise high-performance, transparent wearable displays
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Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed ultrathin, transparent oxide thin-film transistors that could address wearable displays.
Rohde & Schwarz security scanners to help protect German airports
Rohde & Schwarz security scanners to help protect German airports
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Rohde & Schwarz (Munich, Germany) has been awarded a contract by the Procurement Office of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior for its latest generation of millimeter-wave-based QPS200 security…
High-power LED offers lower costs for high-performance lighting
High-power LED offers lower costs for high-performance lighting
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The 5x5-mm XLamp MHB-B LED released by Cree (Durham, NC) is aimed at high efficiency applications designed to meet the new DesignLights Consortium (DLC) 4.0 Premium requirements.
Ford, MIT collaboration uses LiDAR, cameras to measure pedestrian flow
Ford, MIT collaboration uses LiDAR, cameras to measure pedestrian flow
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Together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), auto maker Ford Motor (Dearborn, MI) has launched a new research project to measure how pedestrians move in urban areas.
Osram’s sells its general lighting lamps business for over €400 million
Osram’s sells its general lighting lamps business for over €400 million
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Newly named Ledvance (since July 2016), Osram's general lighting lamps business is to be acquired by a Chinese consortium consisting of the strategic investor IDG, the Chinese lighting company MLS…
Osram to focus on semiconductors again
Osram to focus on semiconductors again
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Newly named Ledvance (since July 2016), Osram's general lighting lamps business is to be acquired by a Chinese consortium consisting of the strategic investor IDG, the Chinese lighting company MLS…
Security solution protects IoT devices connected to AWS cloud
Security solution protects IoT devices connected to AWS cloud
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The ECC508 is what Microchip Technology (Chandler, AZ) claims to be the simplest way to create secure mutually authenticated IoT connections with Amazon Web Services (AWS), offering an end-to-end security…
Nissan solid-oxide fuel-cell car takes to Brazilian roads
Nissan solid-oxide fuel-cell car takes to Brazilian roads
Technology News |
Currently tested in Brazil, a country that adopted long ago sugar cane-derived bio-ethanol as its main motor fuel, the e-Bio Fuel-Cell prototype vehicle runs on 100-percent ethanol or ethanol-blended water…
Secure chip pre-configured to work with Amazon Web Services’ cloud
Secure chip pre-configured to work with Amazon Web Services’ cloud
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The ECC508 is what Microchip claims to be the simplest way to create secure mutually authenticated IoT connections with Amazon Web Services (AWS), offering an end-to-end security solution for IoT…
TALQ Consortium sets interoperating standard for smart city outdoor lighting
TALQ Consortium sets interoperating standard for smart city outdoor lighting
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The TALQ Consortium, which developed a standardized interface to control various streetlight systems within one single Central Management Software, has initiated a program to expand its scope on setting standards…
4 and 8-inch LED retrofit kits convert fluorescent industrial strips
4 and 8-inch LED retrofit kits convert fluorescent industrial strips
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Brandon Lighting's MX455 series retrofit kits are designed to convert existing 4' and 8' fluorescent strip fixtures to state of the art energy-efficient LED technology. The kits are shipped fully…
High-power LED delivers up to 931 lumens out of 5x5mm package
High-power LED delivers up to 931 lumens out of 5x5mm package
New Products |
The 5x5mm XLamp MHB-B LED released by Cree is aimed at high efficiency applications designed to meet the new DesignLights Consortium (DLC) 4.0 Premium requirements.
Aware of pedestrian flow: autonomous car services to predict demand
Aware of pedestrian flow: autonomous car services to predict demand
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Together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), car maker Ford Motor has launched a new research project to measure how pedestrians move in urban areas.
Mapping pedestrian flow helps on-demand car services
Mapping pedestrian flow helps on-demand car services
Technology News |
Together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), car maker Ford Motor has launched a new research project to measure how pedestrians move in urban areas.
Iterated-map circuit creates chaos
Iterated-map circuit creates chaos
Feature articles |
The Design Idea circuit shown below.... is useful to show chaotic discrete-time dynamics to students, or as a random number generator.
Korean researchers demonstrate 4µm thin oxide TFT active backplane
Korean researchers demonstrate 4µm thin oxide TFT active backplane
Technology News |
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed ultrathin, transparent oxide thin-film transistors that could address wearable displays.


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