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Graphene innovation halves the cost of semitransparent perovskite solar cells
Graphene innovation halves the cost of semitransparent perovskite solar cells
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The Department of Applied Physics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed efficient and low-cost semitransparent perovskite solar…
Simulator emulates battery performance from full charge to total discharge
Simulator emulates battery performance from full charge to total discharge
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Tektronix, Inc., has announced the availability of the Keithley 2281S Battery Simulator and Precision DC Power Supply which offers the…
GaN soon on 8-inch silicon wafers, hopes MACOM
GaN soon on 8-inch silicon wafers, hopes MACOM
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As M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (MACOM) announced its 4th generation 100W GaN on Silicon wideband transistor at the European Microwave…
Teardrop voltage source piezoelectric accelerometer outputs from 1mV/g to 100mV/g
Teardrop voltage source piezoelectric accelerometer outputs from 1mV/g to 100mV/g
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DJB Instruments' IEPE A/127/V is a miniature teardrop integral electronics voltage source piezoelectric accelerometer that uses the unique Konic shear…

NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor in 82x50mm SMARC module
NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor in 82x50mm SMARC module
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CALAO Systems has extended its SMARC (Smart Mobility Architecture) module family with the SMC-NTEK1, claimed to be the world first SMARC module based on the NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor, for…
Video data cruncher has almost no latency
Video data cruncher has almost no latency
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High-resolution cameras are increasingly used in vehicles as sensors – for pedestrian detection, environmental surveillance and parking assistance. And increasingly these cameras stream their images to the processing unit through…
A 16-pin QFN MCU for mobile USB-C connectors
A 16-pin QFN MCU for mobile USB-C connectors
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Microchip has added the UTC2000 USB-C controller to its portfolio of USB devices, promising designers a simple and quick implementation for what could become a "universal" supporting data transfer speeds…
Toyota, Stanford partner on AI-assisted driving
Toyota, Stanford partner on AI-assisted driving
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Stanford University (Stanford, CA) has announced that it is partnering with Toyota in an artificial intelligence (AI) research effort that will focus on the development of AI technologies used in…
Pure-play foundry sales to bounce back, says IC Insights
Pure-play foundry sales to bounce back, says IC Insights
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Despite talk of a chip market downturn that could last into the winter quarters market research firm IC Insights is forecasting a strong fourth quarter for pure-play foundry sales.
Super-stretchable metallic interconnects promise wearable advances
Super-stretchable metallic interconnects promise wearable advances
Researchers at Washington State University (Pullman, WA) have found a way to stretch metal films to twice their size without any visible cracks, a finding that could address one of…
RF coupler for data exchange on TransferJet standard
RF coupler for data exchange on TransferJet standard
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Antenova, manufacturer of antennae and RF antenna modules for M2M and the Internet of Things, has designed a coupler solution using TransferJet wireless technology for the very high speed data…
USB-C-connector controller, IC, from Microchip
USB-C-connector controller, IC, from Microchip
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Microchip’s UTC2000 controller enables simple and quick implementation of the emerging reversible plug connector for USB devices and USB cabling, describing it as a cost-effective and simple route to implementing…
Highest compute power in VPX format, for military/data mining
Highest compute power in VPX format, for military/data mining
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Kontron has introduced its next-generation StarVX high performance embedded computing (HPEC) system based on its VX3058 3U VPX single board computer (SBC), claimed as the highest-performance VPX computing node currently…
Configurable PXI multiplexer switches 60V
Configurable PXI multiplexer switches 60V
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Equipped with solid-state relays, the Model 40-681 PXI multiplexer from Pickering Interfaces offers a range of selectable switching configurations, allowing the unit to adapt to different test requirements and targets.
Need HV? Tiny DC/DC converters output up to 10,000 V
Need HV? Tiny DC/DC converters output up to 10,000 V
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Housed in miniature 1.0 × 0.5 × 0.5-in. plug-in packages, unregulated DC/DC converters in Pico’s AVP/AVN series deliver output voltages of 6 kV to 10 kV at 1.25W. These devices,…
5m euros injected in Finnish hyperspectral imaging instrumentation business
5m euros injected in Finnish hyperspectral imaging instrumentation business
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SPECIM, Spectral Imaging Oy Ltd., a pioneer in hyperspectral imaging instruments and systems, has received 5.3 million euros of financing to ensure the company's growth.
Advanced motion sensors give smartphone 0.2s ‘human-eye’-grade focus time
Advanced motion sensors give smartphone 0.2s ‘human-eye’-grade focus time
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Leading Chinese mobile manufacturer, OnePlus, has integrated advanced motion and proximity sensors from STMicroelectronics into the company's 2015 flagship model, OnePlus 2.  The sensors provide an ultra-fast 0.2s 'human-eye'-grade focus…
Optimized reference cells improve calibration of PV systems
Optimized reference cells improve calibration of PV systems
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A new version of reference cells for calibrating solar cells has been developed by scientists at the German Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.
LED drivers ensure flicker-free dimming of tunable white LED bulbs
LED drivers ensure flicker-free dimming of tunable white LED bulbs
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Targeting smart connected lighting applications that use tunable white and color LED bulbs, Diodes Incorporated has released the AL1791/2/3/4 single-, dual-, triple- and quad-channel DC to constant current (DC-CC) LED…
Direct conversion radio receiver ICs
Direct conversion radio receiver ICs
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CML Microcircuits has released the CMX994A and CMX994E direct conversion receiver (DCRx) ICs. These RFICs feature I/Q demodulators with low power consumption and high performance.
ST motion sensors give smartphone 0.2s focus time
ST motion sensors give smartphone 0.2s focus time
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Leading Chinese mobile manufacturer, OnePlus, has integrated motion and proximity sensors from STMicroelectronics into the company's 2015 flagship model, OnePlus 2. The sensors provide a 0.2s 'human-eye'-grade focus time and advanced…
Knowm’s memristors alive & shipping
Knowm’s memristors alive & shipping
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The name memristor is formed from memory + resistor. The fundamental component it labels behaves like a resistor, but one whose value changes based on the integral of the current…
Jitter attenuator optimized for JESD204B interface
Jitter attenuator optimized for JESD204B interface
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Analog Devices has announced a clock jitter attenuator circuit to support the JESD204B serial interface for connecting high-speed converters and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
Suspected suicide of former Realtek chairman reported
Suspected suicide of former Realtek chairman reported
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The former chairman of fabless analog IC vendor Realtek Technology Corp. (Hsinchu, Tawian), Lee Chao-cheng, was found dead on Friday Sept. 4 in a suspected suicide, according to reports.
GaN for power to show extended market boom
GaN for power to show extended market boom
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Specialist companies will benefit from a forthcoming boom in gallium nitride (GaN) for power semiconductors, but will find themselves under competitive or acquisitive pressure from larger players such as Infineon/International…
Light-harvesting approach promises more efficient solar energy
Light-harvesting approach promises more efficient solar energy
Researchers at Rice University (Houston, TX) have demonstrated an efficient way to capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into clean, renewable energy by splitting water molecules.
Thermal management structure is 10x times better at reducing HBLED overheating
Thermal management structure is 10x times better at reducing HBLED overheating
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ESCATEC claims to have solved the problem of overheating high brightness LEDs with the company's Heat Spreader solution that solders the LEDs onto a copper substrate, which is up to…
Scalable real-time hypervisor supports memory management & Win 10
Scalable real-time hypervisor supports memory management & Win 10
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Real-Time Systems (Ravensburg, Germany) has released Version R4.3 of its RTS Hypervisor. The hypervisor scales from Atom processors to XEON based systems and is designed to support the latest 6th…


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