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LED ambient lighting platform offers customization options for car designers
LED ambient lighting platform offers customization options for car designers
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Ambient LED lighting is increasingly popular in the automotive industry. NXP Semiconductors meets this rising demand with the roll-out of…
Uniform LED solder pad design enhances flexibility, simplifies logistics
Uniform LED solder pad design enhances flexibility, simplifies logistics
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Not all LEDs are created equal. This is evidenced not only by the performance data and the dimensions but also…
Driver dims LED off a normal switch
Driver dims LED off a normal switch
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O2Micro International Ltd, unveiled a new dimming architecture for the global LED lighting market. The company's patented Free Dimming technology…
Digital radio chipset enables next-generation car radios
Digital radio chipset enables next-generation car radios
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With digital car radio systems already being state of the art in some geographies while in other regions AM is…

Automotive-qualified 600-V Trench IGBT offers high power density in a D2Pak
Automotive-qualified 600-V Trench IGBT offers high power density in a D2Pak
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International Rectifier has introduced a family of automotive-qualified 600 V IGBTs for electric and hybrid vehicle applications including air conditioner inverters, pumps and Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) heaters.
Comparing uninterruptible power supply topologies
Comparing uninterruptible power supply topologies
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Today, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems are typically employed to support data centres, communications hubs and other applications using sensitive ICT equipment.
Wafer-scale CMOS X-ray imaging for medical applications
Wafer-scale CMOS X-ray imaging for medical applications
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There is an increasing interest in the use of solid-state based X-ray medical imaging and detection systems in the replacement of conventional diagnostic imaging techniques.
Analog front ends claim industry’s lowest-power, highest-precision for smart e-metering
Analog front ends claim industry’s lowest-power, highest-precision for smart e-metering
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Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a new line of analog front ends (AFEs) for power monitoring and control of smart e-meters. The new ADS131E08 family is available with 8, 6…
LDO regulators claim the industry’s lowest dark current performance
LDO regulators claim the industry’s lowest dark current performance
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ROHM has developed the BD7xxL2EFJ-C series of high-voltage (50 V) LDO regulators for automotive applications featuring the industry’s lowest dark current (6 μA) – 80% lower than conventional LDO regulators…
2-MHz step-down DC/DC converters only require 2.7 µA of quiescent current
2-MHz step-down DC/DC converters only require 2.7 µA of quiescent current
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Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the LT3975, a 42 V step-down switching regulator that can deliver 2.5 A of continuous output current and requires only 2.7 µA of quiescent current.
Startup launches e-paper for signage applications
Startup launches e-paper for signage applications
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Altierre Corp., has debuted a new e-paper for signage applications, offering customers the opportunity to take advantage of wireless updates using Altierre's E-Paper digital display technology for shelf labels, price…
Micron claims first high-volume production of 45-nm PCM
Micron claims first high-volume production of 45-nm PCM
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Claiming to offer the first phase change memory (PCM) in high-volume production, U.S. memory chip vendor Micron Technology has announced the availability of a 45-nm multi-chip module for mobile devices…
Buck regulators maximise power density and flexibility
Buck regulators maximise power density and flexibility
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Vicor has introduced a new Picor PI33XX Cool-Power ZVS buck regulator series that affords board-level designers maximum power density and flexibility for high efficiency point of load DC-DC regulation.
Altium Designer makes ultra-high-performance design move faster at Spectrum Integrity
Altium Designer makes ultra-high-performance design move faster at Spectrum Integrity
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Spectrum Integrity designs ultra-high-speed digital, RF, and microwave PCBs which, at 20 to 110 GHz and beyond, are among the most challenging applications in industry. Its customer design challenges require…
Living in an intelligent home
Living in an intelligent home
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Imagine having the power to create the perfect lighting ambience at home with just one click of a button; picture having the power to adjust your window shades with only…
Startups to merge to target mobile infrastructure and consumer ICs
Startups to merge to target mobile infrastructure and consumer ICs
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A pair of privately held chip startups that have taken more than $80 million in venture funding combined to date announced they would merge with a holding company to create…
Samsung acquires CSR’s mobile business
Samsung acquires CSR’s mobile business
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., has agreed to pay CSR plc (Cambridge, England) $310 million for its handset connectivity and location operations and the associated technology. Samsung has also agreed to…
Ultra-small 600-mA boost power module extends battery life for smartphones and tablets
Ultra-small 600-mA boost power module extends battery life for smartphones and tablets
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Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced what the company claims is the industry's smallest integrated step-up (boost) DC/DC power module for smartphones, tablets and other portable electronics.
UPS hardware market looks set to struggle in 2012 forecasts IMS Research
UPS hardware market looks set to struggle in 2012 forecasts IMS Research
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Market research analyst, IMS Research reports that UPS sales were especially slow in 1Q 2012, resulting in only two percent growth in the global market year-over-year.
IMS Research says UPS hardware market to struggle in 2012
IMS Research says UPS hardware market to struggle in 2012
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Market research analyst, IMS Research reports that UPS sales were especially slow in 1Q 2012, resulting in only two percent growth in the global market year-over-year.
Mouser signs global distribution agreement with Intersil
Mouser signs global distribution agreement with Intersil
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Mouser Electronics, Inc., signs a new worldwide distribution agreement with Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog, mixed signal and power management semiconductors.
Tiny 600-mA boost power module extends battery life for smartphones and tablets
Tiny 600-mA boost power module extends battery life for smartphones and tablets
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Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced what the company claims is the industry's smallest integrated step-up (boost) DC/DC power module for smartphones, tablets and other portable electronics.
High reliability FPGAs complete 26 million device-hours of FPGA reliability testing
High reliability FPGAs complete 26 million device-hours of FPGA reliability testing
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Microsemi Corporation has completed reliability testing of Microsemi's commercial-grade Axcelerator FPGAs. The tests lasted more than four years with an accumulated total of more than 26 million device-hours of testing…
Renesas looks to automotive and smart society to drive recovery
Renesas looks to automotive and smart society to drive recovery
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Early in July 2012 Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp, the world's fifth-largest chipmaker, announced plans to reduce its workforce by 12 percent and shed half of its domestic plants within three…
36-V, 1-A step-down synchronous regulator simplifies intermediate power bus and point-of-load power designs
36-V, 1-A step-down synchronous regulator simplifies intermediate power bus and point-of-load power designs
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Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced the ADP2441, DC-to-DC switching regulator which is a 36-V, 1-A (amp) step-down regulator integrates both low-on-resistance and high-side and low-side power switches to provide compact…
Report: France considers Internet tax
Report: France considers Internet tax
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The French government is considering ways to tax Internet based companies that contrive to sell products and services in France without paying much to the government there by way of…
Designing a MEMS driver ASIC for a novel contact lens sensor
Designing a MEMS driver ASIC for a novel contact lens sensor
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Ansem is in the business of translating real world problems into ASIC solutions by matching up RF, analog and digital processing elements to transform real world inputs into the required…
Startups to merge to form new analog chip venture
Startups to merge to form new analog chip venture
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A pair of privately held chip startups that have taken more than $80 million in venture funding combined to date announced they would merge with a holding company to create…


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