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Vehicle energy test system is optimised for 48 volts
Vehicle energy test system is optimised for 48 volts
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48V supply for cars is on its way, and so is the demand for simulation and test equipment. Kratzer Automation…
Why NOW is the time to invest in security
Why NOW is the time to invest in security
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Researchers from Kaspersky Labs, at their annual Security Analyst Summit (SAS), presented detailed findings of pervasive malware and embedded surveillance…
Software collaboration enables software quality compliance
Software collaboration enables software quality compliance
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Lauterbach's TRACE32 debug solution has been integrated with test automation platform VectorCAST to enable development, test, and certification teams to…
60V step-down controller can eliminate intermediate power buses
60V step-down controller can eliminate intermediate power buses
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Intersil’s ISL8117 is a 60V synchronous buck controller that can simplify power supply and distribution design; allowing for buck conversions…

Low cost USB vector signal generator spans 100 MHz to 2.5 GHz
Low cost USB vector signal generator spans 100 MHz to 2.5 GHz
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Signal Hound, maker of USB-based RF test and measurement products, recently announced announced a vector signal generator that is USB-powered and weighs just 130 grams; the VSG25A costs $495 and…
Thin supercapacitors for wearable and ultra-portable devices
Thin supercapacitors for wearable and ultra-portable devices
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CAP-XX (Sydney, Australia), recently announced flat supercapacitors in the “Thinline” series of single-cell parts; the company is a maker of supercaps for burst and back-up power, and has eliminated selected…
Sensor choices power industrial Internet innovation
Sensor choices power industrial Internet innovation
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Whether or not the Internet of Things will live up to its own hype, the notion has certainly got people thinking. Proposals range from the “Internet of Everything” to some…
Google patents connected smart toys that listen, speak
Google patents connected smart toys that listen, speak
Internet giant Google has filed a patent for a smart stuffed toy that, by listening for spoken cues, can control other connected devices in a home such as TVs, thermostats,…
1200V IGBT gate driver eliminates opto-couplers
1200V IGBT gate driver eliminates opto-couplers
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Aimed at motor drives and inverter designs in the 90 kW-500 kW range, and presented as the smallest-available IGBT gate-driver in that space, Power Integrations recently introduced its 2SC0115T2A0-12 dual-channel…
Precise and flexible supply voltage supervision for multirail digital boards
Precise and flexible supply voltage supervision for multirail digital boards
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Pinkesh Sachdev considers how to achieve precise and flexible supply voltage supervision for multirail digital boards.
US DoT: Car-to-car communication is coming sooner
US DoT: Car-to-car communication is coming sooner
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U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) Secretary Anthony Foxx has announced steps to accelerate the use of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications technologies in America's vehicles and highways.
Infineon takes CoolMOS to generation 7; halves switching losses
Infineon takes CoolMOS to generation 7; halves switching losses
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Infineon Technologies’ C7 series superjunction (SJ) MOSFETs is a 600 V series that claims 50% reduction in turn-off losses compared to the CoolMOS CP, offering a GaN-like level of performance…
48V regulators deliver 100W from a 1-cm-square package
48V regulators deliver 100W from a 1-cm-square package
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Vicor has added to its Picor Cool-Power ZVS regulator range with 48V buck regulators that enable direct stepdown from 48V distribution buses to point-of-load with high efficiency. Vicor says that…
Polymer solar cell passes 10 percent efficiency threshold
Polymer solar cell passes 10 percent efficiency threshold
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A team of scientists from Japan's RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science has achieved efficiency of 10 percent with polymer solar cells to bring the class of solar cells a…
Reduce EMI with 42-V, 5-A synchronous step-down silent switcher
Reduce EMI with 42-V, 5-A synchronous step-down silent switcher
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The LT8640 is a 42-V, 5-A synchronous step-down regulator that features Silent Switcher architecture. Silent Switcher minimizes EMI emissions without metal shielding or slow switching edges. This results in good…
IDT partners EPC to integrate GaN and silicon technologies
IDT partners EPC to integrate GaN and silicon technologies
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Integrated Device Technology, Inc. is collaborting with Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) to develop technology based on gallium nitride (GaN). The collaboration will see the companies explore integrating EPC’s eGaN technology…
Trillion-sensor man forms ultrasound startup
Trillion-sensor man forms ultrasound startup
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Janusz Bryzek, the visionary and serial entrepreneur who founded the Trillion Sensor Summit initiative, has formed a startup company called eXo System Inc.
SK Hynix, Sharp move up chip vendor ranking
SK Hynix, Sharp move up chip vendor ranking
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SK Hynix, MediaTek and Sharp are three companies that showed strong sales growth year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015 and climbed up the top 20 chip vendor ranking produced…
Rohm buys Renesas wafer fab
Rohm buys Renesas wafer fab
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Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan) has moved to acquire a 200mm wafer fab from Renesas Electronics Corp. for 450 million yen (about $3.7 million).
Egg-shaped micro home runs on wind, solar power
Egg-shaped micro home runs on wind, solar power
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A group of eco-conscious architects in Slovakia have developed a self-sustaining low-energy micro home powered by solar and wind energy for off-grid living.
Formal verification company provides technology access on “app” model
Formal verification company provides technology access on “app” model
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Formal verification has long held promise as a verification tool for the SoC design chain – but the arcane nature of the applied mathematics involved has limited its use to…
Ceramic antenna for 2.4 GHz consumer applications: world’s smallest?
Ceramic antenna for 2.4 GHz consumer applications: world’s smallest?
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The Weii 2.4 GHz ceramic antenna is positioned as “possibly the smallest antenna in the world” by Antenova; the miniature ceramic antenna is intended for all 2.4GHz, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee…
LED roadway illumination solutions focus on rural communities
LED roadway illumination solutions focus on rural communities
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At Lightfair 2015 Lighting Science Group Corporation unveiled the company's AVENUE Series of LED roadway solutions which are aimed at revolutionizing the infrastructure market and take roadway lighting to the…
Sub-terahertz technology aims to accelerate semiconductor circuit analysis
Sub-terahertz technology aims to accelerate semiconductor circuit analysis
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Advantest Corporation has developed a technology utilizing short-pulse terahertz waves for analysis of electrical circuits.
Ceramic antenna suits 2.4GHz applications
Ceramic antenna suits 2.4GHz applications
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The Weii 2.4 GHz ceramic antenna is positioned as “possibly the smallest antenna in the world” by Antenova; the miniature ceramic antenna is intended for all 2.4GHz, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee…
First trench-type silicon carbide MOSFET cuts on-resistance
First trench-type silicon carbide MOSFET cuts on-resistance
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Rohm Semiconductor has recently announced the development and mass production of a silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET that it claims as the first suc transistor to use a trench structure. Compared…
4-ch, 24-GHz downconverter for multichannel, beamforming receivers
4-ch, 24-GHz downconverter for multichannel, beamforming receivers
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Analog Devices’ ADF5904 is a highly integrated, 4-channel, 24-GHz receiver downconverter MMIC for which ADI claims the best-available combination of low-noise performance, high linearity and low-power consumption.
Expanding magnets promise new sensor, energy harvesting applications
Expanding magnets promise new sensor, energy harvesting applications
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Researchers have identified a new class of magnets that expand their volume when placed in a magnetic field and generate negligible amounts of wasteful heat during energy harvesting.


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