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Ceramic Li-ion battery 10x thinner than solid-state alternatives
Ceramic Li-ion battery 10x thinner than solid-state alternatives
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NGK Insulator Ltd. has developed a solid-state ceramic lithium-ion battery which it claims has a density roughly 10 times that…
Small footprint boost controller simplifies LED backlighting
Small footprint boost controller simplifies LED backlighting
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Diodes Incorporated has introduced a constant-frequency, voltage-mode, external-compensation boost controller to address the needs of TV and monitor manufacturers needing…
IoT for cleaner air
IoT for cleaner air
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With its “In the Air” challenge, element14 invites all of its electronic design community to create innovative Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions…
Cloud-based online design tool simplifies power part selection
Cloud-based online design tool simplifies power part selection
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Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has released an online design tool to help engineers to analyze the performance of components for…

PZT making waves in MEMS
PZT making waves in MEMS
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ST's announcement that it is offering a piezoMEMS manufacturing process catapults the company to the front of a wave of uptake for the technology.
Solid State Supplies now stocking Plessey’s dotLEDs
Solid State Supplies now stocking Plessey’s dotLEDs
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Solid State Supplies is now stocking Plessey dotLED 01005 chip-size surface-mount LEDs, which combine ultra-small dimensions with high optical output for use in mobile and wearable electronics.
SiTime raises $25 million, including debt
SiTime raises $25 million, including debt
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SiTime Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), a pioneer of MEMS resonator devices as replacements for quartz timing devices, has announced it has closed a $25 million round of financing that includes a…
XMOS builds development system with industrial Ethernet and Fieldbus
XMOS builds development system with industrial Ethernet and Fieldbus
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Featuring a real-time hardware debug capability, it is based on the xCORE-XA architecture, which combines an ARM Cortex-M3 processor and XMOS’ configurable xCORE multicore microcontroller…
Capacitors for very high temperature environments
Capacitors for very high temperature environments
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Kemet’s High Temperature Radial Moulded Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors function in extreme environments and high temperature up to 200 Celsius.
Online software analyses power stages, suggests semiconductor choices
Online software analyses power stages, suggests semiconductor choices
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Toshiba Electronics has an online design tool that helps engineers to analyse the performance of components for the power stages of embedded designs and improve overall system effectiveness and efficiency.
TMBS rectifiers support LED lighting applications
TMBS rectifiers support LED lighting applications
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has introduced 15 new 200 V Gen-2 TMBS Trench MOS Barrier Schottky rectifiers featuring a wide range of current ratings from 5 A to 30 A in…
ST fabs integrated, flexible wideband RF synthesiser for software radio
ST fabs integrated, flexible wideband RF synthesiser for software radio
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STMicroelectronics’ STW81200 RF synthesiser uses the company’s BiCMOS (SiGe, silicon-germanium) manufacturing technology to integrate on one chip; wideband voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), a dual fractional and integer phase-locked-loop (PLL) core, low-noise…
Dual mode Bluetooth platforms speed gaming controller development
Dual mode Bluetooth platforms speed gaming controller development
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CSR has created reference designs of Bluetooth 4.1 compliant platforms, intended as turnkey solutions to help speed time to market of low power, next-generation wireless gaming controllers…
Triggered simultaneous acquisition/readout for PCIe digitisers
Triggered simultaneous acquisition/readout for PCIe digitisers
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Capture triggered acquisitions at high speed without missed any events; Keysight Technologies has a firmware option for its U53xxA PCIe digitisersthat allows simultaneous capture and transfer of acquired data in…
Image sensing technology can detect Alzheimer disease
Image sensing technology can detect Alzheimer disease
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A team of researchers from a Tokyo university has developed a semiconductor-imaging based medical diagnosis biosensing system that enables physicians to detect Alzheimer disease and diabetes in an early stage.
Philips Lumileds unveils turnkey LED luminaire solutions
Philips Lumileds unveils turnkey LED luminaire solutions
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Philips Lumileds has expanded the company's LED portfolio to include Matrix Platform solutions which consists of turnkey LED solutions using components, optics and LUXEON LEDs assembled on a wide selection…
Integrated, flexible wideband RF synthesiser for software radio
Integrated, flexible wideband RF synthesiser for software radio
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STMicroelectronics’ STW81200 RF synthesiser uses the company’s BiCMOS (SiGe, silicon-germanium) manufacturing technology to integrate on one chip; wideband voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), a dual fractional and integer phase-locked-loop (PLL) core, low-noise…
Mobile broadband operators scramble for VoLTE
Mobile broadband operators scramble for VoLTE
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Everybody wants LTE, and as the first wave of LTE deployments achieve coverage, VoLTE is the next big thing. VoLTE runs on IMS, and according to ABI Research, the market…
Dual mode Bluetooth® platforms target next-gen wireless gaming controllers
Dual mode Bluetooth® platforms target next-gen wireless gaming controllers
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CSR plc has announced a series of dual mode Bluetooth® 4.1 compliant platforms, designed to give greater flexibility to developers looking to create low latency and ultra low-power wireless gaming…
Reflections from smartphone transmissions enable gesture control
Reflections from smartphone transmissions enable gesture control
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Phone manufacturers have been looking at going beyond touchscreens in smartphones with the ability to interact with our smartphone through gestures in the space around the phone. Some smartphones are…
ADI’s efficient power drivers for 12-, 14- and 16-bit ADCs
ADI’s efficient power drivers for 12-, 14- and 16-bit ADCs
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ADI’s ADA4805 family of amplifiers with Dynamic Power Scaling claim best-in-class offset drift, slew rate, noise and distortion performance for portable, battery powered and high-density data acquisition equipment.
High power-density, surface mount inductors
High power-density, surface mount inductors
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In distribution from TTI, these miniature power inductors from Eaton claim to have the highest power density inductor solution currently available.
Kyocera joins Imec’s advanced silicon solar cell program
Kyocera joins Imec’s advanced silicon solar cell program
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Japan's Kyocera Corporation has joined Belgian nanoelectronics research centre imec's industrial affiliation program (IIAP) to advance next-generation crystalline silicon solar cells.
Anritsu to demonstrate range of VNAs to suit requirements for extreme performance or value
Anritsu to demonstrate range of VNAs to suit requirements for extreme performance or value
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Anritsu is to demonstrate two contrasting series of vector network analysers (VNAs) at European Microwave Week 2014.
Synchronous rectifiers swap out Schottkys
Synchronous rectifiers swap out Schottkys
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iW671 is a synchronous rectifier designed to enable small, higher power adapters for mobile devices: it replaces the secondary-side Schottky diode used in conventional power supplies with a more efficient…
Ultra-compact SIP AC-DC PSUs get low-profile versions
Ultra-compact SIP AC-DC PSUs get low-profile versions
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CUI’s PBK series of ultra-compact SIP AC-DC power supplies now has right-angle versions. The low-profile PBK-B family is available in 1W, 3W and 5W configurations. The power modules measure as…
ST adds piezoelectric MEMS to process portfolio
ST adds piezoelectric MEMS to process portfolio
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STMicroelectronics has developed a thin-film piezoelectric MEMS process platform that it is now commercializing, with volume ramp-up scheduled for mid-2015.
Dual mode Bluetooth platforms target next-gen wireless gaming controllers
Dual mode Bluetooth platforms target next-gen wireless gaming controllers
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CSR plc has announced a series of dual mode Bluetooth® 4.1 compliant platforms, designed to give greater flexibility to developers looking to create low latency and ultra low-power wireless gaming…


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