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Dual radio transceiver for Car-to-X applications
Dual radio transceiver for Car-to-X applications
New Products |
With the second product for its RoadLink family of after the SAF10x baseband chip, NXP continues to populate the market…
Combiner approach makes head-up displays affordable
Combiner approach makes head-up displays affordable
Technology News |
With a new automotive head-up display (HUD) type, Bosch departs from earlier implementation types: The 'Combiner' type is smaller and…
Blackfin DSPs upgraded for industrial imaging, audio and automotive
Blackfin DSPs upgraded for industrial imaging, audio and automotive
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Analog Devices has upgraded its Blackfin DSP processor family to provide 800 MMACS of processing power at less than 100…
Aito raises €2m for piezo sensors
Aito raises €2m for piezo sensors
Business news |
A joint venture between Holland and Finland has raised €2m for the development of its piezo touch user interface technology.

Tesla waives all IP claims to spur electromobility
Tesla waives all IP claims to spur electromobility
Business news |
In a surprising move, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced to forego any claim resulting out of patents. In a blog post on the Tesla's web page, the pioneer of…
Digital measurement techniques test analogue radios
Digital measurement techniques test analogue radios
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Rohde & Schwarz designed the R&S CMA180 radio test set for analogue radio production and maintenance. Operated with a touchscreen, the new tester can generate any test signal of up…
FERDs offer lower-cost option to synchronous rectifiers
FERDs offer lower-cost option to synchronous rectifiers
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STMicroelectronics’ family of Field-Effect Rectifier diodes (FERDs) offers a trade-off between low forward voltage drop (VF) and low leakage current (IR) that allows designers of equipment such as battery chargers…
Analog Devices acquires Hittite Microwave
Analog Devices acquires Hittite Microwave
Feature articles |
ADI has announced that it intends to buy the microwave/millimetre waver device maker to add to its RF product range.
Electromagnetic software designs non-electronic energy storage
Electromagnetic software designs non-electronic energy storage
Feature articles |
An electromagnetic design tool is assisting with commercialisation of an innovative energy storage system – a magnetically coupled flywheel – for (in this example) construction machinery in which it can…
New architecture ADC sets records for software-defined-radio conversions
New architecture ADC sets records for software-defined-radio conversions
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Imec, the Belgium-based nanoelectronics and systems research body, has reported record analogue-to-digital conversion performance metrics, in a device aimed at next-generation software defined radio; a 14bit, 200 Msamples/sec dynamic pipelined…
Rigol extends DS2000A, DS1000Z as MSOs
Rigol extends DS2000A, DS1000Z as MSOs
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The MSO extensions of Rigol Technologies' digital oscilloscope series DS2000A and DS1000Z, announced in February, are now available. The mixed-signal extension provides additional functionalities to the user. Both models leverage…
UVC LED technology helps lower analytical costs
UVC LED technology helps lower analytical costs
Technology News |
High-performance ultraviolet (UVC) LED developer Crystal IS, has introduced the first commercial semiconductor based on native Aluminum Nitride (AIN) substrates.
3D nanotube LI-ion anodes charge mobile devices in 10 minutes
3D nanotube LI-ion anodes charge mobile devices in 10 minutes
Technology News |
Today, Lithium ion batteries are pervasive but they still present problems. The batteries in electric vehicles are responsible for a significant portion of the vehicle weight, while the size of…
Microwave heating could impact electronics manufacture
Microwave heating could impact electronics manufacture
Technology News |
Engineers at Oregon State University have successfully shown that a continuous flow reactor can produce high-quality nanoparticles by using microwave-assisted heating – essentially the same forces that heat up leftover…
Broadband 20 GHz GaN amplifier
Broadband 20 GHz GaN amplifier
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Custom MMIC has announced the CMD184, a broadband 20 GHz GaN power amplifier.
ADC pushes boundaries for software defined radio
ADC pushes boundaries for software defined radio
Technology News |
At this week’s VLSI circuits symposium 2014 in Honolulu, imec will present a low power pipelined SAR (successive-approximation register) ADC in 28nm digital CMOS with record resolution, speed and power…
Micron-scale flexible and thin film circuits
Micron-scale flexible and thin film circuits
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Metrigraphics have achieved large-scale production of micron-scale flexible circuits six or more layers high with traces (circuit lines) as narrow as 3 microns (11.81 x 10-5 inches). The circuits are…
Antenna-tuning ICs boost antenna efficiency in 4G bands
Antenna-tuning ICs boost antenna efficiency in 4G bands
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A series of antenna aperture tuning switch ICs from Infineon optimise antenna characteristics to allow for highest data rate operation in LTE bands, while enabling further reduction of current consumption.
10-kW power supplies offer 400-kV or 500k-V output voltages
10-kW power supplies offer 400-kV or 500k-V output voltages
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HiTek Power has added 12 new models to the company's OLH10K family of high voltage power supply systems to provide a range of maximum output voltages from 60 kV to…
PLC modems support three standards across spectrum bands
PLC modems support three standards across spectrum bands
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Texas Instruments has introduced a power line communication (PLC) modem platform that supports the G3, PRIME and IEEE-1901.2 standards across both CENELEC and ARIB frequency bands.
European, analog chip markets on the up, says WSTS
European, analog chip markets on the up, says WSTS
Market news |
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization has raised its forecast of how a number of sub-markets will perform in 2014 – including the Europe, Asia-Pacific regions and the analog,…
Battery anode architecture helps charge portable electronics in ten minutes
Battery anode architecture helps charge portable electronics in ten minutes
Technology News |
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a 3-D, silicon-decorated, cone-shaped carbon-nanotube cluster architecture for lithium ion battery anodes that could enable charging of…
20-Bit 1Msps 0.5ppm INL SAR ADC
20-Bit 1Msps 0.5ppm INL SAR ADC
Technology News |
The LTCR2378-20 is a versatile general purpose ADC which provides state-of-the-art performance at any sampling rate up to 1MHz.
Can ion ‘highway systems’ solve battery safety problems?
Can ion ‘highway systems’ solve battery safety problems?
Technology News |
A Northwestern University  research team has combined two traditional theories in materials science to explain how the charge dictates the structure of the material. This opens the door for many…
Active ADAS: fivefold growth predicted
Active ADAS: fivefold growth predicted
Market news |
The trend in the automotive industry towards higher safety standards generates a huge demand for active driver assistant systems - systems that, in contrast to earlier approaches get actively involved…
ADC pushes the boundaries for software defined radio
ADC pushes the boundaries for software defined radio
Technology News |
At this week’s VLSI circuits symposium 2014 in Honolulu, imec will present a low power pipelined SAR (successive-approximation register) ADC in 28nm digital CMOS with record resolution, speed and power…
Ford to introduce ‘adaptive’ steering
Ford to introduce ‘adaptive’ steering
Technology News |
Within the next 12 months, carmaker Ford plans to introduce a new generation of steering aid: Adaptive Steering is a system that enables a variable steering ratio and improves vehicle…
Alstom-Saft consortium supports EDF ‘Concept Grid’ demonstration
Alstom-Saft consortium supports EDF ‘Concept Grid’ demonstration
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The EDF group has signed a frame contract with an Alstom-Saft consortium to supply an initial energy storage system using a container of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries to demonstrate the capability…


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