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Gigahertz 14-bit ADC eases direct conversion RF
Gigahertz 14-bit ADC eases direct conversion RF
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Texas Instruments has introduced a 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that runs at up to 3-gigasamples per second and priced at…
Chinese LED merger promises export of more visual stunts
Chinese LED merger promises export of more visual stunts
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Shenzhen Forlight Optoelectronics Co.,Ltd, a provider of LED tubes and video pixel strips for media façades and architectural building lighting…
Changing of the guard at Infineon’s C level: One leaves, two follow
Changing of the guard at Infineon’s C level: One leaves, two follow
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Amidst a phase of double-digit growth, Infineon reports a major reshuffle at its management board: Arunjai Mittal, responsible for the…
Intel, CEA-Leti expand collaboration on IoT
Intel, CEA-Leti expand collaboration on IoT
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The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and Intel (Santa Clara, CA) recently signed a new R&D agreement…

New Arduino board targets IoT with Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, and IR
New Arduino board targets IoT with Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, and IR
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The Arduino Primo integrates Bluetooth Low Energy and NFC Touch-to-Pair (using the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 SoC), Wi-Fi, and infrared (IR) connectivity, eliminating the cost and complexity of shields. IoT developers…
Arduino Primo board hosts Nordic Bluetooth LE & NFC silicon
Arduino Primo board hosts Nordic Bluetooth LE & NFC silicon
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The Arduino Primo integrates Bluetooth low energy and NFC Touch-to-Pair (using the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 SoC), Wi-Fi, and infrared connectivity, eliminating the cost and complexity of shields. IoT developers creating…
Phased-array beamforming software module for 5g, radar, EW systems
Phased-array beamforming software module for 5g, radar, EW systems
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Keysight Technologies’ latest software package enables accurate, dynamic system-level analysis of AESA (active electronically-scanned array) platforms, increasing range, reducing interference, and minimizing power consumption…
High PF buck LED driver for retrofit lamp designs
High PF buck LED driver for retrofit lamp designs
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Designed to meet or exceed worldwide power-factor regulations for non-dimmable retrofit LED bulbs and tube lighting, the AL1676 universal AC-input LED driver introduced by Diodes Inc. provides a design that…
Base station power efficiency boosted by MIMO linearizer
Base station power efficiency boosted by MIMO linearizer
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Maxim Integrated’s SC2200 dual-path RF power amplifier linearizer – RFPAL – can singnificantly improve the system efficiency of base stations, and lead to lower power, size and cost associated with…
1W integrated PA spans 100 MHz to 3.0 GHz
1W integrated PA spans 100 MHz to 3.0 GHz
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MACOM Technology Solutions’ MAAP-011232 is a 2-stage, 1-W driver amplifier featuring gain shut off and operating from 100 MHz to 3 GHz, for use in applications, including land-mobile-radio, military communications,…
GaN RF transistors; efficiency and wideband power for mobile broadband
GaN RF transistors; efficiency and wideband power for mobile broadband
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Ampleon (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) has its second generation of 50V, 0.5 µm GaN on SiC (gallium nitride on silion) RF power transistors, dedicated for mobile broadband applications.
ARM acquires imaging and embedded vision specialist Apical
ARM acquires imaging and embedded vision specialist Apical
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ARM has acquired, for $350 million in cash, the entire share capital of Apical Limited, IP provider of imaging and embedded computer vision technology, taking ARM further into sectors such…
Report: Chronocam winning in automotive
Report: Chronocam winning in automotive
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Chronocam AS (Paris, France), a startup company that develops vision sensors for machine vision based on asynchronous pixel sensor technology, is already achieving success in automotive applications according to a…
250W DC-DC converters have a wide 3.3V to 24V output range
250W DC-DC converters have a wide 3.3V to 24V output range
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TDK-Lambda has launched a range of 250W DC-DC converters with a wide 3.3V to 24V output adjustment range.
Exploring linear defects in 2D semiconductors
Exploring linear defects in 2D semiconductors
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In a recent paper published in Nature Physics, "Charge density wave order in 1D mirror twin boundaries of single-layer MoSe2", scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory…
Dual-channel RF power amplifier linearizer improves base stations’ efficiency
Dual-channel RF power amplifier linearizer improves base stations’ efficiency
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The SC2200 dual-channel RF power amplifier linearizer (RFPAL) from Maxim Integrated Products enables power amplifiers to consume up to 70% less power compared to a 37dBm power amplifier operated in…
ARM buys embedded vision firm for $350 million
ARM buys embedded vision firm for $350 million
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ARM announced it has acquired the entire share capital of Apical Limited (“Apical”), a provider of imaging and embedded computer vision intellectual property (IP) products with extensive licensing deals across…
Temperature scanner monitors up to 32 channels of thermocouple or RTD sensors
Temperature scanner monitors up to 32 channels of thermocouple or RTD sensors
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The microprocessor-based PMD-MXT series 32 channel temperature scanner indicator from Harold G. Schaevitz Industries LLC provides continuous monitoring of up to 32 channels of thermocouple or RTD sensors.
ARM buys Apical: all IP and running licensing deals for $350 million
ARM buys Apical: all IP and running licensing deals for $350 million
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ARM announced it has acquired the entire share capital of Apical Limited (“Apical”), a provider of imaging and embedded computer vision intellectual property (IP) products with extensive licensing deals across…
X-Microwave and Peregrine colaborate on modular design and prototyping
X-Microwave and Peregrine colaborate on modular design and prototyping
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X-Microwave, LLC, and Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., have announced their collaboration and the addition of Peregrine’s RF products to X-Microwave’s online simulation tool and hardware prototyping system.
Google could be hit with a $3.4 billion fine
Google could be hit with a $3.4 billion fine
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The European Commission is planning to announce it is hitting Google with a record-breaking €3 billion (about $3.4 billion) or thereabouts, according to the UK's Telegraph newspaper.
CEA expands collaboration with Intel in wireless and IoT
CEA expands collaboration with Intel in wireless and IoT
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The CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) and Intel have recently signed a new R&D agreement in Paris that expands collaboration between the two organisations.
SiGe process tailored to IoT wireless front ends
SiGe process tailored to IoT wireless front ends
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Specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd., (Migdal Haemek, Israel) has said it has begun mass production of a silicon-germanium process tailored to meet the demands of wireless front-ends on an integrated…
IDC joins forecasters predicting chip market fall
IDC joins forecasters predicting chip market fall
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IDC has become the latest market researcher to agree that the global chip market will fall in 2016.
IMEC leverages Si platform toward quantum computing
IMEC leverages Si platform toward quantum computing
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European research institute IMEC (Leuven, Belgium) has taken work it is doing in preparation for the 5-nm manufacturing node for silicon (Si) and is turning it towards quantum computing.
Infineon keeps all radar options open
Infineon keeps all radar options open
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Radar as the sensing technology of choice for a broad range of safety features in the car will continue to grow rapidly, believes chipmaker Infineon. Based on this market expectation,…
Tower Semi debuts process for IoT wireless front ends
Tower Semi debuts process for IoT wireless front ends
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Specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) has said it has begun mass production of a silicon-germanium process tailored to meet the demands of wireless front-ends on an integrated…
IGBTs yield highest power density for traction inverters
IGBTs yield highest power density for traction inverters
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Fairchild has introduced a series of discrete and bare-die IGBTs for hybrid and all-electric vehicles, positioning the devices, rated for 120 – 160A (packaged), as suitable for use in traction…


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