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Chip-making equipment spend flat in 2012
Chip-making equipment spend flat in 2012
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The amount of money spent annually on semiconductor fab equipment is expected to be flat in 2012, according to the…
Transmitter/receiver pair serves as antitheft alarm
Transmitter/receiver pair serves as antitheft alarm
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Tom Au-Yeung and Wilson Tang of Maxim Integrated Products describes how a transmitter/receiver pair can serve as antitheft alarm.
A Current Sensing Tutorial – Part IV: Layout and Troubleshooting Guidelines
A Current Sensing Tutorial – Part IV: Layout and Troubleshooting Guidelines
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Pete Semig and Collin Wells, Texas Instruments explains how poor matching between two input signal currents (or input offset current,…
LC filters focus on demanding radio, navigation and communication applications
LC filters focus on demanding radio, navigation and communication applications
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MSC is offering a new line of LC filters from Precision Devices Inc. (PDI) that claims to meet the highest…

Visteon sells automotive lighting business
Visteon sells automotive lighting business
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Automotive tier one Visteon Corp. announced that it has agreed to sell its automotive lighting business to Varroc Group, a global provider of automotive parts, for $92 million in cash.
60V synchronous buck-boost LED driver delivers over 100W of LED power
60V synchronous buck-boost LED driver delivers over 100W of LED power
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Linear Technology announces the LT3791, a synchronous buck-boost DC/DC LED driver and voltage controller, which can deliver over 100W of LED power. Its 4.7V to 60V input voltage range makes…
SemiSouth makes second major capacity expansion within 18 months
SemiSouth makes second major capacity expansion within 18 months
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SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-voltage silicon-carbide (SiC) semiconductor devices, today announced a second major capacity expansion within 18 months. The expansion will help drive the continued growth…
60-V synchronous buck-boost LED driver delivers more than 100-W of LED power
60-V synchronous buck-boost LED driver delivers more than 100-W of LED power
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Linear Technology has introduced a synchronous buck-boost DC/DC LED driver and voltage controller, which can deliver over 100 W of LED power. The device’s 4.7 V to 60 V input…
Atmel launches 14 new microcontrollers
Atmel launches 14 new microcontrollers
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Atmel has launched 14 new devices aimed at consumer, industrial and medical applications. New AVR XMEGA C microcontrollers support full speed USB, while new tinyAVR MCUs are aimed at interface…
Lumex expands SunBrite family of general illumination LEDs
Lumex expands SunBrite family of general illumination LEDs
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Lumex has further expanded its SunBrite product family of general illumination LED technologies. The SunBrite MR-16 Retrofit LEDs are now available worldwide.
Personal cloud to replace PCs as the center of users’ digital lives by 2014
Personal cloud to replace PCs as the center of users’ digital lives by 2014
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The reign of the personal computer as the sole corporate access device is coming to a close, and by 2014, the personal cloud will replace the personal computer at the…
Low latency bridge for Cortus microcontroller cores
Low latency bridge for Cortus microcontroller cores
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French core designer Cortus has developed low latency bridges between its APS bus and ARM's AHB-Lite and APB buses to simplify the migration of older designs to its latest APS3…
5.7×5.0x2.1mm DC-DC converters output currents up to 3.0 A
5.7×5.0x2.1mm DC-DC converters output currents up to 3.0 A
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Murata has announced the LXDC55B step-down and LXDC44A step-up ultra-compact DC-DC converters. The LXDC55B measures 5.7x5.0x2.1mm and can support output currents up to 3.0 A. Input voltage is within the…
High speed and accurate 3D measurement of components through laser scans
High speed and accurate 3D measurement of components through laser scans
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Coordinate measuring machine specialist OGP (Optical Gauging Products) has released the Vantage 300 multisensor high precision measuring systems manufacturing inspection and quality engineers who have a requirement to measure high…
Synchronized recording of images and process data for analysis
Synchronized recording of images and process data for analysis
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The ibaCapture-CAM is a complete system consisting of hardware- and software-components that allows users to record synchronously pictures from video cameras and measured values of technological processes.
LED grid-confocal measuring systems for industrial quality inspection and research
LED grid-confocal measuring systems for industrial quality inspection and research
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The MountainsMap imaging and surface analysis software based upon Digital Surf's industry-standard Mountains Technology will now be supplied with Confovis's ConfoCAM. Based on patented structured illumination technology with no mechanical…
MEMJET Technology to enter the printing market
MEMJET Technology to enter the printing market
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In 2007 MEMJET Inc was Spun-off from Silverbrook Research, a private Institute based in Balmain, Australia. With more than 3,000 patents related to Inkjet printing technologies, Silverbrook paved the way…
Swedish researchers launch graphene industry in Europe with Graphensic
Swedish researchers launch graphene industry in Europe with Graphensic
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Swedish researchers at Linköping University have started the spinoff company Graphensic. The team has developed a method to manufacture graphene on SiC with very high quality. The company is the…
Miniature low profile PCB connectors designed for superior contact and cleaning
Miniature low profile PCB connectors designed for superior contact and cleaning
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Molex' SlimStack B8 connectors feature a robust housing and unique CleanPoint contact for removing flux and other contaminants to provide superior electrical reliability. The 0.40mm pitch SMT board-to-board connectors, with…
Dual power supply control LSI for solar and battery driven devices
Dual power supply control LSI for solar and battery driven devices
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Lapis Semiconductor has developed the power controlling “ML9077/ML9078 series” LSIs for small sized electronics using dual power supplies like solar panel and batteries such as coin battery. These LSIs provide…
Electric vehicle motor system features built-in silicon carbide inverter
Electric vehicle motor system features built-in silicon carbide inverter
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Mitsubishi Electric has announced a prototype electric vehicle (EV) motor system with a built-in silicon carbide inverter. Measuring just half the dimensions of Mitsubishi Electric's existing motor system that uses…
LC filters for demanding radio, navigation and communication applications
LC filters for demanding radio, navigation and communication applications
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MSC offers a new line of LC filters from Precision Devices Inc. (PDI) that meets the highest quality standards. The initial standard products available are band pass, low pass, high…
Integrated relay driver optimizes inductive load control
Integrated relay driver optimizes inductive load control
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Providing a rugged interface between standard logic and 3V to 6V DC inductive loads, the DRDC3105 relay driver from Diodes Incorporated is designed to handle relays, solenoids, incandescent lamps and…
MIT makes Hornet multicore simulator power aware
MIT makes Hornet multicore simulator power aware
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a software simulator, called Hornet, that they claim models the cycle-accurate performance of multicore chips and scales up to 1,000 of…
Isolated flyback controller with PFC controls voltage or current
Isolated flyback controller with PFC controls voltage or current
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Linear Technology’s LT®3798 isolated controller with active power factor correction (PFC) is specifically designed for regulating bus voltages or driving constant current applications over a wide input range of 10…
Semtech buys French IP developer
Semtech buys French IP developer
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Analog and mixed-signal chip vendor Semtech Corp., has acquired Cycleo SAS, a developer of IP for wireless long-range semiconductors used in smart meters, and all of its assets, in a…
Solar panels derived from CERN technology will support the one of Switzerland’s largest solar energy systems
Solar panels derived from CERN technology will support the one of Switzerland’s largest solar energy systems
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At Geneva International Airport SRB Energy has delivered the first of the solar panels that will form one of the largest solar energy systems of Switzerland. Ultimately, some 300 high-temperature…
Meet present and future test requirements with versatile signal-scenario generation
Meet present and future test requirements with versatile signal-scenario generation
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During the development of next-generation radar, satellite and electronic warfare (EW) systems, the use of advanced signal simulation can add greater versatility to a test system.


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