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Balance hybrid/EV battery packs to extend operational lifetime: Pt. 2 – Algorithm and lab tests
Balance hybrid/EV battery packs to extend operational lifetime: Pt. 2 – Algorithm and lab tests
Technology News |
Cuyler Latorraca of Linear Technology focuses on the algorithms and lab tests required to balance hybrid/EV battery packs to extend…
The Top 10 Most Popular Analog News Stories of 2011
The Top 10 Most Popular Analog News Stories of 2011
Technology News |
Teetering on the brink of 2012 we can now unveil EE Times Europe Analog's Top 10 most popular news stories…
Heliatek’s organic electronics development work is recognized as 2011 Best Innovation in Germany
Heliatek’s organic electronics development work is recognized as 2011 Best Innovation in Germany
Technology News |
German President Christian Wulff has presented the 2011 Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Prize for Innovation and Technology) to Prof. Karl Leo…
The many facets of power management for computer peripherals
The many facets of power management for computer peripherals
Technology News |
Jeff Hooker of Lattice Semiconductor Corp., examines the multi-faceted power management issues relating to computer peripherals.

The Top 10 Most Popular Power Management News Stories of 2011
The Top 10 Most Popular Power Management News Stories of 2011
Technology News |
As we are hurtle inexorably into 2012 now is time to unveil EE Times Europe Power Management's Top 10 most popular news stories of 2011. The results are based on…
Increasing system performance through the use of optical encoders
Increasing system performance through the use of optical encoders
Feature articles |
Optical encoders have been used to measure position, speed, acceleration and motion direction for decades, but now they are finding new applications where high performance and miniaturization are mandatory design…
Applying the interrupt features of a MEMS accelerometer
Applying the interrupt features of a MEMS accelerometer
Technology News |
Jay Esfandyari, Paolo Bendiscioli and Gang Xu of STMicroelectronics describe some of the popular interrupt-based applications of a digital MEMS accelerometer including data ready, freefall, wakeup, single and double click…
Digital power solution offers system-level benefits compared with hybrid digital and analog alternatives
Digital power solution offers system-level benefits compared with hybrid digital and analog alternatives
Technology News |
International Rectifier has introduced a digital power solution featuring GUI-based VR design for fast, real-time tuning and system-level optimization powers All New 3-Way Digital X79 motherboards from GIGABYTE, a leading…
‘Accelerated’ Android 4.0 available on ARM dev boards
‘Accelerated’ Android 4.0 available on ARM dev boards
Technology News |
Linaro, a not-for-profit engineering organization that works with open-source software for the ARM processor architecture, has announced downloadable builds of v4.0 of the Android operating system on development boards from…
Touchscreens adopt on-cover over in-cell
Touchscreens adopt on-cover over in-cell
Technology News |
LCD vendors worldwide are being pressured by smartphone and tablet makers to quickly integrate touch into the display itself, using in- or on-cell sensors, but slow development has prompted add-on…
Rack mount high voltage power systems deliver up to 90kW
Rack mount high voltage power systems deliver up to 90kW
New Products |
UltraVolt has launched the HV Rack Advanced and HP Advanced Series, able to deliver up to 90kW. These new lines use computerized front panels, full controls and displays, a multitude…
Projected capacitive touch screens now mainstream in mobile devices
Projected capacitive touch screens now mainstream in mobile devices
Market news |
According to the December 2011 update of the NPD DisplaySearch Touch Panel Market Analysis, growing popularity of projected capacitive touch among mobile phone brands is propelling the technology into the…
8x8x1mm high voltage analog switch reduces PCB area and increases system reliability
8x8x1mm high voltage analog switch reduces PCB area and increases system reliability
New Products |
Supertex' HV2808 is a thirty-two channel, high voltage, analog switch IC designed for use in medical ultrasound imaging systems as a probe selection device. It replaces the typical electromechanical relays…
Remote-IO toolbox for products ready to be certified for PROFINET and IO-Link
Remote-IO toolbox for products ready to be certified for PROFINET and IO-Link
New Products |
The Remote-IO Toolbox jointly-developed by Renesas Electronics Europe and Technologie Management Gruppe contains a set of hardware and software modules that together build a base for complete remote-IO products ready…
Toolset eases software porting to Tensilica-based multicore SOCs
Toolset eases software porting to Tensilica-based multicore SOCs
New Products |
PolyCore Software (PSI) and Tensilica have announced a partnership to make it easier and faster for developers to port their software to, or design software for, integrated circuits with multiple…
SemiGen opens RF supply center in New Hampshire
SemiGen opens RF supply center in New Hampshire
Business news |
SemiGen, an RF/Microwave assembly and automated PCB manufacturing house has announced the opening of its new RF Supply Center and will begin accepting orders for epoxies, bonding tools, gold wire…
Metal-assisted chemical etching enables patterned arrays in GaAs
Metal-assisted chemical etching enables patterned arrays in GaAs
Technology News |
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method to chemically etch patterned arrays in gallium arsenide (GaAs) used in solar cells, lasers, light emitting diodes (LEDs), field effect…
Digital power offers system-level benefits in motherboards from Gigabyte
Digital power offers system-level benefits in motherboards from Gigabyte
Technology News |
International Rectifier has introduced a digital power solution featuring GUI-based VR design for fast, real-time tuning and system-level optimization that powers the All New 3-Way Digital X79 motherboards from GIGABYTE,…
Wireless infrastructure trends for 2012
Wireless infrastructure trends for 2012
Technology News |
Phil Sorsky, CommScope's VP Wireless Sales, Europe gives an insight into what he expects will be three of the biggest wireless infrastructure trends in 2012.
±60-V fault protected full-/half-duplex 3-V to 5.5-V RS485 transceivers achieve 20-Mbps
±60-V fault protected full-/half-duplex 3-V to 5.5-V RS485 transceivers achieve 20-Mbps
New Products |
Linear Technology Corporation is introducing a family of rugged, high voltage tolerant RS485/RS422 transceivers for elimination of field failures without the need of costly external protection devices. In practical RS485…
Efficient boost converter drives multiple high brightness LEDs in low-voltage lighting applications
Efficient boost converter drives multiple high brightness LEDs in low-voltage lighting applications
New Products |
ZMDI AG has introduced the company’s first step-up converter with integrated 35 V power switch for high brightness LEDs. It is optimal for driving multiple white LEDs connected in series…
11.1-V, 2.6-Ah battery pack with integral charger supports cost sensitive mobile applications
11.1-V, 2.6-Ah battery pack with integral charger supports cost sensitive mobile applications
New Products |
GlobTek has introduced the GlobTek GS-1907 battery pack includes battery charger circuits, thermal cut-outs and dedicated safety circuit and can run stand alone power from GlobTek's GT-41062 of GT-41080 18VDC…
Demo box gives overview of LED contacting solutions
Demo box gives overview of LED contacting solutions
New Products |
Fischer Elektronik is offering a "Connectors for LED applications" demo box that contains PCB connectors which can be used for instance in LED technology for connecting LED-LINE modules.
Flash memory rights protection – or protectionist?
Flash memory rights protection – or protectionist?
Technology News |
It was announced a few days ago that five major companies have got together to push a next-generation standard for digital rights protection on SD cards and "embedded flash" memory.
Fabless smart grid startup raises $12 million
Fabless smart grid startup raises $12 million
Business news |
Fabless communications chip company EnVerv Inc., has announced it has raised $12 million in a Series B round of funding led by Benchmark Capital. Previous investors, NEA and Walden International…
Chip sales for smart meters set to double
Chip sales for smart meters set to double
Market news |
Sales of semiconductors used in smart electricity meters are projected to grow to $1.1 billion in 2016 from $505.6 million in 2011, due to rapid growth expected for the devices,…
Self-healing system restores electrical path in failing conductors
Self-healing system restores electrical path in failing conductors
Technology News |
A team of University of Illinois engineers has developed a self-healing system that restores electrical conductivity to a cracked circuit in less time than it takes to blink. Led by…
Nanoparticle-based paint-on solar cells achieve 1% efficiency
Nanoparticle-based paint-on solar cells achieve 1% efficiency
Technology News |
A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana) is working on an inexpensive “solar paint” that uses semiconducting nanoparticles to produce energy. By incorporating power-producing nanoparticles, called…


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