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Flexible RF mixers deliver low power, wide bandwidth
Flexible RF mixers deliver low power, wide bandwidth
New Products |
Integrated Device Technology has introduced its VersaMixer™ family of ultra-wide bandwidth RF mixers, comprising the high linearity F1192 and F1792…
UK village gets fast satellite Internet in government pilot
UK village gets fast satellite Internet in government pilot
Business news |
Satellite Internet has connected the third and final village selected to take part in a UK Government-funded Market Test Pilot…
High-tech street map helps robot bus find its way
High-tech street map helps robot bus find its way
Technology News |
In the Dutch province of Gelderland, an autonomous shuttle bus travels around on public roads. Therefore the electric mini bus,…
Custom wound power components at Diamond Power
Custom wound power components at Diamond Power
New Products |
Diamond Power Components, the newly formed specialist distributor of power components, is now making available custom wound power components from…

Altair acquires AWE Communications for radio network planning
Altair acquires AWE Communications for radio network planning
Business news |
Altair has acquired AWE Communications GmbH (AWE) based in Gärtringen, Germany, which was founded in 1998 as a spin-off from the University of Stuttgart, for its WinProp Software Suite for…
Quantum dots boost light-to-current conversion in tin disulfide semiconductors
Quantum dots boost light-to-current conversion in tin disulfide semiconductors
Technology News |
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and the University of Nebraska have discovered a method of harnessing the power of the sun to…
Custom MMIC grows rapidly, moves into new HQ
Custom MMIC grows rapidly, moves into new HQ
Business news |
Custom MMIC has recently moved their offices to Chelmsford, Massachusetts. This move will support the company’s rapid growth, providing a threefold increase in office and lab space.
Plessey sees greener pastures in horticultural lighting
Plessey sees greener pastures in horticultural lighting
Business news |
Plessey has entered a license agreement with PhytoLux for solid state horticultural growth lighting. Plessey will add new arm to its semiconductor fab operations, with a solutions global exclusive license…
Wireless M-Bus evaluation kit targets smart metering
Wireless M-Bus evaluation kit targets smart metering
New Products |
AMIHO Technology and ROHM Semiconductor have released an evaluation kit designed to get customers up and running rapidly with sub-GHz radio design.
Quantum-bits a thousand times more stable
Quantum-bits a thousand times more stable
Technology News |
In a step towards the goal of quantum computing, a group of researchers at MIT have devised a feedback technique to stabilise quantum bit (qubits) and extend the time over…
Thermal imaging cameras protected to IP67 for industrial
Thermal imaging cameras protected to IP67 for industrial
New Products |
The intelligent thermal imaging camera EyeCheck Thermo is now also available with either protection class IP65 or IP67. Users can combine the camera easily to the EyeMount profiles, to set…
Oxygen discovery sparks Li-ion battery storage capacity gains
Oxygen discovery sparks Li-ion battery storage capacity gains
Technology News |
Researchers at Sweden's Uppsala University have discovered the key role that oxygen atoms play in influencing the storage capacity perfromance of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.
DIN-rail-mount smart LVDT signal conditioner
DIN-rail-mount smart LVDT signal conditioner
New Products |
The S1A DIN-rail-mounting smart LVDT signal conditioner module from Alliance Sensors Group ends the difficulties that accompany AC-LVDT setup with built-in null indicators and front panel pushbuttons to set zero…
Choose the right step-up/down voltage regulator for portable applications
Choose the right step-up/down voltage regulator for portable applications
Technology News |
Reno Rossetti and Inyong Kim considers how to select the most appropriate step-up/down voltage regulator for portable applications.
Soft switching: Better efficiency for high power inverters
Soft switching: Better efficiency for high power inverters
Technology News |
In power electronics, the industry saw advances mostly in the area of semiconductor technology throughout the past decade. Now the university of Konstanz (Germany) has shown that also circuit topology…
60V 8-Switch Matrix LED Dimmer
60V 8-Switch Matrix LED Dimmer
Technology News |
LEDs are being used in current luxury model automotive headlights. Future automotive headlight designs include more powerful LEDs, more LEDs, and highly animated and multifunctional LED strings. These "matrix" LED…
UK LED maker diversifies into specialist lighting market
UK LED maker diversifies into specialist lighting market
Business news |
Plessey has entered a license agreement with PhytoLux for solid state horticultural growth lighting. Plessey will add new arm to its semiconductor fab operations, with a solutions global exclusive license…
60V 8-Switch Matrix LED Dimmer
60V 8-Switch Matrix LED Dimmer
Technology News |
LEDs are being used in current luxury model automotive headlights. Future automotive headlight designs include more powerful LEDs, more LEDs, and highly animated and multifunctional LED strings. These "matrix" LED…
Quantum-computing researchers stabilise superposition states 1000-fold
Quantum-computing researchers stabilise superposition states 1000-fold
Technology News |
In a step towards the goal of quantum computing, a group of researchers at MIT have devised a feedback technique to stabilise quantum bit (qubits) and extend the time over…
UK LED maker diversifies into specialist lighting market
UK LED maker diversifies into specialist lighting market
Business news |
Plessey has entered a license agreement with PhytoLux for solid state horticultural growth lighting. Plessey will add new arm to its semiconductor fab operations, with a solutions global exclusive license…
Keysight uses wireless test set to demo Gigabit LTE-A download speeds
Keysight uses wireless test set to demo Gigabit LTE-A download speeds
Technology News |
Keysight Technologies has used its UXM communications test set and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X16 LTE modem, to provide a preview – what the company terms a glimmer – of the possible…
High-tech street map helps robot bus find its way
High-tech street map helps robot bus find its way
Technology News |
In the Dutch province of Gelderland, an autonomous shuttle bus travels around on public roads. Therefore the electric mini bus, dubbed WEpod, needs to be able to navigate at particular…
15A/20A POL regulators offer fast transient response without compensation components
15A/20A POL regulators offer fast transient response without compensation components
New Products |
Exar's XR76116 and XR76120, 15A and 20A point-of-load (POL) step-down buck switching regulators employ the company's emulated current mode constant on-time (COT) control. This control loop provides the fast transient…
60V, 4A step-down inverting output regulator is single-resistor programmable
60V, 4A step-down inverting output regulator is single-resistor programmable
New Products |
LTC7149 is a high efficiency, 60V, 4A synchronous buck regulator for negative output voltage supplies. It incorporates a current mode architecture with user-selectable internal or external loop compensation and an…
x86-Based Intel Quark MCU & developer kit – in distribution
x86-Based Intel Quark MCU & developer kit – in distribution
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Mouser Electronics has Intel's Quark microcontroller, designed for IoT architectures and applications. The Intel Quark microcontroller D2000 is a low-power 32-bit microcontroller for battery operation, claiming a more robust instruction…
Korea’s MagnaChip shuts wafer fab
Korea’s MagnaChip shuts wafer fab
Business news |
Analog and mixed-signal chip vendor and foundry supplier MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. has closed its 6-inch wafer fab in Cheongju, Korea.
Allegro differential current sensors come in SOIC
Allegro differential current sensors come in SOIC
New Products |
Hall Effect-based components that operate at 5.0V and 3.3V provide improved current sensing performance in a small package.
Clever sensors stand surrogate
Clever sensors stand surrogate
Feature articles |
Bill Schweber ponders the creativity of engineers in using the RLC basics of electronics to stand in for a parameter of interest.


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